1. One time I was at Leadership Quest and got up and did the Superman dance and got $20. I also met someone that day who I consider one of my biggest inspirations to this day and we were great friends (and we did hang out for a while) for years.
2. I met a bunch of people the fall of 2013 and they were all friends. In the span of that semester and the semesters to follow, they have all become some of my favorite people in the world even though some of the things they do are kind of crazy when we hang out, we are good for each other.
3. I met my roommate in baseball 16 years ago. I was cheering for him right away and we had a solid conversation that night. In the years to follow he has become my best male friend and a probable best-man if I get married.
4. Have I met someone at a coffee shop and then followed them to a different coffee shop with as much as I drink coffee? of course.
5. My best friend besides Scott that's male I met at a New Year's Eve party. For the next several years we have always hung out on New Year's Eve.
6. The best colleagues I have had I have met at professional things, most of them that I were at events where I was at. I didn't know that some of the best things I could've done would've come out of those professional friendships but here I am continuing to change lives- one colleague friendship at a time.
7. One of the coolest exercise instructor friend stories: we met at a graduation party for one of our friends. And we have become BFFLs ever since and she is one of my biggest heroes.
8. What's the weirdest best friend story I have? I met one of my best friends to this day at a basketball game that I was playing against him. Well, not exactly but we saw each other for the first time in 10+ years that day. We first met in a now-defunct school when we were in Kindergarten.
9. Have I made friends at work that I appreciate the time I spend with them? Of course I have.
10. And class- lots of those stories. Over the years even when I have been outside of class with friends for a while, I always seem to reconnect. They are some of the best friends I've ever had to this point I have met in class and I am always cherished to have them.
And all of them say that I'm a hero. and an awesome dude.
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Ian Bott Is A Hero, Also Ian Bott Is One Bad Dude (Part 2)
Here are some of the athletic conquests that I am (somewhat) proud of over the years or stories of some contrast:
1) When Ian Bott was a first-year in high school, he was on the B team for basketball. he hadn't scored all season up to this point. pulling Meridian a dagger to the heart, he made a 35-footer with 5 seconds left. One-handed. And that was when I knew I was a sharp-shooter. It was also the first time that a coach pre-arranged it on the 5A level of high school in Idaho to my knowledge.
2) Ian Bott got his highest score bowling with his roommate as his bowling coach years before he was his roommate. A bit over 200. And his low score was a 23. So much contrast and his average is somewhere around 100.
3) When Ian Bott played Unified Softball for four years he was your basic utility man: third-base, first-base, left-field, second-base, catcher, pinch-runner, and finger/heart breaker.
4) When Ian Bott was on the swim team he ended up swimming so well that he was known as the quick gold man. An 8-time gold medalist and 1 silver medal and still despite dominating, he will get back into it.
5) Ian Bott one time danced for 7+ hours and played 3 games of basketball on a Saturday and he had a test the next Monday. Got a B on the test but considering it was his birthday he should've gotten an A.
6) Ian Bott one time did several sunrise hikes, a basketball game, a couple of volleyball games, an 1/8th marathon, and some climbing over a week at camp. and for some of the time he's in Boise, that's a slow week.
7) One time Ian Bott walked over 15 miles in a day including two races. Not really any real reason for the other walks other than transport but he did it all in stride and his legs came out OK.
8) One time Ian Bott rafted for several miles on an inflatable kayak. and everyone else flipped over except for his boat.
9) When Ian Bott was 5 he saw for two hours in the Atlantic Ocean. His family thought he was dead. He made it out alive but this was only his first brush with death as 21 years later he got hit by a car going to a baseball game and a year before that almost drowned again.
10) Ian Bott scored a game-winner several times in pick-up ball but never in organized basketball. his closest thing to a game-sealer came on a screen for his last victory as an organized player and his three that set up a game-winner and after that three he hugged a woman because he wanted to for the only foul of the game.
Iantertaining sports events in the life of Ian. Next time there is Ianergetic Leadership followed by friends of the Bott. He is a hero. He is also one bad dude.
1) When Ian Bott was a first-year in high school, he was on the B team for basketball. he hadn't scored all season up to this point. pulling Meridian a dagger to the heart, he made a 35-footer with 5 seconds left. One-handed. And that was when I knew I was a sharp-shooter. It was also the first time that a coach pre-arranged it on the 5A level of high school in Idaho to my knowledge.
2) Ian Bott got his highest score bowling with his roommate as his bowling coach years before he was his roommate. A bit over 200. And his low score was a 23. So much contrast and his average is somewhere around 100.
3) When Ian Bott played Unified Softball for four years he was your basic utility man: third-base, first-base, left-field, second-base, catcher, pinch-runner, and finger/heart breaker.
4) When Ian Bott was on the swim team he ended up swimming so well that he was known as the quick gold man. An 8-time gold medalist and 1 silver medal and still despite dominating, he will get back into it.
5) Ian Bott one time danced for 7+ hours and played 3 games of basketball on a Saturday and he had a test the next Monday. Got a B on the test but considering it was his birthday he should've gotten an A.
6) Ian Bott one time did several sunrise hikes, a basketball game, a couple of volleyball games, an 1/8th marathon, and some climbing over a week at camp. and for some of the time he's in Boise, that's a slow week.
7) One time Ian Bott walked over 15 miles in a day including two races. Not really any real reason for the other walks other than transport but he did it all in stride and his legs came out OK.
8) One time Ian Bott rafted for several miles on an inflatable kayak. and everyone else flipped over except for his boat.
