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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
i used to be much less sensitive to noise. then i moved into this godforsaken building with a schoolyard full of shrieking hellions directly behind it, walls made of cigarette paper, and a never-ending stream of inconsiderate / unselfconscious neighbors and irascible babies, and my tolerance has been steadily eroded. now i frequently wear ear-plugs to sleep (even though they hurt my ears) and dj earphones all day long to work (although they also are uncomfortable after a while).
from time to time, on a weekend, the whole building will be miraculously silent all day, and i find myself making an unconscious effort to move very gently not to disrupt it, and listening to the silence as if it were music, appreciating it with a sort of desperate gratitude.
when i'm working, i prefer quiet, especially if i have to concentrate on code or something, or else music that i've chosen (so, not the radio). i've found that radiohead is excellent for concentration. i've also found that if i start a project with a particular music, and i'm in the zone, then i have to keep listening to the same music until i want to stop working, or the spell will be broken.
i definitely could not concentrate with the television on. since i didn't grow up with it i am now rather fascinated by it, in the sense, "fascinated like a rabbit by a snake" ; if it's in front of me i often can't take my eyes off it.
i'm mostly glad that i didn't have television as a child, because i do think i did more interesting things instead of watch it, however on the other hand it means there is a whole set of cultural references common to my generation that i don't have at all, and as we've established people think i'm strange enough as it is.
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Zeep, my friend, it would be a dull world indeed if we all had the same cultural references. You are perfect as you are, and I enjoy learning new references from you.
Wish I had a teleporter ... you could use the upstairs here in this house to work. Miles from anywhere ... no neighbors ... it's as quiet as a tomb most days. The silence is only broken by the occasional dog bark.
I look out the window and all I see are trees, bushes and deer. At night, all you hear are crickets and frogs.
My friends, the Moons, have a daughter who hates to stay at their house because it is "too quiet" at night and she needs to hear people around her in order to fall asleep. She also hates how dark it is. No street lights out here. If the moon isn't full or close to full, you better have a flashlight if you step outside.