Where I reveal too much information
When I sit in the basement on the computer, sometimes the dehumidifier (sp?) is running. Its very noisy and it makes it hard to hear other noises or voices (or someone calling me from upstairs) in the house, unless they are loud. And even then its hard to make out what they are saying. You can here its someone calling you (”get off the #$%^ing computer and come upstairs”) but you can’t make it out.
Sometimes, when its on at night, I can hear people screaming.
It sounds like there is a huge fight going on upstairs, and I’ll jump up and shut down the dehumidifier to find out what’s going on.
Silence. Nothing.
Clearly, I am insane.
July 13th, 2005 08:49
You know, I think you may be insane, but for some reason this is one of my favorite posts ever! I wouldn’t be surprised to find this as a micro-short story in some Avant Garde literary journal.
Keep up the good work!
PS Don’t forget to take your medicine.
July 13th, 2005 08:51
Deus ex machina. When I am lying in bed and the refrigerator is runnning, I am sure I can hear several voices speaking in unintelligible murmurs in the kitchen.
July 13th, 2005 08:53
I do that with the doorbell - I swear I hear it but there is nobody there. Although I suppose the neighborhood kids may just be trying to drive me insane.
July 13th, 2005 09:19
The baby. I hear the baby constantly, especially after he’s been sick…
July 13th, 2005 10:34
Yeah, I do that too when the voices in my head start arguing. I turn on the air conditioner to drown them out.
July 13th, 2005 11:30
My AC can mess with me like that.
Actually, the other night, I was watching TV, and it was a kind of funny and awkward scene and I thought I heard a phone ringing in the background of the scene. And I kept waiting for someone in the scene to mention the phone that was ringing off the hook. Never happened. Credits rolled. Phone was still ringing. … It was the alarm I had set on my own mobile phone. D’oh!
July 13th, 2005 18:21
Been there. Yup, I hear voices all the time.
July 13th, 2005 21:52
GEEZ!!! I totally got chills from that. What an awesome post, but holy cow, are you OK!?? How freaky!
July 14th, 2005 14:53
I hear things when I am drying my hair, then I turn off the dryer and…silence. Drives me insane. I have a hard time when the Mister is away.
July 15th, 2005 08:45
Oh yeah, the hair dryer. I hear things when the hair drying is running, too! My overatctive imagination just goes crazy when that soft “whirrrr” drowns out everything else.
July 16th, 2005 22:57
hmmm, sometimes when i think I hear stuff, but think its just noise,,,and then I see my hubby’s eyebrows touching together……….oh oh
Heather
July 18th, 2005 00:45
Too funny! Interesting post. I have a dehumidifier in my basement, too. I have to shut it off when I’m down there because the noise is deafening. We have a laptop so sometimes I drag it upstairs so I don’t have to be down in the dungeon typing away…bloggging, blogging…
July 21st, 2005 11:50
I love that there are 12 comments to this post (now 13). I know EXACTLY what you’re saying.
July 23rd, 2005 01:07
I hear our newborn crying whenever the AC is on. It’s rarely the case that he is crying when I check. So yeah, I’m crazy like that too.
December 16th, 2005 15:32
stupid bloglines… it hasn’t even picked up this post and yet there are already 14 comments…
anyway, looking at the comments, it’s good to know that even if you are insane, you’ll have a lot of company on the mental ward!