media fast : leave comments on Facebook link

I deleted my fb notifications to my gmail.

I waited til 10:30am to check my email, I sent off one email. I closed it. And I was about to open it again,    

   but stopped myself before it fully loaded.

It’s become instinct to check my email

I felt like I also wasn’t allowed to eat, or text, or listen to music; kinda like the day after fast Sunday and 

   when you have the urge to eat you feel like you can’t

I usually keep it open, because I want to chat with my bf

I refer to it often because I have purposefully not read certain emails because I don’t have time to when I

   receive them and so they remain bolded to remind myself to get to it later. My unread emails serve as a

   check list and reminders.

I believe it was from “Divine Nations”, it said that humans used to have everything memorized.

   Then came writing

   Then came audio

   Then came visual

   Then came interactive

We need things to keep us engaged and involved, an experience

Our memory, as humans, has weakened

I have reminders on my phone

I needed to go on email to retrieve a document for a group project and an email from a teacher, but I 

   didn’t go through my emails

Documents are digital, not in hard copy. We are adapting our systems to be solely digital

I told some friends about my “fast” and they said, “I couldn’t do it”

Another girl in the class was refraining from texting.

I don’t know how I could manage without texting, because there were times when I needed to text rather 

   than call, more convenient

I could probably survive longer than I think without technology, fb especially, but other rely on it, so I 

   have to in order to keep it touch with them and function in the same way

I did for a year and a half (mission), only because the people I needed to contact weren’t on fb

I keep my fb, mainly for mission contacts, my purses, kit with old friends

My bf thinks I’m addicted to email because it causes me to not eat

I may justify it by saying I need it to help me remember things I need to do and so I can talk to him

I think that because I have a laptop, I bring it to campus for convenience; I am accustomed to having 

   email so accessible. When before, it would be long hours until I could check my email.

I am not as attached to fb as I am gmail. Fb is more for pleasing others. I could go a week without going 

   on. But I feel that people need to get a hold of me, so I go and check what people are trying to 

   communicate to me. I don’t think it serves me a real purpose, only for my bags.

vegas!

what a weekend.

friday
my roommate, meg's, bday is next week, and she had never been to vegas. so a couple months ago we planned this trip. we left provo friday night and chase, shannon's fiance, had us use his car because shannon's tires needed replacing and her oil changed, and chase just had his car worked on. we left at 7pm and at 8:30pm we noticed that the car was overheating. so we went to a gas station, looked under the hood, had a guy look at our car, and he said that we needed more coolant. we bought some, filled it half way, and started driving. but again, it overheated, so we topped it off with coolant. again, drove. but this time, decided to go back to provo and get another car. we started going 40mph, and went up to 70mph and it seemed as tho the faster we went, the  temp went down. but we spoke too soon and saw black smoke coming out of the hood! so we pulled over, and had chad come meet us. we all slept for 1 hour til he came. and we didn't get to st george til 3:30am! eh...

saturday
woke up at 8am. went to the st george temple, bear paw for breakfast, and then headed to la vegas at 1pm. we went directly to H&M!! i got some goood stuff. then we went to aldo and sweet thing happened to me there. i was just chatting with my roommate and a guy got my attention and he asked if i was going to be in town that weekend because he wanted me to be a hair model!! cool! i told him i was leaving the next day back up to utah, and he said to visit rusk1.com and sign up cause they do shows in slc a lot. cool huh!? then we went to zara, a european clothing company along the strip. i got good stuff there. then we ate at the venetian, and went to the ...
BLUEMAN GROUP SHOW! another cool thing that happened to me. first off, we were in the third row wearing ponchos. :) the pre-show was text that scrolled on a marque. first it said, welcome to the blueman group. start yelling! so everyone cheered. then it said, we have some special guests in the audience we would like to recognize. THEN it said, "will SARAH BURROUGHS" please stand up?" so i did, but i was so confused. i thought someone, like nate or thomas or my roommates were playing a joke on me. then the marque said, "sarah won the gold medal for curling in the 2010 winter olympics." haha. then i thought, oh i wasn't supposed to stand up. there's another girl named sarah burroughs here that actually won it. haha nope. they were referring to me. and then the whole audience said, "thank you sarah for winning the gold medal in curling in the winter 2010 olympics". then the marque said, can brian collins please stand up. brian invented a human genome. and then referred to others about random stuff. soo cool! i guess it was my day!
the show was amazing! meg sat next to me and we were cracking up the whole time! i think we had the most fun out of the whole audience. and the show made me want to learn the drums even more!

 

i'm sad...

so, i haven't video chatted with nate yet. and we planned 2 days ago to chat tonight. i was super excited, i wrote down a list of things to talk about, i was productive all night, i told everyone i was going to chat with him. i went to a friend's to work on the tune of songs lyrics i wrote forever ago. i texted nate letting him know i was at her house starting to work on it and he let me know he was home and ready to chat whenever. too bad that we didn't finish til an hour later. by the time i called him, he didn't answer... and then i called again 2 mins later. and again, and again. :( i was too late. i'm sad he didn't tell me that he was headed to bed. but maybe he was too tired to even do that. hopefully he just accidently went to bed. now i feel awful for not updating him, letting him know that i was still working on the song. and we didn't even get through the first verse and chorus. it song turned out great, but not the rest of my evening. 

first day of many to come

i first want to apologize for not including the proper capitalization throughout my blog. i think this way makes my blog look more artsy. however, i will include proper punctuation. at least i will try to. 


i have been doing a lot of contemplating this weekend, and past week. some new ideas have come into my head. dance minor? creative track? ny? anneb bags? stay? all of these thoughts were triggered because my bf moved to new york this morning for a big boy job as the product manager at meet up. i'm so proud of him! he's deserved a top-notch job for a long time. i could not be selfish in the least bit about his decision to take the position. such a great opportunity for him. and it has gotten me thinking about what is next for me. no m word talk. don't worry. but it helped me put my life into perspective about what i want to do with my degree, what i am doing with my time at BYU, and how bad do i want it? so just minor things.


i just finished up a run of the musical HAIRSPRAY at the scera theater in orem, utah. such a fun and energetic production!

so energetic that it took all the energy out of me. now, i am wiped out. i am glad that i will now be able to focus on my advertising major, homework, and responsibilities with BYUSA. i love performing, but in the long run, i need to bust my tail to cut it in the advertising world.

here's a rad video my teacher showed us. i love happy projects and the way they decide to promote their cause/product.

i want to create ads like this. but better! like ogilvy would say.


i think i'm done for the evening. now i need to ponder if i should keep my dance major or finish as a minor. again, just a small decision. thanks for reading. good night!