stop the madness.

We are, I believe, on Day 5 of a 12-day Hindu festival in our city.  There are no words to describe the amount of noise that this is producing (but if you call on our Vonage phone, we’ll make sure you get a chance to hear it).

Imagine a drum line.  Then imagine whistles.  Then shockingly bad Hindu music on loudspeakers placed strategically around our neighborhood.  Then add a foghorn.  And to top it all off, last night there were fireworks.  Lots of fireworks.

A couple of our (South Asian) neighbors went to the police to complain about the noise this weekend.  The police said, “It’s for religious purposes.  There’s nothing we can do about it.”  Colleen promises that this year is an improvement — they no longer play the music through the night.

Maybe not through the night, but it did wake me up at 4:00 this morning.  Sometimes I feel like I’m slowly losing my mind.