Talk about tossing and turning, last night was insanely tough; the silence was piercing. I have become so accustomed to the routine pattern and cycle of the wonderful mix of absolutely perfect songs to fall asleep to, and trying to sleep in complete quietness with only the creaks of the house to break the silence, was more challenging than anything else I've combated during the short course of this project.
Despite my lack of sleep, I began my morning by stopping by the mall to get some prices adjusted, for the items I had purchased the night before after getting off of work. I then headed off to drama rehearsal at ten in the morning, to teach the blocking of a few scenes to my middle school cast. Rehearsal lasted until two-thirty, and I was out of there and on my way to work. I clocked in at three, and began the long evening filled with rude customers and inconsiderate shoppers that make my life more difficult. It was one of the most difficult days at work for some reason, and I felt completely drained.
Keeping busy seems to help distract me from my loss of contact from the outside world. I must also give credit to the mix of christmas music they play at work, and although I firmly believe that they chose the worst holiday songs ever made, they are the only kind of music I am permitted to listen to, and for some odd reason, they helped my sanity tremendously.
Lets hope tonight goes well, and I get enough rest to finish out this busy weekend. Sunday shouldn't be too hard, going from church service to meeting after meeting after meeting, and rehearsal in the evening, I should be able to get along well with out too much of a struggle.
Well, stay strong my friends, there's only one more day left.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Day 2, Dec.5, 2009
Good Evening my fellow Bloggers,
Well, this has been the most interesting day-and may be of this entire project. I can't 'survive' without getting on Facebook or Myspace. However, I've limited the time I get on. The time spent on each social networking site, has been reduced by at least half. As for most of my time spent today, I texted one of my good friends-who is in the class before ours. Melanie was not aware we're allowed to text. So, everyone, we are allowed to text! We aren't permitted getting on Facebook or Myspace via cell phone web. I didn't get to watch the Florida vs Alabama game, as I was shopping. Though, I got home and my parent's were watching that game. I gave in and watched the news. I have a hard time trusting people; especially with such significant events occurring. Later in the evening, my parents and I watched the Texas vs Nebraska game. For the first two quarters, I was with them watching it at home. Later after the half, I was commuting between my house and a friend's house. Fortunately for texting, my friend Corey kept me posted! Texas won with a miracle-Praise God! As for the music, I have been good about not listening to my I-Pod. In fact, it's sitting on the I-Home pad charging. My word was kept, and I have been getting better with Mr. Lopez's guidelines/restrictions. I still haven't mastered not listening to music in the car. I really think I'd lose my mind. Music seems to be a calm and smoothing ease in my life; when life get's stressful. Tomorrow, I will try without music and will let everyone know how it goes. This has been by far the most challenging project. I can't fathom how people from our previous generation survived and still continue to do so. Well, I am signing off. Hope everyone's had a safe weekend-so far! Stay safe and warm!!
Blessings,
Kelly
Well, this has been the most interesting day-and may be of this entire project. I can't 'survive' without getting on Facebook or Myspace. However, I've limited the time I get on. The time spent on each social networking site, has been reduced by at least half. As for most of my time spent today, I texted one of my good friends-who is in the class before ours. Melanie was not aware we're allowed to text. So, everyone, we are allowed to text! We aren't permitted getting on Facebook or Myspace via cell phone web. I didn't get to watch the Florida vs Alabama game, as I was shopping. Though, I got home and my parent's were watching that game. I gave in and watched the news. I have a hard time trusting people; especially with such significant events occurring. Later in the evening, my parents and I watched the Texas vs Nebraska game. For the first two quarters, I was with them watching it at home. Later after the half, I was commuting between my house and a friend's house. Fortunately for texting, my friend Corey kept me posted! Texas won with a miracle-Praise God! As for the music, I have been good about not listening to my I-Pod. In fact, it's sitting on the I-Home pad charging. My word was kept, and I have been getting better with Mr. Lopez's guidelines/restrictions. I still haven't mastered not listening to music in the car. I really think I'd lose my mind. Music seems to be a calm and smoothing ease in my life; when life get's stressful. Tomorrow, I will try without music and will let everyone know how it goes. This has been by far the most challenging project. I can't fathom how people from our previous generation survived and still continue to do so. Well, I am signing off. Hope everyone's had a safe weekend-so far! Stay safe and warm!!
