thrihyrne: Portland, OR (The Stranglers-Aural Sculpture)
Thrihyrne ([personal profile] thrihyrne) wrote2008-07-22 10:13 pm

Overtones

EDIT: I just went out into the hallway, and my hallmate does have something on her computer, maybe one scene from a movie or a video game or *something* and it's that which is actually playing those notes, over and over and over again.

:sigh:

This is a totally random thing to drop here, but I have my fan on, and my hallmate is watching a movie, I believe; I can't really hear it. What I've noticed is this repeating set of tones that I can hear. It's like hearing an oboe, actually: the tone is exactly that of an oboe. It's a set of five notes, slowly played, and then the first three again, in repetition again and again. I was thinking that I was crazy, that perhaps my downstairs neighbor had something on that was more Philip Glass than Philip Glass (and I studied and love minimalism, don't get me wrong). I've realized now that there are overtones in the fan and some other force between the fan and air which causes that to happen. Think "Close Encounters". Again, and again, and on the periphery, but unable to be silenced.

What's creepy is that I can't really turn it off. I mean, I can turn the fan off, but as long as the fan is on this speed, I keep hearing it.

< / crazy aural weirdness>

[identity profile] cim-halfling.livejournal.com 2008-07-23 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG, you mean I'm not the only one? I've gotten totally sucked into that game this summer. And my kids tease me. But I spend hours arranging and re-arranging houses. I figured out how to cheat and motherlode just so that I can arrange furniture and stuff. *sighs at self*

[identity profile] sexyscholar.livejournal.com 2008-07-23 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG, playing with the houses and furniture is so much fun!

And the motherlode cheat is genius -- I plug that in and spend like mad. I bought the farmhouse (my favoritest house) and completely tricked it out.

Sims is awesome. d(^_^)b

[identity profile] thrihyrne.livejournal.com 2008-07-23 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
You're playing Sims?? It's one of those things I bet I'd love, but I really don't need any other obsessions. ;)

[identity profile] cim-halfling.livejournal.com 2008-07-23 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, sadly!! It is starting to suck up significant portions of my weekend. And sometimes weeknights!

You know, I don't like to watch tv much and I try to avoid computer games since our computer crashed and I can't play Harry Potter anymore. *sighs*