Alarming Wake-up
May 9, 2008
I live in apartment full of people who love car alarms and love ignoring them. They’re pretty much unnecessary and completely annoying, especially in the morning during summertime. Sorry, I don’t have any finals and am done with school. Comm major.
Any way, this morning at approximately 8:30 a.m. I was awoken by a car alarm, but not even one of the usuals.
[Sidebar:
The first car alarm is rhythmic honking, on the annoying scale I'd say it's a 7 but more or less depending on duration of alarm.
The second is variety mix-up bag, including annoying siren, annoying honk, annoying screech and annoying beep. Grade on the scale: 15. See Dane Cook for further explanation.]
This one was a whole new animal. Irregular honking which I swear was just a jerk honking the car outside, but I really think it was an alarm. I’ll do some further investigating.
You should go see this movie when it comes out…
http://www.slate.com/id/2190924/
At the start of the film, David Owen, a middle-aged lawyer with a hot cellist wife (Bridget Moynahan) and a young daughter (Gabrielle Brennan), has already gained a Gotham-wide reputation as “the Rectifier,” a mysterious hoodie-wearing figure who prowls the city with a tool belt, destroying all sources of needless racket (car alarms, backup beepers, malfunctioning doorbells) and leaving behind a telltale sticker as his calling card.
That sounds like a great movie. I’m carrying on the tradition in my apartments.