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Who am I?

I am a straight, white, protestant, moderate male living in Columbus, Ohio. What's unique about me, you ask?  I am a Pike. I am a Buckeye. I am a Milford Eagle. I am a diehard Green Lantern fan. I am a future zombie apocalypse survivor. I am a leader. I am a son, a brother, and an uncle. I am a little ashamed I made my blog post title a parody of a Ke$ha song. I am an avid hater of the Subway commercials with adults with baby voices. I am a gamer, and a damn good one at that. I am a procrastinator, but a hard worker. I am balanced. I am a little cold at the moment. Simply put, I am me.

Why did I join a Fraternity, specifically Pi Kappa Alpha?  Well, to be honest with you, I had no interest in joining a Fraternity coming into college.  I had been biased by the media to assume that all "frats" were just about kegstands and drunken hookups. Granted, not necessarily to that extent, the social aspect of college is something a social butterfly like myself definitely planned on indulging myself in once I arrived to college, I didn't feel that I needed to pay $375 a quarter to do so.  Well, I have a couple friends in Fraternities at other schools that explained to me that Fraternities, not "frats" are about a lot more than just the social aspect, and that I should go in with an open mind.  So I did. I checked out a few different Fraternities at the involvement fair, and actually, Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) was my first choice.  But I met a man by the name of Phil Billow, albeit at a party, who soon opened my eyes to the world of Pi Kappa Alpha.  After a lovely man date, we discovered that my beliefs matched those of Pike, and that there would be a glorious symbiotic relationship between the Fraternity and I.  Our motto about recruitment is, "We don't create Pikes, we find them," and I believe that was the case with myself.

How do I feel after reading this adorably named "blogabus"?  I feel it was rather long. I feel that this class is different than I expected, but not in a bad way.  I expect this class to inspire me to do something good for this world that I live in.  I feel that this class will be good for me, that I will build friendships with other Fraternity and Sorority students, and that it may even help my GPA along the way.  I look forward to the day I write my final blog post for this class, and then read through my previous blog posts seeing how I have changed as a leader from the beginning of this quarter to the end of it.

Signing off for now,

THE Matt Keaton