Blessings,
Kelly
day 2
Today, was not that hard at all to not watch TV or listen to the radio, or use my cell phone, because, I was in the emergency room all day with my mom. We did watch a little tv in her room that she was assigned in, but it was her, myself, my siblings, my dad and my nephews, watching it all together like a family gathering I guess. Since all my brothers and sisters were there, we all had a lot to talk about and reminiscing on things from the past. Instead of listening to the radio, we actually had a little accupello singing, because my mom is a singer and loves to sing. So that right there, was my radio. Afterwards, my brothers and sisters and I went to this restaurant to go eat and there was a college football game on so we all just me watched the football game together. Today was easy day, so will see how tomorrow goes with me not using my phone or the Internet.
So day 1 was pretty hard i woke up late for my 9 oclock class and rushedto school listening to music the whole time. It wasnt till i was sitting in class that i realized our project had already started. I drove home, cleaned around the house in silence and got so bored i sang and talked to my dogs.I felt some what weird not havinmg the tv or radio on.After cleaning and getting ready I went to my work at the daycare i work at and of course it was really easy not being around anything except for nursery sing along songs. Then After being at the daycare i went to work at HEB which i dislike very much by the way. During my break i just wanted to sit and watch tv in the breakroom but imsted i chose to sit outside and talk to another employee, after my break I didnt get off till 11 so work filled my time through out the whole day. Driving home I was so tempted to just turn the radio on to get my mind off one rude customer who made my night pretty bad but home wasnt to far so i drove home with the windows down even though it was really cold it felt so good( i had two coats on) so im not to crazy. I went home and got dressed to go out with some friends, we hung out at my friend saras house and yes she had her playlist on,so music ended my night, it was just so hard to give up that night.
DAY 1
Well foreword to Prof. Lopez, I'm sorry I'm posting this so late, my Saturday has been filled with class and work, so this was the earliest I could post this.
Day one of the media deprivation was admittedly harder than expected. I realized that without the Internet, a phone, or a computer, I would not even be able to do my job. I spend most of my work day on company websites or on the phone with HQ, and without any of the technological "luxuries" of today my job would simply be impossible to do. Thanks for the loop-holes!
Even the second half of my day was consumed with the necessity of media. In babysitting my cousins, I realized there's no better way to calm a 5 and 6 year old boy down than putting on a kid's flick. I did give it an effort and broke out the old Monopoly board, which surprisingly went over very well
More than that, throughout the day I was constantly using my e-mail on my cell phone to coordinate with my project partner for our Saturday presentation.
All in all I realized the complete necessity media mediums in my day to day life. I can say that I avoided Facebook for a full day and so far I've not, though it is mighty tempting. I have to admit that I completely forgot about the no music part of the trial. Music is such a big part of my day to day that it's extremely hard to remember to exclude it. Driving in the car in silence is not quite unbearable, but extremely hard to remember since music is such a ritual part of what I do. I'll definitely have to give it a more dedicated effort in the days to come.
Well, until tomorrow, Adios
~Chris O.
Day Two
Yes, one more day until I can start listening to some music, watch the television, and best of all some video games. I believe at this time it is a good time to turn in early and sleep for the other day to come. Sleep was what I have done majority of my time was derived around just sleeping or resting in my bed looking at the fan spin around. I have gathered all the parts for the back part of the Honda civic, but it is a tad cold to really work on a car especially when you are working on tools and one slip the pain sort of increases. I went out to Sears mid day and bought a craftsman bottle jack because I got tired of buying AutoZone, Napa’s, or O’riely jacks they sell. With Craftsman, they give a lifetime warranty at sears, whenever our product breaks by craftsman you can return for the same or equally the same product. This was cool because today Sears had a sale on tools over there, hah! After that little bottle jack pick up, I went home to put up the Christmas tree, which took at most one hour and cleaned up the house once more. Now it is around seven p.m and to me that’s turn in time from this lame day of solitude. Been tempted every time I get on this computer to play some high intensive graphical game, like Aion, Call of duty 2 Modern warfare two, but I have control.
