Day Eighty-Two - Wall of Sound

For Son of Sam it was dogs barking...for me...it's the sound of other people's music. It drives me crazy. This all started about a year and a half ago when the people who lived in the basement below us listened to music with heavy bass quite loud - all. the. time. Seriously - 7am - dance party, 10pm on a Tuesday - why not?, and all damn day long in between. I got a little nuts a few times over the period of time before they moved out. This apartment has been better, but it would seem that our next-door neighbours have recently upgraded their sound system and their music levels have gone from mildly annoying to ...really annoying? It was super cold outside so I didn't want to go on a walk or go to the gym or anything, so I seized the opportunity to try something seemingly mundane, yet brand new.

I worked on my laptop in bed while listening to noise-isolating headphones. I have had the laptop since October, but I always leave it plugged in and in the living room. To my surprise, working in a new environment was incredibly productive and I managed to completely rework my resume into a format that makes me slightly happy. The headphones are remarkable - they fit nicely into my odd-shaped ears and wow - the really block out all of that unce, unce, unce sound or the Bollywood nightmare that I live in...or at least adjacent to. I was accidentally shouting @ Joseph all afternoon - he found it amusing. The whole experience reminded me of Joseph and I hiding out in one of our rooms during university. Mmmmm - nostalgia!