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This is me!

Hello, my name is John Price and I am new to blogging. I've been interested in doing this type of thing for a while. Now I have the time to do one, here it is.
Here are a few basic and "need to know" facts about me:
I'm a 19 year old student at Bangor University studying Journalism and Media Studies and hope to graduate in 2012 before the "World comes to an end". My interests are virtually anything. From politics to sport, from entertainment (e.g. TV, film and the world of celebrity) to current affairs.
My dream job is to become a columnist which you see in the centre pages of newspapers such as The Independent, The Times or The Guardian. I am highly opiniated about a lot of topics as my main intention is to be broad-minded when writing my viewpoints. These posts which I will publish will be equally controversial and (un)biased. It's a way which I reveal my emotions.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy my posts.
John :)

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