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I started a job at the local mall a few weeks ago. They have extra work during Christmas so I am trying to earn extra cash for the expenses I anticipate will come with spring and a more extensive gardening (and possibly a few chickens) project. It has been amazing to see the amount of extravagancy (crystal race cars, rooster gravy boats, giant remote controls) coming into the store. Has anyone heard we are officially in a recession?

As I leave the store most days I have been thinking about the Bloc Party song "Uniform", which begins and ends, "There was a sense of disappointment as we left the mall. All the young people looked the same..."



There was a sense of disappointment as we left the mall
All the young people looked the same
Wearing their masks of cool and indifference
Commerce dressed up as rebellion

'cause we are so handsome and we are so bored
So entertain us, tell me a joke
Make it long, make it last
Make it cruel just make me laugh
We can't be hurt

Drink to forget your blues on the weekend
Think about more things to buy
The TV taught me how to sulk and love nothing
And how to grow my hair long

'cause we are so handsome and we are so bored
So entertain us, tell me a joke
Make it long, make it last
Make it cruel just make me laugh
We can't be hurt
We can't be hurt
We can't be hurt

So why do you go picking fights that you'll lose?
When you have entertainment, when have you things to pass the time
So why do you have to go thinking thoughts that are above you?
You can be happy, just play dumb
You can be happy, just play dumb
Well I was brave
And unique,
Intelligent,
A snowflake
I could have been a hero
No-one can be trusted over the age of 14
Tattoo our arms
Converse shoes
Cynical
But we still do it
We tell ourselves that we're different
I've gotten so good at lying to myself
All, all my pain and honour is used up
All, all, all
All my guns are rusted
So when you gonna to realise those are not your wrongs to right
Have another dumb line, have another drink

I am a martyr I just need a motive
I am a martyr I just need a cause
I'm a believer I just need a moment
I'm a believer I just need a cause
We're finding it hard to break the mould
We're finding it hard to be alone
We're finding it hard to have time by ourselves
We have nothing at all to say

Uniform
Uniform
Uniform

There was a sense of disappointment as we left the mall
All the young people looked the same