Tuesday, July 08, 2003
Some comments about noise
I'm not sure if this morning was some sort of holiday or festival or what, but there was a big racket outside the ol' hotel window. It started probably around 4:30am and finally ended close to 6:00am. A of people were playing drums and some other sort of instrument. It reminded me at times of the Scottish pipe and drums thing. Anyway, I peered out the window but couldn't see them. That's right around my bedtime, so it was pretty annoying. I'll have to check the papers to see if I can figure out what it was.
On a different note, it's interesting how my attitude toward hearing airplanes has changed since Sept 11. I was nowhere near NYC or DC, and was never in any danger or whatever, so this has really no grounds whatsoever. But ever since then, the random sounds of planes has scared me a little. I used to love it - if I heard a plane I would always look up to try to see it. Ditto for helicopters (ok, I still get excited for helicopters). But now, the unexpected sound of a low plane makes me shiver a bit. It had subsided some until this recent war with Iraq. I was in India for most of it, and we were a little worried because we were away from home. I guess I started feeling weird around airplane noises then.
It happened again just a few minutes ago. I work in this huge, futuristic/menacing-looking building that houses several megacorporations. Every once in a great while, a jet will fly over us quite low. It always scares me. There are some small groups in India that aren't really fond of these foreign companies coming here... but really, I'm not in any danger at all. I'm just paranoid.
I'm not sure if this morning was some sort of holiday or festival or what, but there was a big racket outside the ol' hotel window. It started probably around 4:30am and finally ended close to 6:00am. A of people were playing drums and some other sort of instrument. It reminded me at times of the Scottish pipe and drums thing. Anyway, I peered out the window but couldn't see them. That's right around my bedtime, so it was pretty annoying. I'll have to check the papers to see if I can figure out what it was.
On a different note, it's interesting how my attitude toward hearing airplanes has changed since Sept 11. I was nowhere near NYC or DC, and was never in any danger or whatever, so this has really no grounds whatsoever. But ever since then, the random sounds of planes has scared me a little. I used to love it - if I heard a plane I would always look up to try to see it. Ditto for helicopters (ok, I still get excited for helicopters). But now, the unexpected sound of a low plane makes me shiver a bit. It had subsided some until this recent war with Iraq. I was in India for most of it, and we were a little worried because we were away from home. I guess I started feeling weird around airplane noises then.
It happened again just a few minutes ago. I work in this huge, futuristic/menacing-looking building that houses several megacorporations. Every once in a great while, a jet will fly over us quite low. It always scares me. There are some small groups in India that aren't really fond of these foreign companies coming here... but really, I'm not in any danger at all. I'm just paranoid.
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