The Office Part 3

Whoops! Not another one... yes another one because I'm behind on my blogs so I'm just going to keep writing about The Office for about five more blogs... As I mentioned in my last blog, Dwight gets pranked a lot by Jim... a lot a lot. haha So to reach my word requirement... another list but of pranks that have been committed by Jim and some by Pam.
In no special order.... (or unless I bored than I might go back and put them in order... I'll let you know at the bottom):
1. When Jim is transferred, he takes a box of Dwight's personal stationary. One day he sent Dwight a fax saying the coffee has been poisoned... from Future Dwight. Dwight believes the fax and runs into the kitchen slapping the coffee mug out of Stanley's hand.
2. Jim replaces all the snacks in the snack machine with Dwight's things (like wallet, pencil cup, stapler, name plate, bobble heads, etc) and then gives him a bag full of nickels to pay for them.
3. Jim finds Dwight's wallet in the parking lot, unsure what to do he asks Pam. She says to put back everything where it was, and they return it to Dwight unharmed. But Dwight suspects they did something so he cancels all of his credit cards.
4. During a casino charity event, Jim and Dwight are playing poker. Dwight watches every one's movements for giveaways that they have good hands. Jim coughs every time causing Dwight to fold.
5. Dwight puts Jim in charge of hiring a male stripper for Phyllis' bachelorette party. He refuses and instead he hires Benjamin Franklin from the Scholastic Speakers of Pennsylvania.
6. Over the year, Pam had been sending Dwight messages from the CIA about him joining them. Pam lets Jim choose as his first mission. Jim has Dwight wait on top of the roof the building at night for a helicopter to pick him up. Later they text him, the mission has been compromised.
There actaully is no certain order... I just wrote the first six I thought of. There's a complete list on Wikipedia or online somewhere. I probably should of just copied and pasted from there...

But my ultimate favorite prank is actually pulled on Andy. Jim takes his cell phone because it has a Andy singing Rockin Robin as the ring tone which has become extremely annoying to everyone in the office. He takes it and goes into the kitchen. He stands on the counter, lifts up the ceiling tile, and tosses it so it lands right above Andy's desk. Later Jim and Pam both call his phone throughout the day to make Andy search for his phone but never finds it.

The Office Part 2

Okay, so Dwight Schrute has to one of my favorite characters of all time in the history of television. He's definitely ... unique, I guess that's the right word. He is one of the Sales Representatives at Dunder Mifflin and used to be "Assistant to the Regional Manager" but he would still refer to himself as "Assistant Regional Manager". Just to let you know, there's a big difference. He acts like he knows everything and really tough, but really, he's kind of gullable and niave. Which is why he is so easily pranked by coworker, Jim Halpert. He's also feircly loyal to the company and his branch's regional manager, Michael Scott.

But Dwight is so funny because he spouts off random nonsense and especially the way he talks in a casual conversation. I shall give you many examples so I can reach my word requirement. haha
1. Dwight had a twin, but he resorbed him while in the womb.
2. He describes the perfect crime: stealing the chandelier from Tiffany's (jewelry store) and then running away with Tiffany, after a passionate night, he leaves her and with a son, years later he meets his son and Tiffany, he tells her to wait for him while he runs away to Germany where he hid the chandelier
3. Dwight says that he will travel anywhere except Cuba, but he will travel to New Zealand to walk the Lord of the Rings trail to Mordor and hike Mount Doom.
4. Dwight owns and runs his own B&B/beet farm.
5. He also knows everything about bears especially bear attacks.
6. He has special expertise in weapons like numchucks and throwing stars.

There's more but I really can't think of anything right now. Also Dwight usually wears brown pants with a dark tie and his shirt is some shade of mustard. It's kind of a running joke throughout the series. Also Dwight had a secret relationship with another coworker Angela. They dated for two years before he mercy killed her cat.... but their relationship greatly resembled the one of Frank and Margaret's on MASH. You probably don't know what I'm talking about.... okay 300 words! yeahhh!

