You've found my new blog, started today, September 21, 2010. Blogging is something I've always been interested in, but never seemed to ever have a good reason to actually do. A class I'm taking for my MBA studies required that I create one, so I'm taking this opportunity to record my thoughts. I'm hoping it proves therapeutic for me and maybe informative for someone out there who cares about something I've got to say.
Maybe I should back up.
My name is John and I'm......a lot of things. I'm a husband, father, IT professional, graduate student, athlete, leader, and among other things, a bit of a nerd. I like thinking about big things...love to compete...and enjoy my life. I fill nearly every free moment with something to do...and my wife and I often pay the price for it. Our 19 month old son has learned to go with the flow and has almost as full of a life as we do.
I invest a lot of time and energy into a sport that I love: Ultimate. I played in college as an undergraduate and have played for several club teams since. I founded and currently captain a new co-ed team called District 5. I've derived a lot of satisfaction from playing the game and leading my peers, and am sometimes criticized for taking it too seriously. Several teammates coined the phrase "Korber hates fun" as a description of my no-nonsense approach to the game. Off the field, I think of myself as much more fun-loving, although responsibilities to family, job and school often keep me rational and grounded in reality.
This blog is titled "Korber's Fun House" because I don't want this blog to be about Ultimate; although I'm sure District 5 will come up a few times as we approach the climax of our season. I'll try to leave my no-fun persona on the field and use this space to describe the parts of my life which are a bit more "fun."
So welcome.
I hope you stay awhile and leave a comment or two.
So welcome.
I hope you stay awhile and leave a comment or two.
Interesting. I never saw you as hating fun, just (like me) not being into "FUN!"- the stuff that has nothing to do with the game, or even bonding with teammates, but rather has to do with some sort of artificial notion of a good time. It's weird how conformist some of the supposedly non-conformist folks in ultimate are.
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