Wednesday, January 19, 2011

I Am Me.


So. I’m Adam. And this is my autobiography:

I grew up in Hiram—which is a small town southwest of Marietta. A small piece of Remember the Titans was shot there and the town has pretty much never gotten over it.

I also have a twin brother, Sam. The joke is that we look absolutely nothing alike. He's 6'2, short blonde hair and pale; played high school basketball; the whole thing.

The downside is, besides the fact that he goes to GSU, we can't switch clothes and pretend to be each other, a la the Olsens. Which can be a real bummer.

I’ve always been a writer, but I never thought, “Watch out, Katie Couric, I’m coming for you.” (One, because that’s kind of creepy; and two, because journalism has never been my dream.)

I ended up writing on my high school’s yearbook for two years, and when I came to the university, I saw the degree as the only viable way to make money post-graduation. So I stuck with it and here I am, almost three years later: writer extraordinaire. Or something.

Film was—and is—much more my thing, which is why I’m double-majoring in it.

I have two favorite films: Legally Blonde and A History of Violence. I feel like they balance.

(I’m also minoring in Spanish, but it’s absurdly difficult for me so I choose to pretend I’m not.)

I’ve been writing with The Red & Black since my first semester, which has been an experience: there was that time I interviewed a movie star, which was fun. And there was that other time I libeled a collegiate athlete, which was less so.

…And now I’m officially out of things to say about myself, except that the mug shot of me that’s sitting on top of all this is terrible. Just awful.

(And the Ashley Simpson song I stole this title from is worse.)

1 comment:

  1. Adam,

    Interesting films to pick as your favorites, although I guess I can't talk since my favorites are Pulp Fiction and The Lion KIng. And you majored in journalism to make money? That's a first.

    A couple editing notes:
    1. Go easy on the semicolons. We traditionally don't use them in journalistic writing.

    2. Movies and newspapers are not italicized according to AP style.

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