Voices (blog-cast)

Transcription (completely unedited in Hubert Selby Jr fashion; I tried to pause as little as possible while transcribing. Scroll down for an edited version): "So, before I go to bed, really quickly, I was thinking about recording my voice saying things, recording me saying things and how i was pleasantly surprised that I sounded fairly decent and normal in the recording because a lot of people apparently hate the way that htye sound when they ehar a recording of their voice and for me that's not true and I thin that's a good thing I guess I not really sur what percentage of people dislike/hate the souind of their voice on recordings compared to people who don't mind it or who actually sort of like it. UI don't really kmnow what the nunbers are for that but it could be sort of interesting to know so It hought ath I'd doa recording for my next blog post and then I'd transcrip it for the blog post and maybe post the recording in addition to the trancpotion. and then naturally wiht the usbject matter of voices, in this case mine and how it sounds on a recording, I also of couirse had ot htink about peter sarsgaar dbecause i really like the wya thta he talks., I really like his voice, I think it's just absoultely lovely, absolutely loves, aldn i just wnt ot hear hi/m say things, and if he read an oaudiobook, whtaerve boo, then my life would becomplte i could die happi, not that i plant o die anyytime soon. I mean,m he could read a bookt aht i hate or dislike and i hitnk i'd probly stil be hapy; i didn't like great epxectaiong or heart of darkness, so even if he read one of htose books i think ik'd stil be plesed. it owuldn't matter that it's a book that i hate, it would only mayyer that it's him, it's ptere sargaard saying things. I thiknk that would make me really hapy. SO, with regards to that, PS 's voice, I was thinking about how pwople sound dfferent to themselves when they're sayign things vs how you would sound if you record your boice and liceten to that. it has to do with eharding things when you speak , not on a recordig, you're hearing things through the bnones in your skull and that mkes it sound a bit difffernt compared to ar ecording amd you're not hearing theboones in yorei skull, which you do hear when you speak because the sppech vbirates your sull. I'm sure ther's sa more elegant way of explainignt hat' but that's the gist of it. So now i'm super curiosu about what PS/he sounds like tohimself. Not on a recofdinw which is how i've been eperienceing his voice, how I"ve been heering his couie on videos and stuff, and i guess that's a t least someone different thna how he hears himselv. i do wonder what he think a about hearing his voice. i do remember in one intv he talks about that a littl ebnit and says something along the lines of his voice isn't exctly like anormal perosn's voice; other popel apparently ocnsider him to have a crepty sounding voice or osmething and so in this one intv the intber asked aobut his voice and he said thathe didn't htink it was exacrly like normal peopel;s voices and that he owuldn't be chosed ot sell ceral on televiosn ebcause his voice is unconventional.  I mean, I of course I don't ella yhink that his voice is crrep obviously i like ti quite a lot, i really do. so this all kind of ites into gether a litlt ebit' with the amoutn that PS is ovcupyin my thoughts lately within the last montho ro it's isn't too surpsing that a lof ot the things i've been thinking about i can relate back ot him in soem way or anyother. so yea, I dont think it's too smuch or a surprise, this combo of topics - how my voice sounds and how his voice sounds. and yeah i just i'm always in the mood to hear him say things, anything, i just ewant to hear him say things. not wreally iwht an accent, just with is normla voice, not where he's using some kind of accent. not that that's bad or anyhting I just erally like hisnormal voice. SO that is the end of this littler ercoding ,blog post thign and i'm going to ideally trancribe ikand and post it. i might just post the trancription or i might post bot the recording and the trans if i can figure out how to do that/ o'm curious to se how long the blog post weil end up beign sine the recording is about 7 minutes lone. so that is is for now and i'm propably going to ho to leep shotrly;. 

Transcription (the previous text, but edited for spelling/punctuation):
So, before I go to bed, really quickly, I was thinking about recording my voice saying things, recording me saying things and how I was pleasantly surprised that I sounded fairly decent and normal in the recording because a lot of people apparently hate the way that they sound when they hear a recording of their voice and for me that's not true. I think that's a good thing, I guess; I'm not really sure what percentage of people dislike/hate the sound of their voice on recordings compared to people who don't mind it or who actually sort of like it. I don't really know what the numbers are for that but it could be sort of interesting to know so I thought that I'd do a recording for my next blog post and then I'd transcribe it for the blog post and maybe post the recording in addition to the transcription.

And then naturally with the subject matter of voices, in this case mine and how it sounds on a recording, I also of course had to think about Peter Sarsgaard because I really like the way that he talks. I really like his voice, I think it's just absolutely lovely, absolutely lovely, and I just want to hear him say things, and if he read an audiobook, whatever book, then my life would be complete, I could die happy (not that I plant to die anytime soon). I mean, he could read a book that I hate or dislike and I think i'd probably still be happy; I didn't like Great Expectations or Heart of Darkness, so even if he read one of those books I think I'd still be pleased. It wouldn't matter that it's a book that I hate, it would only matter that it's him, it's Peter Sarsgaard saying things. I think that would make me really happy. 

So, with regards to that, Peter Sarsgaard's voice, I was thinking about how people sound different to themselves when they're saying things vs how you would sound if you record your voice and listen to that. It has to do with hearing things when you speak (not on a recording), you're hearing things through the bones in your skull and that makes it sound a bit different compared to a recording and you're not hearing the bones in your skull, which you do hear when you speak because the speech vibrates your skull. I'm sure there's a more elegant way of explaining that, but that's the gist of it. So now I'm super curious about what Peter Sarsgaard sounds like to himself. Not on a recording, which is how I've been experiencing his voice, how I've been hearing his voice on videos and stuff, and I guess that's at least somewhat different than how he hears himself. I do wonder what he thinks about hearing his own voice. I do remember in one interview he talks about that a little bit and says something along the lines of his voice isn't exactly like a normal person's voice; other people apparently consider him to have a creepy sounding voice or something and so in this one interview the interviewer asked about his voice and he said that he didn't think it was exactly like normal people's voices and that he wouldn't be chosen to sell cereal on television because his voice is unconventional.  I mean, I of course I don't really think that his voice is creepy; obviously I like it quite a lot, I really do. 

So this all kind of ties in together a little bit: with the amount that PS is occupying my thoughts lately within the last month or so, it isn't too surprising that a lot of the things I've been thinking about I can relate back to him in some way or another. So yeah, I don't think it's too much or a surprise, this combination of topics - how my voice sounds and how his voice sounds. I'm just always in the mood to hear him say things, anything, I just want to hear him say things. Not really with an accent, just with his normal voice, not where he's using some kind of accent. Not that that's bad or anything, I just really like his normal voice. 

So that is the end of this little recording blog post thing and I'm going to ideally transcribe it and and post it. I might just post the transcription or I might post both the recording and the transcription if i can figure out how to do that. I'm curious to see how long the blog post will end up being since the recording is about 7 minutes long. So that is it for now and I'm probably going to go to sleep shortly [at the time of the recording]. 

Addendum: this was really interesting to transcribe and see how fast I could type. It looks like you can't upload audio files, so no recording to go with this blog post.