Have any of you ever seen the show The Office (American version)? I am not a TV watcher as most of you well know. The last time I actually had a TV in my house was when I lived with parents, but somehow I have become totally addicted to this show. I have realized it's because now that I work in a cubical-style office I can relate to this madness. The weird assortment of people, the pranks, the things done instead of work. We have ongoing pranks and games in the office, including fantasy football (which I am losing miserably at because I know nothing about football) and world geography challenge which I have been no champ at either. One would think that when there free time in the office I would be marking one of those 100 essays I get to read a week...but don't be fooled, I play games. My friend Jon and I spent about a week creating BANANZA, the best office game ever (argued by many). Basically you have a string of paperclips with a heavier paper clamp on the end. The object of the game is to hit the cardboard head as far as possible. You get three tries (like baseball). It's much harder then you may think which is why you have to say "bananza" before you take a swing so everyone knows you are actually going for it. Ah yeah...I could have graded about 25 essays in the time I wasted trying to break Jon's record.
It's time like these that I realize how different my life is here. Sometimes it really freaks me out that I live in a city and work in an office, but it is my life right now and if I have to do ridiculous things like play banaza in order to have a great time...well I have no problem with that.