Hobbies

I realized that I have a really difficult time answering when people ask me what I do for fun.

I'm not boring...I do things that are fun, but I usually end up answering, "Ummm...I ride my bike, and, uh, I go to the gym, and, uhhh, I'm in a book club..." I could never figure out why I couldn't answer that question well.

I think I figured it out. My main hobby is 'reading about things on the internet'.

No specific topic, or area of interest. I just like learning about things. This week, I've learned about:

- Preserving fresh basil (I performed a science experiment!)

- Feral children (Most have been proven fake!)

- Lyme disease (There's a contreversy!)

- Amelia Earhardt

Now, I have an answer, "My hobbies include reading about things on the internet, and embroidery."

I heart the internet

Want to waste some time on the internet? Like a serious amount of time? In the most awesome way possible?

Go here:
EVRI

It is the coolest search engine in the history of search engines. You search for something (like a person or product or famous animal or whatever) and it returns information, pictures, and, most awesomely, connections to other people, places, things, etc. Then you click on that. Boom. More information, more connections. Best of all, it keeps track of your connections so you know exactly how you got from 'My Little Pony' to 'Barack Obama'. 

If this had been around last year, I would have just kept my AmeriCorps position in order to spend most of my time on this website.