Blog Assignment #1

Why Hello Blog World.

Current Song: Chrystal Castles

Current Location: The Quaffice

My name is Chris Osborne and this happens to be my first official attempt at blogging. I never thought I would be hopping on the blogabus, but now that I'm on I might as well see where it takes me.

My full name is Christopher Mack Osborne and I am a junior majoring in accounting and finance with  statistics and information technology as my minors. I was born and raised in Libertyville, Illinois for a majority of my life, except for a couple years in the U.K. and my high school years in Bay Village, Ohio. Even though I have only lived in 2 states and Britain, I did move around a lot in those areas. If one wants to get a preview into my private life, this traveling caused me never to really have a best friend and definitely shaped my personality and character into what it is today. My "best friends" are always the group of people I am currently hanging out with. With that being said, Fiji has definitely become my new best pal. I'll go into why I love Fiji here in a little bit.

Anyways, to retreat back into a comfortable area, I am obsessed with hockey, lacrosse, and football (the british use of the word of course.) I have played hockey since I was 5 years old and would like to think I'm pretty talented (being modest and all haha.) I didn't play lacrosse till high my sophomore year, but it is my favorite sport to play. If I hadn't torn my acl my senior year, then I would probably still be playing it competitively now. As for the best sport to watch in the world, i.e. FOOTBALL, I am head over heals obsessed. Love watching the Premiere League and the World Cup (Go Uruguay (D. Forlan is a beast.))

If anyone wants to watch some matches let me know, we'll make an event out of it. 

If you are still reading this I guess i'll throw in another tid bit about myself. To put this bluntly, earth and environmental sciences revs my jets. I have never been so fascinated by a study. Something about earth's gerontology I just find fascinating. Maybe it has something to do with my religious ... how should I phrase this... anxiety? Either way it is my favorite study, which makes planet earth one of my favorite shows and national geographic my favorite t.v. channel. 

Ok, enough of that. 

I think this will be the part of my blog where I transition into the Fiji aspect of my life. 

To be honest, when I arrived at The Ohio State University I was very skeptical about joining a fraternity. Everyone has those stereotypical views on fraternity life before coming to a university. To save a thousand words, I will sum up my previous preconceived views on greek life with some visual aid.

Ok, let that soak in. Alright, another thousand.

Ok, heres a little Kevin Bacon to further this description.

I believe that was a sufficient summarization to get my point across. Don't get me wrong, some of those might seem fun and or funny, but I didn't want these stereotypical views to be a sum total of my college experience. That is why I was very hesitant when it came to looking at fraternities. Fiji just so happen to be the fraternity that changed my perception of what it meant to be a contributing member of the greek community. Attractions to this magnificent brotherhood included the dedication to academics, the diversity of personality types, and the chance to gain a multitude of "best friends." Now I know some of you reading this blog might think that I am "buying friends" by joining a fraternity, but I became friends with my Fiji brothers even before I officially joined. I also knew that by joining I would have people always pushing me to strive for excellence in all areas of my life. That was the biggest factor that compelled me to join and now I can honestly say it was the best choice I have ever made. 

To conclude my article i'll finish off by talking about how I felt after reading the Blogabus in it's entirety. For one I am really interested in what we will be covering in this class. I have always wanted to take a leadership class, and now that I am finally in one, I am excited to have been put into a class that is focusing on how leadership can impact the greek community and the view of outside scrutinizers. I am also really happy to be able to discuss all of these issues with a group of my brothers. I feel that we will be able to be brutally honest and beneficially critical i.e. these conversations are going to (for a lack of a better word) rock! I am also excited to find what leader type I will be. I have never really looked into it, so now that I have the opportunity, I am going to take full advantage of the situation. 

I don't know if any Fiji's have seen this video but I think this is a great way to portray the greek community.

Anyways I suppose i'll thank those of you who will made it through first blog and hope you have enjoyed getting to know a little about me.