The Office 6.8

-sigh- Let me start off by saying that I'm feeling really confused over what happened. Part of me wants to sympathize with them, but the other part of me doesn't.

So, Michael, Helene, Jim, and Pam go out to lunch, to celebrate Helene's birthday. Pam's still sore about Mike and her mom dating, but she seems to be coming to terms with it. Upon Pam getting Helene to reveal her true age, 58, Michael realizes that him dating her is wrong. (Superficial reasons, but I get where he's going with this. He's Michael Scott; of course he would!) So, he ends up dumping her.

Pam's mad that he dumped her mom on her birthday (and is still mad they dated, anyway), so Michael offers her a bribe. Either a raise, or she can punch him. She took the latter. Now for part of my confusion: I understand why she did it, but at the same time, I'm having trouble completely sympathizing with her. I'm pretty sure my problem lies with my dislike of her. Hell, she even admitted that she has the worst attitude in the office; which caused an amused reaction out of me, naturally. I don't know. OTL I just hope that they're actually going somewhere with her attitude. Chalking it up to pregnancy hormones, when she was getting bitchy even before then, just seems cheap.

Now, for Michael. He makes me rage at times, but I've come to realize that he's just a big kid that never grew up. In a way, it's kinda cute, but it can get really annoying, too. While his reasons for breaking up with Helene were shallow, I do feel bad for him. Even though it was obvious that his and Helene's relationship wasn't going to last. >.> If anything, though, I'm just glad that his rebound is over. Oh, and I'm glad that he mentioned Holly again. Now that Amy's had her baby, maybe she can show up around the finale? One can only hope.

Getting the A-plot out of the way, I much preferred the B-plot with the King of the Suck-Ups! XD Dwight trying to get on everyone's good side, so they can owe him a big favor later, was hilarious! What he wants, of course, is to try and get everyone to get Michael to fire Jim as co-manager, and let him take his place. MUAHAHAHA! So, eventually, he ends up with Andy returning the favors for everything he does for him. Heh. Andy has the same mindset that I do; always pay back your debt. It still astounds me over how much I adore Andy, now. I used to hate his guts, but now I love him.

For the minor bits of the episode that I liked:

-Kevin getting sassy with Oscar over him not agreeing with him.
-Creed being Creed, as always. (There's really never a dull moment with that guy, I swear.)
-Kelly actually made me laugh, for once (er, twice), with her bringing the popcorn to the fight and her line about Pam's crazy pregnancy strength.
-Even though I don't like Ryan, he looked hot in that outfit. (But WTF was up with that nude picture of Kelly?!)
-Toby teaching Pam how to punch.
-Some Dwichael moments, even though they ruined it in the end. XD

The Office 6.6

Okay, how to begin?

This felt really felt like a classic Office episode, despite a few minor gripes that I'll get to in a minute. >.> Basically, Pam found out that Michael is dating her mom.

Pros:
-Michael's blind routine, in the cold opening.
-I loved seeing Dwight trying to listen in on Jim, using the bugged duck (mallard) ornament. He doesn't seem to tap into his usual dorkiness, these days, and I miss that.
-Jim taking Andy into his office for a moment, and turning up an opera aria on full-blast; causing Creed to cry. XD
-Dwight giving Michael the "chills".
-Stanley's facial expressions over Pam's outburst and hearing Michael's dating her mom.
-Erin just being her cute, happy self. She's now my second-favorite female in this show. (Favorite goes to Holly, of course!)
-The 5-minute friendship involving Michael and Toby. (Yeah, I knew that wouldn't last long!)
-Michael going into Boss Mode, and scolding Pam for acting like a spoiled child who didn't get their way.
-Michael's nicknames for Pam's mom. "Pickle"? I don't support this ship, but I do admit that the nicknames were cute. ^^

Cons:
Freaking Pam! I've had my ups and downs with her, over the years. I know I ranted over how submissive she used to be and needed to gain some guts. However, there's a line between being assertive and being a bitch. She's crossed that line, since last season. I know I'd be upset if my boss were dating my mom, but the way she took it was really hard for me to watch. I suppose I should partially chalk it up to her hormones, but seeing as how long this has been going on; I won't do it. -is being stubborn- You know, I think I want to see Jan come back and show Pam what she'll be like, when she's a mom. Because she's really doing a good job of going down that path, right now.

Jim being spineless. I think he's realizing that Pam's not acting like the woman he fell in love with, but he can't get up the courage to say it. In other words, he's become the Saji to her Louise, and I hate it. Not only to Pam, but he's a wimp in general. Do I even need to remind anyone about Corporate Douchebag? Seriously, he needs to man up!

Not enough Kevin, but he's had plenty of time to shine already. Just a minor character bias, on my part. XD

Office/Community Catch-Up!

