If I am not the only one

I was watching The Office last night, basically the company went through a merger, so there were all these new people coming into the office, and also some reunions. This girl ran up to this guy, they exchanged greetings. The girl rambled on about TomKat and Brangelina. After she was done, the guy was like, "What's new with you?" and the girl just looked at him and said, "I just told you."

I tell ya, that's what I feel like. Living the life centered around gossip. At least I am not that delusional. (whew)

Just rereading Murakami Haruki's Underground. In it this person's interview really made me read over and over again. It's just one sentence really, translated as follows, "In the decades after the war the economy grew rapidly, and without the sense of urgency/alarm, we seem to value material goods as the only things that hold meaning." I don't know why this sentence gripped me so, but it did.

Went to a pastry meeting... our store is so screwed up, people ringing in things wrong left and right. Since when did we have cream cheese?! I guess I just need certain empowerment to crack the whip, so to speak. And get out as soon as I can.