my life in stereo

The sounds of my day...

The gray scottish terrier next door who incessantly barks from about 6 am to about 12:30 am. Add to that the sound of my grumbling "someone please shoot that dog". Add to that my yelling "NO!" when I go out to take out the trash and he's in our driveway digging in his trash and spreading it all over the curb...or snapping at me....IN MY OWN DRIVEWAY.

Or, he's barking at:

1. The cars speeding around the curves on either side of our house.
2. The Coca-Cola delivery truck (with roll up side doors) that comes by every so often to deliver two 2-liter bottles to the house across the street. Yep. That's it.
3. The garbage truck the honks his arrival about a quarter-mile down the road to give people time to remember to take out the trash so that it doesn't get destroyed by either a) the neighborhood dogs or b) people digging for cans or other recyclables but don't bother doing it 'neatly'.
4. The other 15 dogs in a six-house radius.
5. The gas truck that comes to deliver the propane when we are about to run out. I mean, who wants to take a cold shower or not have gas to heat up tortillas?
6. The man who walks in the middle of the street throughout the neighborhood (there are no sidewalks) blowing a bird whistle. (It's the same sound of the water whistle I had as a kid that made bird sounds and was shaped like a bird that my mom got me in Chinatown.) He'll sharpen your knives for a good price.
7. The trucks that drive by and advertise on their attached bullhorns.
8. The innumerable motorcycles and motorbikes that come by our street to deliver...pizza. mail. papers. tacos.
9. The other dog, 5 houses down--a golden lab--who's never inside that decides he wants to investigate everyone's trash, including the terrier's.
10. All the birds in the backyard, including the hummingbirds. I threw them in there even though, I'm pretty sure they're not very vocal. But there's the dove (okay, pigeon) sounds and the birds that sound like they're clearing their throat before they chirp.
11. The construction work going on next door. Not sure what they're working on but it involves a lot of concrete dust.
12. The car that honks incessantly at about 6 am to pick up someone for work across the street.
13. The kids across the street that head out to school, yelling to their friends.
14. The kids across the street that come back from school, yelling to their friends.
15. The kids across the street when they're playing in the street, yelling at each other.
16. The mama of the kids across the street yelling at them.
17. The random parties that last until...not nice hours.
18. The other guy that walks down the street yelling "Lava carrrrrooooossss!" (car wash)