Jordan Babilonia

Hey, my name is Jordan Babilonia.  I am a freshman here at Nichols College, representing sham-town until the death of me #Wack.  I am a different kind of guy; I am nothing like anyone you’ve ever met in your life.  Being unique runs in my genes, my father was born in Peruvian and my mother’s grandmother was born in Cape Verde. I am originally from Newport News, Virginia birth place of Michael Vick, Allen Iverson, Mike Tomlin, and Aaron Brooks.  Even though I claim Virginia as my birthplace I graduated from a small town high school on Cape Cod.  Leaving Newport News I was instantly labeled a “Sell out” but moving out of the inner city of Newport News is something that I would never be ashamed of my family did what was best for me. I am beyond grateful because so many of the people that I grew up with either; spend extended time incarcerated, or in a casket. 

    Not many people know this about me but since I was 12 years old I have been involved with and studied the art of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.  Mixed Martial arts are a major part of my life, fighting is something that I love; it gives me a feeling that (not to sound cliché) is indescribable.  In addition to studying mixed martial arts sports are also a big part life for me, in high school I played; football, soccer, basketball, baseball, ran outdoor track, and played lacrosse. 

     I plan to gain from the class what I plan to gain from every class I take in college, a better understand of as much as possible.  Upon finishing the class I desire to type as efficiently as possible with a minimal amount of errors.  As the course progresses I know that each week we will do the typing test and I plan to practice even outside of class to raise my words per minute drastically.  In addition to increasing the number of words I type, I want to be able to write a blog that people will want to listen to.  I am an extremely opinionated person and I feel that with all of the knowledge that I have obtained through multiple sources I can write a blog similar to that of the one you can find at http://www.lebronj.blogspot.com/.  Each week a writer by the name of “Mr. X” write on a wide variety of topics that all can be related somehow back to famous sport figure LeBron James.  LeBron James is my favorite basketball player.