HW 11- DIGITAL OVERLOAD

My digital experiment, the digital overload:

My experiment was a digital overload. In order to do this, I put on my headphones, plugged them into my computer, turned the volume to the maximum, and did the following:

• Went on AIM, to talk to a few friends
• Watched the following videos all at once, to encompass a large spectrum of the internet and the media:

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6eDwTq8JAc
2. http://psx.ign.com/dor/objects/13317/wwf-smackdown/videos/smackdown_gmp_mankind_100709.html
3. http://psx.ign.com/dor/objects/13317/wwf-smackdown/videos/smackdown_gmp_jericho_100609.html
4. http://psx.ign.com/dor/objects/13317/wwf-smackdown/videos/smackdown_gmp_jeffhardy_100209.html
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8SyqH3fjfA
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUpOhM8Hxx0&feature=fvw
7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d78eRaBD7k&feature=player_profilepage
8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEhk2Un8NxE&feature=pyv&ad=3413386824&kw=mike%20bloomberg
9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEYFccXHRDQ&feature=channel
10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=691WAj8u5ko&feature=player_profilepage
11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFGIj3-q-2w&feature=related
12. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va7VijLpm7c

(Some of those were after one another, since I wanted to fill a 5 minute time slot, but there were always at least 5 videos)

• Listened to Goldfrapp, the songs Lovely 2 C U and Ride a White Horse

This experiment made my head want to explode. I knew I was taking this to the extreme, but I was literally shaking for the first minute of this, and couldn't properly type to my friends. It led to ramblings like "ufirifbeicbeicn'oianic'njlnican f vnn e' virwnv nw viefnuo ibdfi gj 'iorj jkcz/v /l" which was a perfect reflection of my mental state, because I just couldn't even properly think throughout this. My head just became completely overloaded with thoughts and ideas that weren't mine, and trying to process all that was going on, that I couldn't think on my own, just go through the motions and get rambling statements as a result. However, after the first couple minutes, I found myself adjusting to what was going on. It was still a million things at once, and it was hard for me to sort things out, but maybe it was videos ending and having to open new ones, but it just felt as though I could handle it and still function to a degree, just not to my normal point.