I spent the bulk of this work day holed up in the windows, painting and not talking to anyone. Confession: window days are my favorite. Solitude and silence are hard to come by at my place of business, so I take great pleasure in being the only human variable in these window-day projects. It's not that I don't like the people I work with; it's just that I don't have a tremendous lot in common with them. Even my better work relationships are based primarily on the repitition of quotes from co-beloved movies and tv shows. Thankfully, tomorrow is another window day, and the day after that will be a window day, too. No one will feign interest in my love life, academic progress, or the relative comfort of my shoes. People will occassionally wander outside for a smoke break, during which they will leer at me and my work through the windows, offering hypercritical commentary and asking where ever that super-cute dress came from, each of the other... "Target? Really?!? But it looks so expensive! No, I can't tell what she's doing, either"...but they'll think that I can't hear them through the glass, so I'll just pretend they're right. I'll answer their mimes with mimes. I'll try to whistle, oh-welling myself with the thought that, at least, it looks convincing. I am a silent movie star. I am my own private organist. I am "a lone reed...standing tall, waving bravely in the corrupt sands of commerce." That's a Greg Kinnear line from You've Got Mail. Its a talkie.
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