So Spudboy scared me enough to where I went over to nearby Barrington for a walk-in appointment.
I tell them my symptoms, and the dude starts washing out my ear (with a syringe). The first couple of squirts bought nothing. On the third one, out comes a literal stone of ear wax that had been blocking my entire ear drum, as well as yellowish water, so a bunch more must have dissolved in it. Apparently the blood was a result of me irritating the roof of my ear canal with q-tips. My ear still aches a little bit, but that indeed was a surreal experience.