Yes, Well...
Aug. 3rd, 2009 10:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
exhilarationOk so today... today I decided that I'd like to begin my new (unpaid) internet career as a producer of podfictions. I read fanfiction all the time and while I am writing one, um, I doubt very much I'll ever share it, and sometimes I feel a little bad about take take taking and never giving anything back (well, maybe some reviews, but my reviews usually suck too). Lately I've been listening to a lot of podfics and realized - hey, I like to talk. I love to talk! I could produce a podfic! So I messaged a few authors and asked permission to record, and received said permission, and got started.
Uh... didn't sound right. So did not sound right. What's the problem? Well, after much deliberation, I realized the trouble - Harry, well, he's British. So is everyone else in his universe. And I? I have a lovely American accent. That's what sounds so off. Well then. I'll just have to read in British then. Simple enough, right?
Ha ha. Wrong. I dunno why I thought I could pull a consistent British accent out of my ass like that. Ok, so, I watch a lot of BBC shows. And that's about... yep, that's about it. So. I started reading in my "British" accent, stopped after a few paragraphs, and then listened. Well. My "British" accent? Yeah. It sounds South African. Apparently, I can do a very decent South African accent.
Which doesn't help. So I guess I'll be spending some time working on my British accent. Expect me to post samples and ask your opinions on just how real or fake it sounds.
ALSO.
I picked up three boxes from the post office this morning. They're from my mom. Meaning, apparently my dad gave her my PO box number. They're full of all my medical records. So... I'm not really sure what to make of this. I'm not sure what she's trying to say here, or if she's even trying to say anything. I can hear her voice so clearly in my head, saying different things, saying "you're an adult now, I don't need to store these for you, you need to have these with you, these are your responsibilities" or maybe saying "I don't want this stuff cluttering up my house, this isn't my problem anymore, you take them, be thankful I'm not just throwing them out" or "I don't have to do this for you, I don't have to keep these, you need to learn to take care of your own things, I don't have to help you with this."
I don't know. I've been thinking about what things of mine are in her house and what she might be trying to get rid of and why and what I'd ask for and what I'd tell her to just pitch - my dad is kinda playing go-between here so I've really got to be clear and concise about what I do or don't want, because either stuff I do want will be thrown out or stuff I don't want will end up here with me. But my medical records are something that didn't even occur to me. Of course I should have them here. Of course she isn't under any obligation to store them for me. But I didn't even think of that.
Uh... didn't sound right. So did not sound right. What's the problem? Well, after much deliberation, I realized the trouble - Harry, well, he's British. So is everyone else in his universe. And I? I have a lovely American accent. That's what sounds so off. Well then. I'll just have to read in British then. Simple enough, right?
Ha ha. Wrong. I dunno why I thought I could pull a consistent British accent out of my ass like that. Ok, so, I watch a lot of BBC shows. And that's about... yep, that's about it. So. I started reading in my "British" accent, stopped after a few paragraphs, and then listened. Well. My "British" accent? Yeah. It sounds South African. Apparently, I can do a very decent South African accent.
Which doesn't help. So I guess I'll be spending some time working on my British accent. Expect me to post samples and ask your opinions on just how real or fake it sounds.
ALSO.
I picked up three boxes from the post office this morning. They're from my mom. Meaning, apparently my dad gave her my PO box number. They're full of all my medical records. So... I'm not really sure what to make of this. I'm not sure what she's trying to say here, or if she's even trying to say anything. I can hear her voice so clearly in my head, saying different things, saying "you're an adult now, I don't need to store these for you, you need to have these with you, these are your responsibilities" or maybe saying "I don't want this stuff cluttering up my house, this isn't my problem anymore, you take them, be thankful I'm not just throwing them out" or "I don't have to do this for you, I don't have to keep these, you need to learn to take care of your own things, I don't have to help you with this."
I don't know. I've been thinking about what things of mine are in her house and what she might be trying to get rid of and why and what I'd ask for and what I'd tell her to just pitch - my dad is kinda playing go-between here so I've really got to be clear and concise about what I do or don't want, because either stuff I do want will be thrown out or stuff I don't want will end up here with me. But my medical records are something that didn't even occur to me. Of course I should have them here. Of course she isn't under any obligation to store them for me. But I didn't even think of that.
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Re: British accent
Date: 2009-08-05 05:38 pm (UTC)