oh lord, i love it

well, the new (long awaited) episode of the office was amazing. finally saw pam really break down. i think that's the kind of emotion that's going to motivate her to actively try to get jim in her life. every once in a while, there's a show that really takes a hold of me and i get so obsessed i have a difficult time remembering that it's all make believe and that it's not real. this is one of those shows. they formerly have included: queer as folk, grey's anatomy, and many movies. i cried tonight while watching the office. and i have had many dreams over the past two weeks in which i am part of the office cast, sometimes as pam and i manage to win over jim from evil karen. i've also become acustomed (is that how you spell that word?) to reading two fan blogs about the office. lame, but: officetally and life in the office.

my time home has been interesting. wyoming has not been immune to the crazy effects of global warming. it oscillates wildly between being frigidly cold and blizzard-like and 50 degrees with the sun shining. last night, when i took macy out for her nightly relief, the sky was so clear and the moon so bright, the only proof that it was winter was that there were some patches of snow on the ground. the air temp reminded me of an early spring afternoon.

oh my god. my dad did the funniest thing the other day. he usually doesn't shave over christmas vacation. anyway, emma and i had made dinner and we had also invented a pretty sweet-ass trivia game, but we gave my parents like 20 minutes off from family time while we cleaned up the kitchen. we began playing our great game and about 20 minutes into it my mom goes "YOU SHAVED A GOATEE." my dad had used his 20 free minutes to shave a goatee. a goatee. my dad with a goatee is unbearably funny. he's not really a facial hair guy. he's not in to fantasy football poker night with the guys, both things that i think of when i free associate with "goatee." but he wanted to experiment with a goatee, much like a teenager wants to experiment with dying their hair black, even if they're not a goth. it was probably the funniest thing that he has ever done. i have to tell andrea.

ok, that's it.