Day 2 of the 100 Days in the news project. For 98 more days I will be pulling news stories from my Google reader and making artwork about it!
Today’s News Sources are:
From Psychology Today:
Rewards are Better than Punishment: Here’s Why
and
From the LA Times
Lawmakers reach agreement on bailout framework
As I skimmed through my Google news reader today it was impossible to ignore the mess in the financial world. I spent most of the morning trying to think of some prank that involved mailing a fake cake to Capitol Hill but ultimately didn’t want to pay for postage and thought it was a one liner sort of joke:
“Here’s a cake!”
“That’s not really a cake!”
Okay maybe it was two lines. I was wrapped up in annoyance that the very government that will hold me to my student loans is cranking up a millions of dollar style get out of jail free card for banks that are supposed to know how to handle money. Fortunately a Psychology Today posting changed my mind:
Why not try a positive approach?
and so today I give you: Wall Street Cheer Gear
* Pom Poms made from shredded Wall Street Journal
* Hand sewn spirit jacket
* enthusiastic Wall Street Cheerleader
“LET’S GO FINANCE!”
Total cost of materials: $6.50
Total time spent: 5 hours
Amount of fun had (scale of 1-10): 7
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