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[muckefuck]

I want to compose an entry about the pleasant time I had last night, but I've spent the last ten minutes sitting in front of the computer absolutely seething because of the assholes upstairs and their damn loud music. One of these days, I'll have the money to soundproof the ceilings and then the neighbours can do whatever they damn well please with me giving a shit. But right now--AARRRGH! I wish they would die.

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[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's exactly how I feel, but it's so hard to get others to view it that way if it's not their conditioned reaction.

[gorkabear.livejournal.com]

There's my option: I live on the top floor (pompously named "ático") and I disturb my neighbours

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Would that we could've afforded a duplex up rather than a duplex down!

[gorkabear.livejournal.com]

Heheh
My owned appartment, where I can't still live but where I'm paying with most of my life is the very "Principal", which is what you call second floor in the US (and first floor in other places)

[darkphuque.livejournal.com]

Isn't your living space a condo? If it is, I am sure that there are rules about noise. Your Condo Committee should be able to step in, after all that one of the reasons you pay a condo assessment, isn't it?

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Our condo committee is a pretty informal one; even if there are rules, I doubt they're well-enforced. Complicating matters is the fact that these are renters, who no one ever sees, and the owner is an absentee landlord.

On top of all that, I don't know if the noise amounts to a violation of the rules. It's my misfortune to be a lot more sensitive to ambient noise than almost anyone else I know. This kind of thing doesn't bother monshu in the least.

I really just need to Zen out about the whole thing. I can't control my perceptions, but I do have some control over my reactions to them. The very same sounds wouldn't bother me at all under other conditions.