Here are the 10 random facts that people don't know about me (well some do):
1) I have had my hair 18 different combinations including up to five colors at the same time. These include shaved (which I've done almost that many times) and natural. Talk about hair-raising.
2) I love to give hugs and high-fives. That almost everybody knows. What they don't know is either can make my day that much sweeter and can change a bad day into an amazing day.
3) I topped out at around 250 lbs. several years ago. And I've lost 45 lbs. of it and at one point dropped another 15 lbs. off of that. Thank you exercise and eating better and taking out gluten for that.
4) I am a hero. I am also a bad dude.
5) I like the name Ian Bott for two reasons: 1) both names increase the chance for puns 2) it is perilously close to James Bond (my middle name is James.) I have gotten called 007 by one of my ex-coworkers in the past.
6) I am probably the most feminine and straightest bisexual man you'll ever meet.
7) My activism career started because of someone in my youth group and has taken all sorts of turns. That is something that has started with church and gotten heat because of church. But I still contend that my God is a God of love and is a fan of this.
8) I blame church for my coffee and my Dutch Bros. addiction. More accurately, a church member for Dutch Bros. and church camp for coffee. I will contend this to my grave.
9) 8th grade was when I made my first field goal in basketball. It is also the time that I scored a wrong-way basket and almost got what would've been my only technical if I didn't quiet down. The year before that I got my first foul and I finished my school ball career with as many fouls as field goals and my Special Olympics career had almost equal to fouls and field goals. There was one tournament where I had 8 fouls and scored 12 field goals and in my final game I had 2 fouls and 1 field goal. Talk about a bad dude.
10) I quote rap battles and watch them all the time. And I have a bad YouTube fixation. But I am still not much of a TV watcher, I'd rather read or watch YouTube.
Bonus couple: 1) I voted for Obama twice and 2) my own Mom said that I've always been unconventional and she once said I'm an alien.
Hope this series was entertaining. Stay tuned for the next one, a blog on walking.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Ian Bott Is A Hero Also Ian Bott Is One Bad Dude (My Hobbies)
Here are some of my incredibly interesting hobbies I have:
1) Ian Bott likes to collect coffee cups and stacking them. Ian Bott likes to save his cups for a couple of weeks and then take a pic of them before they are all gone. It is one of the most interesting hobbies I've ever had.
2) Ian Bott is an art fiend. His room is almost all the way covered in art and only a few of those things were bought. Ian Bott is thinking about declaring his room the most Ianteresting room in Boise.
3) Ian Bott is an exercise aficionado. Ian Bott will walk somewhere close over get a free ride, swim a bunch of laps over sit on the couch, do yoga to stretch, and even uses his clubhouse gym when he doesn't have time to work out otherwise (or exercise videos). Ian Bott owns two gym memberships besides that despite limited income.
4) Has Ian Bott ever done something heroic? Of course.
5) One of Ian Bott's more interesting hobbies (and one of the most controversial) is that Ian Bott is an activist. Pick a cause and Ian Bott has his opinion on it (if it is a progressive cause, it is most likely going to be positive). Ian Bott has done plenty on gay rights, transit, disability advocacy, and is a proud supporter of raising the minimum wage in Idaho.
6) Ian Bott has a love for sitting in a hot tub. That is the best kind of relaxation along with reading and visualization and yoga and pilates for Ian Bott.
7) Ian Bott has a very interesting hobby- photography. Ian Bott loves to take pictures of friends, scenery, and objects and showing them to the world via Facebook. one of Ian Bott's picture fixations is trees.
8) Ian Bott has a weird hobby and that is scrapbooking. Ian Bott doesn't do it very often but when he does it takes an hour or so and Ian Bott takes an hour or so doing everything that encompasses it. Sometimes Ian Bott isn't so quiet about it and that can get him in trouble.
9) Does Ian Bott collect anything else besides coffee cups? Compact Discs, books, bracelets, pins, boxes, clothes, tea, coffee, art, journals- oh wait- this list makes me even more feminine/hippie-ish.
10) Ian Bott does a weird art thing called hippie coloring. He takes a light pastel and colors the heck out of a page. Ian Bott also does art projects and talks on the phone and texts a lot and writes poetry. No word on whether or not Ian Bott is slightly female.
That's the list for now. Ian Bott is a hero. Also he is a bad dude.
1) Ian Bott likes to collect coffee cups and stacking them. Ian Bott likes to save his cups for a couple of weeks and then take a pic of them before they are all gone. It is one of the most interesting hobbies I've ever had.
2) Ian Bott is an art fiend. His room is almost all the way covered in art and only a few of those things were bought. Ian Bott is thinking about declaring his room the most Ianteresting room in Boise.
3) Ian Bott is an exercise aficionado. Ian Bott will walk somewhere close over get a free ride, swim a bunch of laps over sit on the couch, do yoga to stretch, and even uses his clubhouse gym when he doesn't have time to work out otherwise (or exercise videos). Ian Bott owns two gym memberships besides that despite limited income.
4) Has Ian Bott ever done something heroic? Of course.
5) One of Ian Bott's more interesting hobbies (and one of the most controversial) is that Ian Bott is an activist. Pick a cause and Ian Bott has his opinion on it (if it is a progressive cause, it is most likely going to be positive). Ian Bott has done plenty on gay rights, transit, disability advocacy, and is a proud supporter of raising the minimum wage in Idaho.
6) Ian Bott has a love for sitting in a hot tub. That is the best kind of relaxation along with reading and visualization and yoga and pilates for Ian Bott.
7) Ian Bott has a very interesting hobby- photography. Ian Bott loves to take pictures of friends, scenery, and objects and showing them to the world via Facebook. one of Ian Bott's picture fixations is trees.
