Who am I? I am Ian Rodgers, a Junior with a Major in History and a Minor in Creative Writing. I enjoy writing short stories and poetry, and plan on joining the George Mason Poetry Club.

My goals for employment post-graduation are to work as a curator in a museum, hopefully the Smithsonian or one of its branches.

To introduce myself to my peers in this class, I think showing them what sort of music I like would be an important first step. I have an eclectic taste in music, there is no one genre I prefer above another. I like Linkin Park as well as Lindsey Sterling. Show Tunes and TV show theme songs feature on my MP3 player along with orchestral and metal. Some bands have entire albums I adore. Others have only a single song that I appreciate.

However, out of all the songs and music I enjoy, there is one I can say is my favorite, one which I would chose over any other, and hope to have played at my funeral (in many years time, of course).

Billy Joel’s Piano Man strikes a chord with me. It is sweet yet sad, and remains upbeat despite the somber tone of the instruments, voice, and lyrics. This song is what I consider to be a great, if not perfect, song. Some of his other works are decent. But this one surpasses them all, and immortalizes Billy Joel as a musician for me.

Looking forward to an enjoyable class this semester.

-Thought of the Day:

To experiment is to experience something you don’t understand. After all, fear of the unknown is Mankind’s greatest enemy and weakness.