Hello!!!

My name is Jess!
This is very odd for me. I've been meaning to start a blog for quite some time, but the actuality of sitting down and beginning it has always quite eluded me. Who really knows what will happen on this? But I suppose, for those of you who don't know, I should say something about me.

All right, then. First things first.

I'm a Christ-follower, first and foremost. People tend to classify my faith as Christian, but with so many horrible connotations that go with the word today, I like to identify my faith as what I do, not what people like to stereotype me as. So, yes, I'm a Christ-follower. Certainly not the best. I fail. I'm human. Thank God that I have grace to cover that. I've grown up in a God-centered household. I have a sister and two brothers, and my parents are still together, which is a wonderful thing that God has blessed me with.

I'm a Communications major at a community college in Texas. I want to teach, probably on the college level, but as God has not confirmed that, we shall see. What God has told me is that I will be assisting my best friend Moriah in building her film studio network. If you want to know more about that (though I'm certain I'll blog about it quite a bit as it will be a huge bit of my life), I soon post her blog link. I don't know what it currently is. But that will be my life's work.

As for interests outside the faith-based and academic...I'm a nerd. You should just know that up front. I love Sci-Fi and Fantasy. There are so many things to love. My favorite science fiction interests are:

• Doctor Who (and believe me, I will rail on about people who ruin canon!)
• The Avengers (cinematic universe, I apologize, but I haven't read the comics.)
• Stargate (SG-1 and Atlantis. Don't even try Universe.)
• Sanctuary (please. Just go look it up. It was on the Syfy channel for some time.)
• Star Wars (and I like the newest ones. So sue me.)
• Star Trek (Voyager is my favorite, though I have to say that the others are amazing. And the new movies? Yes. Yes, those are great, too.)

So a lot of that. As for fantasy, it basically revolves around a few series.

• The Lord of the Rings
• The Chronicles of Narnia
• The Hunger Games (Not really fantasy, but I love it anyway.)
• The BBC's Merlin
• I was going to say The Inheritance Cycle, but it really ended very badly.

As for BBC's Sherlock, I'm not sure where it fits in. But I love it, too.

Any and all of the above will be blogged about in copious amounts (also, I like big words and will not define them unless I just find them fascinating). But I will post spoiler warnings.

Other activities I enjoy are acting, taking/teaching Taekwondo (ATA), and singing (quite badly and off-key, mind you, but when I'm alone, I become a world-famous rockstar).

But while I do love those, my biggest interest in itself is writing. I love to write. I've been working on a young adult novel for about four years, and I'm tired of procrastinating and am ready to get it done. Hopefully, I should be sending it off to publishers within the next year.

Other random facts:

• I tend to embarrass myself quite a bit more than need be.
• I am willing to join in on most any sort of fun. 
• I will never ever drink or smoke or take drugs, so that is that.
• I'm not terribly funny, as in witty and quick to the punchline, but I have been told that I myself am an amusing person.
• I love horses, dogs, and most furry things (though when it comes to cats, I am slightly wary and slightly disarmed by their furriness).
• I have an overwhelming love of glittery things.
• This blog post is too long.

You honestly didn't need to know so many useless facts about me, so I shall say fare thee well, and I hope you haven't been too bored by this. I hope to make any and all other posts more interesting.

So long!
-Jess, who is quite unused to this.