work is play

we had a party with a chocolate fountain at work the other day because the paper won some awards. it was totally sweet. it was in a heated tent outside and when i entered the tent, a song by The Church was playing. so hip.

but when i found out that there'd be a chocolate fountain, all i could think about was this article i read recently about obesity in america and how people are going under the knife, spending too much money to lose weight, when all they need to do is just eat right and exercise.



no, i wasn't worried that the chocolate would go straight to my hips. it reminded me of a paragraph in the article that said that people still tend to gain weight back a while after a gastric bypass by cheating and consuming massive amounts of calories in a way that won't explode their shrunken stomachs. a method mentioned was drinking chocolate syrup.

this naturally leads one to think of Step by Step, when Cody would put Hershey's syrup in his mouth, then a swig from the milk carton, then shake his head around REALLY fast.



so i was inspired at the party. i chewed up some strawberries, stuck a cup under the fountain, took a sip and shook my head. i felt my stomach staples pop.

UH OH!