Jenny Tong
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Student |
| Location | Champaign, IL, United States |
| Introduction | I am a freshman International student at the University of Illinois double majoring in Political Science and English, though I'm considering several other possible double majors/minors. I am writing this blog for my English 300 class. Some info about me: I am a sesquipedalian civil libertarian Democrat, atheist, humanist, nerd, bibliophile, and dormant gamer. |
| Interests | DDR and other videogames (Guitar Hero and RPGs like the Final Fantasy and Tales series) , computer games (RTS and MMORPG), books (see below), politics, history, psychology, English, economics, philosophy, Greek and Roman mythology, music, musicals, languages... |
| Favorite movies | I like action and science fiction, mostly, as well as some romance and comedy...Star Wars, Matrix, X-Men, LOTR, Pirates of the Caribbean, Resident Evil, Batman Begins, Spiderman, Sin City, Kill Bill, Shawshank Redemption, and A Walk to Remember. |
| Favorite music | Rock and Video Game Music, basically: Nickelback, Maroon 5, Led Zeppelin, The Clash, The Who, AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, Dave Matthews Band, The Killers, Linkin Park, The Fray, Blink 182, All-American Rejects, Nirvana, Bruce Springsteen......; DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) Music, Motoi Sakuraba, Nobuo Uematsu....I also like a little bit of techno and pop. |
| Favorite books | Science fiction is my favorite, so anything by Asimov and Orson Scott Card. This includes the Foundation series and the Ender series, specifically Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, and Shadow Puppets. I also like fantasy, some reputable literature, and some nonfiction, including but not limited to: His Dark Materials series, Harry Potter, Kushiel's Legacy series, Redwall series, Maus, Time's Arrow, Persepolis, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1984, Animal Farm, Brave New World, Freakonomics, and Blink. |