DAY 1: This Never Gets Any Easier
A part of me looks forward to this Media Deprivation experience, mainly because it allows me to focus on the important tasks at hand (grading, daily chores at the house, projects I've put off, et al.), but also because it lets me clear my head from all the "noise" mass media produces for me on a daily basis.
But the other part REALLY loathes this Media Deprivation experience because like many of you I, too, listen to music constantly throughout the day, and when I'm not doing that I'm constantly watching either a movie or something sports-related on the TV.
So, despite this being my third Media Deprivation, I'm still not used to stripping away all these forms of mass media. What I've also discovered is that depriving myself of music, movies, web-surfing, gaming, social networking makes me lazy. Yep, even your professor is susceptible to sleeping in or loafing about to cope with this tortuous experiment.
Thankfully, my Friday was rather easy to navigate. After waking up and resisting the temptation to check my Twitter feed (which I sometimes do while still in bed!), I got a lot of grading done but without the distracting sounds of my iTunes library playing in the background. In fact, the only "sounds" I listened to while grading were the various noises emanating from the washer and dryer. Yeah, this day seemed like a good day to wash clothes.
I had to run some errands later in the day so I was dreading not being able to listen to my car stereo while on the road. If I'm not listening to CDs I'm listening to talk radio while driving, all of which allow me to kind of zone out and ignore the outside world. But I think there's a benefit to not listening to any type of music or talk show while in the car; well, other than being able to notice your car making a weird noise in time to take it in for a check-up. Anyway, the benefit for me is that the silence allows me to really think about things and clear out whatever "junk" may be floating in my head at the time.
I spent the rest of my day eating out with some friends at TGIFriday's (BTW, almost all of their appetizers are half off right now!). Got to see the Lakers-Miami game while sitting by the bar, which means I got to see Kobe Bryant sink the game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer... *sigh*... Yeah, I HATE the Lakers! So being at a social environment such as a restaurant, and with friends, I was able to indulge in some mass media consumption.
I finished off the night at a house-warming party, which provided some much needed warmth since the temperature dropped to 24 degrees! Man, it was cold last night. After some socializing--and watching strangers play drinking games and dance themselves silly (I only knew a few people there)--I called it a night and read myself to sleep.
One day down, two more to go....
But the other part REALLY loathes this Media Deprivation experience because like many of you I, too, listen to music constantly throughout the day, and when I'm not doing that I'm constantly watching either a movie or something sports-related on the TV.
So, despite this being my third Media Deprivation, I'm still not used to stripping away all these forms of mass media. What I've also discovered is that depriving myself of music, movies, web-surfing, gaming, social networking makes me lazy. Yep, even your professor is susceptible to sleeping in or loafing about to cope with this tortuous experiment.
Thankfully, my Friday was rather easy to navigate. After waking up and resisting the temptation to check my Twitter feed (which I sometimes do while still in bed!), I got a lot of grading done but without the distracting sounds of my iTunes library playing in the background. In fact, the only "sounds" I listened to while grading were the various noises emanating from the washer and dryer. Yeah, this day seemed like a good day to wash clothes.
I had to run some errands later in the day so I was dreading not being able to listen to my car stereo while on the road. If I'm not listening to CDs I'm listening to talk radio while driving, all of which allow me to kind of zone out and ignore the outside world. But I think there's a benefit to not listening to any type of music or talk show while in the car; well, other than being able to notice your car making a weird noise in time to take it in for a check-up. Anyway, the benefit for me is that the silence allows me to really think about things and clear out whatever "junk" may be floating in my head at the time.
I spent the rest of my day eating out with some friends at TGIFriday's (BTW, almost all of their appetizers are half off right now!). Got to see the Lakers-Miami game while sitting by the bar, which means I got to see Kobe Bryant sink the game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer... *sigh*... Yeah, I HATE the Lakers! So being at a social environment such as a restaurant, and with friends, I was able to indulge in some mass media consumption.
I finished off the night at a house-warming party, which provided some much needed warmth since the temperature dropped to 24 degrees! Man, it was cold last night. After some socializing--and watching strangers play drinking games and dance themselves silly (I only knew a few people there)--I called it a night and read myself to sleep.
One day down, two more to go....
