Day 27: Great minds discuss ideas

I'd say I haven't been a HUGE gossiper since high school. I mean, weren't many of us? It made sense to talk about people, because, like, what ELSE is there to talk about? Seriously, High School La Toya? Because it's too dorky to talk about what you're really interested in? Like Super Mario Brothers or this really cool harmony that you heard on channel 13 and don't understand how to describe it? Get over yourself, you're a nerd, and everyone knows it. And that's why you're awesome.

But I took that with me to college too. Even though that's where I really began to find my voice, it was still so hard for me fit in with just anyone. They wanted to talk about shoes or cars and I really wanted to talk about an idea I had for how to sing this particular song. Or a really cool story I was thinking of writing some day. But I mean, "no one wants to hear about my ideas" I thought. And thank God, thank GOD for people who share your same interests. Who are as creative as you and as passionate as you about the things you love. For me, it's music and theater, and BOOKS and math, sometimes. Ah hell, it's math a lot of times. 

So I came to conclude that the older I got, the more people came to realize what they loved. Be it sports, cars, travel, music etc. And those people talk about those things, and other people, no matter what, find a way to talk crap about another person. I can only guess that it's because they haven't had the fortune to figure out what they are truly passionate about nor have they found others who love to talk about these things. I will keep hope alive that those who are late to the party.