This is Fun!

I can't believe it has taken me so long to create a blog! I find writing to be very therapeutic and I kept journals for years. However thanks to 8 years of writing research papers and 2 years working in an office, I can actually type faster than I can write these days. So here I am. Technology is pretty cool, huh? And speaking of technology, I had a revelation the other day. Being 24 years old, I have grown up in the "information age." I have vague memories of consulting encyclopedias and library books to answer my questions, but nowadays I rely heavily on search engines such as Google, Wikipedia, and IMDB for immediate knowledge. And thank goodness because these websites have resolved many a disagreement (the duck billed platypus is NOT extinct! It's Weekend at Bernies 2! Spiders don't have lungs!) The other day it occurred to me that there are some things that I wonder about that can't be looked up in on any website or in any encyclopedia. For instance, I have an incredible sense of smell (and I should given the size of my nose!) and I remember exactly how my preschool teacher's perfume smelled. Sometimes I will catch a whiff of the mystery scent when I'm out and about and I will pause for a moment and think "Ms. Lucy!" I can never tell exactly where it's coming from so I have never asked a complete stranger what the scent is called. And as much as I would like to be able to Google "Ms. Lucy's perfume circa 1989" I know that it will always remain a mystery to me.