12 Hr Media consumption

Having consciously observed my media consumption for twelve hours I can now safely say I live in a bubble.

Media consumed;
General internet browsing
Facebook.com
Mediatakeout.com
Onlinepoker
BigBang theory
White Collar
TV Movies
CD music while driving
BBM

Technologies used;
Car audio
TV
Computer
Mobile phone


Either by unfortunate accident or unconcious design I am ninety percent oblivious to current news. It was a startling descovery that any local happenings of which I am aware comes to me through BBM messages or status updates and International news through the Mediatakeout.com site. Commuting to work takes me all of five minutes so listening to the morning talk shows are a rare occurrence.
Where do I go from here? What to do about this?
A friend suggested that I tune into the televised morning shows while I perform my morning routine in preparation for work. Purchasing a paper (Express) on my way to or browsing it online at work may also be a way to go and setting the TV timer to see the headlines on the ten pm news is also an option to be considered.
I plan to retake this personal survey in a month's time to see if I have improved, more importantly I hope I will feel the difference as I should be more informed.


DW

Food for thought

I now know what I am supposed to be doing with this blog. Erasing my mistake and starting over was my inital thought but I have decided to just continue using a different direction. Here we go ....again.

Two more thoughts,
Why does Blooger not spell check automatically?..
I am not as comfortable with dialect as I thought, i do not know what to make of that.

DW

NEXT: local scenery

Sensationalism in the Media

WITNESS WIPED OUT

Man shot dead one day after seeing attempted murder

By Susan Mohammed susan.mohammed@trinidadexpress.com

Garlic sauce quality control....

    The above was from a recent fete, the person who sent it to me did not mention which one but for some reason I doubt it was UWI, Bishops or Wicked in White.The line between moral and immoral behaviour usually gets blurred during the carnival season so as a complete non-participant in this years festivities i ask myself, does it still exist?
    Trinidad Carnival is becoming more about drunken abandon in fetes, highly sampled music and female exposure and less about the character portrayals, parades of costumes and social commentary.
    I agree that progress comes at a cost and that there are many posative aspects of Carnival but the loss of our personal moral compasses is not worth it.

New ting,.....

So...after spending two hours figuring out how to adjust this Blog-thingie, i thought i'd lost it. Another 45min looking, yup it's lost. A further two days complaining to anyone who'd listed, conclusion,....start over.

Nobody coulda tell me is just to sign back onto Blogger and stop wasting my time doing websearches to find it?? 
Ignorance is really bliss. I will never again shake my head at my dad when he trys to make a call from my touch screen phone and the next time my son asks if i've learned to play "world of Warcraft" i'm going to bust his tail.

Welcome to my journey into the world of new media use, the ride may get bumpy but i hope the scenery and destination will be worth it.