Its day nine of this experiment of not watching tv at all and it happens to be Jersey day today. I really wanna watch the new episode but I'm gonna stay true to this experiment and leave the tv off...Ill probably just read until I fall asleep tonight

So I figured out what object could be recreated into and with all the broken pieces I transformed the shades into glasses that you could wear to block out everything at night when you wanna go to sleep, like a face mask. I glued halves of the arms in the frames of the glasses and then glued paper behind that. I dont really know if they work or if they're even worth using but I made them with that concept in mind.

Van Der Goot, Margot, Johannes W.j. Beentjes, and Martine Van Selm. "Meanings of television in older    adults' lives: An analysis of change and continuity in television viewing." Jan. 2012. Host. EBSCO. Ball State University, Muncie. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=2&hid=127&sid=2fef8322-2e14-4dac-b2e2-0aaf4930b16c%40sessionmgr13&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=67732674>.


This article is talking about the importance of TV in the lives of adults. Its also talking about how peoples life styles affect how much television they watch.

Ok so about this 30 day challenge. I've been staying true to my challenge which is not to watch tv anymore. Its not so hard to do because of the fact that Im an architecture major and most of my time is spent in the studio working on projects. But other than being in studio, I spend my time reading and sleeping. Although I am gonna miss watching my favorite shows like Jersey Shore, I think Ill be pretty successful with the challenge.

For my object, I chose a pair of sunglasses to destroy. They were the pair that BSU was handing out to students for homecoming. I guess BSU was just trying to advocate for our homecoming and they wanted everyone to be aware of the game and come to it. And the obvious purpose for the shades are to shield your eyes from the suns harmful rays.

The new object I created is none existent. I dont really know what to make because sawed the glasses in half and got rid of the lenses. Then I sawed the arms off of the glasses and then sawed them in half. So yeah if i had know we had to make something else out of the shades, I probably woulda broke them in a different way. So yeah any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

The main idea of the article is that people need to listen more and talk less. The article talks about how much closer of a population we could be if we just do a little more listening to others. It talks about the major difference between African story telling and American story telling is that American stories are more linear and are structured from beginning to end; while African stories are often complex, having more than a couple stories going on simultaneously.

The relevance of this article to the one about the people in the parlor is expressed through the need for better communication. The people in the parlor were just arguing and constantly inserting their opinion without listening to anyone else's and also without any prior knowledge of the topic at hand. Instead of hearing each other out, it was more important to prove each other wrong. And its relevance to chapter 9 in the Wadsworth book is stated when the article says the information is not the same as knowledge, but rather knowledge is the application of knowledge. We should apply knowledge to our projects and make sure we communicate our thoughts thoroughly.

I have no idea what im supposed to be blogging about or if there is any specific thing we should be blogging about, and seeing as though i forgot to do one last week, i guess ill talk about the library session this week. It was my second time attending one of those sessions but all in all i thought it was very informative and i like that they take the time out to explain to us how to use the articles and databases and also how to effectively use other resources the library has to offer.