tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204727386532339291.post310145483857916510..comments2023-12-10T13:16:58.731+09:00Comments on Axis of Abraxas: A Poetry Blog: Conversations with the Dead and OthersJessica Goodfellowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07561656986278259434noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204727386532339291.post-54167821641762756662011-09-05T13:52:17.615+09:002011-09-05T13:52:17.615+09:00I think I will write about some of the better podc...I think I will write about some of the better podcasts out there, even as I wean myself off of them....Like writing a cookbook while on a diet!Jessica Goodfellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07561656986278259434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204727386532339291.post-84674941584236509872011-09-05T06:16:57.115+09:002011-09-05T06:16:57.115+09:00Unplugging allows space for something new to come ...Unplugging allows space for something new to come in. I'm currently in the process of recalibrating on all fronts.<br /><br />I'd love to read a post on your favorite podcasts. Think about it...Marihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211528951336098923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204727386532339291.post-25045404281698269492011-09-03T17:42:58.141+09:002011-09-03T17:42:58.141+09:00When I lived in the States, I used to watch this a...When I lived in the States, I used to watch this awful Japanese drama on Sunday nights. My friends would come over and watch it with me to laugh hysterically over the over-acting (and there were subtitles, so they could follow along.) I totally know the need to have Japanese, but for me, the need to have English is almost overwhelming.<br /><br />SO I was listening to this podcast about simplifying and unplugging (great irony, I'm getting advice to unplug while being plugged in), and I was thinking about how for 6 days of vacation I was unplugged, even from my iPod, and it was marvelous, but of course it was a vacation and there weren't the kinds of stresses that drive me to turn my iPod on anyway. But I was thinking maybe I should do an uplugged 2 weeks or so, or maybe make stricter rules about my usage of all my devices....<br /><br />And then I thought, maybe I should do a post about my favorite podcasts. Clearly feeling ambivalent about this!<br /><br />Me too about being bored with Facebook, and Twitter is even worse...<br /><br />But then again, everything bores me right now, clearly an indication that I need some kind of change....Jessica Goodfellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07561656986278259434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204727386532339291.post-9216448359441137162011-09-03T06:38:34.761+09:002011-09-03T06:38:34.761+09:00Jessica, your desperation to hear English reminds ...Jessica, your desperation to hear English reminds me of my desperation to hear Japanese. I pay $25 a month just to have Japanese cable television at home (NHK)! Your theory about listening to podcasts is an interesting one; in contrast, I rarely listen to them -- somehow I get impatient with them (perhaps for lack of a visual accompaniment? I don't feel this way with the radio...). Right now I want to simply CLEAR THE CLUTTER; one way is to decrease my Facebook use (and I'm bored with it at this point)... Thanks for your posts, as always.Marihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211528951336098923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204727386532339291.post-39092684800121643722011-09-02T16:49:42.448+09:002011-09-02T16:49:42.448+09:00Mari, I've been wondering if it's my consu...Mari, I've been wondering if it's my consumption of podcasts. I am so desperate to hear English that I have my iPod plugged in to podcasts all the time when I'm not doing work that requires concentration, or my family isn't around. I am getting tons of information and listening to lots of writers talking about or reading their work that way, and I was wondering if that had anything to do with my decreased desire to read.<br />Ineresting, isn't it? Visual sounds wonderful....a great respite and still such an inspiration.Jessica Goodfellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07561656986278259434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204727386532339291.post-18469779186300330622011-09-02T15:50:04.002+09:002011-09-02T15:50:04.002+09:00Jessica, I, too, am finding it difficult to read b...Jessica, I, too, am finding it difficult to read books lately. Do you think it's because we receive information differently now b/c of the Internet and our brains have changed, or something else? Maybe it's age and a greater awareness of limited time. In the last year or two I've been getting more creative inspiration from films and visual art than I have from books. But this may also have to do with all the reading and thinking I've had to do for my work; the visual provided a respite from all that text.Marihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211528951336098923noreply@blogger.com