I sit here on the floor of my apartment, my lap top conveniently situated.. in my lap Where else? My music streams through my ear buds and into my ears, trying to drown out the dull thudding of the rap music from next door.
Its strange. Usually, I don't hold things against people. I don't judge a person before I know their story, but i find myself seething with hatred of my new neighbors. Not to say they are bad people, in fact, I dont even know them, but their choice has sealed their fate. They have rap music blaring louder than I can stand, the bass rumbling the walls of my tiny apartment. It has been going on all day, and I am at my wits end. The continuous beat of the music grates against my nerves like sandpaper.
It began around 6pm when I was making boxed macaroni-n-cheese. I didn't really notice it at first, but after a few moments, it began to irritate and annoy me. Over and over. Thud Thud Thud. Usually I sit at my table and eat in peace, with a book, or an essay I am working on. Instead I found myself standing at the kitchen counter with a fork, picking at the noodles. It didn't even taste good due to the annoying rumble in the background.
I cleaned up my dinner, sealing most of the macaroni in a plastic container and throwing it haphazardly in my fridge. I wasn't hungry anymore. I decided to get my i-pod and see if I could drown it out. I turned up the volume as loud as I could stand, and yet still! Thud. Thud. Thud. The base rumble continued.
I leaned against the wall of my apartment and tried to calm myself down. After all, it couldn't last all night right? How wrong I was.
After a few moments of suffering against the wall I decided to be proactive. I was positive that a hot shower would help calm my nerves, and walking into the bathroom, I was almost blasted off my feet by the bass rumbling. The mirror above my sink was shaking. "UGH!" I screamed.
I think thats when part of me snapped. In fact, I think that's when all of me snapped.
"Two can play at this game you ignorant fuckers..." I muttered. That's when I walked over to my laptop, and turned on Muse, blaring it as loud as it would go. Standing next to it, the sound actually hurt my ears. My lap top may be small.. but it was LOUD.
I giggled like a maniac and sat down to enjoy my favorite band, when the unthinkable happened.
They turned up the music.
I turned desperate. Not only was the bass rumbling my small apartment.. it was reverberating with it. I about pulled my hair out.
I fought the urge to scream when a lightning bolt of intuition hit me. The landlord. 10 o clock noise ordinance. I giggled and called my landlord, putting on the little girl act, saying my neighbor's music was keeping me awake.
Soon enough the only noise to be heard was the crickets outside. I sighed and said to myself.. "Noisy neighbors? Eliminated."
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