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.

blog post 10/05/09

So yesterday I spent 7 hours straight in the library. I knew I was going to be in there for a long time, and the one and only requirement I had was that I study somewhere in the building that I had cell phone service. It is really important to me that I can be “connected” to the outside world when studying in the depths of the library. However, my phone did not ring once. I got a few text messages, but honestly I was bothered that no one missed me. With the recent dependence on technology (namely, cell phones) I think the definition of “missed me” has really changed. Just because no one called to check in doesn’t mean that I need to be a baby and cry about it (I didn’t really cry, FYI). But if I were in college 10 years ago I wonder if I would be able to get more done because I would not be checking my Facebook every twenty minutes and moping because my cell phone was not vibrating. What do these technological privileges do to out self-esteem? That would be interesting to look at.