Around 'The Office'

Just a few 'Office' related items swimming around my head.   

When I was looking for something to wear last Wednesday, I decided on the above t-shirt... as it was the closest thing to a Halloween "costume" that I was going to get.  The Office is not exactly a ratings juggernaut, so I was a bit shocked that a couple of kids made the connection between Dunder Mifflin and the show.  I even had on kid that told her Mom about the shirt and the Mom came back to the door to ask me where I got it.

Funny enough, a new Office-related t-shirt landed on my front door step the very next day.  I had ordered the... well just read it below...

MS'sDMSMPMCRAP-AFRRFTC t-shirt pretty much the morning after the season "Fun Run" premiere episode and it was already on back-order (my guess is that it wasn't even in production).  I was happy that it came in a bright blue... the cast wore a teal version of it and I am not much of a fan of that color.  I have yet to wear this one out in public, but it should be interesting to see what, if any, reaction it gets.

After opening with a handful of hour-long episodes, The Office is now back to its usual half-hour slot.  As I have in the past, while I love the show, I still think it can be pretty "hit or miss" and I had been surprised how consistently good those hour-long episodes had been.  I didn't think the most recent episode, "Branch Wars," was that great... but one thing was classic:  The Finer Things Club.

I am soooooo jealous of Oscar and would soooooo be Pam's gay boyfriend and a member of the Finer Things Club (though not so sure about the dressing up part!).   And while it was a tough call (as it usually is), Oscar had the line of the night:

"Besides having sex with men, I would say The Finer Things Club is the gayest thing about me."

It kind of reminded me of those gay "dating" sites where guys are looking for (or advertising themselves as) "straight acting" men...  Besides having sex with men, I would say I am very straight acting.  Ha!

Anyhow, the whole thing was pitch perfect... from Kevin and Phyllis interrupting to Andy attempting to become a part of the exclusive club to the book selections.  It had not hit me at first, but quite an ironic choice that the first book shown was A Room With A View... since the FT Club meets in a room with no windows to the outside world.