So I decided to take up blogging to give an account all of my deep thoughts that swim through my brain while I sit staring at a computer for eight hours a day, five days a week. Although I hardly do anything at work, I am getting paid. Actually I am being paid right now, as I write this blog. So, in all reality, this isn't such a bad place to work. Not everyone can get paid to surf the web...or write in a blog. I have been here since eight in the morning and, so far, have done not one work-related activity. In fact, I have been snacking on cookies all morning. I often wonder how people who work desk jobs survive. I mean, I can go, oh, thirty minutes straight staring at the computer. After that, I have to look away due to the burning sensation radiating from the back of my eyes. How does one sit all day behind a computer? Also, how do you sit in a chair for that long? I swear, I get up at least ten times a day just to walk around. I was reading an article that stated that 80% of people who work at a desk job are overweight. That doesn't surprise me. I also read this other article, among the fifty articles I read to pass time every day, that a new machine has been created in which people who are trying to lose weight install this treadmill contraption in the office. Basically, the concept is that the obese person has to walk or climb a stair stepper while doing their desk work- the desk that is connected to the front of the treadmill. Great idea. Just think, if these treadmills were set up in every office around the world (or maybe just America, since this is the fattest country) think about how many calories would be burned a day? I guess it is not the most practical concept; to have ten or so treadmills sitting around the office. The office would probably have a foul smell, too. Actually...bad idea. I think that if every one of those people went to the gym for thirty minutes after work, people would not be so overweight. But, I do see how desk-workers don't have the energy to work out after work. It's pretty tiring sitting at a desk all day, I have found. After a full day of "work", I am usually ready to go take a nap. It's pretty pathetic. Typing and staring at a screen actually takes all of my energy.
So this morning my boss handed out this Christmas Quiz packet to all of the staff in the office. We sat around and took our individually packaged quizzes and, after, went over the answers. Now, the questions, I thought, were pretty simple. "Where was baby Jesus born?", "how many wise men were there?". I could have sworn I got all of the questions right. So we finished looking over the answers, and out of 24 questions, I got ten right. It seems that all of the Christmas stories and songs I have known since a child have not an ounce of truth. Apparently, Jesus was not born in a manger. The answer was "it is not known". Also, like every nativity scene and movie out there, I was given the impression there were donkeys, sheep, camels present in this manger (not manger, i was wrong on that one). Right? Apparently, no where in the bible does it say that those animals were present at the birth of Jesus. Where on earth did these stories come from then? I have been given false information my entire life through these tales. They are simply just extravagant stories made up through the years to make learning more fun. I guess they are fun. Though they are exaggerated, they are fun. What would the manger scene be without the sheep and camel figurines around? I always liked the animals. I also found that there were not three wise men. The correct number is not known. In fact, a coworker said she had a manger set at home with four wise men......Maybe I should read more.
