tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post4762946908884603595..comments2023-04-27T06:14:51.777-07:00Comments on clickthing: Sounds Wonderfulmpclemenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807147515549175803noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-90070879799610811612009-05-21T08:26:59.831-07:002009-05-21T08:26:59.831-07:00I don't think any of us exactly register on the "n...I don't think any of us exactly register on the "normal" scale, Elizabeth. :-) Some noises drive me up the wall, and completely demand my attention. The tree guys were positioned near my office building last week and were running their chipper for about three days straight, which nearly drove me batty. But a ticking clock is fine, and most instrumental music is fine.<br /><br />I find it very hard to work to music I'm not familiar with, though, as I do tend to concentrate it. I wore out several tapes in college because of this. Once I know it, though, it falls into the background.mpclemenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12807147515549175803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-27832781319904589012009-05-20T21:19:52.474-07:002009-05-20T21:19:52.474-07:00Strangely enough, I was just thinking about doing ...Strangely enough, I was just thinking about doing a post about silence. My own feelings about noise fall to pretty much the opposite end of the spectrum. Oh, I'm OK with machinery sounds and street sounds and random conversations, but I don't do well with stuff like radios playing in the background or the TV on. Because, a good portion of the time, I end up listening--concentrating on the noise. And I can't think and listen at the same time.<br /><br />And I've come to realize I do better with some think time. Over the past few weeks, I've left the radio off in the car, and made a conscious effort to leave the noisemakers off elsewhere as well. Suddenly I have time to daydream and let my thoughts sort themselves out. Ahhh.<br /><br />But I know. I'm different thataway.Elizabeth H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09161162407130146871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-88391501886412058742009-05-20T13:47:51.175-07:002009-05-20T13:47:51.175-07:00Same here. I have a penchant for retelling the sam...Same here. I have a penchant for retelling the same 25 stories over and over again without realizing. Luckily, my recollection is so bad that they evolve with time and in proportion to the amount of theatrics I feel up to. Makes me feel bad for my son. "Yeah, Dad, ya told that one already. Like a <I>million</I> times."Mike Speeglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08648532407369443335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-66770455901597056952009-05-20T13:40:27.708-07:002009-05-20T13:40:27.708-07:00I am nothing if not repetitive.I am nothing if not repetitive.mpclemenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12807147515549175803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-41639885535785171522009-05-20T13:09:28.136-07:002009-05-20T13:09:28.136-07:00Wow, sorry, my PC is freaking out. Here is the pos...Wow, sorry, my PC is freaking out. Here is the post I've been attempting to make:<br /><br />A-ha! Sound like a <A HREF="http://justwriteblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/typewriter-sounds.html" REL="nofollow">call-back</A> to me. And I quote:<br /><br /><I>mpclemens said...<br /><br /> Ha! Dang yuppie. (j/k)<br /><br /> It makes a good point, actually. I wonder how many other people there just totally tuned you out?<br /><br /> Hmm, I think I smell a money-making idea here. "WILL TYPE FOR AMBIANCE, $5/page"<br /> February 25, 2009 2:25 PM </I>In other news, the sounds that surround me are the hum of the air-conditioning (good call), the clatter of keyboards, and the dim sounds of "Aqualung" coming from someone's speakers. I, being of the short attention-span generation, usually have a window in the upper-right of my monitor streaming something from Hulu or Netflix, but there is a corporate evaluator here, so I'm keeping a low profile. The lack of entertainment drives me nuts, though. Sad, really.Mike Speeglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08648532407369443335noreply@blogger.com