My name is Michael Bonnema, and this is my blog for History 390: the Digital Past.

Here’s a little about me:

  • I am the youngest of 4 children
  • 2 of my siblings attended George Mason University
  • I am a Junior at George Mason University.
  • I am a history major
  • My brother was also a history major (nerding out over fascinating facets of history is a family past time)
  • I’m seriously considering minoring in Chinese (this is my first semester of it)
  • Subsequently, my favorite history is Chinese history and my history course last semester with Dr. Chang was what inspired me to take up chinese (great professor by the way! take his class if you want a fair but interesting challenge)
  • I’m very upset GMU doesn’t have an NCAA football team
  • I have an actual Canadian girlfriend
  • My username, nothingissound, is named after one of my favorite albums by one of my favorite bands, Switchfoot – in case you were wondering