I'll get Der Office out of the way, first. I haven't said anything, for the past few weeks; but there really wasn't much for me to fangasm over.

Anyhow, tonight was Jim and Pam's wedding. (yaaay) I'll admit that I'm happy that it finally occured. I still think it should have happened as a series finale, but I'm fine with it here. (If they want another wedding for the finale, I'm all for Michael/Holly!)

A note about that cold opening: I've totally been there, with the vomiting epidemic. =_= However, I do think Pam was being rather unreasonable about the whole thing. She was asking too much, she didn't get her way, and she caused the epidemic...it was partially Dwight's fault, too. I did like his line about, "Well, maybe you should have thought about that, before you decided to get pregnant!" It was as if he was saying what has been on the naysayers' minds, including mine. lol

What I really liked was seeing how the Scranton crew interacted. Dwight was hilarious at the kids' table, telling them about how Jim got to be co-manager by kissing Michael's butt. (It was a metaphor, but, of course, the kids actually thought Jim kissed Michael's butt. lol) Kevin's toupee and Kleenex shoes were epic. (And he even said the entire event was epic! GO KEVIN!) Erin is totally adorable, and I'm shipping her with Kelly from now on. Those two were made for each other!

I felt bad for Andy, though. I love Office dance-offs, but he took it a little too far. Andy, didn't anyone ever tell you that guys should never attempt to do the splits? Well, now you know never to do it again. And Michael! -facepalm- I know you try to help, but you should just keep your damn mouth shut! And I really don't know how to feel about him hooking up with Pam's mom. I know she's just a rebound, but it's still so...weird. (I'm almost expecting an entire episode of everyone joking about it, sometime in the future. If word gets out about it, anyway.)

As for the wedding itself, it was pretty cool. I've never seen the Youtube video that they were doing a parody of, but it was awesome! I know I just mentioned that I love seeing the cast members dance, and seeing them dance down the aisle further proves that sentiment. When those guys can put aside their differences, they're totally epic. (CAFE DISCO FTW!)

Switching gears, I'd like to fangirl over Community. It's only been a few episodes, but this show totally rocks! I honestly don't understand why barely anyone is talking about it. What's so bad about it? Is it too wacky? Are some people offended by the characters? I, for one, can say that I've gotten more laughs out of it than this season of The Office.

I love my quirky characters, and Community delivers in that department like woah! Everyone's crazy, in this series; except for Britta. That poor girl's the proverbial straight-man to everyone. I honestly thought that Troy would be another straight-man, but he's just as crazy as the rest of them. I'm actually surprised that he and Abed are so cool with each other. (Troy's a former high school football player, and Abed's an obsessive film geek.) Their little skits in the closings are freaking awesome!

As for my favorites, so far, I adore Abed and Prof. Duncan. I think my love for Abed stems from being an obsessive geek, myself. Plus, I can't help but love a character that references pop culture, everytime they speak. I fully admit to doing that a lot, too. -blushes- Prof. Duncan, on the other hand, is easily my favorite. Basically, he's what you'd get if Lloyd were a psychology teacher. XD It's just too bad that he isn't a regular character, because he's made of total win!

I just hope that this series doesn't get canned, due to poor ratings. I'd hate to see it gone so soon.

The Office 6.1

That felt like "classic" Office, to me! It was fun, cringe-worthy, facepalm-inducing, and hilarious.

First up, Stanley! I have to be honest, I was not expecting that. He's cheating on his wife, with a nurse that was helping him during his recovery in Stress Relief. It's supposed to be a secret, but when you tell Michael Scott a secret, it won't be a secret for long. ;)

Michael was in top form; which means, of course, he was completely problematic. First, he was upset that he never gets in on the office gossip. (Gee. I wonder why.) Then, he starts spreading false rumors about people. Next, he escalates the lies, in order to cover up for blurting out that Stanley's having an affair. Though, with those lies, came a few facts.

Writers, I love the fanservice; but at the same time, I hate being cockteased. I was loving Andy so much, tonight. Not just with his "Am I gay?" subplot, but also in the cold opening. I have no idea why I didn't see the old, "Jump onto a box, only to find it was empty." gag coming. What's wrong with me, tonight? XD Anyhow, I kinda want to see this expanded upon. If Andy Bernard is gay ("At the very least, it's bisexual."..or something like that. It's been a long time, since I've seen that episode.), that's fine with me. ANDY/OSCAR!

Kevin was, as always, hilarious. There have barely been any moments with him, that I haven't laughed at. He's just a big, walking, talking joke. Same with Creed, but with more WTF-ery.

In all, a good start to the season!

Also, I watched the first episode of Community, and I kinda like it so far. It seems like it could be a quirky character study series. So, I'll be keeping my eyes on that, too.

