Hello everyone!  My names is James, and I just transferred into Eastern Oregon as a Fire Science major, from Tidewater Community College, and Honolulu Community College.  I am a Gunner's Mate Second class in the Navy, and am currently stationed on Oahu with my wife.  I have been in the military for 7 years, and am lucky enough to have seen the world.  My wife and I love the outdoors, hiking, swimming and going to the beach, but nothing compares to snorkeling/ diving in the ocean.  Being out here on the island there are an endless amount of fish and creatures to explore.  I also like to ride my motorcycle.  The scenary is breathtaking, and with the weather being about 80 degrees on a regular basis, it is very hrd not to ride around on two wheels.

Growing up I was not too big of a reader.  At least, not until my younger brother and sister were old enough to enjoy books.  I would read to them every now and then, whenever they handed a book to me to read.  For most of my childhood, as soon as homework was done, I was outside playing and being a kid.  To be honest through out middle school and high school I never really enjoyed reading, it always felt like a chore for school.  It was not until I joined the military when that changed.  Being at sea for up to eight months at a time, reading was the one thing that helped me get through it.  I read mystery books, fiction, non-fiction, history and military books.  It was nice to get lost in the pages and for a few minuites, "escape" being on a ship.

The first person I interviewed was my wife.  She enjoys reading Nicholas Sparks books (before the movies come out).  She says that they are very predictable and completely unreal, but she loves the true love in the books.  She says there are aspects of each book that remind her of our relationship that make her smile and think about us.  There are times when she will buy a book and sit out at the beach and be done with it in a couple hours.  She reads like her mom.  For that reason I intervied my mother-in-law.  She said that ever since she was little she always enjoyed reading.  Even if it was for school she just liked to get lost in the pages.  Today, she reads a lot of Danielle Steele.  They're always on sale and she can never put them down.  The last person I interviewed was my sister.  She reads a lot of books based on the military.  She is a former Marine.  Unlike me, my sister has loved to read since I can remember.  She was always really interested in school and instead of going out with her friends late night, she picked up a book.  I know that makes her sound a little weird, but she just enjoyed and still enjoys reading that much.  All in all, the three women I interviewed and I all read books with subject matter that we love, and read for enjoyment and to get lost in the pages.