what's that?

i started this life out with really good hearing, and i've protected it jealously all my life. my parents always told me to turn down my headphones, and i did, and even today, though i listen very frequently to headphones, apparently i do it at much lower levels than most people.

i've been to two concerts this year (okay, one was more like a blues club), which is actually a record for me (and will likely be exceeded next year), and both times i wore earplugs. not only did i feel like i lost nothing, in both cases the un-plugged version was so terribly overdriven that all i could hear was interference. only with the plugs in could i hear the actual melodies.

so i'm happy and lucky that i've been given good hearing and the wisdom to protect it so that i can enjoy it to the fullest.