Some days, like today, there are a lot of impromptu aisle meetings around my cube. Some days, like today, there is a lot of talking about the start of the baseball season and who got who in the fantasy draft. Some days, like today, there are some strange noises coming over the cube wall from the guy who can't wait until lunch to eat his lunch, so he starts unwrapping and horking it down for breakfast instead.
On those days, like today, I'm usually struggling to concentrate to get some time-urgent tasks done. So, I pop my headphones in to drown out the world. Today, when I turned on my iPod, "Shut Up!" by the Black-Eyed Peas started playing. I thought it was both ironic and appropriate.