A Rose for Emily

For my English class, we are reading William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," and we're supposed to give the short story another title and explain why. I had a really hard time understanding the story because it is just plain weird. It's about an old woman named Emily Grierson who lives by herself in a large house except for her black servant Tobe. The story is told from the perspective of a towns person so we're only told what the town knows. Emily is seen as a tradition in the small town, and she's basically known as the crazy, harmless old lady. At a young age, Emily's father never allowed her to see or go out with men. After her father's death, she started seeing a man named Homer Barron. He would always be seen walking through her backdoor, and she even bought him a toilet set and nightshirt. Even though he was openly gay, the townspeople believed that they would marry. One day, Emily goes out into town to buy arsenic. When asked what she would be using it for, she replied with "rats." The townspeople definitely did not believe that.... But after a few days, Homer was never seen again. People thought he had just left because he was a "Yankee" and was moving on to the next job. Later, people complained about a strange smell and after nothing was done about it, a few of the men sprinkled Lyme around her house. After Homer left, Emily never left the house again forcing Tobe to go into the market. Years and years later, Emily dies. Every one shows up for her funeral and remembers her. After the funeral, a group of ladies hurried into the house to look at the one room that hasn't been opened in 40 years. It looked like a bridal suite and in the bed was a rotten skeleton wearing the exact nightshirt that Emily had bought Homer. And on the pillow next to him was an indention and one of Emily's hairs.

The summary is a bit sketchy, but that's because it's told in five parts and I left a bit out too. But I'm supposed to figure out another title for this story..... how about "Emily was a Crazy Lady." I think that's self explanatory. Okay an actual title could be "A Southern Tragedy." The tragedy would be Emily's life. She had to face many hardships in her life. Her father casted away other men, and she only had Homer in her life. The only man she ever loved (besides her father) wanted to leave her. She was pretty much lonely... and it was set in a small Southern town in the 1930's. So I think "A Southern Tragedy" works well.

The Office Part 1

The Office is one of my favorite tv shows. I would say my favorite but I'm not sure because MASH is also one of my favorites. And it's a hard decision to make so I'm not going to decide which is better. The Office is such a great show because it's so different from everything else. It's an American remake of the British hit show of the same name. There both very similar with the setting of a dull office that sells paper and mockumentry style direction. But the American version has the American humor and the setting of the office in Scranton, Pennsylvannia.

But I love the mockumentry style because of the characters' interaction with the cameras and the awkward pauses. Characters do "talking heads," which is when the character goes off with the "documentary camera guy" and does a quick interview or let the character talk about whatever. I just think the show is so creative. The directors/producers have to think out everything when shooting a scene. Like are the cameras in the same room or are they shooting from afar (through the blinds, windows, carwindsheilds, etc)? Are the cameras known in the room or are they shooting in cognito? Are the cameras positioned correctly to get all the characters (actors) reactions/expressions? So many questions and they do it with so easy. Also the directors allow long pauses after a joke to make them work. Not a lot comedies can do that - make a comedy funny with only 22 minutes to work with.

Also the jokes are just hilarious. Sometimes its just so random - it fits perfectly with me. The writers make the show what it is. It's not just the actors who make it - it's definitely the writers (plus some of the writers are actors). The way the show starts out too is awesome. The show has a "cold open" which is the tv program starts and then the title sequence comes on. A lot of shows have them, but The Office uses it right with a joke. A lot of them are pranks that Jim pulls on Dwight. Others are awkward moments that Michael Scott causes.

The characters, as well as the actors, are amazingly funny. I think I have to save the characters who another blog. If I don't stop then it could reach 1000 words, and I have to do like fifty 300 word blogs.

Super Bowl

The Super Bowl has somehow become an American tradition. It doesn't even matter if you like football or not. It doesn't matter if your favorite team is in the Bowl or not. It doesn't even matter where you are. Somehow everyone ends up watching it at some point. I've noticed recently for some families it's a reunion type thing where everyone gets together. For others a giant party. For me, it's nothing really special. I just have it on the TV while doing homework or doing something on the computer.... or typing a blog! (which is considered homework to me.) Also I noticed people tend to cook a lot of food for the Super Bowl. How has the Super Bowl become Thanksgiving part 2? In class, I overhear the exchanging of wing recipes and dip ideas. In grocery stores, people are buying beer, chips, chicken, and other junky treats in bulk. Me? Toilet paper and cold medicine... haha.

But for the non-Super Bowlers, there are always the commercials. The commercials are usually filled with celebrity sponsored goods and blockbuster trailers and somewhere there will be singing frogs. I don't know why but usally there are frogs thrown in there. Also the halftime performance is a must too. But since the Janet Jackson scandal, the performers are usually older and do their best hits. But I do have to say that my favorite commercial so far is the dorito commercial. The one guy has a snowglobe saying it's a crystal ball. He claims that the crystalball says that there will be free doritoes at lunchtime in the office breakroom. He suddenly turns around and throws the snowglobe into the vending machine breaking the class. The rest of the office run into the room grabbing bags of doritoes. hahaha...... I have an odd sense of humor. For example, I think that the Office (television show) is brilliantly funny. Don't be too surprised if I do a lot of blogs dedicated to the Office.