Like most people, I have a thirst for knowledge. For me it depends on the subject. I will either know all about it or nothing at all. While I don't go to the library, I do watch a lot of shows on the History, Travel and Discovery channels. I really enjoy learning about where things came from and how they got to the current level they are at now. Nature documentaries of all types and shows like Modern Marvels, Brain Games, Biography, Inside the Actors Studio, Man vs. Food, American Eats and especially Gem Hunt (which came out at a good time for me given my profession) crowd my DVR; even Buzzfeed can be a huge time-suck. I watch a lot of food/food history shows and if you're ever traveling be sure to ask me where to go, I'll always steer you in the right direction. I actually watch these shows more than once in most cases, but always while I'm eating to avoid having to get in my car and find the nearest substitute. It is a huge thrill for me to visit these places, believe it or not, and I go for the experience even if the food isn't all its cracked up to be.
I really don't know what it is that makes learning exciting. I mean most people seem like they want to get out of school as fast as possible to avoid it (or maybe its the making money aspect that happens afterward) but for me I enjoyed at least some of it. The history electives I took fascinated me as well as padded my GPA. So how does all this babble connect to my blog?
Being someone who chooses to isolate himself in most cases leaves me with a lot of time to kill. I could either sit around and stare at the ceiling or watch/read something that I can perhaps use. I think that being alone most of the time gave me enough time to want to do something constructive, something that didn't strain me like being around people did. I am full of random facts but every time I watch Jeopardy and don't know some answers I feel like I want to know more. It should be noted that the answers in question are subjects I don't have any interest in, so hopefully I get a pass on those. Even if you knowing something isn't true you can make it sound like it is. Now I'm no good at lying to people, ask anyone that knows me they'll tell you the same, but if you throw some random facts around that may stretch the truth you can get people to believe you. I recently told one of the girls working at a local restaurant not to put the steaming hot pasta dish into the thin plastic container because it would release BPA into the food, thus contaminating it. She looked at me with startled eye for a couple of painfully hilarious seconds before I told her I was just joking and it was fine. She said "Really?" in a tone that even I knew meant "Are you sure" not "You're a complete tool". I know this because my mom uses the latter often. I guess I can lie, I just have to believe it to be true, even when its not.
I really don't know what it is that makes learning exciting. I mean most people seem like they want to get out of school as fast as possible to avoid it (or maybe its the making money aspect that happens afterward) but for me I enjoyed at least some of it. The history electives I took fascinated me as well as padded my GPA. So how does all this babble connect to my blog?
Being someone who chooses to isolate himself in most cases leaves me with a lot of time to kill. I could either sit around and stare at the ceiling or watch/read something that I can perhaps use. I think that being alone most of the time gave me enough time to want to do something constructive, something that didn't strain me like being around people did. I am full of random facts but every time I watch Jeopardy and don't know some answers I feel like I want to know more. It should be noted that the answers in question are subjects I don't have any interest in, so hopefully I get a pass on those. Even if you knowing something isn't true you can make it sound like it is. Now I'm no good at lying to people, ask anyone that knows me they'll tell you the same, but if you throw some random facts around that may stretch the truth you can get people to believe you. I recently told one of the girls working at a local restaurant not to put the steaming hot pasta dish into the thin plastic container because it would release BPA into the food, thus contaminating it. She looked at me with startled eye for a couple of painfully hilarious seconds before I told her I was just joking and it was fine. She said "Really?" in a tone that even I knew meant "Are you sure" not "You're a complete tool". I know this because my mom uses the latter often. I guess I can lie, I just have to believe it to be true, even when its not.
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