SLC!!!

I'm so excited. I'm going to the temple tonight to look at the lights on the trees! .I'm so glad that they do that every year. Its a super fun tradition that I've done since moving to Utah and it is awesome. I am grateful for the efforts the church makes to make Temple Square an awesome place to be.

FRIENDS

I have long since been a fan of the popular television show, Friends. However, I am watching it this very moment and I just cannot handle the frequent reference to sex. SO ANNOYING! Yeah, it's funny, and yeah, I could probably quote every episode in all 10 seasons, but....it gets annoying at times.

naked.

Sooooo I saw The Time Traveler's Wife last week with some girlfriends, and I was shocked at the amount of nudity in that movie! The bad thing was, it wasn't even applicable to the story at all. I really think they could have made the movie without the nudity and it would have exactly the same except minus a butt or two here or there. Other than that though, I have to admit that I didn't really like it all that much to be honest.

sexual content assignment

Watch three programs on TV that you normally watch during the week. DO NOT change your media habits for this assignment! Just watch what you normally watch. While watching answer the following questions. Also, post your thoughts on this experience on your blog (counts for blogging that week)
1. What programs did you choose?
Friends Season 4
Friends Season 7
Friends Season 10

2. How much sex is in the programs? Keep a running tally for each program and write it below.
Friends Season 4 9 references to sexual content
Friends Season 7 15 references to sexual content
Friends Season 10 4

3. What sexual messages are portrayed in each of the three programs?

Friends Season 4 sexual innuendos such as referring to a woman’s underclothes, reproductive system. Multiple references to sexual intercourse and childbirth in a negative way. Homosexual connotations, reference to inappropriate touching of a female’s body. In general, every reference to sex was explicitly stated, and had a negative connotation.

Friends Season 7 actual displays of sexual intercourse, reference to male and female reproductive system, objectification of women, demeaning women, frequent references to sexual intercourse. Homosexual connotations are also frequent.

Friends Season 10references to pornographic material and sexual intercourse.

AFV

Ok America's Funniest Home Videos is way ghetto but seriously awesome. I have been watching it a lot lately and it never gets old. I know it's sad that in about 85% of the videos someone gets hurt, but there are some serious gems on this show. Also, have you ever noticed that the people in the studio audience are always laughing so hard? Like SO hard. I think they have signs that say "laugh until you die" or "pee your pants". However, I think I could make it on that show, because I really laugh so hard every time I watch it. I laugh harder than the people I watch it with, too, and I mean A LOT harder. For some reason there is something about home videos that make me really, really happy.


ALSO: was the new host of this show (I think his name is Marc Summers) the host of Legends of The Hidden Temple?

CONFERENCE!

Wasn't it so great to watch conference last week? We really are blessed that through the media the church is able to reach every facet of the world. I love it!

Book Assignment

As a child, my favorite book was Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown. The story goes through a series of things in a room that a bunny sees. The text has a very pleasing rhyming notion, saying things like, “Goodnight room. Goodnight moon. Goodnight cow jumping over the moon. Goodnight light, and the red balloon…” The pictures in the story were simple and I could easily identify the moon, clock, bunny, socks, and so on. There was not too much going on, and it was very simple and easy to understand, even as a child. I feel like this book really covered the areas that infants learn that we discussed in class. My mother was involved when reading to me, creating the “dance” of synchrony between parent and child. There was joint attention because children are often very demanding of parents when sitting on their lap and reading with them, they ask “what’s that” and ask to turn pages. The book also has repetition with the bunny saying goodnight to everything it sees.