Intro Blog

Hello, my name is Benito Guzman.
I'm not entirely sure of exactly who I am, I'm still finding out and I believe that is the journey of life. As such, I will not claim to be a title or entity that I am not, I will not mask my identity. Some of my interests are philosophy and finding who I am. I like to perform self reflection and discover just who people are. I really enjoy learning of religions and their philosophy, although I should also note that I am not a religious person, although I do take some philosophies from "religions" (if you can call the ones I take from as such.) I pretty much view myself as normal, average human. I may believe that I am better at some things than other people, but I also believe we all have that capacity and potential, even if it does not meet the same level.

On the normal side, I really enjoy video games and anime. Those are probably my hobbies, along with soccer, which I do not do much of anymore. Currently I speak English and Spanish. I do, however, plan on learning Japanese, German, French and Mandarin. Things change, but that is the plan, I may very well end up learning completely different things than what I plan for now. I am taking this class for the sole purpose of its requirement to become accepted into the Linguistics (English) program offered at ASU.

Everyone has experiences in or with language whether it is intentional or not. I've translated, been baffled, attempted to communicate, been excluded or included, all for language, simply for the fact that I do not know or will not attempt to learn every language on this earth. I work at the Desert Botanical Garden, where we receive guests from all around the world, so I've been lost around people for sure, as everyone else in the world.

I suppose that is all..I don't know what else I would put. Nothing too interesting here, so move along.
Later!