It's funny, I was just organizing some papers and came across something I wrote when waiting for my boss to call back a few months ago. It made me laugh though I really wanted him to call him at the time.

Perspective is everything. You don't like the grapevine - go get another job.

Never stay at a job because you think you won't get to talk to someone from there again. If you don't keep in contact there are several billion people out there. And, you'll meet new people at your new job.

I know it sucks but it seems like you need/deserve more attention than you're getting right now.