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Hello, fellow bloggers who say, "ni!"

My name is Jamie Belisle and I am in my sixth and final year studying at Grand Valley. I'm 23 years old and I'm originally from Brighton, MI. I graduated from Hartland High School, class of 2004. Brighton is located about 15 minutes outside of Ann Arbor, MI. I have one younger sister who is just entering her freshman year at the University of Michigan. When I finally graduate from Grand Valley this upcoming April 2010, I will have earned a few degrees! My major is English with a secondary education emphasis. I will also have two teachable minors: Spanish and History. My third minor is not yet teachable, but as I eventually hope to teach ESL students, the applied linguistics minor should come in handy. I have already completed my student assisting semester and am anxiously awaiting to complete my student teaching semester this winter.

I currently work at the Standale Meijer at the customer service desk and have been there for just over a year now. I've worked for Meijer all together now for just over six years. As for other jobs, I count four years as a proud member of the Laker Marching Band as one of them! It was a great run; I was able to go with the football team down to Alabama two years in a row along with a trip to Missouri in the 2007 semi-final football game. Some of my many interests include learning and speaking languages, playing music, following division II college football, watching thunderstorms, following weather patterns, Scotland, medieval history, writing, watching anime and reading as many books as I can. This is by no means a complete list of my interests--it's just a few to get you started! As one of my main interests consists of medieval history, I'll probably be including a lot of information in regards to that topic--along with linguistical history!

Hopefully this blog will be a creative outlet for us to discuss history. Of course, I hope it will also be laden with Monty Python references throughout--because there's no better way to share history than through one of the best historical comedies out there! If we do decide to take on "roles" of the Knights of the Round Table, then as your admin for this blog you could count me as Arthur, King of the Britons! I think it will aid a bit of flair to our blog, don't you?

I'm excited to learn more about all of you and hopefully this will be a fun experience for all of us!