Wednesday, May 6, 2009
day 2 (brittany caraway)
Day 3 Jordan Wiggins
Day 1 Jordan Wiggins
Monday, May 4, 2009
Day 3 Jenna Denver
Day 3 Steven Brewer
day 3 antoine
S.O.S. - Day 3 - Angelo Reyes
At home, I sat down for a couple hours reading a sci-fi novel. I’ve always enjoyed reading, but I hadn’t read the email about being able to read, until yesterday, so I read. After reading, I went outside and messed around with a soccer ball for an hour. Worked up a good sweat. I have actually killed my smoking habit, since that friday night when I said I would. I noticed the cleansing of my lungs. I hope it lasts. After soccer, made myself a grilled chicken salad and garlic bread. It was delicious. After I ate, I went up to my room and meditated for half an hour. Love it. After that, I took a shower. I played with my kitty-cat for an hour, then went to bed.
I can’t wait to talk about this project with you guys in class. See you then. Peace
Day Three - Christina Gomez
Saturday, I completely skipped out on blogging to go paintballing, then to a skating rink, which I haven’t been to since middle school, and finally a beach themed birthday party. Of course I chose to forego wearing a swimsuit and wore something more subtle like clothing. My entire day was quite entertaining, since I had left my phone at home. During that time, fond memories of what life was like before having a cell phone glued to my fingers were coming back to me.
Sunday, I slipped and listened to the radio on my way to work, but it took me until I was already at work to realize I was listening to the radio! Afterwards, I felt like I had to confess to a priest. Not more than 10 minutes later, I blew it off. Seeing as how it was 7 in the morning and I don’t function properly, or care at all for that matter, that early in the morning.
Three o’ clock came around and I bolted out of work faster than you can imagine. I returned to my car and reluctantly turned off my radio and listened to the sound of rushing air from my A/C and was left, once again, with the pointless thoughts going through my mind. “I wonder why the plural form of moose isn’t meese. Why is it that men have nipples if they have no purpose for them? Wow, that’s a nice Porsche.”
Along the way, I went to James’ and baked a pineapple upside down cake while he watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall. I, of course, just stuck with the strategy that every good parent tells children when they cuss around them, “earmuffs.”
By this time, I was already starting miss all kinds of media. I can’t really pass my time by playing go-fish, baking, working, and school alone. I was beginning to wonder how people managed to make it out of their generations without Internet, high definition cable, and DVR.
But aside from all the stressing the lack of media caused, I found myself stressing less about little things. This past weekend, I have gotten more sleep than I have any other weekend for the past year. I ended up finding more energy to go out and do some pretty fun things. Rather than feeling cut off from the world without a phone or Facebook, I felt more personal connections when I went to parties and hung out with friends. It’s nice to remember that I’m not socially awkward without media and that says a lot coming from a comm. major!!!
Deanna Briones-Hassuni Day 3
Final Day- Lisa Lozano
harold peavy day 3
Sunday was one of the best days I have had in a long time, minus the crippling hangover. So I have to say that the day was shortened, it had been a while since I had been in bed until 2.p.m. I would have had no problem staying in all day either, except I was rustled out of bed by friends. I had been keeping tight tabs on my roommate’s and friend’s media exposure as well. I had made plans to have a day out of the house, to all enjoy a day by making fun of what ever came our way. 2:30, out of the house and on to Tim’s, time to ride dirt bikes and shoot guns. This is often a Sunday practice, our congregation you might say, Tim works in Laredo during week so on the weekends we cut loose at the ranch.
5:30, back to Laredo for Tim and off to the pool for everyone else. Tired, hot, and dirty from the bikes we arranged to meet a bud Nick where he works as a lifeguard. It was the first time we made the visit, definitely worth it. The pool was out Culebra in some new housing development. Three story water slide do I need to say more?
