The Office (I mention it enough in this post that it might as well be the title)

It’s been a great weekend filled with The Office, friends, movies and musicals. I started out my Friday night with a marathon of The Office. Oh. Yes. I watched about half of the fifth season in one night—and I even worked in an hour of Project Runway. As unexciting as that might sound, it was blissful after a full and long week. Plus, I really love Dwight and Pam…so any time I watch the show, I’m pretty happy.

Saturday consisted of waking up with yet another episode of The Office (other people binge on food or alcohol; I binge on movies and TV shows), and then headed into town to pick up my glasses and go see The Bounty Hunter with a friend. I really did try to write something about the film, but finally came to the conclusion that it’s just very forgettable. Funny at times, but forgettable. (Um…Okay, the reason that I couldn’t write anything was because I’ve forgotten most of it.)

Next on the agenda was going to the local high school’s production of Beauty and the Beast. Three friends were staring in it, and all of them were at their best. Having played the part of a hermit for the past two school years (I’m extremely convincing, if I do say so myself), school plays are times when I see tons of people for the first time in months. Last night was no exception. I had a lot of those I-didn’t-even-recognize-you moments (which signals that I SO need to get out more), a few encounters with former coworkers questioning me about if I’m working at the same place again this summer (pleasenopleasenopleaseno), and one conversation on libertarianism versus conservatism with a friend who I haven’t seen since…August, I guess (I’m really not THAT much of a hermit. He moved away. Not my fault). Basically, lots of happy reunions and catching up and realizing that people with good eyesight can actually see the faces of people on stage. (Who knew? Apparently I’ve been missing a lot without glasses. )

To start off my partial spring break (none of my classes have the same break; one of them doesn’t even give me a break), I…watched the last of season five of The Office* (Hm…I sound sad and lonely in this post), had about three different conversations with my brother (he always starts chatting with me right before he comes home on break), and dwarfed the entire church population when I opted to wear pumps rather than my usual flats (despite the fact that I was wearing black and white—absolutely no color on my person—my mother dubbed me The Jolly Green Giant. As if the lack of green wasn’t enough, it was eight in the morning. I wasn’t jolly).

*I would like to endorse this season. It was satisfyingly humorous, random, and Dwight-filled.

Serendipity of the day: Late-night cake breaks and The Office. (Anything goes with The Office...as long as it doesn't pose a choking hazard.)