Saturday with The Office

Went to Robinson's Ermita (ran into Ajin & Edison) and caught Over the Hedge (w/c, IMO, is money better spent than watching the hype-and-hoopla all this and the next few weeks that is The Da Vinci Code) with Eileen. Afterwards we went to Popeye's for Lynette's son Riley's birthday. Cool group canvas of the cast (there's a Castor Oyl for Olive Oyl), and of course Popeye and Olive Oyl the mascots were a hit. Got my godson a Guess shirt.

Another interesting find was the reopened Comics Odyssey, with P20-an-issue (or $0.38) comics in boxes outside the shop, as well as a Buy 5 Get 1 Free offer. Boy, my legs and feet were killing me from crouching and sifting, but I missed the "thrill of the hunt" for back issues, seeing as how most of my comics reading is lately done on PC. Ironically the issues I reallly wanted to find were in the "regular" back-issue bins in the shop (Peter David's and John Ostrander's runs on Supergirl and The Spectre, respectively).

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Just finished with the 2nd season of the UK version of The Office, w/c is one of the hardest comedies for me to watch. Don't get me wrong: Ricky Gervais, et al is brilliant. It's just that personally I hate watching awkward moments I know are forthcoming. Again, not "slagging" the show, as they'd say. I literally fast foward those scenes, but sheepishly go back so I don't miss the joke.

Unlike The Office US (w/ the equally brillant Steve Carell) they don't pull any punches. Awkward silences are the norm, but they don't alway go for the happy ending, the way TOUS does. And there's definitely more drama. They were right to stop with 12 episodes (and 1 special). Leave on a high (and awkwardly silent) note.

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Finally: attempted to finished a mug of oatmeal sprinkled with raisins.

Last time I did something like this it was with diced fresh mango.

Never. Again.