About me

        Hello everyone, my name is Julian Valdez, I am a junior who is majoring in accounting and minoring in Spanish. I am from Glendale Heights, which is about a 30 minute commute to campus. I have 2 brothers, one who is younger who is currently a senior in high school, and the other who is a twin brother and he currently attends Illinois State University. In my free time I love to hang out with my friends, whether it's just to chat, go out to eat, or just play soccer. I love sports as well, my main sport is soccer which although I don’t play for the school team I still play with my friends or join any  leagues throughout the year, I try to play at least 2-3 a week. Basketball, football, and baseball are sports that I used to play that I still enjoy but have lost some interest in, I still enjoy watching the games on tv however. In terms of films and tv shows, it is something that I just don’t tend to do. There are several films and shows that I have enjoyed, but it is not something that I consistently do, and I am not sure why. My friends love movies and they constantly talk about the craziest movies that have come out but I just end up not watching them, However, I have been improving on this, during summer break every night I had plenty of time just laying in bed, bored, not knowing what to do so I went on Netflix found a movie that seemed interesting. I watched it and I enjoyed it. From them on, I went through a ton of movies and shows throughout the summer, but since school started I have slowed down on this small habit.

           From all the movies that I watched this past summer the one that stood out the most to me was Inception, it is a movie by Christopher Nolan filled with a ton of the best actors, which is one of the reasons why I decided to watch it. While watching it I started recognizing some of the scenes and I realized that I watched some of it when I was younger, however this is a quite complex movie that I didn’t quite understand what was going on when I was younger. What I enjoyed about this movie is how it makes your brain work to understand what is reality and what is fantasy. There were a couple times where I was shocked at a scene only to realize it didn’t actually happen because it was a dream. Lastly, I’d like to mention the concept of the movie is just extremely unique and interesting, a thief who does not steal material items but instead steals very important information that is locked inside the minds of other people. The actors and cinematography were all very good, and I highly recommend it if you haven’t watched it.