Every morning my immediate instinct is to check my cell phone. I look for any missed calls or text messages I may have recieved and then I throw my phone into whatever bag I am taking to school that day, because god forbid I leave it at home, I'd spend the whole day reaching into my bag fishing around by habit for a phone that is not there. I get ready and drive to school all while listening to music, the selection changes with whatever mood I am in that day but Kings of Leon, Talking Heads, Ween, Radiohead, and The Strokes are usually always on the playlist.
In between classes I will check my email to see what funny or annoying articles my mother has sent me. These range anywhere between sarcastic articles criticsizing republican politicians, or an article about why good posture is so important for women (which at the bottom she'll add "told you so" or "that's why I say don't slouch") I have no TV in my apartment at the moment so my roommate and I will usually spend about 2 hours everyday watching episodes of Family Guy, Flight of the Conchords, or The Office online. I subscribe to 3 magazines: Vogue, Rolling Stone, and embarassingly enough--People Magazine which I go through and critique every few weeks on the phone with my mother.
I guess when I really take a look at it I do have a media routine that I follow everyday whether I notice it or not. Sometimes I don't even notice how many times I am actually checking my facebook for new notifications, or that I find it hard to do home work or clean my room without music on. Media plays a substantial role in my life, I am not sure if I would go as far as to say I am addicted, but I am definitely somewhere close to it.
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Flight of the Conchords, who likes to rock the party? oh yeah!
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