Operation Raven sign-up

[mollyringle]

This is the official sign-up post for Operation Raven (or Operaven, if you prefer), in which your job is to read aloud a line or two of Poe's "The Raven." All are encouraged to join. Here's how it will work:

1. Leave a comment here if you want to participate. Sign-up period ends in two weeks, October 12.

2. Shortly after Oct. 12, having counted up how many people are signed up, I will assign your lines to you.

3. You record yourself speaking the lines and post them as a LJ voice post, or email the sound file to me if you're more tech-savvy. The latter is the preferred method! They sound much clearer that way. I know .wav, .aiff, and .mp3 files will work with my software, and conversion of other types might be possible. We can try.

4. If choosing the voice-post option, let me know by email or LJ comment that you have posted it. I might miss it otherwise.

5. All accents and ages welcome, and indeed encouraged. Please sign up, and draft friends and family into it as well!

Comments

[gavinworld.livejournal.com]

Count me in.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Your appointed lines have arrived! They are:

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore

It may help you to read over the full stanza in which your lines are contained, to get a feel for the rhythm and meaning. The full text of "The Raven" is here. (http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html)

Please record in .mp3, .aiff, or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 29, so I can splice them together and have the file ready by Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can place voices to names as we listen.

Thank you for joining in!

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

I am officially interested, and Starr would like to join in as well!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Your appointed lines have arrived! They are:

(Two sets, one for each of you)

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

" 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door;
Only this, and nothing more."


It may help you to read over the full stanza in which your lines are contained, to get a feel for the rhythm and meaning. The full text of "The Raven" is here. (http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html)

Please record in .mp3, .aiff, or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 29, so I can splice them together and have the file ready by Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can place voices to names as we listen.

Thank you for joining in!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Official *prod* for lines! :) Thank you.

[lalael.livejournal.com]

Yes! And I promise to get it in on time this year and not at the last second..... If you've got an extra to spare for my hubby that would be great as well!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Your appointed lines have arrived! They are:

(Two sets; one for each of you)

Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.

Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow, sorrow for the lost Lenore


It may help you to read over the full stanza in which your lines are contained, to get a feel for the rhythm and meaning. The full text of "The Raven" is here. (http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html)

Please record in .mp3, .aiff, or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 29, so I can splice them together and have the file ready by Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can place voices to names as we listen.

Thank you for joining in!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

This is your official *prod* for lines. :) Thanks!

[ekatarina.livejournal.com]

Me please!

Ekatarina, who is rather excited about the project.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Your appointed lines have arrived! They are:

For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore,
Nameless here forevermore.

It may help you to read over the full stanza in which your lines are contained, to get a feel for the rhythm and meaning. The full text of "The Raven" is here. (http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html)

Please record in .mp3, .aiff, or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 29, so I can splice them together and have the file ready by Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can place voices to names as we listen.

Thank you for joining in!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

This is your official *prod* for lines. :) Thanks!

[shmuel.livejournal.com]

Count me in!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Your appointed lines have arrived! They are:

And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me---filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before

It may help you to read over the full stanza in which your lines are contained, to get a feel for the rhythm and meaning. The full text of "The Raven" is here. (http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html)

Please record in .mp3, .aiff, or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 29, so I can splice them together and have the file ready by Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can place voices to names as we listen.

Thank you for joining in!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Your appointed lines have arrived! They are:

So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating,
" 'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door..."

It may help you to read over the full stanza in which your lines are contained, to get a feel for the rhythm and meaning. The full text of "The Raven" is here. (http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html)

Please record in .mp3, .aiff, or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 29, so I can splice them together and have the file ready by Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can place voices to names as we listen.

Thank you for joining in!

[zonga.livejournal.com]

I am intrigued by your ideas and wish to subscribe to your operation.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Your appointed lines have arrived! They are:

"Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door.
This it is, and nothing more."

It may help you to read over the full stanza in which your lines are contained, to get a feel for the rhythm and meaning. The full text of "The Raven" is here. (http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html)

Please record in .mp3, .aiff, or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 29, so I can splice them together and have the file ready by Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can place voices to names as we listen.

Thank you for joining in!

[hess42.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I'm in. :)

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Your appointed lines have arrived! They are:

Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
"Sir," said I, "or madam, truly your forgiveness I implore..."

It may help you to read over the full stanza in which your lines are contained, to get a feel for the rhythm and meaning. The full text of "The Raven" is here. (http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html)

Please record in .mp3, .aiff, or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 29, so I can splice them together and have the file ready by Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can place voices to names as we listen.

Thank you for joining in!

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Yes, please.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Your appointed lines have arrived! They are:

But the fact is, I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door

It may help you to read over the full stanza in which your lines are contained, to get a feel for the rhythm and meaning. The full text of "The Raven" is here. (http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html)

Please record in .mp3, .aiff, or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 29, so I can splice them together and have the file ready by Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can place voices to names as we listen.

