My name is Matt Blain.  This is my last semester here at FCC, and i am taking this class because it counts as an art credit.  I will finish with my associates in general studies and am planning on transferring to either Johns Hopkins or American University in the fall of 2013.  Last summer I studied the Russian language in St. Petersburg, Russia.  I was there for 2 months.  I also enjoy traveling.  I have spent time working in Japan as well, though i don't speak Japanese. For fun i do a lot of reading (boring magazines and newspapers such as The Economist and The Wall St Journal).  I also have a Kawasaki z1000 that i ride every day when its warm out.