I've been trodding along through life constantly thinking that I am enlightened, but secretly being blind. Yes, I'm usually a step ahead of where I should be, but then when I cross that line it is laughable how arrogant I was. I feel like I'm at another one of those points in my life. After I took a summer cl this year I discovered just how big the gap was between myself and the students at the community college who had to sound out big words. I'm not making a judgement that they are bad people or anything, lots of them were rather interesting. However, they are certainly different. That is what lead me to my new proto-epiphany. I am a smart person. No, that wasn't exactly news to anyone I know, however I didn't realize until now that I could never be happy with someone who couldn't keep me intellectually stimulated. I'm not saying that I want every conversation to be higher order mathematics or that I want an existential answer when I ask where the keys are. However, I want to be able to talk politics, mity, psychology, programming, gaming, or philosophy with my partner on a regular basis. I want to be able to teach them new things, as well as learn from them, I want to prove them wrong, just as much as I want to be proven wrong. Simply put, I want to be able to do what I enjoy most: learn. Upon having this realization, it finally makes sense why I have so much trouble finding people. It isn't that I'm some hideously deformed monster or that I'm setting the bar at super models. The problem is that I've been looking for the wrong thing. I know physical attraction is important and all. I'm also acutely aware that similar interests are very important too. However, I really don't think I could be happy with a partner who didn't love to think. With that, I start my quest anew. I now venture out into the world of meeting new people. Hopefully I will find the one who piques my interest soon because my cat has this tendency to stop cuddling when she hear the crazy voices in her kitty head telling her to go insane. And as adorable as it is to watch, it doesn't make for good cuddling. If you think you can go toe-to-toe with anyone you have heard about mentioned in a textbook in their own field, drop me a line. I'd love to hear about something new and interesting.