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1) My cold can go away any month now. Arrgh. It's almost gone now, but I can still feel it lurking in my throat, just waiting for me to get chilled or something so that it can pounce again.
2) I discovered a way of improving the sound quality of my mp3-files considerably (exporting in joint stereo rather than stereo), but I've thrown away most of the raw material of my earlier podfics. I did still have American Way, and the file on the archive has been updated, but the ones earlier than that are un-fixable. Grrrrr.
3) I want to get better at reading. Listening to what I recorded before I got phonasthenia, I think I sounded better in some ways, even if I know that I was using my voice in a bad way. I think it's that now, I have to devote part of my mind to breathing in the right way, which takes attention away from the actual reading. And I still don't have as much control over pitch and phrasing in general--it's like I had to learn a whole different way of speaking, and it's hard. I don't need reassurance or anything. I mean, this is not the "I suck" feeling, it's just...frustration at not being able to do something as well as I want to. I'm thinking of taking singing lessons again, maybe that'll help.
On to more cheerful things:
a) My Big Bang fic is now over 13 000 words! \o/
b) I love Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander books so much. &hearts &hearts &hearts I just finished The Reverse of the Medal, and I'm going right on into the next book. It's funny, I don't feel fannish about the books at all, in the sense of wanting to read or write fic. I just love them. I love Jack and Stephen, and I so admire O'Brian's ability to characterize a place or a person just with a sentence or two. It might be just an unimportant side character, but he can paint a really vivid image with just a few words.
Aaaaand of course I couldn't be allowed to finish this post in an upbeat way. AAARGH.
( Frustration related to housing situation and housemates )
2) I discovered a way of improving the sound quality of my mp3-files considerably (exporting in joint stereo rather than stereo), but I've thrown away most of the raw material of my earlier podfics. I did still have American Way, and the file on the archive has been updated, but the ones earlier than that are un-fixable. Grrrrr.
3) I want to get better at reading. Listening to what I recorded before I got phonasthenia, I think I sounded better in some ways, even if I know that I was using my voice in a bad way. I think it's that now, I have to devote part of my mind to breathing in the right way, which takes attention away from the actual reading. And I still don't have as much control over pitch and phrasing in general--it's like I had to learn a whole different way of speaking, and it's hard. I don't need reassurance or anything. I mean, this is not the "I suck" feeling, it's just...frustration at not being able to do something as well as I want to. I'm thinking of taking singing lessons again, maybe that'll help.
On to more cheerful things:
a) My Big Bang fic is now over 13 000 words! \o/
b) I love Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander books so much. &hearts &hearts &hearts I just finished The Reverse of the Medal, and I'm going right on into the next book. It's funny, I don't feel fannish about the books at all, in the sense of wanting to read or write fic. I just love them. I love Jack and Stephen, and I so admire O'Brian's ability to characterize a place or a person just with a sentence or two. It might be just an unimportant side character, but he can paint a really vivid image with just a few words.
Aaaaand of course I couldn't be allowed to finish this post in an upbeat way. AAARGH.
( Frustration related to housing situation and housemates )
