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Hello my name Is Joe Bulwidas. I am a senior at SCSU studying journalism. I am the Program Director at WSIN radio and I host Joe’s Jammin’ Ride. I’m going to be honest I’m not really into sports. I’m more into cars and music. I’m a fan of Led Zeppelin and Neil Young. Drifting is pretty cool but on the amateur level, I’m not following any of the guys participating in Formula Drift tournaments. Growing up my father and grandfather didn’t watch sports. We watched movies and television. I love movies because of them.I used to swim in high school and I played ultimate Frisbee with buddies once in awhile. Some of my friends watch and follow sports but I never really had interest in getting into sports. I know various teams due to my friends. I know my friend Hunter likes the Spurs for Basketball. My friend Trevor likes the Giants for Football and my little brother likes the Seahawks. He only got into sports because his friends liked them and he liked playing games with them. He really can throw a football. Every time someone asks me about sports I think of Ernest Hemmigways quote , “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” Which I kinda agree, motor racing is a serious sport and takes a lot of guts to participate with. I’ve heard of more guys dying while racing than guys playing baseball. Also bullfighting is no joke. I’ve read the Sun Also Rises and that whole story was crazy. The only sports journalist I know of is Hunter S. Thompson. He covered the Mint 500 I think and wrote about his experiences for Rolling Stones magazine. The story turned into Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas but he did do some covering of the race in between all the coke and ether.

So I am kinda clueless but I know I’ll learn a lot in this class and maybe teach people about drag racing or drifting. Maybe some music they haven’t heard before also.