2008-06-02 - 9:06 p.m. Two facts:1) There are many tiny kids in the apartment building next to mine. They run around and squeal and yell the strangest things at the top of their lungs. 2) There is a very loud karaoke machine in an apartment across the street from mine. It sings songs in multiple voices late into the night. A friend dropped me off one night and said in an off-handed way, "Oh, I'd kill someone if my neighbors had a karaoke machine like that." I realized at that moment that I find these two facts to be very charming. Comforting, even. It can be loud, but it has never been annoying. Amusing more like. Loud glimpses of humanity pouring in through my open windows. I don't know any of these neighbors, but their sounds make me feel close to them. Life sounds. Life sounds all around me.
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