{"id":190,"date":"2011-12-15T13:10:22","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T17:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/?p=190"},"modified":"2011-12-15T13:10:22","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T17:40:22","slug":"mission-um-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/12-15-2011\/mission-um-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Um Possible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I cannot be alone in this, almost (because I like to leave wiggle room) everybody has to have wondered what in the world they were in the world for. What their mission (see, I tied the title in this time) in life is. If you&#8217;ve started reading this to find yours, you are seeking possible disappointment. I can&#8217;t even tell you for sure what mine is. I&#8217;m just going to write my thoughts, randomly maybe, so you might get something. Don&#8217;t hold your breath for it though; you&#8217;ll pass out before you finish reading, and it will look awkward.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout my time in school, I focused on what I thought I was there to do, learn, and do as good as I could. Based on some of the things I heard, that was seen as a mission to excel at being a dork. I&#8217;ll let you draw your own conclusions on what I mean, you&#8217;re probably able to guess pretty well.<\/p>\n<p>That dorkiness marches on. I am what I term socially inept. I have a small collection of small talk topics that I draw from, but real, connecting conversation is hit and miss for me. I frequently make those around me laugh at something I say or do, I even get to do it on purpose sometimes. I guess I&#8217;ll add &#8220;proficient dork&#8221; to my dossier.<\/p>\n<p>What else can I tattle on myself about. Ooh, technology. Computers, sound equipment, video, that kind of stuff is what I spend a large chunk of my free time either using, researching, or daydreaming about. As such, I have adopted the term geek. I do have people ask for computer help, and it doesn&#8217;t bother me to help them when I can. Much of my day job, and hobbies, use technology in some way. If you&#8217;re keeping score (I hope not, that would be a waste of time), that means I need to put &#8220;geek&#8221; in the dossier.<\/p>\n<p>Want to know something else? I have a penchant for useless trivia. You may not know this, but licking a postage stamp burns 1\/10th of a calorie. Of course, we have lost this form of exercise with the self adhesive stamps, but I can&#8217;t say I have gained weight because of that. There are other things I could tell you, for example, you might be unaware the the generally recognized longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. If you knew that, you&#8217;re in the same boat as I am, and I advise you to abandon ship. What I am getting at, is I am able to memorize snippets of information. I can only readily memorize the snippets, up to short bursts. After that, things get mixed up and the dork in me comes out.<\/p>\n<p>Where is all this heading? I don&#8217;t really know. I will draw my own conclusion, and allow you to accept it, or come up with your own. The three things I mentioned are not the only things I can do, just the ones I wanted to bring up. They are what I classify as talents that allow my spiritual gifts to be used. As with all gifts, these are meant to be shared. That is where the mission comes in. I&#8217;ve been given an assignment by God. I don&#8217;t all the details, but that&#8217;s alright. He does, and I know that He will fill in the blanks when He is ready to.<\/p>\n<p>If you read this far, and are still curious about that one word, it is pronounced new-mono-ultra-microscopic- sil-uh-co-volcano-coney-oh-sis and is a lung disease caused by inhaling fine volcanic dust. Though, I don&#8217;t see why other similar dust couldn&#8217;t cause it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I cannot be alone in this, almost (because I like to leave wiggle room) everybody has to have wondered what in the world they were in the world for. What their mission (see, I tied the title in this time) in life is. 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