parting shot (for today, anyway)

topics of conversation in the orifice--oh, excuse me. the office today:

- sally sue's cat (a very popular subject around here)

-edgar rice burroughs

-cubiclemate's sudden ascension to stardom within the relocation publication industry (he promises he'll never forget us, the little people)

-the number of calories in a muffin. honestly. my co-workers know how to suck the joy out of food better than anyone i've ever encountered. and i went to sarah lawrence, goddammit, eating disorder capital of the eastern seaboard.

-my "prom picture" and rio's infamous "lederhosen photo." priceless.

things going on inside my head today

-an endless loop of "brimful of asha" by cornershop.

-a deconstruction of what it is that i like so much about salman rushdie (the fact that many of his books feel like you're holding a conversation with a very savvy but slightly bitter old man)

-only twenty four more hours before i'm off the antibiotics and back on the dairy products (that's right, those were verboten as well)

-mmm...warm outside. but not too warm.

-what would i do if the building next to mine just spontaneously deconstructed on a molecular level?

-elevator smalltalk: does it ever get any less depressing?