8:00, Buzzed and hungry. I have only been awake for a portion of the day but I’m already pretty beat. We leave the pool in search of food, and end up with more of a place to drink. With a bite to eat and a couple of pints at the Saucer, it’s any easy decision to go out for more. At our neighborhood dive the Monkey, I find myself irritating my friends with questions and insights as it is already today.
What did we learn? Above all I have to say I couldn’t do it alone. Not because of lack of will, but for the fact that you have way to much time to think when you’re alone. Not trying to be funny but, I don’t really get along with myself and would much rather have others deal with me. It is better for all of us that way. I don’t know if you act as psychiatrists or need to see one after a personal internal look like that. Long drives in the car solo are similar to Looney bins; padded walls could be an improvement though. Other than the car, my life is rather enjoyable. I often found myself in my daily routine not feeling deprived of media, fine without. Working 40 plus hours a week and going to school keeps me busy. The last thing I want to do is spend my me time on my ass.
Writing these blogs I have opened up and allowed myself to really get a since of what I’m about. and I'm glad to say it makes me happy. Living an active life is fun and glad I live the way I do, although I think I may have a drinking problem. I can’t wait to go watch SportsCenter with a cold one.
Taylor Lieber - Day 3
dominic-sunday media deprivation
At work I had a blast because I work at Verizon so there were gadgets everywhere! So from 6am to 3pm I was surrounded by all kinds of media. This was a slap in the face when had to leave because I had to drive with no radio, and play the sound of wind sound track! Once I got home it was not so bad. I put my phone in my room on my night stand and i forgot about it because I spent time with my family. Family time in my family is few and far between because we are always tied to the TV or computer or phone but not having the medias allowed up to talk and connect. To my surprise time went by really fast and I learned a lot of great information about my family.
Monday morning I was finally able to take a shower with music playing! i never knew how much I depend on having music. Music is a great media that everyone needs because they can express their emotions and connect with thousands at one time. putting on a music alarm was great to, I really felt that i was more relaxed and was not stressed to wake up by an abrupt sound.
The three days without the media were not as bad as i thought they would be. There should be more of a balance of time that we spend without media and with media because media keeps up intouch with the world and events.
Josh Aldama [Day 3]
Neysa Day 3
Day 3 - Alina Martinez
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I'm so glad the project is over. I woke up around 1 and as soon as i did i put my favorite song on my laptop because i hadnt heard all freaking weekend and it's been in my head for these past couple days! Well on Sunday I arose from my slumber around 4 again and my mom was cooking a late mexican breakfast for us. When my family eats they usually have a movie on netflix or my cousins are playing the xbox after school. And i had faced away from the big screen and ate my breakfast like a usually would with noise in the background. After i ate i jumped in the shower and when i got out my boyfriend was on the laptop checking his myspace and listening to some music but i asked him to turn off the song even though i was enjoying it. So he kind of helped me through the day without music. As i got ready i wanted to listen to the radio so bad but i knew that i shouldnt or the project wouldnt go right. I didnt have much diffuculty not using a cell phone or any phone at that, simply because i dont have one, and i'm not a texting freak like most girls my age!! the only time i used one was to call my friend about a barbeque we were going to and she needed a ride. so when i left to go pick her up i hesitated to put the radio face on and connect my ipod. my boyfriend was already tired of me having to do the project mostly because when i drive we usually have the music blasting on my speakers. but we didnt the whole ride to brazos & san fernando. in the deep westside haha. me and my friends were all there cooking burgers and hot dogs having a good time drinking some beers and all that good stuff you do at barbeques. Of course there was music in the background and i wasnt about to ask them to turn it off!! We got there around 8, then we left around 12 am. we said our good byes and i was glad to see the time in my car because that finally meant i could jam out and its exactly what i was gonna do regardless the time! i was just feelin a little to good with my bestffriend and boyrfriend in the car they were good times and i'm so glad this is over because sometimes its ackward without music in the car! i'd also like to say that music is the biggest part of media in my life and this showed me how much more i appreciate it and love it.
