I love knowledge.
This is one of those things I
will probably bring up more than once over the course of this year, so I
figured I would bring it up early on. I have an unquenchable thirst for
knowledge. That sounds like the kind of crap you might see on one of those
fancy college brochures, but I am being completely literal here. I love to read
and I do so constantly. I can go maybe twenty minutes without reading something
before my brain starts to freak out. I kid you not; I forgot my book and my
phone in my car at work the other day and the hour I had to wait for my
coworker to arrive so I could leave the shop and get them was the longest hour
of my life. I started reading the menu over and over again so I could memorize
it.
I have an extensive list of
interests: Math, science, art, history, archaeology anthropology, basically any
of the ology stuff. I’m good at retaining information too; I can read it and regurgitate
it almost word for word.
I know a lot of random stuff, and this is sometimes mistaken as knowing
everything. I don’t know everything; I don’t even want to know everything
because after you know everything there is nothing left to learn. Instead I
like to know a little bit about everything. This often backfires; a lot of
people in my life have told me I’m a know-it-all. They say it as an insult. I
don’t mind but it does sting a little. When
you make fun of someone for how much they know, you’re really only proving your
own unwillingness to learn.
I’ve been called geek, nerd, booknose,
the whole gamut of insults referring to my intellect. Don’t get me wrong, I’m
not necessarily smarter than anyone else, I just know a lot of stuff. Knowledge
is information; smarts is what you do with it.
I’m not trying to be smarter
than anyone; I just like learning new things. And I want to share it with you.
I’m like a kid with a shiny new toy; I just want to show it to you and see that
you love it as much as I do.
Challenge to my Readers:
Learn something new today. Even
if it is a silly new joke (or a dirty one, if you’re like me) or a random
useless fact. Once you’ve learned something, share it with someone. Hell, share
it with everyone on facebook and twitter. Be excited to learn something new.
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