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100 Things that Make Me Happy, #1
May. 8th, 2012 01:53 pmThis quote:
"…because nerds like us are allowed to be unironically enthusiastic about stuff… Nerds are allowed to love stuff, like jump-up-and-down-in-the-chair-can’t-control-yourself love it. Hank, when people call people nerds, mostly what they’re saying is ‘you like stuff.’ Which is just not a good insult at all. Like, ‘you are too enthusiastic about the miracle of human consciousness’.”
― John Green
It makes me happy because it's so true! I love things SO MUCH. And that is why this series of posts is both incredibly easy and incredibly hard for me, especially in getting started - where to begin? Do I limit the scope? What's the right mix of tiny things and huge things? Ultimately I think it has to be kind of stream of conscious, and opportunistic, seizing on whatever shiny thing about life I feel like talking about. I'll probably write down a list, and I'll probably change it out 5 times. Who knows. But I want to say: I am a nerd, and it feels good. I like nerds. I like people who understand boundless enthusiasm and passion, fascination, people who actually make a squeeing sound, who can find happiness in dandelions or the perfect song on the radio and who understand why I cheer and clap when I watch TV. It's a good club, nerddom. It's a happy place.
"…because nerds like us are allowed to be unironically enthusiastic about stuff… Nerds are allowed to love stuff, like jump-up-and-down-in-the-chair-can’t-control-yourself love it. Hank, when people call people nerds, mostly what they’re saying is ‘you like stuff.’ Which is just not a good insult at all. Like, ‘you are too enthusiastic about the miracle of human consciousness’.”
― John Green
It makes me happy because it's so true! I love things SO MUCH. And that is why this series of posts is both incredibly easy and incredibly hard for me, especially in getting started - where to begin? Do I limit the scope? What's the right mix of tiny things and huge things? Ultimately I think it has to be kind of stream of conscious, and opportunistic, seizing on whatever shiny thing about life I feel like talking about. I'll probably write down a list, and I'll probably change it out 5 times. Who knows. But I want to say: I am a nerd, and it feels good. I like nerds. I like people who understand boundless enthusiasm and passion, fascination, people who actually make a squeeing sound, who can find happiness in dandelions or the perfect song on the radio and who understand why I cheer and clap when I watch TV. It's a good club, nerddom. It's a happy place.
