Cleaning my ears

Whoever came up with Q-tips is a true genius. Or, cotton swabs. It's one of those things like white out or scotch tape...Q-tip is in fact a brand, not the product itself...but whatthefuckever you obviously know what I mean.

Why does it feel so good? And they tell you not to stick 'em in your ear canal, but of course I'm going to. Duh. And my doctor will tell me that in fact my ears are too clean, that ear wax has a purpose and that's why it exists, to keep terrible things away from the delicate little instruments inside my head. He also says sticking cotton swabs in there all the time is probably why they're itchy, leading to my desire to clean them more and more and more.

Yet still, every single day and usually two or three times a day, I am drawnt to the box of generic brand cotton swabs in the bathroom drawer. I may even seek them out in other people's bathrooms.

Oh my god, it's just so good. Sometimes it's so satisfying it literally makes me drool. Satisfying, or slightly brain damaging. I fucking love cleaning my ears with Q-tips.

It may border on an actual compulsion.