Werks

k: there are so many of these things floating around i have no idea what's what either anymore, don't worry

M: so let's leave early today and go clear our heads

k: yes, leave early....so, when you do that...you just *leave* the office?
k: i am frightened

M: of what?
M: the sheep?

k: oh no there are sheep out there??
k: no wonder i like it in here.

M: did you not ever see the Bunuel film?
M: Luis Buñuel Portolés (22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish-born filmmaker: El ángel exterminador (1962); The final scene is of sheep entering a church, mirroring the entrance of the parishioners.
M: he's very metaphorical. I'm trying to discover if that was the film where people at a party are mysteriously stuck inside, unable to leave, grow increasingly bored, then restless, then frightened

k: ha. it sounds like it. i am going to apply that metaphor to work in general, as a justification for any anxiety i feel in the near future.

M: yes, i find it helpful to dramatize my situation absurdly