9 Beet Stretch
May. 26th, 2009 08:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zalenaSo here are the various cures for what ails:
Library, gardening, Tudors (I'm still resenting the series, but feeling like I can't be left out. What can I say, I have the hots for Cromwell.) a long walk, and homemade baklava. I've never made it before, but it turned out well. Marla showed me how several years ago. Also, a hilarious greeting from a very young friend.
And working internet. It started up just as soon as I logged into my new upgraded account. The signal booster isn't here yet, which is making me feel extremely cranky (like they're deliberately dampening their basic service to get us to upgrade) but I am happy to be able to zoom, again. You don't realize how much you use it until it's gone.
To top it off I have another paying book review and this time it is a summer romance, which is a nice change of pace. I'm pretty sure someone dies in it, but what the hell... I'm a jobber now and I can use the cash.
Oh, yes, 9 Beet Stretch: Beethoven's 9th stretched 24 hours with no pitch distortion. It's like Beethoven for whales or across the distances of space. There's an audio stream online if you're curious:
http://www.expandedfield.net/
Also: DIY = http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/
Finally, I have managed to upload Prof. Morton's Beautiful Soul Syndrome lecture to Box.net. Any interested parties who don't have itunes can download it from the following link:
http://www.box.net/shared/qoucdgzzdd
I'm not sure how much sense it makes if the listener is unfamiliar with the material and/or hasn't been following along in class, but I think it's a decent overview of his recent work and what he's teaching. I've been doing a lot of thinking about this subject since he introduced it last November and I'm not sure how he manages to express the ideas so clearly or succinctly.
Let me know what you think, especially if you decide to dip your toes into any of the above.
Library, gardening, Tudors (I'm still resenting the series, but feeling like I can't be left out. What can I say, I have the hots for Cromwell.) a long walk, and homemade baklava. I've never made it before, but it turned out well. Marla showed me how several years ago. Also, a hilarious greeting from a very young friend.
And working internet. It started up just as soon as I logged into my new upgraded account. The signal booster isn't here yet, which is making me feel extremely cranky (like they're deliberately dampening their basic service to get us to upgrade) but I am happy to be able to zoom, again. You don't realize how much you use it until it's gone.
To top it off I have another paying book review and this time it is a summer romance, which is a nice change of pace. I'm pretty sure someone dies in it, but what the hell... I'm a jobber now and I can use the cash.
Oh, yes, 9 Beet Stretch: Beethoven's 9th stretched 24 hours with no pitch distortion. It's like Beethoven for whales or across the distances of space. There's an audio stream online if you're curious:
http://www.expandedfield.net/
Also: DIY = http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/
Finally, I have managed to upload Prof. Morton's Beautiful Soul Syndrome lecture to Box.net. Any interested parties who don't have itunes can download it from the following link:
http://www.box.net/shared/qoucdgzzdd
I'm not sure how much sense it makes if the listener is unfamiliar with the material and/or hasn't been following along in class, but I think it's a decent overview of his recent work and what he's teaching. I've been doing a lot of thinking about this subject since he introduced it last November and I'm not sure how he manages to express the ideas so clearly or succinctly.
Let me know what you think, especially if you decide to dip your toes into any of the above.
