Re: I'm Cursed Tonight
imnabwon,
This probably is not your problem but it is a hell of an anecdote: Several years ago I was at the House of Blues on Sunset for some heavy metal show and the volume was way, way loud. I asked the bartender for some earplugs to no avail. I went into the bathroom and pull out some of those course hand towels. I broke some off into little tiny bits and wet them. And of course, I stuffed them into my ears. It never seemed like one or two pieces was doing the trick so I put a whole bunch into my ears. Well, at the time, it seemed to do the job. Music was muffled to my liking.
I go home that night, pull out a tweezers, and attempt to pull the paper out of my ears. I think I got all of it.
A week goes by, and when I'm sleeping, I can hear heart rhythms from my ears. That's what it sounds like, I swear. Soon after, I'm listening to a boom box, FM radio, KBIG, and I swear the thing was coming out in mono. I call the station to complain. They say there is no problem. Must be me.
Make a long story short, a year goes by and I'm in the shower, and I feel something creeping out of my ears. I hear a popping sound, like when your ears pop when on an airline flight. I step out of the shower, take a Q-tip and start messing around with both ears. And I pull out HUGE pieces of paper caked in ear wax.
My hearing is fine now.
And I get KBIG in stereo.
: )