Because of my job, my brain now functions like an computer - ideas and goals stored into neatly organized files, managing times to hang out with my friends like an Outlook calendar with reminder pop-ups and replaying events I did (and sometimes didn't) enjoy over and over again like a repeat button. On the architectural sides of that computer brain - I dimension objects in my dreams, try to rotate Word documents in 3-D and attempt to zoom closer into photos on facebook to get a better look. My brain knows three modes - Revit, Sketch Up and AutoCAD; Revit being the newest addition to the hardrive of my brain.
My newest project has 143 and 71 degree angles in additional to the regular 90 degree ones...I'm sure I often have the puzzled dog look when working on the computer - you know...head slightly cocked as if confused. That's me - tilting my head to make things appear more "square". Revit has no layers, no colors and no depth. I'm work constantly staring at a black and white screen. The only color coming from the numerous website pages I frequent daily - the usuals: CNN, MSN, Facebook, Wachovia, You Tube, YMCA, Samford and Blogger. (With a list that long, you'd think I didnt get much work done...) I need a little stimulation to this otherwise robotic brain of mine. I suprised I haven't resported talking in a monotone voice like the old school toy "Speak and Spell".
We had a Sketch-up inner-office lunch and learn today. A waste of time was more like it - I already know the program, so why was this luncheon mandatory? I dunno. I spent 10 minutes making a smiley face on the tackboard behing me with thumb tacks. The OCD side of my brain got the best of me as I tried to fold my napkin into perfect triangles. I have resorted to child-like behaviors as an attempt to pull myself out of this computer program overload.
I have a headache just thinking about how much my brain is progessing right now...Advil time.
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