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The fancy work party was all right, I suppose. I'm not sure why I went, because I knew hardly any of the people there, but the dinner was really tasty. The bad part, of course, was sitting through a bunch of speeches before they served said dinner. You always pay for it in some way, right? ;p
There was also a moment where a speaker commented that the Org. was older than some of the people working there, and then he asked for everyone who was younger than 41 years old to stand and be recognized, so I stood up... and there was a very pregnant pause where I was the ONLY PERSON STANDING. A few people in the opposite corner popped up a moment later, but it was less than 10 people, and there were probably 100 or more in the room.
So, yeah, I already felt like the "kid" of the group before--and that's at 27, which is closer to 30 than it is to 20!--but now I feel *really* feel young when I come to work. Jeezy creezy.
I'm also wondering if The Job is going to slowly turn me into a lard-ass again. I wouldn't normally think about it, but I've actually noticed some marked changes in my behavior since I started here, so it gives me pause.
See, when I was working at my own office, it was easy to just forget about meals and avoid snacking, because I'd get so immersed in my work. And if I didn't have a lot to do on a given day? I could go do something fun instead. I wasn't chained to my desk, and I could come and go as I saw fit.
Now that I'm back at a regular office job, however, I'm sitting here for 8 hours a day. If it's a slow day, then I may not even be doing very much, but I'm still stuck there until quitting time. So, I sit there doing very little, and then I get bored, and my mind wanders, and then it's "oh, wouldn't one of those candy bars from the honor box be good right now?" I now find myself checking the clock constantly to see if it's lunch time, because that means my day is over half done. I don't want to be wasting that much brain energy thinking about lunch, people!
I think I understand how people in this country get really, really fat: they're sitting on their asses all day at work, and how do they break up the monotony? FOOD! There aren't a lot of activities or diversions around in a conventional office... but there is ALWAYS food. And it's not even good-for-you food; it's horrific junk food. I don't even want to eat anything from the honor box we have here, because it's all sugar-laden crap that I'll burn right through, and I'll be hungry again in 20 minutes or less.
I'm sure providing that stuff is just their way of being nice and ensuring that our needs are met, but I don't think it really helps anyone in the long run. There must be another way to make people's jobs more bearable, without encouraging them to eat when they're not even hungry.
This is yet another reason why I need to get my own company off the ground: to create a livable work environment that doesn't send me to an early grave. :p
Tomorrow will be busy: I'm doing the runway show callback, and shooting backup for a wedding. Wushu school is closed until next Friday, so I'll probably go to the gym, too.
Ben will be gone for the weekend, so if you're doing anything fun around these parts, give me a holler!
Anyhoo, that's all!
There was also a moment where a speaker commented that the Org. was older than some of the people working there, and then he asked for everyone who was younger than 41 years old to stand and be recognized, so I stood up... and there was a very pregnant pause where I was the ONLY PERSON STANDING. A few people in the opposite corner popped up a moment later, but it was less than 10 people, and there were probably 100 or more in the room.
So, yeah, I already felt like the "kid" of the group before--and that's at 27, which is closer to 30 than it is to 20!--but now I feel *really* feel young when I come to work. Jeezy creezy.
I'm also wondering if The Job is going to slowly turn me into a lard-ass again. I wouldn't normally think about it, but I've actually noticed some marked changes in my behavior since I started here, so it gives me pause.
See, when I was working at my own office, it was easy to just forget about meals and avoid snacking, because I'd get so immersed in my work. And if I didn't have a lot to do on a given day? I could go do something fun instead. I wasn't chained to my desk, and I could come and go as I saw fit.
Now that I'm back at a regular office job, however, I'm sitting here for 8 hours a day. If it's a slow day, then I may not even be doing very much, but I'm still stuck there until quitting time. So, I sit there doing very little, and then I get bored, and my mind wanders, and then it's "oh, wouldn't one of those candy bars from the honor box be good right now?" I now find myself checking the clock constantly to see if it's lunch time, because that means my day is over half done. I don't want to be wasting that much brain energy thinking about lunch, people!
I think I understand how people in this country get really, really fat: they're sitting on their asses all day at work, and how do they break up the monotony? FOOD! There aren't a lot of activities or diversions around in a conventional office... but there is ALWAYS food. And it's not even good-for-you food; it's horrific junk food. I don't even want to eat anything from the honor box we have here, because it's all sugar-laden crap that I'll burn right through, and I'll be hungry again in 20 minutes or less.
I'm sure providing that stuff is just their way of being nice and ensuring that our needs are met, but I don't think it really helps anyone in the long run. There must be another way to make people's jobs more bearable, without encouraging them to eat when they're not even hungry.
This is yet another reason why I need to get my own company off the ground: to create a livable work environment that doesn't send me to an early grave. :p
Tomorrow will be busy: I'm doing the runway show callback, and shooting backup for a wedding. Wushu school is closed until next Friday, so I'll probably go to the gym, too.
Ben will be gone for the weekend, so if you're doing anything fun around these parts, give me a holler!
Anyhoo, that's all!
