awakened the beast

I had to go into work late today. I snuck in to do my work quickly so I could make a clean escape. Recently, I decided to put a pair of old portable speakers in my office so I could listen to my ipod when no one else is around (though, since my 3G ipod's battery only hold about two hours of charge, i need to get another ac unit....dang you apple and your class action lawsuit that will let me change my battery on apple's bill...that it is, if i still had my receipt from three years ago...jerks). Anyway, things were going great...i even left the lights off so my window wouldn't be lit up like christmas. But then it happened...Immigrant Song popped up on the random shuffle. Damn you, Led Zeppelin. I did not have the power, nor the will, to resist. Up, up, up went the volume....a shrieking catterwhaul shattering the solitude of my dark office. Rapture.
Cause and effect. In the middle of this minor nirvana....a rapping at my chamber door. The Chatty Beast was awakened. And lo, upon the dark land a mighty sweeping acrid wind descended. The Beast would not be quelled. And unto me the layers of exhortation freely flowed. And nigh onto forty five minutes did this Creature gnaw upon my tympanum.
Help me hence, prithee.