Me llamo Jason.
I'm a 19 year old guy living in the US, right on the border between Wisconsin and Illinois, about an hour from Chicago. Going to a Liberal Arts college, where I'm double-majoring in International Relations and Spanish and minoring in Music. I am horrible at maths.
Music is pretty alright in my book. My musical talent is the one thing I allow myself to be kind of proud and occasionally boastful about. I've been playing piano since first grade, trumpet since 4th, guitar since 5th, singing since 6th and started violin last year.
Travelling is kind of my thing, whether by car, boat, train or plane. I've been to all 50 states except Maine and Hawaii. I've been to all of Western Europe and plan on studying abroad in either Spain or Turkey. I want to go to countries in Eastern Europe (Finland, Estonia, Ukraine, Russia. Croatia, Greece, Turkey), South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia), South-east Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand), the Middle East (Syria, Iran) and the Great Lakes region of Africa (Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania)
Politics, news and current events are big interests of mine, mostly on the international level. I'm somewhat afflicted with cartocacoethes , the inclination to see maps everywhere. Countries are artificial entities, but I find them fascinating. I find science fascinating, but I kind of suck at it class-wise.
Also to be completely honest, I'm not sure why I'm a member of these forums.