Who woulda thunk it...
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I've decided it's about time to switch back to hot tea during the day, even if it is more difficult to drink (because of the thermos).
So, I've been wanting to read the Qu'ran for a while now, and about two weeks back I found a free podcast of the complete Qu'ran with each "chunk" of Arabic followed by an English translation. "Great!" I thought. Only problem is, when I don't know a single word of Arabic and I'm not a Muslim so I don't find any particular need to listen to the entire Qu'ran recited in its original language... Well, let's just say the Arabic gets tiresome. The recitations are pretty, and give me a bit of cultural insight, but in the end right now I just want to learn what the Qu'ran says. *sighs* Ah well, it's still nice to have it in podcast format, even if it does take twice as long. (FYI, not including the first two... surah, they're called?... the entire length of this series of podcasts is 2 days, 35 minutes, and 18 hours long. So you can see why I'd prefer it to be cut to 1 day long by taking out the Arabic.)
[EDIT: I swear Ootsuka Ai has split personalities, roughtly her "ballad personality" and her "weirdo personality". Compare "Planetarium" and "CHU-LIP". (For a second I was going to bring out "Fugainaiya" as an example, but then I remembered that that's YUKI. But frankly, I think weirdo!Ootsuka and YUKI have a lot in common.
Unrelatedly, I just skipped through the Code Blue soundtrack (as well as some other albums/singles I downloaded, including the new RSP album) and it's definitely a nice one. Looking forward to cleaning it up and getting it into my iTunes library. I think I may have also discovered a new band, AAA, because of that World of Destruction CM![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
killercherrypie linked me to. I'll have to DL some more of their stuff before the jury comes in, though.]
I've decided it's about time to switch back to hot tea during the day, even if it is more difficult to drink (because of the thermos).
So, I've been wanting to read the Qu'ran for a while now, and about two weeks back I found a free podcast of the complete Qu'ran with each "chunk" of Arabic followed by an English translation. "Great!" I thought. Only problem is, when I don't know a single word of Arabic and I'm not a Muslim so I don't find any particular need to listen to the entire Qu'ran recited in its original language... Well, let's just say the Arabic gets tiresome. The recitations are pretty, and give me a bit of cultural insight, but in the end right now I just want to learn what the Qu'ran says. *sighs* Ah well, it's still nice to have it in podcast format, even if it does take twice as long. (FYI, not including the first two... surah, they're called?... the entire length of this series of podcasts is 2 days, 35 minutes, and 18 hours long. So you can see why I'd prefer it to be cut to 1 day long by taking out the Arabic.)
[EDIT: I swear Ootsuka Ai has split personalities, roughtly her "ballad personality" and her "weirdo personality". Compare "Planetarium" and "CHU-LIP". (For a second I was going to bring out "Fugainaiya" as an example, but then I remembered that that's YUKI. But frankly, I think weirdo!Ootsuka and YUKI have a lot in common.
Unrelatedly, I just skipped through the Code Blue soundtrack (as well as some other albums/singles I downloaded, including the new RSP album) and it's definitely a nice one. Looking forward to cleaning it up and getting it into my iTunes library. I think I may have also discovered a new band, AAA, because of that World of Destruction CM
killercherrypie linked me to. I'll have to DL some more of their stuff before the jury comes in, though.]
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