Welcome!

Welcome one, welcome all, to my first ever blog post.  

These past few weeks have been full of new experiences for me.  I began a new chapter in my life; moved away from the only state I’ve ever known, began a long four year journey and became independent.  I walked into a world of people I have never seen before in my life and had to adapt, both mentally and emotionally.  Got any guesses on what my journey might be?  If you guessed going on a mission trip to Africa, your wrong.  Actually, I entered what is known as college.  

The University of Oregon is my home now for the next four years.  I don’t think I have ever had so many new experiences in my life.  First, I moved away from my home state of California.  I left good old, pleasantville USA, Temecula and headed up to one of the most liberal states and cities in the nation, good old Eugene, Oregon.  I left warm, sunny, Southern California for cold, rainy, Oregon.  Yeah my friends thought I was crazy too!!  I had to force myself to meet new people.  I had to initiate conversation and create relationships with people I had never seen in my life before! In high school I was always the nice guy who everyone loved to be around and who liked getting to know new people.  Now that I was in a place where no one new me, I didn’t know them, I felt like a lost that confidence I had in high school.  But that is where I had to learn to become independent.  I had to create an impression on these people. I had to make sure that they wanted to get to know and that I was that god guy everyone seemed to like. I grew up faster in two weeks than I did in two years in high school. I am still learning all about this great new adventure of mine and I am excited to continue the journey.

The last part of my new journey, is just this, writing this blog.  I normally am the type of person to keep my thoughts and feelings to myself, or tell them to a certain group of people I can trust.  I never would have thought I would eventually put my opinions on the internet for all to read!! But that is something I am learning on this journey.  Sometime we have to do things, even if we wouldn’t normally do them.  So normally I wouldn’t do this, but the whole reason I am blogging is for my Mass Media and Society class at the University of Oregon.  J201 is a Pre-Journalism and a required course for all students wanting to pursue at degree in journalism.  In this class we must keep a blog and write our assignments on the blog.  So instead of writing a long, 5 page essay, or orally giving a presentation, or taking a final exam, we just get to blog about it! We will be blogging about various issues and topics facing the mass media and society.  Out first assignment has to do with the media and their portrayal of the 2008 Presidential Elections, so look out for another post from me in the coming days.  Like I said I would not normally blog, but I think this will be fun! It will keep the class interesting and be a nice change from typical college assignments.

So enough about my new experiences, you probably want to know a little about me. Briefly, my name is Jacob Rahn. I’m from Southern California, a freshman at the University of Oregon studying Journalism, I was very involved in high school; varsity mascot, Editor-in-Chief Yearbook, Student Government, just to name a few.  I chose the U of O for there Journalism department and I absolutely love this area.  I have a wonderful family, very typical American family, at least I think so and awesome friends! My motto in life is LIVE IN THE MOMENT, and I live my life everyday following that.  I am excited for what the future holds and even more excited that now I can share my future with all of you that have actually read this far! 

Like I always say, this is going to a crazy ride, so just hold on tight!!

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