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Sundial is a must read and best of all I designed the cover! And definitely check out sundialbook.com to learn more!
Posted on 18 Jul 2011 by Sara
Communication Inability
Here is a piece I just recently wrote (as in about 20 minutes ago). It's a work in progress, but let me know what you think.
A lack of personal communication is present in today’s society. Most people would prefer to send an email, text, or social networking site message. While technology has allowed us to be more efficient in many aspects, it has left us lacking in people skills. Our generation remembers what it was like to have to research papers using books, instead of Google, we know what it means to pick up a phone to call someone to ask to hang out; we know what it was like before internet, cell phones, email, and texting. This is something only the older generations will ever truly be able to cherish, the younger generations will not appreciate the value of technology like we have, seeing as they have been born into an era where almost every school has a computer lab, where they learn to research on the internet, before they learn that encyclopedias’ come in book form. Everywhere you see young children, elementary school ages, walking around with cell phones, texting their friends, where a child’s cell phone is more important to them than their childhood. We remember a time where we collected rocks, and shiny bobbles, and other useless objects, just because it was fun, now children and teens barely look where they’re walking for fear of not replying to the text fast enough.
The text message is so important to the person it distracts them, and can be dangerous, especially to those who are driving. Now we’re developing cars that you can make calls from by pushing a button on the steering wheel and talking, but why do we need this? Is it so important to call someone while you’re driving, so that it can distract you from the dangerous task at hand? 18% of fatal distracted driving crashes in 2009 involved cell phone use. How can that simple text message or phone call be more important than your life, your passenger’s life, and any other person in the vicinity’s life? The answer is that it is not, that text message will still be there after you finish driving, that person on the other end of the phone, will still be there waiting for you to call, after you stop driving. Why not go visit the person instead of calling or texting while driving. Distracted driving is extremely dangerous, no matter what is distracting you, technology, food, people. This constant need to be connected via technology has affected our actual ability to connect with another human being face to face.
Yet, it’s not only the children and teens that are affected by this, when you walk down the street, you cannot tell if some people are talking to themselves, or if they have Bluetooth. A businessperson’s staple is their Smartphone, email, and texting, they have to have that message right that instant, fifteen minutes is too long to wait. In a society where everything is instant, people do not build patience. We rush out the door in the morning, we rush to work, we rush to classes, we rush to lunch, we rush to get our fast food, and we complain if what we wanted done faster is not done fast enough, or if it is not exactly what we wanted. What we’re lacking is not made up for by our instant information. Nowadays one cannot even get lost on a trip without being irritated at a GPS unit, as opposed to enjoying the view. We all just need to take a deep breath, step back, and enjoy the view, we are only on this planet for an ephemeral moment, at least in history’s eyes, don’t make our moment’s impact on history be a bad one.
A lack of personal communication is present in today’s society. Most people would prefer to send an email, text, or social networking site message. While technology has allowed us to be more efficient in many aspects, it has left us lacking in people skills. Our generation remembers what it was like to have to research papers using books, instead of Google, we know what it means to pick up a phone to call someone to ask to hang out; we know what it was like before internet, cell phones, email, and texting. This is something only the older generations will ever truly be able to cherish, the younger generations will not appreciate the value of technology like we have, seeing as they have been born into an era where almost every school has a computer lab, where they learn to research on the internet, before they learn that encyclopedias’ come in book form. Everywhere you see young children, elementary school ages, walking around with cell phones, texting their friends, where a child’s cell phone is more important to them than their childhood. We remember a time where we collected rocks, and shiny bobbles, and other useless objects, just because it was fun, now children and teens barely look where they’re walking for fear of not replying to the text fast enough.
The text message is so important to the person it distracts them, and can be dangerous, especially to those who are driving. Now we’re developing cars that you can make calls from by pushing a button on the steering wheel and talking, but why do we need this? Is it so important to call someone while you’re driving, so that it can distract you from the dangerous task at hand? 18% of fatal distracted driving crashes in 2009 involved cell phone use. How can that simple text message or phone call be more important than your life, your passenger’s life, and any other person in the vicinity’s life? The answer is that it is not, that text message will still be there after you finish driving, that person on the other end of the phone, will still be there waiting for you to call, after you stop driving. Why not go visit the person instead of calling or texting while driving. Distracted driving is extremely dangerous, no matter what is distracting you, technology, food, people. This constant need to be connected via technology has affected our actual ability to connect with another human being face to face.