Thank you for joining in!

[astroman-rich.livejournal.com]

The four of us will add our Poe voices. :-)

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Your appointed lines have arrived! They are:

(Four sets, to split among you)

That I scarce was sure I heard you." Here I opened wide the door;---
Darkness there, and nothing more.

Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;

But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word,

Lenore?, This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word,
"Lenore!" Merely this, and nothing more.



It may help you to read over the full stanza in which your lines are contained, to get a feel for the rhythm and meaning. The full text of "The Raven" is here. (http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html)

Please record in .mp3, .aiff, or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 29, so I can splice them together and have the file ready by Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can place voices to names as we listen.

Thank you for joining in!

[dirae.livejournal.com]

The two of us are in.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Your appointed lines have arrived! They are:

(Two sets, one for each of you)

Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon again I heard a tapping, something louder than before,

"Surely," said I, "surely, that is something at my window lattice.
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore."

("Thereat"? That's a poetry word if ever I saw one.)

It may help you to read over the full stanza in which your lines are contained, to get a feel for the rhythm and meaning. The full text of "The Raven" is here. (http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html)

Please record in .mp3, .aiff, or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 29, so I can splice them together and have the file ready by Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can place voices to names as we listen.

Thank you for joining in!

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

Signing up!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Your appointed lines have arrived! They are:

Let my heart be still a moment, and this mystery explore.
" 'Tis the wind, and nothing more."

It may help you to read over the full stanza in which your lines are contained, to get a feel for the rhythm and meaning. The full text of "The Raven" is here. (http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html)

Please record in .mp3, .aiff, or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 29, so I can splice them together and have the file ready by Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can place voices to names as we listen.

Thank you for joining in!

[kirstenfleur.livejournal.com]

I'll join!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Your appointed lines have arrived! They are:

Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately raven, of the saintly days of yore.

It may help you to read over the full stanza in which your lines are contained, to get a feel for the rhythm and meaning. The full text of "The Raven" is here. (http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html)

Please record in .mp3, .aiff, or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 29, so I can splice them together and have the file ready by Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can place voices to names as we listen.

Thank you for joining in!

[snorklewacker.livejournal.com]

I'm in!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Your appointed lines have arrived! They are:

Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door.

It may help you to read over the full stanza in which your lines are contained, to get a feel for the rhythm and meaning. The full text of "The Raven" is here. (http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html)

Please record in .mp3, .aiff, or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 29, so I can splice them together and have the file ready by Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can place voices to names as we listen.

Thank you for joining in!

[new-iconoclast.livejournal.com]

Count me in. I had fun with ol' Ichabod last year!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Your appointed lines have arrived! They are:

Perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door,
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

It may help you to read over the full stanza in which your lines are contained, to get a feel for the rhythm and meaning. The full text of "The Raven" is here. (http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html)

Please record in .mp3, .aiff, or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 29, so I can splice them together and have the file ready by Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can place voices to names as we listen.

Thank you for joining in!

[maidenjedi]

I'm in. I'll have to do a voice post, but I'm in. :-)

Very exciting!!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Your appointed lines have arrived! They are:

Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore

It may help you to read over the full stanza in which your lines are contained, to get a feel for the rhythm and meaning. The full text of "The Raven" is here. (http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html)

Please record in .mp3, .aiff, or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 29, so I can splice them together and have the file ready by Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can place voices to names as we listen.

Thank you for joining in!

[bluesound.livejournal.com]

go on then just this once...

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

I'll use your arse...or at least your voice.

Your appointed lines have arrived! They are:

"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven thou," I said, "art sure no craven,
Ghastly, grim, and ancient raven, wandering from the nightly shore."

It may help you to read over the full stanza in which your lines are contained, to get a feel for the rhythm and meaning. The full text of "The Raven" is here. (http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html)

Please record in .mp3, .aiff, or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 29, so I can splice them together and have the file ready by Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can place voices to names as we listen.

Thank you for joining in!

[halfmute.livejournal.com]

Two more heads for the counting: One male, one female.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Your appointed lines have arrived! They are:

(Two sets; one for each of you)

"Tell me what the lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore."
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."

Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
Though its answer little meaning, little relevancy bore

It may help you to read over the full stanza in which your lines are contained, to get a feel for the rhythm and meaning. The full text of "The Raven" is here. (http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html)

Please record in .mp3, .aiff, or .wav format and email the file(s) to me (my ladyirony earthlink address); or do it as a voice post, then comment here to point me to the post. You have till October 29, so I can splice them together and have the file ready by Halloween. I'll be listing everyone's LJ names (or whichever names they prefer, for those not on LJ) along with their lines so we can place voices to names as we listen.

Thank you for joining in!