A new realization...

First off, sorry this is late, I just got home from school...Yesterday the media deprivation really started getting to me, especially towards the end. I woke up, made an omelet and went to work from 12-6, both times driving in silence. I'd just like to say that silence in itself was torture, I use the CD player in my car, not only to tune out the oh so annoying creaks and rattles from my 2001 explorer, but I also use it to tune out the outside world. (Do you know how hard it is to try to tune the creepy guy yelling next to you without music??) After I got home, I started to try to work on my Mexican American History paper. The assignment was to read a chapter about 15 pages long and write a 3-5 page paper...I started to read about 3 pages or so and when I stopped I realized I didn't retain any information. The whole time I was reading I had other things on my mind; I guess the background silence distracted me to think about other things. I realize that TV or music is the only reason I ever get any of my homework done...Creative writing is the only thing I can do silently because it involves proofreading, editing and critical thinking skills that help preoccupy my mind. When I read history books, my mind really doesn't get any stimulation, the only thing that my mind does while I read history books is notice how poorly they're written...Anyways while I sat there reading this chapter, I started to think...I started to think how quiet it was, how empty it was; how lonely it was. It was such a depressing feeling, I never realized that the main reason I can live alone is because of the media. From this project I've learned that without the media, I definitely would not be able to live alone and ultimately would not be able to function. I'm so thankful to have the media back in my life. I missed music so much...

-Holly Doll