I went out somewhere that isn't a hospital for the first time in months on sunday night. I went out to the theatre to see a science show called Uncaged Monkeys. It's a spin off from the BBC4 radio show the infinite monkey cage with Brian Cox and Robin Ince.
There were about half a dozen short talks on various aspects of modern science. It was all very informal and actually a lot funnier than I expected it to be. Having spent a lot of my spare time reading assorted science stuff and watching all manner of tv shows on the subject a lot of the material was familiar to me but it was more expansive on a lot of it than a normal show would have been so it was great.
It was the first show of an upcoming tour so I'd recommend it to anyone else who quite likes having their brain exercised. You can get a bit of a taste for what it's like by listening to the Uncaged monkeys podcasts.
It being the first show they were really testing it all out and it was perhaps a little on the long side as even the most attentive person begins to lose focus after a couple of hours of demanding material. I found it really difficult to be stuck in one position for so long and was physically drained afterwards. On leaving I had to just park myself on the kerb outside to try and regain my breath while my friends stood looking concerned and my uncle was away getting the car. I recovered quickly enough but it's not great fun to feel that out of breath.
I'm glad I went out but I've been feeling the effects over the last few days. Despite being far from an exerting trip out it really was exhausting for me. Still glad I did it though - it's great to do something vaguely normal once in a while.
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