NSFW Sunday: Waste your OWN time

Once upon a time, there was a bored, apathetic, disengaged cube jockey named Monster. The place in which he worked (which is to say, performed the same rote task involving translating actual paper checks into happy little 1's and 0's) was, simply, no fun at all. Not like "this place is so terrible it's funny and everybody knows it" no fun, but like "nobody here cares at all and the cycle of misery is sucking my will to live" no fun. The work was easy and the just over $10 per hour that he was making was better than he could find in more interesting places, so Monster did his best to tolerate the soul-sucking monotony that was his work day.

One day, Monster got a call at work from an old friend, the Internet. How the Internet even got Monster's work number was a mystery, but here was the old chum, chipper as always, ready to entertain. The Company didn't like the Internet, but despite The Company's best efforts to keep The Internet from bothering the cube farmers, the Internet would find its way in.

The Internet introduced Monster to Crazy Monkey Games, and magically, Monster's work day was fulfilling again. Monster knew that navigating stick figure action heroes, popping balloons with a dart-wielding chimp, and racing cartoon rabbits in dune buggies made for a strange bedfellows when it came to trying to feel like you hadn't wasted 8 hours of your life, but these were desperate times.

Eventually, things got better for Monster. He learned how to cope with the mindless drivel at work and still be a decent guy when he left the office. He worked hard enough to get somewhere and eventually got a job that keeps him busy and that he enjoys.

But he never forgot that wild, crazy affair with the Crazy Monkey and it's flash-enabled goodies. Truth be told, if it had been all stick figures, balloon chimps, and bunny rabbits - he might have been able to walk away forever. But the Crazy Monkey also had all sorts of games where one kills Zombies... and Monster has never been able to totally shake the habit.