the other night i had dreamt that i'd had a room in my house with an enormous panel of television monitors mounted into the walls. each monitor displayed a different person singing passionately to him or herself. some might have felt embarrassed if they had grown to know of my observations, but i believe others would have been glad to learn someone was listening. truly, it was difficult to differentiate between the voices that blared from the sets. all that was heard was a singular, constant stream of occupied and active noise.