My Ears Are Too Small
Actually, a more accurate statement would be: my ear canals are too small. Now normally, this is not something one notices, lest blog about, but it has created quite a situation for me in the ever important realm of earplugs. Yes, a blog about earplugs.
My first foray with earplugs was back in my first year of college. Like other college freshman, I was trying out new things, in this stereotypical, conformist, attempt to find myself. In this case, I was trying to find myself some GOD DAYM SLEEP, and if you will remember (for some of you more recent viewers this is an impossible task so I have linked an aptly entitled journal: My Life Sucks So Bad) it was a trying task that I ultimately did not succeed in. And, as demonstrated by the CAPS before, this still ticks me off to no end.
Back on point, during that time, I tried my first earplug. It was bright orange and squishy and came in a pack of four. Unfortunately for me, I lost all four pairs instantly, as they never stayed in my ear for the whole night, no matter how many times I read and followed directions. Attempts with other earplugs have been no less unfortunate.
But, after many trials and errors, I discovered my mp3 earphones (these Sony's, but now I use a $5.99 no-name pair after breaking about a dozen of the former, including feeding one to my rear bike wheel) did the trick perfectly. The earbuds come in 3 sizes, of which the smallest finally, finally, fit snuggly in my ear canal. For every single law school exam, I would enter with my mp3 player, boot up my laptop, and wait until the very last moment to unplug my mp3 player. Wait, who does this??? EARPLUGS FOR EXAMS REALLY???? Ugh, law school is an endless slew of neurotic behaviors picked up without notice and accepted as normal.
Anyways, for the bar exam, they don't allow connected earplugs, so I dropped by Walgreens to once again foray into commercial earplugs. My search for children earplugs were in vain (yes, I was willing to be muddled in with children for this endeavor) so I finally picked the most expensive pair, at $4.99 (discounted from $7.99, thank god) after reading every single discription. They are some sort of fancy silicone and screw into your ear.
Can anybody guess how this story ends?
THEY FUCKING HURT AND NOW I AM CUTTING APART AN OLD PAIR OF EARPHONES (see, it's lucky my most expensive pair of earphones broke after just one year and I kept them as a reminder of my stupidity) AS EARPLUGS. FUCK THIS SHIT. CONSUMERISM, YOU ARE DEAD TO ME.
My first foray with earplugs was back in my first year of college. Like other college freshman, I was trying out new things, in this stereotypical, conformist, attempt to find myself. In this case, I was trying to find myself some GOD DAYM SLEEP, and if you will remember (for some of you more recent viewers this is an impossible task so I have linked an aptly entitled journal: My Life Sucks So Bad) it was a trying task that I ultimately did not succeed in. And, as demonstrated by the CAPS before, this still ticks me off to no end.
Back on point, during that time, I tried my first earplug. It was bright orange and squishy and came in a pack of four. Unfortunately for me, I lost all four pairs instantly, as they never stayed in my ear for the whole night, no matter how many times I read and followed directions. Attempts with other earplugs have been no less unfortunate.
But, after many trials and errors, I discovered my mp3 earphones (these Sony's, but now I use a $5.99 no-name pair after breaking about a dozen of the former, including feeding one to my rear bike wheel) did the trick perfectly. The earbuds come in 3 sizes, of which the smallest finally, finally, fit snuggly in my ear canal. For every single law school exam, I would enter with my mp3 player, boot up my laptop, and wait until the very last moment to unplug my mp3 player. Wait, who does this??? EARPLUGS FOR EXAMS REALLY???? Ugh, law school is an endless slew of neurotic behaviors picked up without notice and accepted as normal.
Anyways, for the bar exam, they don't allow connected earplugs, so I dropped by Walgreens to once again foray into commercial earplugs. My search for children earplugs were in vain (yes, I was willing to be muddled in with children for this endeavor) so I finally picked the most expensive pair, at $4.99 (discounted from $7.99, thank god) after reading every single discription. They are some sort of fancy silicone and screw into your ear.
Can anybody guess how this story ends?
THEY FUCKING HURT AND NOW I AM CUTTING APART AN OLD PAIR OF EARPHONES (see, it's lucky my most expensive pair of earphones broke after just one year and I kept them as a reminder of my stupidity) AS EARPLUGS. FUCK THIS SHIT. CONSUMERISM, YOU ARE DEAD TO ME.