Media Diary 10.12-14.12.2009.

I apologize for the diary not being more summarized, but the fully summarized version of it looked so boring that if I had a blog I'd never post it there.

10.12 Thursday. Wrote the art and visual culture essay most of the day, so used the PC around 12 hours that day altogether. Used several internet sources for the essay (Google Books, for example). Also used several books in hardcopy. To get a rest and distance from an assignment time to time I read news from the internet (Estonian-language sites), checked the status of friends in Facebook and watched one episode of Estonian Idol from TV3 online archive. Stayed logged out from MSN for the whole day in order not to be distracted.
11. 12 Friday. Thought about finishing the essay but decided that I need still to gain more distance with it in order to revise it properly, so I finished a RPG Dragon Age: Origin that I had had in the PC for quite for a while, instead. Was unhappy with the ending of the game, because the only ethical choice to "save the world" was for the main character ("me") to commit suicidical self-sacrifice. Finished writing the essay. Posted an entry about it in Facebook and had a small discussion about the coming assignments with "sisters in pain".
12. 12 Saturday. Skimmed through a paper version of Iltalehti. Didn't get any new information but got an impression that there were even more reports of crimes that involved firearms than usually. Logged into an internet bank and for few minutes to Facebook. Searched info about hotels in Varanasi, India and sent an e-mail to one of them. Watched Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001) with boyfriend who by some miracle hadn't seen the movie (probably seen it for 20 times for now, but it's still good). After that we couldn't miss the "rare" opportunity to watch Jaws (1975) from MTV3 before falling to sleep.
13. 12 Sunday. Put two new videogames to download (readers, it would be nice if you wouldn't report me to some authorities now for making that confession). Started with next essay. Didn't get the inspiration for it so spent a lot of time for doing nothing that also involved reading people's comments from online media and a internet forum Perekool (Family School). (The forum has become of the place where women who are suffering home-abuse or have found out about their husbands affairs come to pour out their hearts, so I'd call it endulging in a kind of "social-porn".) Talked with friends and the father in MSN.
13. 12 Monday. Continued with the essay. Used few printed books, some scanned books and some sources from the internet. Logged into Korppi and Optima for a few times. Also checked several of my mailboxes (have seven of them, unfortunately) and sent some e-mails. Skimmed through the headlines of online newsportals (Estonian). Continued writing the essay. Watched the documentary about Guantanamo prison from ETV.

Conclusion and some additions. My main media source is internet. I get news from online newsportals and internet is also a source for entertainment. I use the mobile phone every day but mostly just to talk and send messages, very rarely for internet, taking pictures etc. I tend to forget that I have a TV. Before coming to Jyväskylä I used it mostly for watching films and as a late-night background noise when being home alone. Finnish TV-channels show approximately 5 times less films than Estonian channels and finish their programs too early to fit with my rhythm of the day. I read newspapers printed on paper only if someone else has bought them and also tend to go through the printed newpapers in bars and restaurants if they're available. I work for the art and visual culture magazine kunst.ee (published in print), so apart from that I do not have an urge to participate in any other form of media (to create new content). I do not have a blog and except for Facebook that I use for keeping in touch with my friends I also do not feel the need to be overly active in social networks. The five days above didn't differ relevantly from my usual use of media.