The First Blog

First Blog:

                   All right. Here we go, first blog. Hi. My name is Eric. Usually when introducing myself I talk about how I am pretty academically focused and that I love sports. I can assume that signing up for this class somewhat proves the first point of my last sentence, so I will focus on the latter in hopes that it will shed some light on who I am.
                   I have always enjoyed sports, and when I was about nine years old, I decided I would swim. So I swam for seven years on the Napa Valley Swim team, and competed with the Napa High School swim team for the last three years. I was decently dedicated to this team, and during my time there after the winter of my eighth grade year, when I moved into the prestigious and demanding "Senior I Group," I rarely missed a practice.(I do not understand the concept of "embedding a link," I could not access your blog for an example) http://www.napavalleyswim.com/TabGeneric.jsp?_tabid_=7285&team=psnvst, my practices during summer were under Senior I. I was good enough to be in the strongest group of Varsity swimmers as a freshman. Unfortunately I developed rotator cuff issues in both of my shoulders due to over-training during the winter of my sophomore year. I was very dedicated to this sport, and was incredibly frustrated in the two years of physical therapy required to get my shoulder back to normal. By this time, I had decided to leave the team, painfully, for another sport: Road Cycling.
                  During the free time I had while not swimming, I started riding my bike, and now this is a large part of my life, that has replaced swimming. I longed for a team, and, when the opportunity presented itself, Dave Seyms of the Napa County Office of Education helped me start a supported cycling club here at Napa High School. The NCOE cycling site is here: http://napasaferoutes.org/napahigh/
                  As for my senior year, I have signed up for a few AP classes and my favorite elective, Drama. I enjoy acting on a stage very much, and am usually very comfortable in front of groups of people. I excel in smaller groups, such as the class I am typing this for, and do well (at least I believe I do) onstage. I am currently a member of the International Thespian Society (http://schooltheatre.org/society), and have the highest rank as an Honor Thespian. Although I have a passion for performing, I am wary of pursuing theater as a career because it is not a steady line of work, and I come from a family that has deep roots in the Justice System; my father is a Judge and I have various lawyers and Judges as Aunts/Uncles. Working as a civil servant is very steady in comparison, and I don't believe the stage has a future for me, but I will enjoy my high school career.