time is weird

Time is weird. I went off DW for a couple of days and came back missing around 7 entries.

Life goes on, quite literally, it seems.

In other news, I made a blogpost ( La Maison Du Vide ) three days ago that's closely themed as Night Vale! SQUEE! And did you notice I changed my icon? Right, ciao Mary Poppins! Hello Summer icon! :D I often change my icon depending on my mood and the entry, but I mostly post my stuff using the default icon because I'm too lazy to mess with the navigation bar. /o\ I also made a Goodreads account, FINALLY. It's been approximately three months since I last read a book - my phone (the one which can handle epubs with its innate epub-dexterity) broke down along with my finicky mental health, but working out has been helping a lot and I've been afloat for a week now! Realised that I'm probably mentally stable enough to read a whole book (making reviews is another thing, stop expecting too much!) whilst working on my DBT and CBT worksheets. :)

podcast predicament *frowns*

I have a pretty random thought; am I the only one who finds it very difficult to focus on podcasts? I can understand the words, properly see (YES it's metaphorical, stop sniggering in the back!) the bandages that swathe the words to form a coherent sentence, and I can most definitely understand what the sentence is trying to say. For example, from Night Vale's second episode:

"Apparently the cloud glows in a variety of colors, perhaps changing from observer to observer, although all report a low whistling when it draws near."

I know what Cecil is trying to say. He's trying to say that this mysterious cloud that's devouring the community glows in a variety of colours that change depending on the observer, and everyone who has encountered the glow cloud thus far reports a low whistling when it draws near.

I mean, I'm not deaf nor illiterate. I can understand it perfectly!

Until.

Until Cecil moves onto the second/third sentence. If only I could bash my Spotify account against my head until the episode seeped into my brain and I could transcribe the entire thing word for word onto my blogpost, right? I thought so.

I actually need to have a transcript on my screen at all times whenever I listen to podcasts, which defeats the entire purpose of a podcast because why listen to a podcast in the first place if you can just read it off the web? To some it might be an inconvenience, but to me it honestly depends on my eyes - I have crippling astigmatism that I'm sure won't ever leave my ass so my eyes easily strain, and strained eyes are an indisputable sure-fire way to get a throbbing headache that makes your eyes feel like they're Too Big for your sockets. :(

On the bright side, I find being able to focus on the content important, and it doesn't matter if I have to simultaneously read a Tumblr transcript and listen to the podcast. I feel the good outweighs the bad, so all is well. :D LOLOL, just me ranting to the void yet again about my first-world problems. Same old, same old!