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by wilson » July 11th, 2009, 11:50 pm
So I really like staying on King St., right in the middle of downtown Charleston, but there's a serious drawback to this place. Directly beneath me is a nightclub...a very thumpy one. Normally, in a noisy sleeping environment, I'll just pop in some earplugs and be mostly fine. The only problem is, earplugs are only marginally effective against the lower frequencies of bass pumping through the floor. About half the nights of the week, the damn place is so loud that I just wait until it closes at 2 a.m. to even try going to sleep. Tonight will be one of those nights. Naturally, Saturday is probably the thumpiest night, but it's not so terrible for tonight, as the archive is closed tomorrow anyway and my only real plan is to spend several hours on the beach. But on weeknights, 2 a.m. bedtimes don't work so well, as I have to be up by 7:45 to get to the archive when it opens. The whole thing is fucking up my sleep patterns pretty seriously (witness my three-hour nap this afternoon), but there's just not much to be done until I leave here. When I come back next year, this won't be such a problem, as a longer term lease shouldn't be quite as hard to find as a sublet (and anyway, I want to find a place with at least a small yard for Walter when I come back), but damn, for now it blows.
But I disagree. If I wasn't headed to Pompano Beach, I'd certainly head to Emerald Isle! Strange how y'all planned it like that ;) Darn!
