Shopgirl

"Some nights alone he thinks of her.
And some nights alone, she thinks of him.
Some nights these thoughts occur at the same moment.
And Ray and Mirabelle are connected without ever knowing it.
"
-- Shopgirl

Hmm you know, watching Shopgirl, and hearing that quote, I thought about CLE and me.

This morning I remembered I was running out of bread and forgot to get some last night, so drove out to get some Macca's for breakfast instead.

Work was pretty much the same, although I went out to get lunch because I couldn't make any due to the lack of bread. I decided to try that takeaway place I spotted when I went to check out the undies the other day with Ben. I saw a tall, attractive girl working there, and that was what caught my eye.

I wasn't served by her, so that was a bummer, but I got a pie, and it was just so good to have a 'normal' pie, because the ones at the pie cart try to be too special.

I ate it back at the office, and again seemed to be part of a group conversation with Peter, Ben, Cox and Paul. Ben came over to my office several times, just to talk. We kinda told eachother how we thought the other was cool, so I guess that was just to confirm that we liked eachother's company. I still cannot be sure though, whether he is genuinely a good guy, or if he's just playing a really good game of politics.

He told me that Brendan actually sent an email to the head regional guy (the one who interviewed me) and asked if there was any way of guaranteeing me two years since Mark was leaving (he didn't know at that stage that Mark didn't get the promotion). Hmmm...if that's true, two things: 1) Brendan is a nice guy; and 2) I feel guilty for being perceived as better than I am.

I left work at 4:30pm again. This time I went straight to the supermarket to get some bread. It was the place I first went to on my first day here. Awww...memories. But as I was walking, I passed a chemist and saw a really attractive girl. Then I thought, "hey, I need something to get rid of my wart anyway", so I went in.

I started looking for the wart treatment. She was at the counter.

Please, please, please come over and ask if I need any help.

She came over and asked if I needed any help :)

I told her I was looking for something for warts, and she took me directly to a shelf and pointed something out to me and said it was the best. She began telling me how to use it and what to do, but all I could do was look at her eyes and think "goddamnit she's beautiful". She seemed a bit young though, maybe 19 or 20, so I felt guilty.

I bought the stuff, but then found out later I needed bandaids as well.

I went home, had a bit of a chat with Pandy, and then watch Shopgirl over dinner (baked pizza). It was a pretty good movie. It wasn't really funny...nor romantic. A little bit sad. Can't believe Claire Danes was so naive.

It makes me want to approach counter girls and chat them up. I wonder if I'd have a good chance in my suit.