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My Brother Is Very Sensitive to Noise

He he he... So my brother is an interesting character. He hates noise, but he produces a lot of it. Since he's a DJ, he plays music in the house like it's a club, and whenever anyone tells him to turn it down, he always tells you that he's not playing it that loud, even though we can hear it in just about every corner of this 6,000 square foot house.

Unfortunately for me, he is in the room next door to me, so whenever he plays his music loud, I just learned to deal with it, because he can be very irrational when you ask him to turn it down, and you just end up getting barked out of his room, or he will just start a temper tantrum, and after doing that too many times, it's better to just sit it out since there's really no negotiating with him.

On the other hand, if you make the slightest noise in the house, and especially if he is being quiet, he'll get all of your case for being so noisy. It doesn't help that I use the bathroom next to his room, so something as innocent as brushing my teeth will get him all ticked off. I have since learned to use a different bathroom in the house if I am going to be brushing my teeth. Some friends say that I am being too nice. They just have no idea how easy it is to set my brother off. If you try to reason with him, he just gets pissed off, and the whole thing escalates into him having a big tantrum, and it's just not worth it. Sometimes, I wonder if he would be better off somewhere in the East Coast. I don't think he is laid back enough for California.

So tonight, I was listening to some music on my computer at what I thought was a pretty low volume... The speaker setting was set to 3 out of 10, and Windows Media Player was set at 50% of the volume. Somehow, his ultra sensitive ears (which is hard to believe with all that loud music coming from him) were able to catch it, and he came over and asked me to turn it down. I did, but he said he could still hear it, so I just gave up and turned it off, as he grouchily stomped back into his room saying how it is bullshit that I am listening to my music so "loud" at such a late hour... he he he... it's always great to see how hypocritical he can be when he is all cranky...