A Little Bit About Myself

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         I'd like to welcome everyone to my new blog. I hope you all are just as excited as I am in starting this new journey. My name is Gian Luca, and I am currently attending Cypress Bay High School as a junior. To tell a little bit about myself, I enjoy living an active and healthy lifestyle, socializing with friends, and challenging my skills and knowledge in school. I am creating this blog to record my advancements in Media Studies throughout the school year. Soon, I will be conducting research on genre and sharing my findings in the near future. I hope you find this blog interesting and have as much fun reading it as I do writing it.

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