intro letter

August 26, 2009Dear Stephanie,My name is Rodney Blake Maynor Jr. I lived in Camp Point Illinois up until about two months ago. My new home is in Washburn. My father asked me to come live here as a direct result of my mother moving to Utah. Moving to Utah was less then desirable, despite my strong bond my mother, little sisters, and me share. The large quantity of Mormons that live in Utah contributed to my lack of interest of the state. Not only that, all my family, besides my mom and two younger sisters, lives in Illinois. Not to mention that along with living with my father comes eighty acres of hard wood territory I have free range to. The great out doors is wear my heart lies. When school work is complete and work has given me a break you will most likely find me in the woods. Whether it be hunting, fishing, captioning wild life on film, or just enjoying the sounds of the forest, I am most happy when my activities are out doors with nature. Although killing animals for food interests me highly, so does caring for them. My father and I do not live along. We are accompanied by eleven dogs, seven cats, chickens, guineas, turkeys, a lizard, four parrots, and a fish named Tony. I have not slept alone in my bed since moving here as a direct result of the animals. Not necessarily bad though. Religion interest me at an unexplainably high rate. Although I was raised catholic, most of my time is spent reading up on different religions. Many people defend their religion not knowing anything about other religions. My personal opinion is if one is going to argue with another on their religion, they should at least know the basics concepts to what they are arguing against. Kroger employs me and recently a Mormon walked through my line to purchase goods. When the gentleman approached me, he asked what my preferred religion was. When I replied with catholic he pulled from his pocket The Book of Mormon. He said reading this book my change my life. In order to humor the man, reading this slow read book has become a hobby of mine. Although only a few hundred pages have been read from the book, every time the Mormon gentleman shops in Kroger he comes through my lane just to argue with me. The arguing is actually the only way we call ourselves friends so the arguing is just our own personal way of bonding. Was it mentioned that half a month ago I fell on a machete which cut through all the way to the bone? Some call me prone to accident. Accounting happens to be the career I am pursuing. I intend on keeping up on my school work for not only this, but many more semesters of schooling. In my head, graduating from college is an untouchable goal at times. First semester is a good start to get in the habit of good time management. Along with the responsibility of college comes the responsibility of finances. Hanging on to money, in the past, has been an issue. When I moved here saving more and spending less has become one of my highest priorities. The game plan is not going to change in this first semester either. Hopefully my letter gives you a better understanding of taking a walk in my shoes for the day.
Sincerely, Mr. Rodney Blake Maynor