8) Ian Bott has a weird hobby and that is scrapbooking. Ian Bott doesn't do it very often but when he does it takes an hour or so and Ian Bott takes an hour or so doing everything that encompasses it. Sometimes Ian Bott isn't so quiet about it and that can get him in trouble.
9) Does Ian Bott collect anything else besides coffee cups? Compact Discs, books, bracelets, pins, boxes, clothes, tea, coffee, art, journals- oh wait- this list makes me even more feminine/hippie-ish.
10) Ian Bott does a weird art thing called hippie coloring. He takes a light pastel and colors the heck out of a page. Ian Bott also does art projects and talks on the phone and texts a lot and writes poetry. No word on whether or not Ian Bott is slightly female.
That's the list for now. Ian Bott is a hero. Also he is a bad dude.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Ian Bott Is A Hero Also Ian Bott Is One Bad Dude (Leadership Edition)
This is Part 4 of a 6-part series on some fun facts. The last two are going to be coming up before spring break and they are going to be hobbies and random things that no one would expect unless they knew me. These are going to be perhaps the most fun of all of the series.
1. Ian Bott's first experience of leadership came when he dressed up as Guinnevere in King Arthur in 6th grade because no one else did. Ian Bott was in a dress in the play and it was awkward.
2. Ian Bott loves to do things that no one else likes to think is possible. A couple years ago Ian Bott started tackling the BUS system and gay rights in Idaho. Ian Bott is still trying to figure out how to work the system and it's a long process but Ian Bott is still at it.
3. Has Ian Bott ever been told to no longer due leadership due to sexual orientation? Sadly yes.
4. Ian Bott has worn many hats for Special Olympics. One of the most interesting hats he has worn was intern. Ian Bott did much volunteer work, a blog, lots of over-sharing on Facebook, and some interesting conferences as a part of this internship. It was fascinating.
5. Ian Bott started being a part of Self-Advocacy Leadership Network at the urging of someone and has tried to do most everything that person has wanted him to try. And she is my hero.
6. Ian Bott has been someone who can be counted on for quieter leadership too. Ian Bott has been an usher in church under several usher coordinators and Ian Bott has been someone who has spent a listening ear or two at times in need.
7. Ian Bott has been a team captain on several occasions. One of the most interesting times (not to be repeated) was when Ian Bott walked 93 laps around the track and danced and tossed a football around and listened to several speakers. The event? Relay For Life.
8. Ian Bott thinks that no water is too cold. Why? On a sub-freezing day in 2014, he jumped into sub-frozen water at the Penguin Plunge. It will never be repeated.
9. Ian Bott has been a President, a Vice-President, a Sergeant-of-Arms, a Sports Director, and a Boise Representative at different spots in clubs. Next thing up: Historian! It's on Ian Bott's bucket list to do all of these things. Also, Ian Bott has been a Prayer Team member, on committees (too many of them), spoken at conferences, coordinated Tunnel of Oppression, organized a march, and the list goes on.
10. Ian Bott stood behind President Obama with a green ticket in Boise Idaho and was on TV for a streaming session the whole time. While being on TV isn't special since Ian Bott has been on TV 10+ times and been in the newspaper of some kind 5-6+ times, being in there for some reason besides Special Olympics and gay rights is particularly unique.
So now you know more about this bad dude. Ian Bott is a genuine hero. Also Ian Bott is one bad dude.
1. Ian Bott's first experience of leadership came when he dressed up as Guinnevere in King Arthur in 6th grade because no one else did. Ian Bott was in a dress in the play and it was awkward.
2. Ian Bott loves to do things that no one else likes to think is possible. A couple years ago Ian Bott started tackling the BUS system and gay rights in Idaho. Ian Bott is still trying to figure out how to work the system and it's a long process but Ian Bott is still at it.
3. Has Ian Bott ever been told to no longer due leadership due to sexual orientation? Sadly yes.
4. Ian Bott has worn many hats for Special Olympics. One of the most interesting hats he has worn was intern. Ian Bott did much volunteer work, a blog, lots of over-sharing on Facebook, and some interesting conferences as a part of this internship. It was fascinating.
5. Ian Bott started being a part of Self-Advocacy Leadership Network at the urging of someone and has tried to do most everything that person has wanted him to try. And she is my hero.
6. Ian Bott has been someone who can be counted on for quieter leadership too. Ian Bott has been an usher in church under several usher coordinators and Ian Bott has been someone who has spent a listening ear or two at times in need.
7. Ian Bott has been a team captain on several occasions. One of the most interesting times (not to be repeated) was when Ian Bott walked 93 laps around the track and danced and tossed a football around and listened to several speakers. The event? Relay For Life.
8. Ian Bott thinks that no water is too cold. Why? On a sub-freezing day in 2014, he jumped into sub-frozen water at the Penguin Plunge. It will never be repeated.
9. Ian Bott has been a President, a Vice-President, a Sergeant-of-Arms, a Sports Director, and a Boise Representative at different spots in clubs. Next thing up: Historian! It's on Ian Bott's bucket list to do all of these things. Also, Ian Bott has been a Prayer Team member, on committees (too many of them), spoken at conferences, coordinated Tunnel of Oppression, organized a march, and the list goes on.
10. Ian Bott stood behind President Obama with a green ticket in Boise Idaho and was on TV for a streaming session the whole time. While being on TV isn't special since Ian Bott has been on TV 10+ times and been in the newspaper of some kind 5-6+ times, being in there for some reason besides Special Olympics and gay rights is particularly unique.
So now you know more about this bad dude. Ian Bott is a genuine hero. Also Ian Bott is one bad dude.
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