Sound

I can hear the woman next door hacking up a lung. To the point where I am worried about her, its been going on for a month. I can hear the upstairs neighbor's garbage disposal. I can hear the dryer running other people's laundry. I can hear the news blasting from White, Wong, and Ford, the old deaf packrats next door. And now there is a cop siren coming down the street.

Living in an apartment building is weird. But somehow comforting...I am sitting here feeling rather alone, but sounds coming from everywhere remind me that people are all around me, just not in the immediate vicinity.

Why am I having such issues with feeling alone lately? Is it because nobody at work talks to me anymore? Is it because Dami isn't home as much? Is it because nobody is ever online anymore? Is it because I see Tom less due to school starting again? Maybe it is because I see my good friends far too little anymore...or maybe it is that I am a sad bastard in winter.