Day 3 for Adam Coe
Jonathan Swayne blog for sunday May 3, 2009
LaQuinta Day 3
P.S. I did want to mention i woke up about 1am and watch a movie on demand.(Penelope)Just had to get 1 in. I think I was having withdrawals and needed a fix to rest easy that last night.
Eric Garza - Day Three
Linda Estrada Finallly day 3
Day tres
Day Three
Finally, just twenty four more hours and I can go listen to some music, watch television, and play some video games. But today was probably the hardest day of them all to succeed. After coming so close to finishing this project you would think that I can stick it out; however, today was my birthday and I lost all intentions of depriving myself from media. Today was definitely not a successful day attempting to take all media out of my life.
There was no way that my cell phone was not to be used on this day. I had endless text messages and phone calls wishing me a happy birthday. With all this, I couldn’t ignore my phone. I constantly was failing to not use my cell phone. I couldn’t ignore my phone as it rang from my endless family members. This was probably the biggest struggle of my day. This was also followed by the peer pressure of my friends while riding in my car.
For my 21st birthday, me and my friends decided to go out on the town. So while driving down town, I had to blast my radio to bring entertainment for all of us. And once the music was bumping in my ears, I couldn’t find the strength to turn it off. It was a relief to finally listen to some music. I’m glad that I don’t have to do this for the rest of my life. And at the club that we went to, obviously there was music playing but it was uncontrolled so I didn’t seem to care as much. But it was still a relief to hear it anyway.
This project in general definitely showed me that media plays a bigger role in my life than I saw. Just thinking about this project is simple, but the actual action of depriving myself of media was almost impossible. I now realize that with my life, I can live without media, but with the lifestyle that I’ve already created, I wouldn’t want to. I enjoy the entertainment and joy that my forms of media bring to me.
Brian Starr (Day Three)
Brian Starr
Schiber, Day 3+ Conclusions
My final day, Sunday, was by far the hardest of the three days mostly due to the fact I wasn't half as busy as I was on the previous two days. The day started at 1:30 pm with a call from my parents saying their coming home and then we're going out for chinese. I took the time to write the second day reports and then left with them for food. Followed by that we went to the restaurant and then to the mall which had music in the background that I got exposed to but otherwise everything was going fine. Then we went home at around 5pm.
That's when the trouble started.
I literally had nothing to do which for me is just an disaster waiting to happen. I was tired and just wanted to veg making this the first time I missed TV. Intead of droning to random shows I was resorted to spending an half hour in a dazed stupor. After the little rest I was willing to walk to the book store which was about a mile down the road. There I picked up some Terry Prachet books which I truly recomend because they're terribly funny. This kept me distracted and my sister came along so we talked instead of listening to music. Returning home at almost seven o' clock I then decided to head to the local shop where I normally hang out.
At the shop (Gamelot, mentioned at the 1st post its on Huebner and bandera) I met up with a group of friends and went to Jim's for tea and to hang out. We called it quits by eleven due to Jake who was a minor and needed to go home because of his mom. Heading home I was finally fell asleep after almost four hours (insomiac without music here, can't sleep period) ending the three day project.
Conclusions.
I found because of this project that without media to keep me sedate I get very antsy and spend nearly all of my time out of the house. I have to be doing SOMETHING otherwise the lack of entertainment causes me stress. I obsess over everything too much if left with nothing to do. Worse studing is very hard without some background noise to keep me from growing too bored and I'm goint to go most of my studing Monday and Tuesday since I had such diffaculty the last three days. Though spending a day in Dallas might be to blame. The final point is if not for the mini road trip I had scheduled previously I would've had far more trouble with the lack of TV and recreational internet. I spend alot of time in the evenings cruising the web and visiting some forums to chat and discuss anything from hobbies to politics. That said except for Sunday I had very little time for either which helped make this project easier overall. The worse thing with the project is I now have to catch X-men orgins at a decent time sometime this week. Other than that I managed well enough I figure. Certainly not something I'd wish to pledge a month to.
