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I can't say I have heard anything interesting these past two weeks. It is kind of hard to write a blog about that when I have had presentations on presentations. I had two presentations today, a few last week. If I am not prepping for that I am working on projects or doing Phi Sig related stuff. We did just initiate 7 new girls and couldn't be happier about it. 
Midterm time sucks, but at least I won't be as busy with Phi Sig related stuff for the rest of the semester. My mind has been on content overload and my sleep has been feeling the effects. I guess thats what you get being a college student. 

My little(Haivy) and I went to hobby lobby today to craft for our Phantom Phi (Phantom Phi is our version of Secret Santa. We give small gifts each month and then the last month do a larger gift and reveal ourselves). She told me that "she couldn't take me anywhere" because I was acting like a little kid. I kept accidentally knocking things over or touching or looking at everything. Its not like I tried to do these things. I just get very excited when I see something cool and I either have to go look at it or touch it. I also can't sit still, yes I am one of those people who needs to be touching or fiddling with something. My attention span sucks and I get distracted easily. 

Also at dinner tonight she told me the same thing. Tuesdays are always our family dinner nights and we go out to eat instead of staying on campus and eating at the dining hall. Tonight we decided to get sushi and I happened to manage to dissemble a piece of sushi and fail at picking it back up again. It just kept falling more and more apart. Meanwhile I am attempting to put it back together again, just making more of a mess. I never said I was normal. I am far from normal. Not everyone sees it though, if you were to first meet me or be an acquaintance you would think I am nice, smart, caring, etc. I feel bad for those who really do know me. I am weird and act silly. I don't usually pay attention to the things I say either. The worst is really tired and I have a severe case of the sleepy haha's. This is when I am beyond the point of being over tired and think everything is hilarious and I say or do the most stupidest things. Only a few people have experienced it and are usually dying of laughter. I guess I have to keep myself sane somehow. 

Sanity, that would be nice, especially after the past couple of days I have had. Ugh1

 
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After just getting back from break, the last thing I want to do is any school work. I was able to spend a week in Florida relaxing and soaking up the sun, even though it was only around 70 degrees there. At least I wasn't back at home dealing with snow and cold weather and was able to come home with somewhat of a tan. I feel like I just got home from Florida and it is already half way through the week. Where does time go?

Today I did a presentation about media. It was on a theory called media dependency theory. Basically in this theory people automatically go to a news source for information about a topic. This could be the newspapers, TV, friends/family, social media (Facebook, Twitter), and online newspapers. This theory says that people are going to go to the source that they are most comfortable with and can meet their needs or interests. This explains why there is so many different ways to obtain information. You don't really think about it how you get your information until someone may ask you. 

I personally don't watch the news or read it on an everyday basis. I also don't usually follow up on stories. But when I do hear about something or read about something it is usually through the local news (TV) or on CNN.com. But to further explain this theory I will give you an example of where I did not turn to these things first. 

Everyone has heard about the Sandy Hook school shootings. Well the first time that I heard about Sandy Hook was through Twitter and I had no idea what Sandy Hook was or what had even happened. I kind of avoided the subject for a little bit and then my mom called. She was very upset and started telling me about what had happened at Sandy Hook. The reason why she was so upset was because my older sister is a first grade teacher. She was so worried that it could have happened at her school. After hearing this news from my mom I turned on the TV and was watching the news about the shooting. It was either CNN or FoxNews that was broadcasting the shooting. I didn't really keep up with it after that unless I happened to turn the news on in the morning or someone had a post or tweet about it online. 

I think the main reason why I turn to CNN if its online is because I feel like they are more of a source to state the facts and provide less bias (but here my bias gets in the way because other people could feel differently). I try to avoid social media sites at all cost to get information because it catches me off guard and doesn't have the full story. I feel like I cannot keep up with all of the information that people are posting to comprehend the immensity of a story. 

But the media dependency theory varies between ages because older generations rely on newspapers for information, while the younger generation goes to the Internet or social media to find out information. People will start to hunt around to other sources when they want to know more, but in general stick with what they are most comfortable with.