Manversation

In honor of the famed Austin Powers, “Let me introduce you to…um…myself”.  From here on out I will be known as “Bol”. I selected this screen name primarily because it allows a certain level of anonymity to the outside world, but also carries a distinctive classification among my friends and family.  Like the other fine gentlemen on this site, I intend to use this forum to simply share my perspective on various experiences of the modern 30-something male.  Although the men of Manversation share a slightly homogeneous being and share several core principles crucial to long-term friendship, we intend to leverage the various endeavors each has created over the years to offer an insightful and unique perspective.  I am happily married of 5 years (rapidly approaching 50) to a very beautiful, motivated, organized, selfless yet and subtly tenacious wife.  We have two extremely energetic daughters who remind us each day how fast life happens and if we don’t enjoy it every chance we get, it quite simply will pass us by.  Our eldest, “R” is turning 5 this winter and enjoys the typical childhood activities that we all have been forced to try a time or two, but she truly seems in her element at school (more on this later…).  Our youngest, “L”, just turned 2 and is quickly absorbing every habit (the good and the bad) her big sister imposes at every waking moment.  I love being a father and a parent (it’s easy to say now, they haven’t hit the teen years yet) and so you can expect many more postings around this subject.

At 32, I take a lot of pride in acting anything but my age, whether it is playing kickball, enjoying endless bodily function comedic sketches, or wearing shorts when at all possible, (thanks to our “sauna-like” abode) I strive to be ageless.  Since society only allows for a certain level of negligence and immaturity (turning 18 and leaving high school is the socially-imposed threshold) you quickly learn everything you do has long-term consequences.  So, after high school I went on to college (many more posts of this nature down the road) for a bachelor’s in Zoology in ’98, spent 5 aimless years before finding and marrying the wife of a lifetime in ’03.  I was able to sneak in a Master’s degree in Business related management before the kids’ activities took over our free time.  Since then, we’ve been establishing permanent roots in the Denver to leverage the best family and friend network anyone could ask for, and for this we are extremely grateful.  For 8 hours a day each weekday, I pass the time sandwiched in a grey fabric-covered cube just trying to figure “it” out.  I really don’t mind the job itself, but I feel very strongly that I have much more to contribute than my corporation is willing to tolerate.  Nonetheless, I’m looking forward to this blog adventure and I hope that despite my seemingly self-therapeutic posting style, (consider yourself forewarned!) you find my stories better than a stick in the eye!