Introduction

Hi. My name is Reva Mercado and I'm a junior at Michigan State Unversity. I'm also a double major. I'm majoring in Political Science/Prelaw and I'm also majoring in East Asian Languages and Cultures. Lets see, hmm, I guess I should include some background information about myself. I come from a multicultural family. My dad was born in Puerto Rico and my mom is African American. I was born in Frankfurt, Germany on a US military base. I lived there for two years (the oldest of my younger brothers was born the year after I was on the same military base) but I don't remember any of it. I've also apparently been to other countries like France, but again I don't remember this because I was a baby. After moving back to the US, my dad left the military for a little while and we moved to Georgia where I lived for another two years. I remember having a friend there that won beauty pagents and drove a Barbie power wheel, but that is all. We moved again to Lansing, Michigan and that is where I still live. My father also resumed military service.  I have a two younger brothers. One of them is named David and the other is named Matthew.  Yeah, that's some basic background information on me. Hmm, my hobbies include hanging out with my friends, going to movies, shopping at the mall, watching tv, reading, writing, and drawing. 

This is one of my drawings. I actually drew this a long time ago, but Its still one of my best ones. I guess you could say I was on a roll that day :) If you are wondering why she is holding a knife its because he grabbed her, spun around, and kissed her when she was cutting cucumbers. Hmm, I also like listening to music and really love my school, even if I don't like going to class. ;) I've also been getting into taking pictures and making videos on youtube lately. I'm don't have a good camera though so the sound quality is off. If you want to view one of my videos here is a link to a video I recorded at my dorm room of the Spartan Dischords surprsing us all with a free, one song concert. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZin0hk5TUU Also feel free to comment on my other video as well, though I got to warn you before hand even though the lyrics are funny, the singing is not. I can't sing (and I'm not saying that to be modest, I CANT sing) but I like writing song parodies if I can think of a good one. And the video was defintiely fun to make. :)  

Lets see, what else to write? Oh yeah, personality. I'm a really fun-loving, religious, out going person once you get to know me, but I'm also kind of shy and quiet around people I don't know. I also the kind of person who is really willing to go that extra mile for friends or family. (I'm really close to my family) Most of the people I hang out with made the effort to talk to me, or we met in group or class or something because I'm pretty shy at first and usually won't go up to someone I don't know. I'm trying to change that about myself though. Sometimes I get nervous publicily speaking and other times I'm the best public speaker you could hope for because I make eye contact, have a stage voice (or so I've been told), and am energetic. It usually depends on the topic and the language. (For some reason I'm always really nervous in my Japanese class and I'll just stare at my notecards and everyone thinks I'm reading off of them and one time I was, but usually I'm not its just if I look out at the crowd I'll get nervous and lose my voice. ) That being said, I am not a pushover and encourage everyone to speak up for themselves if they are being wronged. Of course you have to pick your battles. Well I don't know what else to write so I guess I'll leave it at this. Feel free to comment on this post! TTYL