9) When Ian Bott was 5 he saw for two hours in the Atlantic Ocean. His family thought he was dead. He made it out alive but this was only his first brush with death as 21 years later he got hit by a car going to a baseball game and a year before that almost drowned again.
10) Ian Bott scored a game-winner several times in pick-up ball but never in organized basketball. his closest thing to a game-sealer came on a screen for his last victory as an organized player and his three that set up a game-winner and after that three he hugged a woman because he wanted to for the only foul of the game.
Iantertaining sports events in the life of Ian. Next time there is Ianergetic Leadership followed by friends of the Bott. He is a hero. He is also one bad dude.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Ian Bott Is A Hero, Also Ian Bott Is One Bad Dude
60 Things You Should Know About Ian Bott Broken Into 6 Categories:
Category 1: Academics
1. Ian Bott has a 2.8+ GPA in college despite getting a F, two D+s, and 1 D. That is augmented by getting pretty much As and Bs in every other subject other than science and some social sciences.
2. Ian Bott got a 3.22 GPA in high school that should have been higher except for two facts: 1) I was very much into people at the time (if you catch my drift) and 2) I lived in a group home.
3. The first time Ian Bott got an A in an advanced class in high school, he celebrated by going to a basketball game. The next time, he celebrated by going to a senior party. not much has changed apparently because the last time he got an A (for the first time in 2 years last fall), he celebrated by taking himself out to eat, doing hot yoga, and going to a fire party.
4. Has Ian Bott ever flunked a class with a good teacher? Absolutely not.
5. When Ian was in Algebra as a first-year student in high school, he was so confused that he transferred into Pre-Algebra. The next time he was a first year and struggled mightily with English 90, he ended up triumphing and considering himself a genius in France even though he was a group-home individual in Boise.
6. Ian denied Junior Honor Society in Middle School because of athletics. 6 years later, he won Special Education Student of the year and several other more minor awards and the next year he won Best Conqueror of Challenge. He got a 3.3 GPA in Middle School overall.
7. Ian's typical cake class in Elementary School: Spelling. His cake class in Middle School: History. His cake class in High School: English. His cake class in College: Leadership. Not counting study skills and P.E. of course, these were the subjects he did best at other than when wormen that he was crushing on.
8. Ian Bott studied Research Methods for hours every week the Fall semester. His typical Wednesday routine was to a) get off the BUS b) go to Dutch Bros. c) study/go to class d) go to the gas station e) computerize after class. Then he would typically study when he got home. First time doing Research Methods: F second time: A-. The second time he did the same amount of work but had a better group/professor.
9. Ian Bott got an 108% in Career and Life Planning the semester after he got hit by a car. Someone called him the Career and Life Planning Rock-Star.
10. Ian Bott took Math 025 three times. The third time he said that he was so excited to understand polynomials because he never understand them before and was excited to. He understood them enough to pass. Two years later he got his 1 and only A in a credited Math class, Math 124, saying that he was excited to understand geometry even though it hurt his brain and he thought Math was all a lie.
Some entertaining facts for round 1. These will be broken into 6 blogs and end with number 65 of the blogs. Look forward to the next 10 things you should know about Ian Bott in a more fun blog: athletics that Bott is hot for next week.
Category 1: Academics
1. Ian Bott has a 2.8+ GPA in college despite getting a F, two D+s, and 1 D. That is augmented by getting pretty much As and Bs in every other subject other than science and some social sciences.
2. Ian Bott got a 3.22 GPA in high school that should have been higher except for two facts: 1) I was very much into people at the time (if you catch my drift) and 2) I lived in a group home.
3. The first time Ian Bott got an A in an advanced class in high school, he celebrated by going to a basketball game. The next time, he celebrated by going to a senior party. not much has changed apparently because the last time he got an A (for the first time in 2 years last fall), he celebrated by taking himself out to eat, doing hot yoga, and going to a fire party.
4. Has Ian Bott ever flunked a class with a good teacher? Absolutely not.
5. When Ian was in Algebra as a first-year student in high school, he was so confused that he transferred into Pre-Algebra. The next time he was a first year and struggled mightily with English 90, he ended up triumphing and considering himself a genius in France even though he was a group-home individual in Boise.
6. Ian denied Junior Honor Society in Middle School because of athletics. 6 years later, he won Special Education Student of the year and several other more minor awards and the next year he won Best Conqueror of Challenge. He got a 3.3 GPA in Middle School overall.
7. Ian's typical cake class in Elementary School: Spelling. His cake class in Middle School: History. His cake class in High School: English. His cake class in College: Leadership. Not counting study skills and P.E. of course, these were the subjects he did best at other than when wormen that he was crushing on.
8. Ian Bott studied Research Methods for hours every week the Fall semester. His typical Wednesday routine was to a) get off the BUS b) go to Dutch Bros. c) study/go to class d) go to the gas station e) computerize after class. Then he would typically study when he got home. First time doing Research Methods: F second time: A-. The second time he did the same amount of work but had a better group/professor.
9. Ian Bott got an 108% in Career and Life Planning the semester after he got hit by a car. Someone called him the Career and Life Planning Rock-Star.
10. Ian Bott took Math 025 three times. The third time he said that he was so excited to understand polynomials because he never understand them before and was excited to. He understood them enough to pass. Two years later he got his 1 and only A in a credited Math class, Math 124, saying that he was excited to understand geometry even though it hurt his brain and he thought Math was all a lie.
Some entertaining facts for round 1. These will be broken into 6 blogs and end with number 65 of the blogs. Look forward to the next 10 things you should know about Ian Bott in a more fun blog: athletics that Bott is hot for next week.
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