EARPLUGZ

I'm writing this with earplugs in my, well, ears. The sound of my fingers hitting the keys seems to be more distinct than when I am typing sans earplugs. To me, this seems kind of like a contradictory phenomenon. Shouldn't it be tougher to hear the key strokes? Is it because the rest of the aural world is, for intents and purposes, washed away, leaving me in the here and now? Or is it because typing is, with a deadened sense, all the brain has to focus on, so it rachets up the level of thinking grease? If a tree fell in a forest, would I hear it? Probably...no.


It's pretty cool, though. It's more of a physical exercise than a mental exercise, when you're typing with your ears plugged. All that I can hear is the distant and muffled clop-cloak-clop-cloak sound of keys being depressed and the wheezy sound of my breath. The TV is a distant blur and my focus is right here, right now, on this monitor. I'm not exactly writing anything, but the pleasure of this post--for me, obviously--is the feeling my fingertips get when I'm typing. In fact, I could keep doing this all night, just typing for the pure vibratory pleasure in my fingertips/nailbeds.


Hello? Hello?! Why did everyone leave?!