Day 3 Edgar Rodriguez
Jaz Hernandez Day 3
Linda Estrada day 2
Started off bad. I woke up and was already feeling like I was having withdrawl symptoms from music. I woke up too early for work at 7:45 AM and got ready in complete silence. I defintely feel as if silence makes me move slower. All I was hearing were my own thoughts on how much I did not want to go into work, I may have attracted bad energy cause the rest of the morning was spent in a grouchy mood. The night before I lost my cell phone and couldn't find it, I figured that might have been a good thing because I know if I had it I would want to use it. I tried to keep busy at work to try and get time to go by faster. I used different methods to keep my attention. When I got bored, I started to color, clean, and reorganize. On my lunch break I realized that I needed to run to the bank before they closed at 1 PM. When I got into my car I saw that I had no gas, and no money untill I could get to the bank. I was worried that if I ran out of gas on the way to the bank, I would have no cell phone for emergency but tried to look at the bright side of things. I tried to picture myself back when cell phones were not around and thought "what would I have to do in this situation?" So I went as fast as I could to the bank and then to fill up on gas. This incident made me appreciate my cell phone so much more, even though I still had not found it. Later during the day, I went to a birthday party for a younger cousin and there was childrens music playing in the background the entire time. The music was pretty annoying but I was appreciative to hear some kind of melody. Family members were talking about the swine flu, and other current events so I tried to ask as many questions on any updates since Friday morning. After the birthday party I hung out with my in-laws, they wanted to catch a movie but instead we settled for playing pictionary and dominoes. The games turned out to be alot more exciting than I figured them to be. Usually when we get together we play old music records, or suft the internet for movies. So the change of plans allowed us to spend some actual quality time together. I learned a few things about them that I did not know before this night. All in all the morning seemed to drag on but the afternoon and evening was very pleasant without media. I know that my day would have been completely different had I not been doing the deprevation, but I appreciate the good things the black out brought.
Day 3 Michael Petit
Day one was easy for me to stay away from media in my life. When it came to day three I could not help myself to watching TV, listening to my i pod and working on my computer for one of my finals. I never realized how much media is in my life until its not there. I was hard for me to not use the cell phone. The cell phone is something that I think I wouldn't be able to go threw life with out. Music is something else that I couldnt live with out. I love music. I learned that its good to use media in my life but its even better to share with other people. I was forced to go outside and be interactive other individuals I never new before. I was experiencing life other then staying home playing my xbox. I learned that I need to find a balance in life when it comes to media. Too much is bad for one person it isolates them. Too little media in ones life keeps them from connecting with others. I am pretty proud of myself for how long I lasted in this deprivation project. It made me grateful for what I have in life. Instead of always wanting and wondering what I didn't have in life. Thank you Michael Petit
Sunday Deprivation by Adrian Coe
Arseny Day 3
not being constantly distracted by my phone going off or thinking about what's on TV, helped me focus on the things that need to be done and made me pretty productive this weekend. yesterday evening i went over to my sisters house for a while, just to hang out but her and mom put me to work. since we couldn't have music on, making fun of each other was pretty much all we did while they were shampooing the carpet and i was moving the furniture around.
i decided to hit the hay early, around 1130 just to wake up to a media filled day. never thought i'd say this but thank god it's monday
Melissa Mancilla-post 3
By the time I got home (around 9 p.m.), I didn’t even realize I had gone a whole car ride without music. The thought of turning on the T.V. never even crossed my mind as I sat down at the computer to slave over an essay. Usually I’d have my iTunes playlist going as well as the T.V. blasting whenever I do anything, but without them I realized how distracting they really are. I got done with my essay twice as fast as I would have with the T.V. on. I ended up turning on the news anyway just to see if swine flu had killed half the nation while I was under my rock. Anderson Cooper mentioned how swine flu is now a pandemic and he estimates it will spread to 50 states very soon. Great. I figured that’s all I needed to know and turned the T.V. off almost as soon as I turned it on.
