Geeks and bookworms

I admit it: I'm a big, fat geek. I love electronic gadgets and I love reading. I accumulate useless knowledge as if by osmosis. I have a borderline obsessive personality, when I get interested in something I want to learn everything there is to know about it; and unless I can master the basics I don't like it. It was like that with poker, fishing, and now digital photography. I recently purchased a brand-new Canon PowerShot S3IS camera, and already I'm running around taking pictures. Unfortunately the pictures are not turning out as great as I'd hoped, and I'm thinking it's not the camera but the photographer. I've seen some great photos online taken by the same brand of camera, so it must be me. The solution is of course for me to engross myself in reading every single book there is on digital photography. That is what I do, when I get interested in something I read all the books I can about that particular subject, and then I apply what I've learned in real practice. I did that with poker, I read everything from Doyle Brunson to Phil Hellmuth, and then I hit the casino to try my luck. When I wanted to learn about fishing I read what Bill Dance and Jimmy Houston had to say, then I hit the lake and caught myself some bass. You can learn a lot by reading, but applying what you've learned is a whole new ball game, and is something that makes life worth living I believe.