About Myself Part 2

English 302 Sec. 0342 Lab #648
Lab 1 James McGuire
September 3, 2003



Hello! My name is James McGuire as you know. I am nineteen
years old, in three more months, I'll be twenty. I was born December 5
, 1983 up in the Sierra Foothills of Placerville. My goals in my livelihood is to
major into computers and geography. I have found an opportunity to work in Dublin
, California with GPS and GIS at Camp Parks a very small military base run like
Ft. Ord. But, that military base is bigger than Camp Parks. I've found
this really good job opportunity to make enough money through a guy who brings his
baby son which my mother takes care of him. We are using Magnetometer Carts for
this project. My mother does day care. She takes care of babies and toddlers. I'll be working up inDublin with his brother working with Magnetometer
Carts at the Environmental building at Camp Parks. If this job goes so well, I will
look into many classes into this subject to work and dream to make enough money
to good things in my life for the future.

I am taking the Lindamood Program for the second time
and I really like it. My tutor's name, her name, is Morag. Because I
want to major into computers and geography, I can have a wonderful career to make
lots of money to use it for leisure in traveling and have a wonderful life. I can
type up to 52 wpm. I learned French at Seaside High School for 2 years and learning
Turkish language. I worked at Cal State University of Monterey for 3 or 4 years
through the Monterey Youth Program.



Last summer, I worked at the CSUMB's Watershed
as an Intern for Return of the Natives. I got to learn about California's native plants and non-natives like weeds. I went whale watching in Moss Landing
on a Catamaran named Princess of Whales. Their Motto: Whales are for lookin' not for cookin'. I got to see the sails of the sea those things floating
in the water, one dolphin was right by the boat that I noticed, a humpback whale
with her calf, group of dolphins, two blue whales, an another humpback whale breeched
(jumped) 5 times and they have two blow holes and a third humpback whale. Field
trips: Ano Nuevo, I got to see the Elephant Seals, Andrew Molera, Waste Management
place by Marina, worked at Nativadad Creek Park in Salinas, and Bureau of Land
Management of Ft. Ord. Now I've crossed-enrolled into a class called
Tech Tools its CST101 into CSUMB's campus and taking classes at MPC: ENG302
CSIS75, LNSK I don't remember the number, and ENG351 which is the Lindamood
Program.

My interests are: Hiking in the woods, I dream to travel
around the world. Geography and study the maps, traveling, bowling, shoot pool,
walk at the beach, explore wildlife, collect coins and foreign stamps, collect post
cards, go horseback riding, take photography, work, fix and open up computers.




My father is an artist. He makes bronze sculptures. You can
see his artwork at www.kirkmcguire.com and more in his art gallery site you will
click at the links. On July 5, I became an Uncle to a new born nephew at 7:30am
in the morning. I was so anxious to see him and slept half the time at the hospital
down in San Diego. My sister lives in Encitnitas close to San Diego and named the
baby Diego ha-ha. He is a really cute baby. My brother-in-law is a musician who
plays the bass in his band and creates his own music. When I finish with a degree
in College, my parents are going to retire to their 15 acre full of woods and pond
to fish in Grizzly Flats. We go there every weekend as our vacation home and everyday
are pet deer my mother named her Bambie we get to pet which is so cool.





I have a girlfriend who lives in Istanbul, Turkey. I have met
her over on the internet since two years. She is 18 years old and going to be 19
on November 7. Right now she studies really hard at a private high school at Bahcesehir
University and graduated there. It is a sister school to La Costa Canyon High School
down in San Diego. Now she is enrolling into Istanbul University which her father
is a Environmentalist Prof. Instructor there, works at Oktek, a wastewater
treatment plant and looks like she is following her father's footsteps
. Her mother is a skin doctor who she sells her dermatology products at Oktek. My girlfriend wants to major in bio-chemistry. We have been sending gifts
to each other, postal mail, sometimes we talk on the phone, e-mail and mostly we
chat to each other over on Yahoo Messenger. I wish her good luck to major and come
to the states. I love Nilay so much. On August 2, I went to the Turkish Festival
in Monterey by the Maritime Museum and got some taste of the culture. I really
had a great time there.


I like to read books at the library or at school. Mostly I read
at school. My favorite books I read are: "The Pearl" by, John Steinbeck, "The Giver
" by, Louis Lowry, "I know why the Caged Bird Sings" by, Maya Angelou,
Old Man and The Sea by, Hernest Hemingway, The Crucible
, Red Badge of Courage, and The Human Comedy
by, William Saroyan at English 322 class with Paula Gibert last semester in
the Spring. I forget the title of this story about a man goes back home to London
from France on horsecar who owns a bank. It was about the French Revolution it’s
called, A Tale of Two Cities. I purchased a magazine during
Turkish Festival which interests me to read called, Turkuaz, Turkish-American
Community Guide magazine.

I liked World History class in High School and I would read
about so many fascinating subjects that happened in names of ages in history. In
5th grade I read a book called, "Sarah Plain and Tall" by, Patricia MacLachlan .
It was a good book. But at the end of the story, the writing was in cursive. I could
not understand it but, I tried. It really amazed me when I finished reading the
last page. I got to watch all of the movies too part of the stories.

In middle school, I read a story about a famous woman in Chicago
who used to work in a candy factory back in those days and eat ice cubes during
the summer. But, I forget what her name is. She had to do with something about
women's rights or, taking care of infants and children (babysit) or (daycare)

Second of all, I'm learning English to improve my reading and
writing. Because I get shy, I'm trying and forcing to communicate to new people
. I hope I will succeed in school with my goals of getting well grades but, it takes
time to take some steps and once you are on top of the world you have success like
how the cartoon Pinky and the Brain are those two laboratory mice are trying to
take over the world...