Week One: Different Forms of Media

Movies: When it comes to movies for me, the more indie they are, the better. I probably watch on average about five movies a week.

Book: I started reading at a young age and always have a book i'm reading leisurely.

Newspapers: I never really liked the paper when I was younger. I used to just go straight to the comic section and discard the rest, like most other Americans unfortunately. It wasn’t until I made the front page of my local newspaper for something insignificant I did on what must have been a slow news day when I was seven that I gained interest. Now, I’ll read the paper whenever I have free time.

Magazines: Music magazines have always interested me the most (as you can tell the moment you step into my room and see my walls heavily adorned with cut-outs and clippings). I won’t lie, I used to buy them solely for the pictures, but now I’d like to think I’ve matured a little, reading about my favorite bands and their accomplishments and goals because I’m genuinely interested and not just ‘cause I think the drummer is cute.

Recordings: My iPod and Comcast On Demand: two things I can always turn to when I’m nearly paralyzed with boredom.

Radio: Most avid music lovers are either disinterested or disgusted with the radio, or, so I’ve noticed. Disc jockeys can take one good song and overplay it to the point of physical deterrence. A prime example would be Boulevard of Broken Dreams, the bitter ballad by Green Day, a band whose past hits about masturbation didn’t have their chance to shine until their satiric album American Idiot caught the public’s attention in 2006. Even though my distaste for the radio is great, I’m still guilty of being a talk show listener as I drive to school in the morning whenever my iPod runs out of a charge.

Television: Television is something I’ll always turn to in desperation. Seldom do I ever watch it by choice.

Internet: The Internet – the melting pot of mass media. I’ve been caught up in this information age just like most of my peers. I used to feel devastated and cut off from the rest of the world for not having my phone with me. Now I feel that same way when my macbook can’t get a solid connection to the Internet.