Surround Sound

Boys. Men. Male species. Odd birds.

I woke up Saturday morning with Russ buzzing around excited because his friend Mel was coming over at 9am, bright and early, to install in our living room, his old surround sound stereo system which he sold to Russ for a very low price.

What else could get Russ up on a Saturday morning? In fact, our whole day centered around this new surround sound.

Russ tested The Matrix and The Lord of the Rings on the system, and passionately pointed out how you can here every tiny sound, and how crystal clear each punch and kick sounds during the fight scenes, and how the surround sound practically brings you into the scene of the movie as if you were part of it.

Puhlease. I just nodded my head, uh-huh, uh-huh, okay. I tried not to mention the fact that there are now more speakers in my living room than decorative items. That the walls of my living room are now trimmed with speaker wire, and the subwoofer....oh, the subwoofer, well it is so big, it could practically serve as another chair.

Oh, and I didn't say anything about the fact that on a sound level of 1-10 we can pretty much keep it at a 2 without blowing out the eardrums of our neighbors on the other side of the wall. And the lovely subwoofer, well we can't use that till we move to a house.

Oh, and we are now up to four remotes. Jeez.

I also didn't say anything when my blessed sweetheart committed the ultimate sacrifice last night and let me watch Pride and Prejudice on the new system rather than the action movie he in his heart truly wanted to watch.

And I made sure not to say how much I enjoyed hearing the beautiful piano score that accompanied the film, and how it surrounded me and drew me into the drama of the film, and how it made me feel that I myself was Elizabeth Bennett falling in love with the mysterious Mr. Darcy.

Wires and speakers and incredible loudness; not my thing. Beautiful love story with beautiful music. That's my thing.

Surround sound not so bad. Not so ridiculous.


Boys. Men. My husband. Odd bird, but sweet bird.