My life thus far

I suppose I should have made this my first blog, but oh well! My full name is Evan James Smothers. I was born in Memphis, but raised in Germantown. My parents divorced when I was 4, so my father lives out in Collierville. Until I was 12, he was a consistent smoker. My dad still dips, but at least he doesn't smoke anymore. I went to Christ the King Lutheran School Kindergarten through 8th grade and I graduated from Christian Brothers High School recently. I have a little brother and a little sister, 5 and 8 years old respectively. I miss both of them a lot ever since I moved out. I currently live in the LLC on campus here. My interests are music, video games (specifically RPGs), cooking, and the study of foreign language. I've barely cooked at all, but its something I really want to do in the future once I have a kitchen to myself. I started taking foreign language study seriously about a year ago with Japanese. I learned all the hiragana and katakana, and self taught quite a bit. Right now, I'm giving Japanese a break in favor of Mandarin Chinese. After I returned from China, I was fascinated with the people and culture. Not many Americans know this, but very few of the Chinese can speak English at all, let alone good English. As a business investment for the future, and out of interest, I decided to start learning Chinese instead. I use a language learning program called Pimsleur, and it's highly effective. I recommend it for language lovers like myself.