Secret Silence
I don’t like talking to people when I am on my way to places, but no matter how hard I try I seem to attract people who want to talk to me. It can be infuriating at times, being sought after as the oracle of talking, but I have an ingenious way of avoiding it: I wear ear-muffs intended for use with pneumatic drills and other horrible noisy things.
With my ear-muffs on, the world is silent and peaceful. There are a few draw-backs, of course (such as that they block out noise to such an extent that I can hear all my organs working and it sounds a bit weird to say the least), but I’d rather hear my own heart beating than have to put up with some annoying person who wants to make me their number one friend.
Isolation, you see, is much under-rated. There is really nothing wrong with it. You get away from life and talking and hustle and bustle, and it induces a calming effect on your day, turning a day of disaster into a day of peace and tranquility. For this reason I never go anywhere without my incredible life-blocking-out ear muffs. Another cool thing is what happens when you wear ear-phones, and then put the ear muffs over the top.
It is, quite simply, magic. The sound is much more powerful and you can hear every single element of a track as it was intended. It’s the next best thing to actually being at the front of a gig. With ear muffs on and music pumping, life is just about complete! It really is that good. The only thing you have to be careful of is turning up the volume out. With your head in a vacuum, you don’t realize until you come out that you’ve managed to practically deafen yourself.
Important news, the ski accommodation bookings for our annual trip have been sorted out. Next week is the last chance for the payment, please get it to me as soon as possible.