{"id":4,"date":"2015-08-15T21:58:59","date_gmt":"2015-08-16T02:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/austin\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2015-08-15T22:08:57","modified_gmt":"2015-08-16T03:08:57","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/austin\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/austin\/files\/2015\/08\/austin-about.jpg\" alt=\"Austin\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/austin\/files\/2015\/08\/austin-about.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/austin\/files\/2015\/08\/austin-about-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>My name is Austin, and I am from good ole Texas. My years of writing fan-fiction have dramatically evolved into an insatiable appetite for original story-telling, and because of that very hunger I decided to attend college on the other side of the country with the intent of honing my craft. Moreover, my addiction to literature has led to a very serious and monogamous relationship with the English language. We\u2019ve been on and off for years, but we finally decided to settle down; so we both figured Iowa City was the perfect place to start our life together. We\u2019re currently engaged and expecting twins\u2014two degrees in both English and Theatre Arts. We\u2019re already decorating the nursery with wallpaper created from the first paragraph of <em>A Tale of Two Cities<\/em> written over and over again. Ironically enough, I\u2019m sure this school year will have some of the best times and the worst times, but at the end of the page, English and I are just hoping to make a difference (and a living) with our words\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Austin, and I am from good ole Texas. My years of writing fan-fiction have dramatically evolved into an insatiable appetite for original story-telling, and because of that very hunger I decided to attend college on the other side of the country with the intent of honing my craft. Moreover, my addiction to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/austin\/about-me\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About Me<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}