Brandon Johnson

My name is Brandon Johnson. I'm an 18 year old, 5'4 and a half, freshman at Nichols College. My major is English but I'm thinking also about Hospitality. My favorite color is green. I drive a green '97 Toyota 4Runner back at home. I was born and raised in the same house in Dorchester, a town located in South Boston. In my house lives my mom, my dad, my two aunts and my 39 year old brother. I was originally in a catholic school in Roxbury, another town in Boston, form kindergarten to second grade before it closed. After that my parents signed me up for the METCO program which allowed me to go to schools located in the suburbs. So, like my brother did years ago, I was accepted into the program and followed the footsteps of my brother by going to his old k-8 school in Brookline (a suburb close to North Boston), the Michael Driscoll School, and then graduating from Brookline High School. Some of my favorite activities to do is to go skateboarding, snowboarding, playing drums, bass guitar, and piano, hanging out with my family and friends, play soccer sometimes, but mostly I love relaxing. Out of everything that I do, skateboarding is my favorite thing to do. You could ask me any question about its culture, tricks, professional skaters, the sneakers, and I could give you the best possible answer. I always had a dream of being sponsored by my two favorite companies (and also the companies I am currently riding), DGK (Dirty Ghetto Kids) Skateboards and Supra Footwear. Two of my favorite skaters are currently sponsored by both of these companies and the video posted is of one of them named Keelan Dadd who recently went from being an Am. to a Pro.  From this class I want to learn more about how I can use computers to my advantage. I have a general grasp of what to do for Powerpoints and Excel, but I'd like to know more. I work well with computers but taking this class really would help me out a lot. A blog site that really interests me is Tumblr. Tumblr is a blog site that can engulf you in someone else's world. Pictures, videos, and possibly anything you can think of is shared and brought together. I had a Tumblr since April and I stopped using it for a few months until my friend got me back into it. Some People call it an addiction but I think its fun and a good way to kill some time.