Step Away From The Fun Size
Filed under “Thank you, Captain Obvious”, ABC Australia reported on a study yesterday that scientists have proven once and for all that, get this, eating junk food makes you feel better but is still really bad for you. I believe that these fine men and women of the University of New South Wales didn’t have to go through all the trouble of carefully designing and carrying a rigorous scientific study to get this information. All they really had to do was visit the kitchen counters and cabinets of a VFX house. Visual Effects companies have known for years that a good stock of crap food is essential for the running of a smooth operation. Got yelled at by client? A coupla’-five bite size Snickers will fix you up real nice. About to throw yourself off the nearest, highest edifice because a client un-finaled a dozen or so shots causing you to cancel that ski trip you’ve been planning for months? Well, does the phrase “Hey, pizza rolls and mini corn-dogs are up!” make you feel any better? Heck, I think some places would put heroin in the York Peppermint Patties if they could get away with it.
The fact is, that we are a young industry and I think we haven’t seen the full effects of what three weeks of ingesting nothing but coffee and hot pockets can do to a person. I know it’s tough, I think I’ve eaten at least four and half pounds of trail mix for each week of the writer’s strike, but I’ve found a stroll around the building can clear the mind better than a package of Kraft’s Cheese ‘N Crackers. So do yourself a favor, skip a snack or two, we all could stand to reduce the size of our chewy liquid center just a little bit.
LINK to the ABC news story
