I’m currently in the middle of Netflixing Profiler. I might’ve mentioned that before. Season 3 today, and hitting a downtime in the weekend, because Netflix doesn’t do anything during the weekend.<\/p>\n
But that’s okay, I guess. I’ve got a bunch of other stuff.
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\nIn the last few days, I’ve gone through a bunch of audiobooks. Why? Because that’s the wonderful goodness that my iPod gives me. The ability to read while WALKING and loading the dishwasher and a whole bunch of other things. Sure, I already could do some of that, but now I can read two things at once. Sorta.<\/p>\n
Now that I have my new earbuds — Koss “The Plug”<\/a> — things are a lot more…comfy. And quiet. They’re great. Noise-cancellation without the $300. pricetag.<\/p>\n The first audiobook I listened to — the first one ever, actually — was How to Survive a Robot Uprising [UNABRIDGED]<\/a><\/i> [also available in what I assume is book form.<\/a>] Then, I think I went straight into The Universe in a Nutshell<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n They were both good, easy-to-listen-to books. And, hey, they were both educational, too.<\/p>\n After that, I think I started trying to listen to some essays by Stephen Jay Gould, but decided to listen to Darwin’s Origin of Species<\/i> thing that people fuss over so much. Damned thing has quotes in at least two different languages in it, though, so I eventually had to give up. I’ll have to actually read<\/i> that one, so I can translate the fucking words….<\/p>\n I’ve also listened to at least one part of A Short History of Nearly Everything<\/a><\/i>. I’m not sure why, except that, well, I could.<\/p>\n There was also some Poe, some Lovecraft, and a bunch of Grimm’s Fairy Tales that were all fairly entertaining to listen to.<\/p>\n And, of course, some stuff that I couldn’t quite get into, sit-down-and-read-wise. I knew I’d never read another Dan Brown book again, so I listened to Angels & Demons<\/a><\/i>. It’s slightly better than The Da Vinci Code<\/a><\/i>, but that’s really not saying much. They both feel a lot like fanfic, and every character is either a Mary Sue or a Gary Stu….<\/p>\n Let’s not forget the ‘I was going to read it, but never got around to it’ category. Douglas Adams’s Starship Titanic<\/a><\/i> is probably the best audiobook I’ve ever listened to, followed closely by the book I’m listening to right now — American Gods<\/a><\/i>. This is one book I plan on actually reading, but I can’t seem to stop listening to the strange old man reading the story….<\/p>\n I’ve got a bunch of other books waiting for me. Pretty much everything available from the Harry Potter series, for example. Yes, I should be ashamed to admit that, but…the one time I tried to actually read any of those books, I was left feeling…empty and stuff. I don’t even remember<\/i> the book, so I’ll listen to them instead. Maybe that will help.<\/p>\n The iPod really is an amazing little thing.<\/p>\n Other than that, there’s really not much going on. I’m sure nobody cares about how I moved the litterbox from the corner in the now-actually-being-used-as-a-dining-room to the big room-already-full-of-crap downstairs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m currently in the middle of Netflixing Profiler. I might’ve mentioned that before. Season 3 today, and hitting a downtime in the weekend, because Netflix doesn’t do anything during the weekend. But that’s okay, I guess. I’ve got a bunch … Continue reading