Epithets

Well, it certainly has been a few years since I was a freshman in college. It seems that as time has passed I have changed quite a lot (hopefully in good ways). Bob the Logger lives again, but it has been so long that it seems only logical to reintroduce myself. I'll try to keep it simple with a few epic epithets.

The Merry Mormon

I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, otherwise known as a Mormon, and I am very happy about it. For one thing, I know God is my loving Heavenly Father, and also because I know that I'll get to be married to my wife forever, even after death. What's not to like about that? I also got married just a half-year ago, increasing both my merriment and my "marry-ment." I'm also a terrible punster, (in case the blog name didn't give it away), which (along with my faith) helps my to stay generally happy and optimistic about life (I used to consider myself somewhere between an optimist and a pragmatist, but my wife assures me that I'm far more of an optimist than anything else).

Latin Loving

I love ballroom dance, and especially the Latin dancing side of it. I started learning steps at church activities and EFY and found that the more I learned the more fun I had. After taking at least 1 ballroom class a semester since starting BYU (though I tend to average about 2), I can honestly say that I am a dance fanatic (favorite dances include Paso Doble, Jive, Samba, West Coast Swing, Viennese Waltz, Cha Cha,...). Some people get their energy from being alone, and they're called introverts; others get their energy from being around people, and they're called extroverts. I get my energy from dancing, so I am a dance-overt. I also went on a Spanish-speaking mission, and love almost all the Latin American food I have tried (mole being one of the few exceptions, since it tastes similar to chocolate, which my taste buds seem to be morally opposed to).

Seeker of the Fantastic

Since my youth, I have devoured fantasy books and have sought to write my own novels about fantastic things. This can get me in trouble, because my schedule tends to be too full to do either, and yet I'm still trying to do both. As I got older, this love of fantastic literature has grown to include a fascination with superhero stories. This epithet also has a double meaning in my personal desires to continually improve and to become as fantastic as I can be in my various fields of interest, including dancing, writing, and teaching.

Lover of Logic

I have always liked logic puzzles, the chance to pit my will and cleverness against that of a puzzle master. I also grew up playing board games with my family and learning to figure out the strategies to that kind of logic puzzle. I enjoy that math is essentially a whole bunch of logic puzzles to solve, and want to share both how fun and how useful this logic (and the math itself) can be with my future students. One of the best things I like about logic is that it is a skill that can be practiced and improved, so the more I struggle to solve problems, the better I can get at figuring them out! Besides, with my blogging persona being what it is, I have to like math. After all, whoever heard of a logger who didn't like logs?