The Office: Chairmodel

Twice during tonight's episode of The Office (my very very favorite show) a character said (or sang) something that made me think, "I need to see that written down, because I think it will look even more ridiculous than it sounded."

First there was Andy explaining that he didn't fight to get the parking spaces back just out of self-interest:

"Did I do this for me? No. I did this for the little guy, for Joe Six-Pack, the guy who wakes up every morning in his $400 a month apartment and wonders how he's going to pay his mortgage that month, wonders how he's going to fill his car up with oil, wonders, "How am I going to pay my kid's orphanage bills?" That guy shouldn't have to wonder where he's going to park."

On first viewing I caught the orphanage bills part, but I missed that the guy was living in an apartment and worrying about how to pay his mortgage.

And then Michael singing in the cemetary:

"Bye bye Miss Chairmodel lady
I dreamt that we were married and you treated me nice
We had lots of kids drinking whiskey and rye
But why'd you have to go off and die?
Why'd you have to go off and die?"

The only thing that marred the tag for me was that when they showed that time had passed and Michael and Dwight seemed breathless from singing, they were only singing the second verse of the song (third at most).

As adorable as Jim and Pam were (and believe me, I had a big silly grin on my face) I'm now terrified at the idea of Jim's proposal. Pam's attempts to keep the joke going while Jim was saying he was serious about moving in together and proposing were worrisome, and her face definitely fell after he walked away from her desk. I think someone's been burned by her endless engagement to Roy and things aren't going to go as smoothly as Jim seems to think...

Life Imitating Art

While the most recent episode of How I Met Your Mother was definitely a classic, with it's Doogie Howser inspired tag and all, my favorite part came from Marshall (as always). As he tried to appear he was having a casual conversation he called out random things like, "Here are words! Laughter!" I have no doubt that if I had enough friends who watched this show "Here are words!" would become a phrase I would use frequently when struggling for something to say. Alas.

Anyway, yesterday the Lovebug was pretending to be a one-man band like her idol Olivia. As she danced around with my zills she eventually gave up yelling things like, "Boom! Clank! Bang!" and started yelling, "Loud noise! Loud noise! Loud noise!!!!" She's awesome.

I wonder if it would work on my next date to just say, "Charming banter!!!"