Virtual Zen

Zen mind, beginner's mind... My life as a beginning Zen student, and everything else that falls away...

3.23.2004

For cripes sake, grow UP!

Its been ages since I've written - mainly because I just haven't had the time or inclination. I was doing SO well, too! I've been busy doing things on the weekend that I don't want to do (like spend the ENTIRE weekend doing things that Adam planned for the loft - nice to have it done, but I'm so tired of doing all this crappy stuff already!) or being obligated to do things that just don't interest me. My needs are SO being left behind lately, I've really gotta look at that and figure out what to do about it. I'm at work again, and I'm just getting more and more fed up with all these low class, immature pathetic people I work with. Drama, gossip, backbiting - all part of the daily routine round here. Its incredibly mind-numbing - and even when I think that I can do my job if I was just left alone to do it, I have silly little Michelle sitting next to me telling me every little minute detail of her sad little existence. Perhaps I'm just not cut out for actually being sociable with people I work with. I mean, I get up in the morning and I'm alone until I get to Eglinton station. There I run into Jonny, the new guy who never shuts up. Talks at me the whole bus ride to work. There I have to deal with idiots who can't possibly comprehend the fact that I don't WANT to talk to them after spending ALL day on the phone, which means that I never get a moment to myself during the day. The ride home is exactly the same as the ride in - Jonny babbling on like an idiot. Then I get home and well, you guessed it, no peace there either. Adam just couldn't possibly handle the fact that I need some peace and quiet when I get in.

Someone, somewhere, is going to be told to fuck off soon. Just a matter of time till it happens.

Peter and I had a great day on Sunday doing the photographic scavenger hunt found here. Ended up at the Fiddler's Green pub having pints of Harp. Man, that stuff was a bit skanky going down the first pint, but after 6 or 7 it was well good. Bit of a hangover Monday - but not too bad. Anyway, we had a great conversation about life and where we're going and what we're looking for. Basically, it came down to wanting more out of what we have, and living in conjunction with our values (which I've come to note as being Freedom, Exploration, Integrity and Passion - FIPE, EFPI, PIFE, FIEP, PIEF, EPIF, whatever...). I'm SO not living in concert with these things - hence my annoyance with all those idiots around me. I had a point I was going to make, but of course I just had to hear about how fantastic Michelle is for actually doing a part of her job. Yippee fucking ki-ay.

Best part of yesterday was talking to Andrea. Damn, I love that girl. Even after nearly a year since I've laid eyes on her, just talking to her puts me right back into that same place where geography is completely irrelevant and those you love are all around you.

I'm sounding stupid now - gonna go out for a cigarette and contemplate how much I'm growing into a bitter gnarled old soul before my time.

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