All downhill from here (day 2)
Of course, I've already broken in so many ways I might as well give up entirely. Started listening to music last night, after waking up for the third time, and I accidentally ran through my dailies this morning. (webcomics, sweepstakes, almost started hitting up my gamesites before I remembered.)
Today was easier than Friday, because my family was home, and there were noises other than me in the house. Went Christmas shopping with my mom and my aunt. Listened to their radio instead of my iPod, which was fine, because my mom's got decent taste in music. My brother continued his rockband spree from last night with even more gloating and excessive flailing. I'll have my revenge come Monday.
I actually helped cook breakfast this morning, another thing I rarely do, which was nice, because I managed to stop my mom from burning the sausage to a crisp.
I'm still not browsing the 'net for fun, but now that I've snapped musically, this isn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be.
I hit up the bookstore earlier, and used my mom's teacher discount to get enough books to last me the rest of the weekend(also laughed myself silly at a Robert Pattinson calender. do they try to get his hair like that, or does he just wake up that way?) I'm hoping that I can occupy myself enough that I don't need music for a while.
My cousin came over, because her parents want to watch the game, so she's helping distract me from my research paper. I'm enjoying repairing her computer.
I miss my gamesites and my comics. one more day....
Today was easier than Friday, because my family was home, and there were noises other than me in the house. Went Christmas shopping with my mom and my aunt. Listened to their radio instead of my iPod, which was fine, because my mom's got decent taste in music. My brother continued his rockband spree from last night with even more gloating and excessive flailing. I'll have my revenge come Monday.
I actually helped cook breakfast this morning, another thing I rarely do, which was nice, because I managed to stop my mom from burning the sausage to a crisp.
I'm still not browsing the 'net for fun, but now that I've snapped musically, this isn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be.
I hit up the bookstore earlier, and used my mom's teacher discount to get enough books to last me the rest of the weekend(also laughed myself silly at a Robert Pattinson calender. do they try to get his hair like that, or does he just wake up that way?) I'm hoping that I can occupy myself enough that I don't need music for a while.
My cousin came over, because her parents want to watch the game, so she's helping distract me from my research paper. I'm enjoying repairing her computer.
I miss my gamesites and my comics. one more day....
Day 2!
Day two went well I’ve refrained from texting and recreational internet browsing while still avoiding the rack of dvds. My music is to damn hard to give up I’m sorry it’s to ingrained into my life. I’ve just been out skating and keeping busy with things that keep me outdoors and out of the house. It’s honestly been an easy going experience for me; I like the fact that the project actually got me outside and enjoying different atmospheres. And I know that the music listening is a negatory as far as the project is concerned but bringing my music with me while I’m out and about just brings wherever I am to a whole new perspective. One thing I will say though is I despise catching myself wanting to text people back. It’s so frustrating because in the back of my mind I know that texting is the devil. And that’s that.
Midway Point/Halftime
Well I guess since just about everyone has posted for Day 1, I will go ahead and start Day2 off. But I dont know if I am going to make it tomorrow because it is football Sunday, and I dont see it bein right without me being able to watch football, at my own place. I guees I'll just have to go watch it at a friend's or someting. Today so far has been a lot easier, due to the fact that I had to work. Man I can only imagine how boring it would have been without it. But anyway, since I was unable to listen to my ipod or use anything else time went bye much slower. It was crazy; I actually almost read the whole newspaper today, and I have not read a newspapaer in months. Even though I dont read them too often I actually found out some interesting things. That goes to show you that the less you do something the more interesting it becomes. But honestly this project has actually helped me take care of things and do a lot of thinking about stuff. Mostly it has indeed helped me stay focused on my finals and get some studying done. But as far as no music, I think that may make me check into a psych ward. I would just be driving, then all of a sudden find myself humming a song that I could remeber. I've literally turned into a human jukebox. I guess since I havent been wastig my time with my "toys" it has made time for me to take car of some things that have been long over due. Also people have been texting and blowing up my phone as if I have been ignoring them on purpose. Good job Mr. Lopez; I mean really thanks a lot. I have to go into detail wiht people about this project or show them the blog page to make them understand I'm not making this up. This whole thing is insane, I think by the time we will have finished this project I will have a whole new level of respect for all media based things that I own. But that's it for me for today guys. Good luck to the rest of you all.
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