This Feels Like An April's Fool Joke...

but I guess it isn't: Falling in Love With Objects. My brain is broken by trying to understand this. How can you be in a sexual relationship with an iBook? I want to know. As much as they want to claim they're not fetishists, I beg to differ. Anyway, I am not going to judge too much because I was far too invested and happy on Thursday night, knowing two fictional characters were finally going on a date. ;) Well, you know though it is not a deep-abiding love for fictional characters and I'm not sleeping with Jim and Pam action figures as of yet. LOL Although I may as well come out and say it, I would date Jim Halpert if he were real. Ha!



How cute are they? Very cute.

TV, Why Do You Make Me Sad?

I watch very few dramas and comedies on TV, and I now remember why. Dear God, I can't take the angst! On last night's episode of The Office, the Scranton and Stamford branches merged, and Michael is now in charge of them all so that means more friends for him, which makes him so happy! Ha! He even made a welcoming video called Lazy Scranton, based on the SNL clip Lazy Sunday. Hilarious. One of the new employees, Andy, played by Ed Helms of The Daily Show, is the ultimate suck-up, which gets oh so much under Dwight's skin. That was all great.

They are trying to kill me with the Pam and Jim relationship though. Pam was so happy to have Jim back in Scranton, because she finally broke up her engagement and seemed ready to start something with Jim. He was being distant most of the day (he got rejected by her before so it was understandable to be on his guard.) At the end of the episode, Jim announced to Pam he was dating someone else! Kill me. This is like the Mulder & Scully dynamic but at least 10 times worst. LOL The new girl in Jim's life, another employee from Stamford who got transferred with him, has no idea what went down with Pam so it should be fun when that blows out in the open.

Anyway, this made me so sad because:

1) A comedy shouldn't be bumming me out.
2) I can't believe I care enough about fictional characters to be feeling sad about their fate (they are NOT REAL!)
3) Seriously, I don't want them to hate each other. It is not fun to watch.
4) I don't think I can tolerate another Mulder/Scully or Ross/Rachel type of relationship again. Because, by the end, I didn't really care what happened to those 2 couples. It had dragged on so long that I wasn't too fond of them anymore.

Let's hope Jim and Pam make up sooner than later. Otherwise, I'll be weeping in my corner. LOL

DVDs and Cooking

I love cooking. I love TV. When I do both at the same time, it is like heaven. I was watching some episodes of the Office from my Season 2 DVDs as I cooked tonight (made an awesome dinner, by the by). Could I love my Office DVDs more? I don't think so, because it would then be very unhealthy. There are about 2 and a half hours of deleted scenes, and they are pretty much all extra awesome. It is too bad the shows aren't longer because so much good stuff ends up on the cutting room floor clearly just because they can't fit them in timewise! The episode "Sexual Harassment" has some delightful deleted scenes. There is one in which Michael Scott compares the HR rep Toby to the devil. Hee. Michael has a irrational hatred of Toby, who is calm, sensible, and low-key. Basically, everything Michael isn't.

There is another scene where Michael suggests fictional harassment scenarios and one of them involves dating Pam, and she says she'd drown herself rather than date him. Hee. The funniest deleted scene though is between Pam and Jim; I couldn't stop giggling for 2 minutes:

Pam: I know we’re having that harassment thing this afternoon...

Jim: Yeah?

Pam: Sometimes when we IM, I send you that little winking face with the lipstick... *She mimics the face.* I realized that might be harassment.

Jim: Yes, it is harassment, and I’m going to be suing the winking face. I’ve hired the angry face as my lawyer, and you should be hearing from him pretty soon.

Pam: Okay.

Jim: Okay. *Jim dings her on IM.*

Happy First Birthday, Blog!

I cannot believe it has been a year since I started this blog. I really didn't think I'd get into it but 185 posts later, I think I misunderestimated (mmm...nonsensical word!) its power. ;)

To celebrate, I thought it would be appropriate to post a sweet X-Files-themed video I found on (where else?)You Tube. It is set to the lovely song "We Belong Together" by Gavin de Graw. I thought it was very apropos since I meet so many of the people here through an X-Files board, and I think we all belong together. Hee. Okay, I'm done with the cheesy love fest, and I promise to bring back my sarcastic self pronto. ;)

On with the video:


I had to add one more video to my favourite TV UST relationship of the moment: Pam and Jim. It is really well done, I thought, and it is set to the song "These Walls" by Teddy Geiger (I totally bought his album today along with the green Weezer album and Back in Black by AC/DC. Yay for music store clearance sale!)

Just Because It Is Funny!

I was rewatching The Office season finale while having dinner tonight. Oh, and to answer the implicit question you probably have after reading this first sentence: Yes, I am afraid I will be obsessed with that show for a while so I will be blogging about it. LOL Such is life. ;) I just had to post my favourite exchange from the last episode because I think it is hilarious... I had a little help from a rocking Office fansite called Office Tally.

Michael, the boss, is trying to find a charity to which he will donate profits from their charity casino night.

Michael: I am going to donate to Afghanistanis with AIDS.

Jim: I think you mean Aid to Afghanistan.

Michael: No, I mean Afghanistanis with AIDS.

Phyllis: Afghani.

Michael: What?

Phyllis: Afghani.

Michael: Afghani? That’s a dog.

Pam: No, that’s Afghan.

Michael: That’s a shawl.

Dwight: Wait, canine AIDS?

Michael: No. Humans with AIDS.

Creed: Who has AIDS?

Jim: Guys, the Afghanistananis.

Michael: No, no, AIDS is not funny. Believe me, I have tried.

Ah, clueless Michael. Such a funny group scene with flawless delivery.

OH MY GOD!

Okay, last night's episode of The Office will go down as one of my all-time favourite television episodes! I don't think I could do justice to the clever dialogue, the brilliant acting by the whole cast, the misdirections in the plot, and the most touching yet simple love declaration, which no one (even my spoiled little self) saw coming at all!

To recap for the non-Office watchers: Jim has been pining for Pam for years, but she is his best friend, and she is engaged to be married very soon. Pam is not particularly crazy about her fiance, but she stays with him before they've been together for 10 years and it is a comfortable situation. Anyway, we think Jim is coming to inform Pam that he has been granted a transfer to a different branch of the company, because his boss has mentioned to him that he should announce it to other staff members. Jim asked for a transfer because he knows he will never get Pam. He has decided that he needs to move on with his life, and he can't stand to watch her get married. Instead of talking about his transfer, he says to Pam "I'm in love with you.", and she is flabbergasted. So is the audience. She doesn't understand why he has to say this now, and he says: "I needed you to know...once." She turns him down, saying she can't. You see his eyes well up, and he wipes a tear as he walks away. I had to look away from the screen, because it was too much. My heart dropped in my stomach. Man, that is good TV! Jenna Fischer and John Krasinski acted their butt off in that scene.

The last scene of the episode has Pam on the phone with her mother, talking about what just happened with Jim. The camera slowly pulls away so you think, this is all over for the season. But then, Jim enters the frame. You think he has come to finally tell her he is leaving the company...but he kisses her instead. And she reciprocates. Fade to black. We have to wait until September/October for the rest. Ahhhhhh... Anyway, I will fully admit I squeed at that last scene!

Because I am feeling giddy from it, I have linked to a video of those 2 scenes (there is an abrupt cut because there was another scene in between) for anyone who wishes to see:

This wonderful episode inspired me to put together a Top 10 list of my all-time favourite TV episodes. I'll post it this weekend.