Yet, it’s not only the children and teens that are affected by this, when you walk down the street, you cannot tell if some people are talking to themselves, or if they have Bluetooth. A businessperson’s staple is their Smartphone, email, and texting, they have to have that message right that instant, fifteen minutes is too long to wait. In a society where everything is instant, people do not build patience. We rush out the door in the morning, we rush to work, we rush to classes, we rush to lunch, we rush to get our fast food, and we complain if what we wanted done faster is not done fast enough, or if it is not exactly what we wanted. What we’re lacking is not made up for by our instant information. Nowadays one cannot even get lost on a trip without being irritated at a GPS unit, as opposed to enjoying the view. We all just need to take a deep breath, step back, and enjoy the view, we are only on this planet for an ephemeral moment, at least in history’s eyes, don’t make our moment’s impact on history be a bad one.
Posted on 14 Apr 2011 by Sara
Mix CD's
I think mix CD's are the sweetest gifts you can give/get; they are customized to the person: each song reflects on the giver and their feelings of the recipient.
They just give me the warm fuzzies inside, like a cup of hot cocoa on a cold, wet, winter day. It's great to be able to listen to the songs and think of why the giver put each song on there, what the significance to you they all hold.
I received a Mix CD from an ex today. He also happens to be my best friend, and I also happen to love him. Each song makes me smile, they mostly say how he loves me, and how he apologizes for breaking up with me, and that I'm beautiful, and how he can't believe I'm still here for him. It just makes me feel so great that someone would make a CD like this for me.
Mix CD's allow us to communicate how we feel about someone through music that others have created and through our compilation of the different kinds of music.
My New CD Playlist (This isn't the order they are on the CD, just the order my iTunes put them):
I'd Come For You - Nickelback
It's Hard To Say - The Used
Smother Me - The Used
Forever and Always - Bullet For My Valentine
Curses - Bullet For My Valentine
Hanging By A Moment - Lifehouse
It Was You - 12 Stones
'Til Death Do Us Part - American Diary
Burn The Night Away - There For Tomrrow
You Are So Beautiful - Escape The Fate
Happy - Never Shout Never
I Caught Fire - The Used
The Crush - American Diary
Not Good Enough For Truth Or Cliche - Escape The Fate
Note To Self - From First To Last
Wait For Tomorrow - Bless The Fall
Hear Me Now - Framing Hanley
Slow Dance - Framing Hanley
What Is Love? - Never Shout Never
My Heroine - Silverstein
Blue And Yellow - The Used
They just give me the warm fuzzies inside, like a cup of hot cocoa on a cold, wet, winter day. It's great to be able to listen to the songs and think of why the giver put each song on there, what the significance to you they all hold.
I received a Mix CD from an ex today. He also happens to be my best friend, and I also happen to love him. Each song makes me smile, they mostly say how he loves me, and how he apologizes for breaking up with me, and that I'm beautiful, and how he can't believe I'm still here for him. It just makes me feel so great that someone would make a CD like this for me.
Mix CD's allow us to communicate how we feel about someone through music that others have created and through our compilation of the different kinds of music.
My New CD Playlist (This isn't the order they are on the CD, just the order my iTunes put them):
I'd Come For You - Nickelback
It's Hard To Say - The Used
Smother Me - The Used
Forever and Always - Bullet For My Valentine
Curses - Bullet For My Valentine
Hanging By A Moment - Lifehouse
It Was You - 12 Stones
'Til Death Do Us Part - American Diary
Burn The Night Away - There For Tomrrow
You Are So Beautiful - Escape The Fate
Happy - Never Shout Never
I Caught Fire - The Used
The Crush - American Diary
Not Good Enough For Truth Or Cliche - Escape The Fate
Note To Self - From First To Last
Wait For Tomorrow - Bless The Fall
Hear Me Now - Framing Hanley
Slow Dance - Framing Hanley
What Is Love? - Never Shout Never
My Heroine - Silverstein
Blue And Yellow - The Used
Posted on 03 Apr 2010 by Sara
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