and speaking of work, here in my cubicle my immediate company consists of 1. an uber-bored unpaid intern to my left 2. a russian/arabic/french speaking mystery woman on the other side of my cube wall. i still have yet to see her, but am impressed by all the languages she speaks in her incessant phone conversations all. day. long.* **
these are the people now most consistently surrounding me. sigh. is it too much to ask to be surrounded by people i love?***
3 weeks until alaska :)
4 weeks until berlin :)
*dad sent me loads of pictures of the fam (i.e. grandkids, duh) this week to make my cubicle more lovely and homey and inviting. this helps. a lot.
**this also reminds me of what tim says in the reunion special of the british office: "the people you work with are just people you were thrown together with. you know, you don't know them, it wasn't your choice. and yet you spend more time with them than you do your friends or your family. but all you've got in common is the fact that you walk round on the same bit of carpet for eight hours a day." brill.
***i do still have the city of new york as my ultimate lover. this also helps. a lot.
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i'm going to be sure that neal reads that quote at the end of your post. his drama-filled office staff majorly bugs. i'm sure he'd much rather spend his day surrounded by the little people who live here at home. or me. i'm good, too.
love you jooj. i love that you say things like brill. and i'm sorry your new "roommates" are so weird. they sound young and western. :)
Yes, young and western roommates! at least they're not the permanent ones that you like and get along with and who will be there when you get back from berlin! i always used to think about how much time dad had to spend with generally yuckky office people! mom
I'm feeling a little anxiety after reading the descriptions of your flatmates. I mean, you pretty much described me - singing show tunes while accompanying herself on the piano and asking personal questions. Why are you friends with me?? Maybe my incredible beauty makes up for my apparent craziness.
Jooh it is hard to be surrounded by people that you don't care for. The only suggestion I can make is that you try to find some good in each one. God created the too. Love you
Grammy
you know who your flatmates are on the cruise, right? yes, a bunch of very silly little girls. they might ask you personal questions, but thankfully they don't know any show tunes.
we can't wait to see you!
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