Maybe I’ve just been stressed over finals so much that they’re dominating my thoughts, or I actually let go of the idea of media dominating my thoughts for a brief moment. I suppose this media deprivation exercise has made me a little bit more focused, but that doesn’t mean I’m willing to give it up altogether. I realized that if I can eliminate certain luxuries such as the T.V. or surfing the net while doing homework I probably would never have to procrastinate again, as far as school work goes at least.
Burak Day 3
Watch out for the Infected.
I had got like four hours of sleep then my brother and I hit the road. Leaving Monterrey at around 3:30pm, we headed to Satillo to pick some dry chiles and some tile samples, that our mom told us to get for her since we down in Mexico anyway. We arrive in Satillo only to find that the city was a buzz and not that affected by the apparent flu pandemic. Actually, while my brother and I had some lunch there in Satillo, we were watching the news and it turns out that Mexico had lowered their alert level in Mexico city. Which means Mexico is taking its first steps towards normalcy. So after we had some gringas and taquitos, and got the stuff for our mom, we headed back towards the border.
Getting to the border was a brisk hour and a half drive since I was speeding the whole way. We arrived in Nuevo Laredo around 8:00pm only to find that the border was in a mamamoth-colossel size cluster F!#% the was totally FUBAR. There was all kinds of medical personnel from both countries (US&Mexico) interviewing, and checking every vehicle that was crossing the border. It was good to see the colaboration of both countries to achieve a common goal. Well I was asked to step out of my vehicle because I looked pale. I was pale but only because the previous night I had been drinking heavily for long hours. So they took me into a field-clinic (a tent) and ran my vidals to make sure I was not infected. I felt like I was in a Zombie movie with these medical and Mexican-military all trying to find infected people. I was just waiting for the Zombies to start eating people's faces and hell to break loose! haha It was a interesting experience. So it turned out that I was not infected but a little dehydrated from the alcohol consumption. So I was given a gulcose pill, bottle of water, released and sent on my way.
We did not get across the border until 12:00am in the morning so by this time we ready to round-kick next person in the head that would inhibit our return to San Antonio. Although at least I know that the governments are taking the necessary precautions to keep the masses safe. Since I was busy the whole day I really did not even think I was affected by not being able to use media for recreational purposes. Then again on the car-ride from Laredo to San Antonio I realized that Day 3 was over, and I could listen to music which was great because it kept me awake. We did not arrive in San Antonio until 4:00 in the morning because my brother wanted to stop and eat.( hes a cop and hes always hungry) I am so glad this project is over because I never realized how much music calms me down.
Danielle-Day 3
Sunday started off with me waking up unusually early, around 8:45 am. I got up and got ready to go to church, which I hadn't done in a very long time. I'm suprised I didn't melt when I walked in. The drive to church took about 20 minutes, so once again, I sang songs in my head. For some reason, I sang an entire medely of 80s songs, from Billy Idol to Cyndi Lauper.
After church, I was called in to work. For the first time in a long time, I was not dreading going to work, only because at AE, we play a dvd with music, so I'd get a little fill for the 4 hours I had to work. Work seemed to pass by faster than usual, of course only on the day I actually didn't mind being there.
When I got home from work, I wrote my blog for the previous day, however, my sister was in the same room watching tv. Just hearing the tv without actually seeing it, was difficult. I knew there would be no compromising with my sister for her to watch tv elsewhere, so I retreated to my room and decided to work on my creative project for my Am. Lit. class.
After I worked on the project for a while, I actually fell asleep until about almost 9:00. When I woke up from my "nap," I went to the kitchen to make myself a sandwich. My mom was watching Housewives, and I desperately wanted to see it too, but I stayed strong, and just continued to make my sandwich and headed back to my room.
I wasn't really that sleepy, since I had just slept for the past 3 hours, so I decided to continue reading Breaking Dawn. At this point, I knew I only had a few more hours until this weekend and tough project would be over, so I smiled to myself, closed my book, and started dreaming.
