I know stuff, now.

Sometimes I feel dumb.

Or, maybe not dumb exactly, but 'un-informed'.

I don't know many 'facts'. I don't know about many things in this world, why things are the way they are or how something came to be. I don't know how stuff works. I wish I did!

I wish I could partake in discussions about medicine or volcanoes or tofu. Anything!
I know bits and pieces about society and sociology and politics and people...but I don't know about other abstract stuff.

But, as usual, the internet has come to my rescue!

The other day, a friend and I were having a heated discussion about how stupid people become when they are 'in love'. Obsession, irrationality and just plain stupidity. Ditching their friends, losing their values, losing their minds! In the midst of the conversation, I declared that I would become a scientist and get to the bottom of the chemistry within our brains that can make us so fucking retarded just because of another person.

Of course, there was very little substance to this declaration. But, I thought, maybe someone's already done it!

So I went to my trusty source to learn about all things great and small, insignificant and things of catastrophic importance:
HowStuffWorks.com.

This website is no new discovery of mine, but I only recently acquired such an appreciation for it and all it can teach me!

All I did was type in 'Love' to the search bar, and it came up with many clickable titles. Including one, 'How Love Works'.

Here is what it had to say:

If you've ever been in love, you've probably at least considered classifying the feeling as an addiction. And guess what: You were right. As it turns out, scientists are discovering that the same chemical process that takes place with addiction takes place when we fall in love.

Yes! Someone had already done the handiwork for me.

The article then went on to numerous subheadings: What is Love?, What Makes us Fall in Love?, Aphrodisiacs, Lust and Attraction, Attachment, The Chemistry of Love, Chemical Bonding, The Long Haul?, Are We Alone in Love?

Amazing. All questions answered. From here, the opportunities seemed endless: photos, light, talent, singing, pain, laughter.

Thank you 'HowStuffWorks' for giving me knowledge. Next, I'll be getting on to Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Nearly Everything'. Then I'll just drop out of uni and become a wise gypsy in Scandinavia. Yes.

Go on, ask me anything.