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So even though I went through all that effort and money to get rid of my Rock Band stuff, today I got talked into going over to Jake’s to play Beatles Rock Band. Again. Well, at the very least, I put off of his invite to come over until the end of the week. After all the numerous times we’ve belted out Beatles songs, it’s hard to believe that we’re not awesome. But somehow we are not. Nonetheless, I enjoy trying to figure out the harmonies to the songs.
But before going over to Jake’s, I felt I had to do something productive so ran a few errands. The most pressing was finding some insulation for the gaps in my doorway. My apartment building is a circus. At one point, I could hear a barking dog, a crying baby, and an opera singer. The barking dog is the worst. The sound just echoes through the stairwell and into my room. And there are multiple dogs in the building. The worst is the one dog below us who howls and cries all day when the owners aren’t home. I feel like I shouldn’t be mad at the dog and direct it towards the owners for torturing the poor animal.
It’s gotten to the point where I looked up what to do about a noisy dog. Predictably, there’s not much I can do. I can confront the owners who would most likely do nothing and I look like a total prick, I can complain to the cops who won’t do jack-shit, or I can do nothing and go slowly insane.
Well, I’m hopeful that I just tune out the exterior noises over time. In my apartment in the East Village, there was a heating pole right next to my bed that would clang incessantly. During that first noisy night, I mentally decided that I could let it drive me crazy or I could deliberately decide to block out the sound as I slept. Surprisingly I was able to muster the willpower to shut out the noise and slept comfortably. I’m hoping I can repeat this effort.
Back to the errands, I found some door insulation but upon installing it, I noticed that the door itself is hollow metal. Thus sound would just reverberate through it and make my insulation useless. Serenity now!
Daily Panic Level: Normal
Financial Outlook: Better (I got my last check from BBDO finally)
Job Scorecard (Interviews – Freelance Work – Freelance Busts): 8 – 8 – 40
Last Night’s Meal: Pepperoni pizza
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