Overall, I found out that I can live without my phone, without the internet, and without tv, but living without music turned out to be the most difficult challenge. All I can really say is that I'm so glad this project is over! Maybe in the far future, if I want to punish my kids or something, instead of the normal, "you're grounded," I'll simply tell them, "Media deprivation!"
Nick Ibarra Day 3 It's overrr
So instead I came home and grabbed a book that I like to read all of the time, it’s called “Captain Underpants and The Attack of The Talking Toilets.” It helped me pass quite a while, I was reading and getting food and doing stuff like that. I also went running and went outside to do yard work with my dad. Surprisingly enough I actually found plenty of stuff to do to keep myself busy when not HAVING to do something.
Overall this project started off with me thinking about it a lot and trying really hard not to doing anything to do with media, music and games. As the weekend went on it was not nearly as hard as I thought it would be. It was defiantly an experience and I think the main reason we use media so much in our lives is because it’s so convenient to us. I know that I can live without media, I wouldn’t die but it’s really a huge part of my life for reasons that I’ve committed to. For example, the whole MLG thing and I loving music so much. It’s hard to just cut it off like that. It’s our way of life now and we’ve adapted to it very closely. I think about the old days, like back in the 1920’s, they didn’t have nearly ¾ of the stuff we have today, but they did have stuff to them that was they’re lifestyle and daily activities.
This project was interesting, glad it's over though, it was an experience for me and I kind of don’t want to do it again, ha-ha
Melissa- Day 2
Por Fin Dia 3 Julio
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Linda Estrada day 1
When I woke up, I started to get dressed for work. I usually watch the local news around this time while getting ready, but went without the television or music for this morning. It was definetely too quite and it almost scared me a bit just cause I was not used still noise while getting ready. After just a little while I realized I was running late for work. I usually use the news channel on to tell me what time it is in the morning so just this little incident made me realize how reliant I am on television for my day to get started. At work I tried to get through the day as fast as I could but it dragged on which is unusal for a Friday. It could have been because I did not listen to music or go online on the short 30 minute break I had at around 11:30 A.M. so even my break took forever to get through. I was almost hoping for time to go by faster so that I could get back to work, I dont think I have ever felt that way. After getting out of work at about 2:30 P.M. I met up with an old friend and had coffee at a local cafe. We mostly talked about music and movies, I informed her of this media deprivation project and she thought that I was crazy for actually trying to go through with it. She was even trying to tempt me out of going through with the project by inviting me to a movie at the Bijou movie theater that I have really been wanting to see. I sadly declinded but felt better about it afterwards. I went home, took a well needed nap, then awoke and realized I was already having withdrawl symptoms from not being able to watch TV or listen to my ipod. I tried to keep busy and waste time by working on other school projects but got brain fried. A few of my friends came over and we headed over to their new apartment, my boyfriend or I are usually in charge of bring the tunes along but I left mine at home and tried to avoid listening to any music. When we got therer we talked about old memories and discussed what we are planning to do in the next couple of weeks. I am not sure how, but without my saying so, we avoided any media like internet, movies and even music which is very rare in our situation. When I arrived home I thought back on the day and realized how much media is a part of my life. I definetly missed it, but am hoping that maybe the next couple of days will allow me to feel freer and not so reliant on media.
You fight the boredom but it makes no difference - Abigail Day 3
Game Night, Nick Ibarra Day 2 =]
When I got home, I still wanted to hear music so I got on my drum set and played for an hour or two, it was different without music in my headphones but drums are drums. That night I decided to organize a game night with my family and my sis’s boyfriend and my girlfriend, the more people the more fun. I thought that would be an interesting way to pass time. We started playing at about 6 ‘clock. In between games we cooked dinner, make cookies because they are the best. I tried a few new foods that I haven’t ever tasted before. We did a bunch of different food and games; Life, card games, Taboo, Scene It, just a variety of games. By the time we were finished and tired of playing games, it was nearly midnight. So then my girlfriend and I just sat on my roof and talked for a couple of hours. I don’t know why I like to chill on top of the roof, but it’s fun and different. I think everyone should try it, I recommend it.
