Kat, I hope Noah is home, feeling better, and you are all getting some much needed rest.
Mighty fine shindig.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sparky1 - May 25, 2010 3:25:29 am PDT #1504 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
ChiKat - May 25, 2010 3:28:18 am PDT #1505 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Oh, Kat, all kinds of ~ma for Noah and you.
I picked up Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows audio CD's from the library for the epic drive from California to Colorado. I have never done an audio book before.
I adore the Harry Potter audiobooks. Jim Dale pretty much rocks. I listen to audio books for my commute every day. Keeps me somewhat sane for an insane commute. I've been listening to them for years on my car trips from Chicago to Memphis.
Cashmere - May 25, 2010 4:03:03 am PDT #1506 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Lots of ~ma for Noah, Kat. And you and K, too.
Theodosia - May 25, 2010 4:15:39 am PDT #1507 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I haven't been doing enough long-duration commuting to justify borrowing audiobooks, but when I did, I found my best experience was with books that I'd previously read in print, because they opened up a new aspect of the text to me -- I've got a fairly lively internal "reading voice" but the pros really bring out authorial voice (especially British authors, with the accents) that I can't.
Steph L. - May 25, 2010 4:30:23 am PDT #1508 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I haven't been doing enough long-duration commuting to justify borrowing audiobooks, but when I did, I found my best experience was with books that I'd previously read in print
That's what I do when I have long drives by myself -- I get audiobooks of books I've already read, because that way I can focus on driving instead of focusing intently on a plot with which I'm unfamiliar.
Because what would totally happen is I'd be driving, and then get engrossed in the plot and end up driving into a ditch, or an 18-wheeler.
§ ita § - May 25, 2010 4:37:50 am PDT #1509 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have an audio recording of ee cumming poetry that almost killed me that way.
Lee - May 25, 2010 4:39:10 am PDT #1510 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I can't listen to any spoken word material when I am driving, or any purely instrumental music, because of the whole trying not to die fiery thing.
Steph L. - May 25, 2010 4:44:30 am PDT #1511 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I have an audio recording of ee cumming poetry that almost killed me that way.
David Sedaris? Almost killed me. I was laughing too hard to see the road.
ChiKat - May 25, 2010 4:48:12 am PDT #1512 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I love listening to mystery/suspense stuff like James Patterson or Ken Follet when I'm driving. Oddly, I don't like actually reading those books, but I love listening.
Jessica - May 25, 2010 4:51:03 am PDT #1513 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
For long car trips I like lecture series from The Teaching Company, but my family usually outvotes me and we get music instead of, say, History of Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World. (It's Driver's Choice in our car and I *am* the primary driver, but sometimes you gotta keep the peace.)