I Actually Have Stuff To Talk About!

First, a little update on my Geass post from a few weeks ago. It's becoming more and more plausible that there's something in the works. In fact, we're expecting an announcement around 10/10 (give or take when people start uploading scans). No one knows what it is, but I'm remaining positive about it...and that's saying something. About a year ago, if someone told me that they wanted more Geass, I'd say, "Whatever. If Lloyd's around, I'll watch it.". While the latter is still very much true, I've been missing the series lately. (Definitely due to the lack of mecha, recently.) So, I'm really excited about next month's announcement. ^^

Second, continuing with the mecha trend, I found information about the next G00 character single. On 10/21, Feldt's single will be released. So, this series seems to be a bi-monthly release, which means that Hamu's will be out around Christmas. (Saving the best for last, Sunrise?) Speaking of Graham, tomorrow is his birthday! So, Happy Birthday Hamu-sama~!

Next, I got to go to A-Fest over the weekend! Funimation contacted me and wanted me to work the weekend, so I did. Even though things didn't go well the first time I did this, I had a lot of fun this time. I got to work with some awesome people, I got into the con for free, amongst other things. I got autographs from Johnny Yong Bosch (He signed my Geass Host Club poster.), Chuck Huber and J. Micheal Tatum signed one of my Keroro manga (I got to hear their takes on Kululu and Dororo last night! LOVE 'EM! Not to mention that the guys are freaking hilarious, themselves.); I also ran into Doug Smith (Kintaro from Golden Boy) in the Artist's Alley, so I bought a mousepad from him and he signed it for me. As for my other purchases, I bought: a Lloyd doujin (Very cute!), a Lancelot ignition key keychain, G00 pin set of the logos for the Union and HRL, talking chibi Setsuna and Tieria figurines, a fan-made pin set of the Meisters and Orange Haro, the mousepad, and one melon bread. All in all, it a lot of fun!

Moving on, I've been keeping up with the updates on the new Pokemon game today. I don't get why people are complaining about it, I think it still looks awesome. Is it just because the gym leaders aren't a challenge, because they've always been like that. Besides, Whitney's Miltank was a bitch to defeat, and I'm glad that they took it down a level. (I like a challenge, but not when it's almost impossible to overcome. And, yes, I know how hypocritical that sounds!)

Something funny that I noticed was one of the Rocket executives, the one named Lance. He's obviously going to get a name change in the English version, and I already have a good name picked out for him. Due to his similar character design to everyone's favorite Orange, he should be named Jeremiah! XD

Going from the game to the anime, I have a few other things to discuss. First, Kojiro's going to fill in for Musashi in the next contest. Animation Director Iwane, Kojilina, sick Musashi...it's a sure-fire recipe for epic! (And I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's Togepi episode.) Second, I noticed that some glasses guy is going to be in an upcoming episode. He looks kinda like Kouhei, but it isn't Kouhei. And he'd better not be some cheap Kouhei knock-off, because I'd be really upset if he was. Kouhei is Kouhei! THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! (That guy had better show up again, soon. It's been over a year, now!)

Oh yeah! I'm still in the process of downloading it, but I'm getting the raw for last week's episode. So, I'll get a picsummary going ASAP! With that said, I'm out!

Awesome Pokemon Episode!

Okay, when I can obtain today's episode, I'm totally picsummarizing it! After the extreme let down of last week, I got an episode full of awesomeness!

What made it so awesome?

-Satoshi, Hikari, and Jun: minature-sized! I'm not as big of a Jun fan like some people, but he was adorable today! X3
-Jun's dad, Kurotsugu (Palmer) showed up. AND IS VOICED BY THE FREAKING GOD OF GAR, NOBUYUKI HIYAMA!
-AND OMFG! KOJIRO OWNED A FISHERMAN AT GOLDEEN SCOOPING! GO KOJI-KUN~! ::tears of joy:: It makes me so happy when that guy gets a chance at doing something awesome, and does it successfully.

Even though we're still nowhere near Sunyshore yet, I'm still holding out on hope that Denji gets to be voiced by Yuuichi Nakamura. Doesn't he just look like a character that You-Kyan would voice? Besides, we already have Lockon, Johann, and Kata-yan in the main cast. Plus, we've had SoMarie, Alle, Swiss Choco, and Lichty as minor characters in D/P. Why not add Hamu-sama, while we're at it? ^_^

I'm Probably Going To Regret This, But...

I found a few highly interesting things regarding Geass, over the past week. One was from their blog, and the other was from Shira-tan. I've run their posts through different net-translators, and it looks like something is about to happen. Just the fact that both posts were made close together has to count for something, you know! I'm not sure what's going on, but I'm keeping my eyes on the situation...and hoping that I finally get the Pudding Service that I've desired!