I think that I am going to try and read a book or two to help pass the time; I don’t like reading so it’s going to be boring but I am willing to try mostly anything at this vulnerable point. I’m just kidding, so far its not that bad, I think it tests you on how creative you are with what you have.
harold peavy day 2
I lay in bed until seven forty, pondering what surprises are to follow; I was exposed within seconds of waking. Am I going to be that exposed to media all day? Luckily I will be at work most of the day, my schedule on Fridays and Saturdays is torturous, 8 a.m. to 3:45pm then back at 5:30 until 10:30. Hopefully being contained will give me an edge on following the guidelines. As I make my way to the shower I have to laugh, this is going to be impossible. My brother is asleep on the living room couch, Sports Center blaring, we even watch Television in our sleep at my house. This is sad; my big screen has become my mother’s nursery rhymes, rocking my brother to sleep. I never knew how soothing Chris Berman’s voice could be. Still needing to shower I quickly asses the situation; computers, televisions and gaming systems in every room, even the garage. Living In a house with five guys, there is limitless technological entertainment.
I take a quick shower, change, and off to work. It is seven fifty-nine; luckily work is right down the street and I will probably be the first one there anyway. As I get into my car I remember to turn off my stereo before I can hear any audible noise. A two minute ride to work in silence, and I have survived the morning and even enjoyed my tranquil cruise.
Work is work! Music plays all day and luckily I can’t hear it in the kitchen. Not because I am too concerned with the rules, but rather the music isn’t usually of my taste. 3:45, Survived the front end of work, no slip ups, now it’s time to go to the bank. Haven’t even made a phone call or text, look at received messages, don’t care.
The bank is only ten minutes away, but I now know why as soon as cars were invented people figured out how to put stereos in them. With friends in the car I often opt to chat, turning down or off the radio to converse. Alone, hot, and tired I have been in the car twenty minutes and just pulled up to a teller. As my account is replenished all I want to do is listen to It’s the First of the Month, a payday staple. I refrain and make it home without turning the dial. Don’t know if I could have done it without smokes.
The rest of the day is a breeze, back at home I only have time to change and head back into work. 10:30p.m., sneak out of work early and head home. I had taken a phone call and made plans to go to the bar with a friend. After I quick shower I’m out of the house and with the guys for a long night. About now things gets fuzzy, hope I wasn’t the one driving. One day down, two to go.
May 3rd
I wouls have to say that television is one of the worst inventions that has plagued society, because we as a people have clearly become so consumed in the trap media produces. People would rather be lazy and rott their brains away infront of the tv for hours and they end up missing out on life and everything it has to offer. It has been proven that the average person spends MORE than HALF their life asleep, so why waste more of your precious life watching tv? Its obviously called the "idiot box" for a reason.
Josh Aldama [Day 2]
Day 2 "Apesta" Julio
day2
May 3
The drive felt so incredibly long, and the fact that I was tired didn't help at all. There was no music, and I did have my phone on just in case of emergency but I didn't talk or text on it at all. The drive home is very boring because it's just a bunch of small towns and country road. Usually it's not that bad because I use the radio to keep me awake and entertained, but without it the whole trip just dragged on. I was so happy when I made it back home because at least there were people to keep me entertained! Then I went to the pool because it was such a gorgeous day, and without media there is nothing to do in my apartment. I found this to be a plus because I rarely do any outside activities! It was very refreshing to just enjoy the outdoors.
Overall I found this experience to be an eye opener. I learned that I let the media dictate a big chunk of my day, and that I depend on it a lot! Cutting music out of my day dramatically changed almost everything I did from waking up, getting ready, driving, even sleeping. And I was constantly fighting the urge to check my phone. I don't think that I could stand living like this everyday, but it was nice to try it for a weekend.
Dee Parks