A Photo J Student

Two celebrity bloggers died of heart issues in the last two months, as reported here by the New York Times.

Bloggers with laptops never leave the office, which is great for bosses and horrible for bloggers. The article references a 22 year old blogger named Matt Buchanan who should probably consider stepping away from the computer and eating some green beans or something.

“He says he sleeps about five hours a night and often does not have time to eat proper meals. But he does stay fueled — by regularly consuming a protein supplement mixed into coffee.”

Hmm…death by blogging? Or death by prolonged unhealthy lifestyle?

It seems unlikely that Matt “doesn’t have time” for regular meals. Seriously, he’s sitting at his computer all day. At home. It’s more likely that he’s in the e-zone and his brain can’t slow down long enough to remind him his stomach is starving. Not that I blame him; I definitely get sucked into xtreme! blogging/websiting/photo editing mode. It’s hard to escape once you’re in its grasp.

Still, it’s horrible that these mens’ deaths are being satirized in blog headlines (like mine for example.) Maybe when we 2008ers read enough about technology causing unhealthy strain, we’ll get a $%#& clue and not be tethered to our gadgets.

But I doubt it.

I’m going outside to get some fresh air.