20090619

There is no reason for me to be at work today. I have not completed a single meaningful task. The only thing I’ve really accomplished is the mechanical act of turning on my computer, which isn’t really my computer but a computer indirectly owned by an incorporated company headquartered somewhere in the Netherlands. Everyone I “report” to is either not in the office or is doing the same things I am doing, which is pretending to be doing something, which is nothing. If I walked out of the office right now and went into a bookstore or someplace, no one would notice and I am pretty certain I would still get paid on payday the same amount that I would get paid even if I didn’t leave the office and go to a bookstore. This makes me feel like my job is meaningless and this makes me feel meaningless because I spend 24% of every week “working” so I think I am correct to assume 24% of my present existence is void of any genuine worth. I also feel meaningless because 33.3333333333R% of my week is spent sleeping and/or trying to fall asleep. From this I conclude that close to half my life is meaningless because it is essentially devoted to meaningless things through which nothing is achieved that inculcates happiness into anything or anyone. I drank a cup of coffee this morning and have already urinated 5 times since 8:30. I tried to read Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower because someone told me it is the “new Catcher in the Rye” which I think is a stupid comparison. I stopped reading it because I could not feel I was identifying with the voice of the character who I think has been idealized for the sake of an inevitably depressing plot. The book reminds me of Malcolm in the Middle meets My So Called Life meets Regarding Henry. I spend roughly 5.952% of my total week reading and 8.929% of the time spend awake. If anyone can recommend a good book to me that you think might enable me to utilize this 8.929% better I would appreciate it greatly. I am considering purchasing a Lorrie Moore book but don’t know which one is “good.”

4 comments:

  1. Moorad,

    You should consider picking up John Muir: Nature Writings. It's a collection with almost all of his work. If you're unsure just pick up 'Meditations of John Muir' and start with something smaller.

    Enjoy!

    Glone

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  2. thanks glone. i will read this book on the assumption that it will make me feel less meaningless and will try to feel less meaningless and hopefully become less meaningless.

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  3. how can you like tao lin but not 'perks'???

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  4. i can because they are not the synonymous.

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