Hurt, Injured, and a lump of Pork Belly

Matt Maeda

Since arriving in Kemo I felt like someone was hitting my gut with a hammer and kicking me in the back at every five seconds. It was not good. The amount I wanted to punch something was at a tipping point. I ended up rolling on the ground hoping the pain would go away. Luckily after a few days 50% of the pain resided, and I was able to walk to the restroom and eat with out feeling like I just got out of a food processor.

The past couple weeks was mostly recovery and research. As I lay in my bed I was on my Netbook looking up the idea of the idea of Nutrition of the 1500 century called Humorism. The reason? I needed to figure out how people could see Nutrition in a easier way which was sort of mythical. The idea of humorism is really out of wack since we didnt have too much scientific advancement back then as we do now.

Humorism is based on four fluids which are in every person and they effect your mind and function. It was linked to things such as Elements, Seasons, Colors, and sometimes animals at times. I took one part which was the elements and tried to dive into my Nutrition book from college. I got so lost with all the scientific jargon... I turned on the TV to see a Weight Lost game show which I forgot the name of. The show was on Bravo Network and I was thinking about how people could easily understand nutrition. I couldnt use the super flawed Humorism beliefs alone, but the scientific beliefs seemed so complicated.

I decided that I would try my hand at using some of the terms of Elements which were used in video games I have played such as Final Fantasy, Guild Wars, and Warcraft to define different Organs in the body. I listed Water,Air, Lightning, Earth, Ice, and Fire. I then linked it to common organs which were mentioned on multiple sources online and magazines in my house. Some of these were Dr OZ, Oprah, GQ, Health, Home and Garden, Simply, Maxim, and a whole bunch of health nut blogs which I randomly read. What I took from each of these sources were common ideas of common nutrition. Ideas of Vitamens, Minerals, Antioxidents, and a whole bunch of basic Nutrients we need for our system which are said to be so called scientifically proven. I found there were about 6 elements and one non element. I stuck them in a shape which had 6 points and it looked like a jewish star. I did further design and it looked more like stained glass at the end. I did extra detailing with the colors and shapes because I really didnt want people thinking it was a jewish star. Its a stupified version of a nutrition chart which covers probably alot of things, maybe most things, but not absolutely everything ever. I will only know if it simplifies the idea of modern and old together when I explain this to the masses during my Rinascimento event.

Meanwhile in the Kitchen my mom has been helping me cook a few things here and there. Nothing I got too excited about except the Pork Belly which is so yummy i dont want to share O_o. I am eagerly looking at a way to finish the recipes for my beloved urban culture Rinascimento.. Well its for everyone, not just mine, but I feel attached to it since I have been doing years of research and things are finally coming together. I really want to finish these recipes!