Sounds

{Note: I started this blog partly to get in the habit of writing more often, preferably every day. Though I hope to write from my own ideas a lot, I'll use memes from time to time, especially now when I'm still getting my feet wet. I got this one from Daydreaming on Paper.}

10 sounds that please me:
1. The joyful laughter of my daughters.
2. My husband whistling as he comes home from work.
3. The steamer in Borders heating up my chai.
4. The engine of an airplane I'm sitting in revving up for takeoff.
5. The soft "wshshhhhhhhhhhh" of my optical mouse as it moves around the mousepad.
6. The rustle of bulletins and the turning of Bible pages in church.
7. The thump of library books going into the book bag.
8. The wind blowing gently in the first scene of Myst.
9. Birds singing at 5:00 a.m., telling me spring has arrived.
10. The waves hitting the beach on Lake Huron at Cedar Campus in the Upper Peninsula.

10 sounds that annoy me:
1. My alarm clock beeping.
2. Modems and fax machines screeching.
3. "Press 1 to make an appointment. Press 2 if you need a prescription refill. Press 3 if you need lab results. Press 4 to slowly drive yourself insane."
4. WHHHHHIIIIIIIIINNNNNIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!
5. The gentle "pffffffhhhhhhtttttttlllllllppppp" of the baby filling her diaper.
6. The buzzer on the dryer, telling me the load is done (why didn't they give me a button to turn off to opt out of that??? I've got a baby taking a nap, for cryin' out loud!)
7. The cats scratching at my bedroom door at 4:00 a.m., meowing for breakfast.
8. The "boomBOOMboomboom, boomBOOMboomboom" of the bass in the neighbor kid's car. . . at 1:00 a.m.
9. My husband's cell phone ringing at dinnertime.
10. The gray cat retching, about to vomit a furball on the dining room carpet.

10 sounds that weren't heard in my grandparents' time:
1. The Windows start up wind chime .wav.
2. Cell phone ring tones.
3. Grocery store scanners beeping.
4. "You've Got Mail."
5. The whirrrrrrrrrrrr of the fan in a CPU.
6. The soft squeak of whiteboard markers writing.
7. Their car's "voice" giving them directions: "Get into the far right lane. Merge onto the exit ramp. . .Thank you for using OnStar."
8. The double click of a mouse.
9. The electronic chirp of a car alarm arming itself.
10. The beep of metal detectors as they walked into school.