A Brief Post: Audio Books?

I'll give you a more real post (and an explanation for my disappearance) tomorrow.

For now, I'm curious about something. Do any of you listen to audio books?

I have been trying my hardest to read more for several reasons. The top two being that I enjoy stories and that I feel I should know what's out there if I'm going to write.

Time, however, seems to be a constraint on this goal. As I was driving from work to class, I realized that there might be a solution to that. I spend at least a couple of hours on the road each day going back and forth from one place to the next. This would be a great spans of time to use effectively. Which, is where audio books come in.

So, I'm asking you guys. Have you ever listened to an audio books and how did you find the experience?

Plans for the Blog

Wow guys. I don't even know where to go. I feel as though I'm out of it after missing yesterday. I had a lot of blogs to catch up on. I read lots of posts, but didn't comment on any today because I wanted to get to my own posting. I hate letting things stack up, but sometimes you have to take that time to listen to your body. I think the unusually cold temperatures have been making me more tired than normal.

Today I'm going to focus on things I want to try out for the blog in the new year. I figured January would be a good time to try out some new features.

Upcoming features:
1. Interviews - with followers & other bloggers
2. Book Reviews
3. Recipe Reviews
4. Writing Advice
5. Songs of the Day (continuing this one)
6. Movie Reviews
7. Contests

I know there's more and I'll include them when I locate them, but for now, that's a list to get you excited. I'm going to try to get things organized and ready to go this weekend as I have a busy semester ahead of me.

Keep an eye out tomorrow (hopefully) for pictures of my new haircut!

Song of the Day: "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis
I chose this song in celebration of Elvis' birthday today.

Yesterday's Song of the Day: "Twilight" by Vanessa Carlton
I chose this one because it kept coming up on my CD player on the way home. I've liked this song for years. It's an older one, so I thought I would remind people of it.

What is with this tiredness?

I feel exhausted tonight and I'm not so sure why. I'm feeling the way I normally do on Fridays after a full week of work. Maybe it's just the getting back into the routine of things.

That being said, I think I'm going to go to bed rather than trying to be witty and intelligent on a half-asleep brain.

Look for lots of updates this weekend about what I'm hoping to accomplish with this blog in the future!

Also, look for two songs tomorrow to make up for today's lack of songs.

Almost Over the Hump

It's Wednesday, we're at the halfway point. We can make it to the end of the week. This post is going to be really short as my first week back has me quite tired and I still want to write my page of the day before bed.

I follow a lot of blogs. It seems that if I come across a neat blog, then I add it to my repertoire of blogs. This has its upsides and downsides.

Upside: I get to read a lot of cool things.

Downside: I can't possibly read every post.

Upside: I've found a lot of neat books through blogs.

Downside: It takes a while to get through my blog list.

Upside: I've come up with new ideas for my blog in the upcoming year. (Keep your eyes peeled for them.)

Downside: Well, I really think I'm out of downsides.

How many blogs do you follow?

Tomorrow, I'll post a little bit more about those ideas for the upcoming year.

Song of the Day: "Don't Forget to Remember Me" by Carrie Underwood
Why this song? It was the latest song that inspired something I wrote. To be exact, they helped inspie this.

Just in time for the New Year....

The announcement of January's theme!!

January is going to be my Month of Randomness!!!

Look for lots of fun and exciting things as I try out new things and make From Barbies to Words a better place for me and you.

Some of the things I would like to do in January:
- Interviews
- Guest bloggers
- Pictures
- Ramblings
- Reviews
- Continuation of the Song of the Day feature (complete with playlist)
- Much, much more!

If there's something you'd like to see in the blog, let me know in the comments!

Or, if you would like to volunteer to be interviewed or to be a guest blogger, then please let me know in the comments section.