What Makes Me Feel Smart?

I am a titch nerdy.

*gasp*

Can you believe I just admitted to being nerdy? Well I am.

I love learning and doing things that keeps my mind working. Everyone knows I am in school, but did you know that I do things OUTSIDE of school to still learn?

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I know, NERDY.

Okay friends, here is the deal. I am a "cheater" learner. I have ADD...non diagnosed admittedly...but self diagnosed. I love Love LOVE listening to NPR. LOVE IT. I am pretty sure I get this trait from Dean who also loved listening to news programs. Besides just listening to the news, I especially love two programs. I love them so much that I podcast them so I don't miss one single broadcast.

This American Life and Stuff You Should Know

This American Life doesn't always teach you something academic, but it does often teach you about human behavior. So interesting. I have listened to stories about people getting switched at birth and finding out in their twenties, the health care/insurance industry, snitching, what it is like to be at the biggest party school in the nation, the debacle that was freezing bodies after the dies in hopes of bringing them back to life one day, and MANY many more interesting stories. I love this program. LOVE IT. I could say that I heart Ira Glass (he's the host). This is where I first heard David Sedaris, who I also love. I have now read several of his books and am going to see him speak when he comes to my city. What an interesting person and HILARIOUS!

Stuff You Should Know is not only informative but usually FUNNY. This is truly academic...in an interesting way. This is a nice program when I have 10 - 30 minutes and I need something to listen too. I have learned about how long the human body can go without food or water, what is a mortgage backed security, why robots can't get married, how do credit default swaps work, why do humans have body hair, how can a lake explode, etc. Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant present the information in a fun interesting way...it kind of feels like I am goofing off instead of learning something. You all know how much I like goofing off...in case you don't...I love it!

I recommend you check these programs out...you too will be sucked into them and become NERDY like me.

*gasp*

Did I just call you a nerd?

Yep.

P.S. I am also hooked on this new game called kenken...it pretty much revolves around math. Yay for MATH!