First post

I made this blog about a week and a half ago but I've been putting off my first post. I've attempted about three blogs throughout the course of my life, all of them to end up failing. So I've been nervous to actually start this mostly because I'm scared of failing for a fourth time. But then I thought to what the consequences of me failing would be. And the answer is basically nothing. I would have an empty bog that some people would read and then just stop after realizing I was not continuing. So really, there should be nothing holding me back.

Michelle Ng approached me via email and asked if I would be a writer of a blog that would document my season and my thoughts as a player and captain. This is through the partnership of Without Limits so of course I said yes. I figured this will be a source for all things Flywheel while a writing up on the Great Lakes region as well.

Once I agreed to the blog I figured I should make some goals in order to make this more effective. For one, I hope to become a better writer. In school I write many many pages of historical writing. However, for a blog, I can't see that being too entertaining - well I mean I do but I figure I am not like the average human. Additionally I want to explore all of the depths of being a captain: the planning and the strategizing all while being a player and teammate for Flywheel. To add another goal, I want to become more familiar with the teams in my region. I know a tad about each team but not really because, honestly, I am focused on Flywheel in a national sense. I look to and follow teams like UCSB, Wisconsin, Stanford, and others because those are always strong programs. However, that is not doing my region any good. I need to get to know my teams - their strengths and weaknesses - and to give them credit they deserve. So that I hope to change. On a slightly smaller scale, I hope to become funnier. I feel that many blog writers have a dry sense of humor that makes readers come back. I guess this goes along with my first goal but in a certainly specific way. That last goal is definitely subjective and I will not know if I achieve it or not in the end. I will not like you as readers any less if you don't consider me funny. I can only like you more. But then again, I will not know who the exact readers of my blog are. So really, it does not really matter that much, or at all. This is just a bit of a personal element to this blog that I discovered while thinking about starting this blog. And why I chose to share that? Not sure. I tend to keep certain thoughts and feelings, such as wanting to be funnier, to myself. But this is the 21st century - people share all sorts of things online! So what the hell - might as well put that on my blog.

And by the end of the season, I just hope I am happy with this blog. Whether I achieve my goals or not, that does not matter (although it would be quite nice). This is an exercise that I hope to tell all captains they should partake in. Well, enough of speculating. This is the end of my first post and introduction to the blog. Here is to the 2011 season!