why i'm hard of hearing

although i'm by no means legally deaf, i am hard of hearing and last night was a good example of why. mike and i went to the memorial auditorium to see death cab (middle performer between two loud, annoying bands) and it was so loud, as mike said, "I could feel the bass in my chest." and not in a good way. even death cab, whom i adore, was heavy on the bass and light on the vocals. yuck. good thing we had our earplugs. never leave home without them these days. but nothing makes you feel old quite like a teeny-bopper concert in which as soon as the first note plays you're frantically diggng for your earplugs while everyone else is rocking out. ah, youth.