things are looking up.

My job search has hit a definite stagnant period, as I'm a) getting more desperate as the days and months go by, b) applying to jobs like crazy and not getting ANY responses in return, and because of a and b, c) January's almost over and I'm not any closer to reaching my resolution of landing a paying job. Thanks to two phone calls from my good friend Leslie, things are starting to look up. I don't want to go into details, because there is a huge chance that both these leads will be nothing more than me getting excited for 2 minutes and nothing good happening after that, but I feel like things will happen. If not this month then in the next. And before I jinx myself any further, this is where all job-related talk will stop.

So I will talk about what I know best, television. I love Thursdays. My favorite show, the Office, is on, and so is Grey's Anatomy, (which has been really good the past few episodes) and I like Ugly Betty (though I watch it online since it's on at the same time as the Office) and Men in Trees is a cute show (though Anne Heche still creeps me out to no end). Tonight we had 3 reruns of the Office, including Grief Counseling, one of my favorites of this season, and The Initiation, which featured the long waited very first interaction with Jim and Pam since he transferred to Stamford at the beginning of the season. I HEART this couple so much. And even though they've been apart most of the season due to Jim's transfer, then his subsequent transfer back with a new girlfriend named Karen, things are looking up for them as well. Yay JAM! I'll be talking about this couple a lot.

Apparently, Meg Cabot, the chick-lit author of such novels as the Princess Diaries, is a fan too. This is what she posted on her blog:
"And if you are not watching The Office, well, I just don’t know what to say. I guess if I were to say to you, “Jim said yes,” it would mean nothing to you.
If, however, you were watching The Office, and I were to say, “Jim said yes,” to you, you would inhale sharply and squeal, “I KNOW!” in a delighted manner. These words would take on a whole new meaning to you. Because this is seriously the hottest, most romantic show on TV, besides being the funniest, and if you aren’t watching it, well, I kind of feel sorry for you.
But don’t worry! It’s not too late to catch up! Start watching it now! Come on! It’s soooo funny!"

Couldn't have said it better myself. Ah, I love it. I kind of don't get people who don't find the show funny. It's one thing to have never really watched it, but it's a whole another to not find anything funny about it upon watching it. And one of my biggest pet peeves is people comparing the UK Office to the US one, but more annoyingly, dismissing the US one and not giving it a chance because of the brilliance of the original. They're different, each has its own merits, get over it.

the first post.

Part of my New Year's Resolutions for 2007 (none of which I am actually actively working to keep) is to read and write more. At least 15 minutes a day. Sounds easy enough. We'll see how this goes. I know I'm 19 days in already, but it's better late than never, right? Hopefully this will improve my writing and get the creative juices flowing so that I may make a living doing it someday. A la Carrie Bradshaw, except without all the sex talk.

I'm just a girl with big dreams and no real motivation. So, here's to a new year of baby steps and little dreams, productivity and spontanaiety, less ruminations on drama and more acting upon the things that do matter.

current reading: The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold. (I'm re-reading it, cause I just finished her memoir, Lucky, which I found profoundly moving and disturbing at the same time, and I want to compare the two.)

current tv: The Office, 3x13- The Return. (Jim still has feelings for Pam! I totally sqeeeeed when he admitted that. My JAM heart is very full right now.)

current obsession: Triscuits. (My favorite Nabisco snack after Cheez-its. But you can't eat a whole box of Cheez-its and still feel good about yourself. The Triscuits are low fat. And really good and filling. Win-win-win.)