Digression
From Architecture: Life
By: Jonathan Smith
This blog post will be a little unconventional, but bear
with me momentarily. The past two weeks I have found out a multitude of things
I find interesting and wish to share them. Some of them concern hobbies and
others concern health. Not all are related or even have much of a purpose in
architecture, but are interesting (to me) nonetheless.
Stumbleupon: Have you ever heard of stumbleupon? If not you
are missing out. I recommend visiting the website: www.stumbleupon.com and
downloading it. This program is basically an add-on to your internet browser
that lets you “stumble” through an endless list of interesting articles, games,
music, and news. You can change which interests you are stumbling through at
any given time. I’ve been a member of stumbleupon for five to six years now (I
think) and have found it useful, not only as entertainment to kill time in
those late nights in studio, but also to find interesting articles that you
would otherwise not see. Anyways, lately I found out that stumbleupon is not as
quite widespread as I had thought, so check it out! Below are a few of the most
recent interesting finds I’ve uncovered lately:
Health: On a second note, I had some annoying health issues
to deal with over the past week, and thought I’d enlighten the reader on a few
things I personally didn’t know could make you ill. Stomach pain, rib pain,
excessive fever, hot and cold flashes, severe headaches, hemoturia, and
achiness were all my symptoms. My diagnosis was: Upper respiratory infection,
then gall bladder problems, then influenza, and then finally a rickettsial
infection. After multiple visits to the clinic, and eventually a night in the
ER, I found out I wasn’t superman. It turns out (or the story the Dr and I seem
to be going with) is that I had a rickettsial infection. As you can guess, my
diagnosis isn’t 100%, but the meds are working. This is basically an infection
caused by a tick bite. The moral of this short story here is that if you are
sick, go to the Dr and get answers. I delayed the inevitable in order to not
miss class (how valiant of me right??), and it turns out I was in need of
attention. Although architecture school should warrant 90% of your time, take
the 10% for your health and not be as stubborn as me. That’s all about health.
Movie: I’ve been rather obsessed with a film I seen a few
months ago and have watched a few times sense. It’s a rather thought provoking
movie about a cave man living forever. The whole movie basically takes place as
one long intellectual conversation among prestigious college professors. It is
quickly becoming one of my favorite movies, and anyone that enjoys films should
see it. The acting is somewhat B-rated but the plot and overarching theme of
the movie is priceless. More info about the movie can be found here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756683/
(It’s called The Man From Earth – Watch it!!)
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