Introduction

My name is Mike Froehlich.  I'm 24 and a senior at University of Massachusetts at Lowell.  I got my Associates degree before transferring to UML.  I'm majoring in Liberal Arts with a concentration in English and Psychology.  I have worked in a pharmaceutical warehouse for several years, doing packaging and shipping. 

I was born in Georgia but moved to New Jersey when I was three years old.  My widowed grandmother lives with us, and she will be 85 years old this summer.  My older brother moved to Richmond, Virginia.  He is 27.  My mom and grandmother were born in New Jersey, but my dad was born in a displaced person’s camp in Austria, and came here with his family when he was five years old.  My dad’s family spoke German, but I never learned it.

I enjoy drawing and listening to music, watching good movies and interesting documentaries.  My favorite sport is hockey. 

I've never written a blog before.  I email and know the basics of using the internet, but I don't do facebook or any other social networking, even though everyone I know does.  I'm hoping this course will show me better ways to use the internet.