Crazy Unproductive.

I had planned on being super productive today. I was going to write two papers that I have that are due tomorrow. Well I wrote one. I do however have plenty of time tomorrow to write the other one (which is only a first draft anyway so it doesn't need to be perfect). So how did I end up being so unproductive today? Well my day started off pretty early. I was awake around 6 (might have something to do with me being in bed at 9pm). I went to Church for the 8:30 mass. After that I ran a couple of errands. Then I met some friends for brunch at The Fish House. I had a delicious vegetable frittata (I love that word) and a bottomless mimosa (which at some point I had to let it reach the bottom). After that I ran back to my apartment to change into my Batman costume. Yes, my Batman costume. Then I went and met some friends at the Gulf Breeze Zoo for a fun day of "Boo at the Zoo". Had a great time there. People loved my Batman costume. One kid asked his mom if I was the real Batman (success!!). There was a little girl dressed as Batgirl who asked me if I was Batgirl. I told her I was Batman and she said I couldn't be Batman because I'm a girl. Well I'm wearing the Batman costume so deal with it! I did not say that, I just laughed and said 'Okay, I'm Batgirl.'

30-Day Challenge #1: TED Talks
Day 16

So that was the majority of my day. I came home and wrote my one paper in just a couple of hours. Made myself a quick dinner. And then made this delicious chocolate chip cheesecake dip for our Halloween party in class tomorrow. It's delish. I must resist eating it all before the party. So as my day was not nearly as productive as I intended it to be (which I'm fine with because I had a GREAT day) I decided to find a TED talk that was totally irrelevant to my life and maybe just a little crazy. I think it turned out to be a whole lot crazy and I really can't even begin to discuss it in depth. It's a talk by Joshua Walters on being crazy. It's crazy, it's funny, and you can definitely get something out of it, but I'll just let you do that on your own. So enjoy. (It's another short one too.)



Oh and as for Snowtober back home, it's not going so well. Connecticut is now faced with it's worst power outage in history (beating out the record set by Hurricane Irene not so long ago). I know that 99% of my town was without power, and it's now down to 97%. The power companies have said that it will be up to a week before full power is restored. My parents have borrowed a generator from my brother so they can at least have the necessities. It's pretty rough up there though. So for any of you up in the Northeast, I hope things get better for you soon. Stay safe.

Effects of Sound

30-Day Challenge #1
Day 11

Keeping with the theme of music I came across this talk by Julian Treasure about the way that sounds affect us. They affect us physiologically, psychologically, cognitively, and behaviorally. Now he's of course talking about any sounds, and not just music but I thought it was very interesting to think about the ways sound affects us. I've certainly demonstrated the psychological side with my many playlists for my different moods. He talks about the way it affects our productivity though and it's amazing at how sound can highly affect it. I'm not surprised though because as I thought about it I thought about the fact that when I'm working on an assignment or a paper I go to Pandora and put on my Hans Zimmer based station. Listening to that music, which I deem my 'thinking music', makes me more focused on my work. I get done faster, and I feel that my work is of better quality.




I hope you found that as fascinating as I did. I love music, and I love the way it interacts with our lives. As I mentioned yesterday I have been listening to a lot of Hot Chelle Rae recently. I totally love their music. I also love their video for their song 'I Like It Like That' which is free on iTunes for a limited time (about a week) so if you're interested I recommend you go grab that. I can't even explain why I love the video so much. It just really makes me smile. I guess it's because it's a pretty upbeat song, and they just look like they're having fun. Here's what I mean:




See what I mean? Or maybe it's just me. Anyway. Okay bye.