Masturbation, Lester tells us, is the highlight of his day. It's all down the drain after that. His job, a writer for an advertising news magazine, is a lifeless, soulless, daily ritual. Again, Boomers, who became yuppies, got caught up in materialism in a way the GenXers seem to be avoiding. GenXers work so they can live the lives they want.
Boomers have their personal identity wrapped up in their vocations.
Next, we learn that Jane, Lester's sixteen year old daughter, is saving up her money, not for college, but for a breast augmentation. This refocusing of our priorities is often called a spiritual reawakening. Lester, in all earnestness, relates that he begins to turn the corner on his funk when his libido boils over with his first gaze upon Jane's fellow cheerleader, Angela Hayes. For Lester, an erection qualifies as spirituality. Jane, a GenXer, senses her father's depraved creepiness.