I am all caught up with The Office.

[schmerica]

So by the time I was halfway through season 2 of The Offine, I was sort of thinking "Wow, this is a pretty awesome show, and yet I find it strangely unsatisfying." But then I realized it had been a couple of days and I couldn't stop watching it and now I am totally caught up all the way to the latest episde of season 3. So. Um? The Office! Pretty cool!

My favorite part so far is still the beginning tag of "Take Your Daughter to Work Day" when Dwight and Jim both call out "That's Batman" at the same time. ("What about Aquaman? Where does he live?" "...The ocean." "I work with a bunch of nerds.")

Basically all the pranks (faxes from future Dwight!) are pretty awesome. And I'm pretty amazed by how all the creepy weird stuff can suddenly become totally unexpectedly sweet -- Dwight and Angela, Dwight and Pam, Michael and Pam, all these little moments.

--And I was about to say Roy actually seemed like a really nice guy, but then the last five minutes of 3x18 happened. Heh.

Okay, seriously, could Pam be any more likable? Is it possible for anyone to watch this show and not Mary Sue yourself into her place? She's smart and funny and cute and sweet! It's ridiculous, it really is.

Finally, my mental image of Rainn Wilson is no longer as an undertaker-to-be nuzzling a sixty old woman like a horse. Instead, it is ... a really creepy guy carrying around dead things and staring at people. Awesome.

(Are there any ridiculous vampire AUs following "Business School"? It feels like there should be.)

Comments

[sophia-helix.livejournal.com]

Eee! Is mostly what I have to say. But also, my love for Pam is obviously that of a thousand burning hot suns, so I'm glad you love her too. Also, do check out the Pam the Vampire Slayer (http://mtt.just-once.net/fanfiction/viewstory.php?sid=1127) story, and then go check out moireach's delicious (http://del.icio.us/kyrafic) for Office recs, because, uh, most of the fandom is stuck in a clone of the X-Files fandom circa 1998. We have had to have multiple discussions about slash. And RPF. And using betas.

[annakovsky.livejournal.com]

Hee, and yet there is still no RPF! Goddammit, fandom, what do I have to do to get some BJ/John??

[sophia-helix.livejournal.com]

Give hobviously source material!! She was all excited to do it, but then she didn't know where to look for inspirational commentaries and suchlike.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Shouldn't a name like BJ write RPF about itself?

[annakovsky.livejournal.com]

YOU WOULD THINK.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing they were of the opinion all three of those last things were strange and weird and wrong? Hee.

[sophia-helix.livejournal.com]

They were mostly just confused and frightened. But a few people have written slash and betas are becoming more prevalent, so... yay?

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Awww, they're like your own private little science experiment.