The Office

One of my favorite tv shows is The Office.  It's just too ridiculous to be true, right?  That's what I thought...

I didn't realize that Scranton was actually a real place until I flew into their airport, and of course I proceeded to make a complete arse of myself by having a mini freak-out session right there on the tarmac.  In the succeeding trips, I have learned these things:

• In Scranton, PA there is a Mifflin Street
• On Mifflin Street there is a paper company, not called Dunder Mifflin, but they do about the same stuff that the company on the show does
• The sign that they show in the opening credits was real, but has been recently replaced (bummer)
• They film parts of the show in Scranton, particularly the mall sequences (Steamtown Mall)
• There is an Office Convention every year, which all the cast members are invited to, and all show up except Steve Carrell, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer and Rainn Wilson (the good ones).  The guy that plays Kevin is a favorite among the locals

So, I always found the show funny, but too ridiculous to be true... until I started the Internship with the Big Company.  The show was really funny before, now, it is HILARIOUS.  As soon as you can relate one of the characters to someone you know from work, that is the end of it.  Every time you see that person, you start cracking up (at least I do... I think other people can hold it in better).  It's sort of like being famous around the Big Company.  I actually had my first Kevin pointed out to me by one of my Project Leaders (Turns out, he's sort of an Andy).  After that, I started looking, and I found a couple Dwight's, several more Kevin's (I work with engineers), an Angela, and some Ryan's (new guy version, not coke head version).  I have yet to find my Michael, but I've still got a week left.  He's coming.  And the best part?  Jim sits right next to me.  I must have excellent karma this summer.