It's "too" quiet at work today.  *bursts some bubble wrap*  Too quiet.  Almost conspiratorial.  *chews on bubble wrap*  Almost as if everyone has whispered "Shhhh!", let's listen for the next sound that he makes.  *bangs head against bubble wrap laying on the table*  It seems like almost a parasitically-induced quietude sucking off of my energy-being.  *sits on bubble wrap and bounces up and down*  Waiting for me to expend myself in energetic blunder. *stands on buble wrap and shifts weight to induce a flurry of bursts* As if the workplace is now harboring vitality-vampires posturing to suck my activity-blood. *bursts bubble wrap right next to ear*  Oww!  That hurt.  And now my ear is ringing.  Where's the damn warning labels on these compression bombs? *silently begins piercing the remaining bubbles with a pin and subversively squeezes their air out*