Hey, welcome to my blog. I am James Samonas and it’s a pleasure to have you here. Now I guess you’ll wanna know a little about me; that is what you came here for after all right? To give a little background about myself: I am 18 years old and grew up in Miller Place, Long Island with my twelve siblings and two parents. I often spend my summers working and hanging out at the beach whilst my winters are spent inside doing schoolwork, watching hulu, and reading comics. Most of this time is spent with my family as well. Having such a large family has assisted in cultivating a strong sense of unity of essentially “family” between us and that is something I value highly. I oftentimes will be found doing whatever I am participating in with another member of my family or friend group. This is one of the many reasons i chose for going to Stony Brook.

Many of the deciding factors that pushed me to Stony Brook stemmed from my family and background overall. The ability to stay home not only fulfilled my want to stay near my family but also helped immensely in saving money. That brings me to my second fact of Stony Brook being pretty inexpensive for what a good school it is. Its high status as a medical school as well as just a good school overall were the final factors that pushed me over the edge to join in the Seawolves here at Stony Brook. My major here at SBU is Health Sciences. This is because of my interest in medicine as well as my desire to help others. I am currently thinking about going into the concentration of Radiologic Technology, although I am not completely sure about this and still need time and more practice to decide which concentration I truly wish to go into.

In the end, (of my time here at Stony Brook, and in life itself) I just really want to figure out what I really desire from life and want to do. Luckily there is still plenty of time for me to do so as well as many opportunities around me to take advantage of. There is also the unknown of the world which takes form in the unanswered form of how much time you have left as well as just the general not responded to questions that remain in everyone. My hope is just to answer these questions at least for myself, and if I can help others answer theirs to, then its all the better.