Why I <3 the Office...OR, A Moment With "Jam", compared to MY Wedding Plans
I'm just going to lay it out for you right now. I adore the Office. I think that it's a wonderful show that combines all types of comedic performances (slapstick, dry humor, puns, pranks, basically everything in life that makes me giggle like a schoolgirl) but still retains its heart from episode to episode, season to season. I remember first watching the show when I was in High School, and I immediatly fell in love with the storyline; especially that of Jim Halpert and Pam Beesley, now lovingly referred to as "Jam".
When we first met Jim and Pam, they were just friends and co-workers...but you could see almost instantly that Jim worshipped Pam from afar; and even though she had a fiance, there was a connection with Jim that everyone but Pam could plainly see. Then, of course, there was an angsty couple of seasons where Jim confessed his love to Pam but she rejected him...he went away to a new job and then returned with a girlfriend...and Pam broke off her engagement with Roy. Just. For. Jim. But, if you have not seen the actual show, never fear. Love trumps all; Jim and Pam have maintained a successful relationship (something that does not happen often in the weird, warped reality of television...and if the writers happen to be catering to the fans, whatever, so be it...I think that Jim and Pam's relationship is one of the most realistic ones that we have seen on a television show to date.) throughout the past two seasons, finally culminating in (of all things) a suprise pregnancy and (FINALLY, the ecstatic hoards shout) a wedding.
Jim and Pam are simply adorable. From the at-first-relaxed-and-beautiful-to-OMG-HE-DIDN'T rehersal dinner speech (ooooooh poor Jim...because of nerves, he accidently lets loose that Pam is preggers in front of her extremely conservative grandmother "meemaw"...and Michael has to save the day by saying that sometimes protection just doesn't work 100% of the time...OH LORD the delicious, delightful agony...) to Jim's reaction to Pam's torn veil (Mr Tie, meet Mr Scissors...Snip, snip..."there, now we're even.") to their private wedding on board the Maid of the Mist, to the most amazing wedding processional EVER (inspired by the YouTube clip of the wedding party dancing down the aisle to Chris Brown's "Forever") this wedding forever goes down as one of the most memorable events on television. And in a day and age where wartime images haunt our evening news, disasters strike at any moment, children's cries go ignored in the night...I think that this is one of those simple things that reinforces my belief that love conquers all, and it will all be ok.
You know, deep down, I kinda want to pull that same wedding party dance routine at my wedding, but...well, you know, I'd like my bridal party to actually LIKE me after the wedding...
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Now, my wedding is vastly different. We've made several choices in wedding planning thus far, but I know that we still have more to go. I've picked out my dress and my bridesmaid dresses (all I will say about my dress (because I don't know exactly who will be reading this) it's a vintage-inspired ballgown that looks like it's from the 1950s or 60s and just SMACKS of Audrey Hepbern and Jackie Kennedy Onassis. My girls will be wearing a "twist wrap" dress that is the same material, color and length, but they are able to decide how they want to wear it...cap sleeves, strapless, one shoulder, halter, etc.) and I know that Joey and his brother John are going to wear their Dress Blues (yay Army). I've decided on most of the wedding music (I'm walking down the aisle (with my father and brother escorting me) to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". Our unity candle will be accompanied by "I'll Cover You reprise" from the Rent Soundtrack. We will be walking BACK down the aisle as husband and wife to "Jesu Joy" by...darn, the name escapes me at the moment, but it's literally one of the happiest songs ever. And our first dance will be "The Way You Look Tonight" by Frank Sinatra), I've decided on a basic outline of what we'll have at the reception (an appetiser table and a big dessert bar with cupcakes instead of an actual cake), I've decided on where we're going to get married (my church)...
But with all of this planning already done, I look to the future and see that there is so much more that we have to do. I mean, the flowers, the catering, the rings, the cake itself, the photography...all of this has to be figured out. And paid for. And even though today officially marks 9 months to go until that big day, I'm pulling my hair out strand by strand trying to get all of these little planning ideas AT LEAST down on paper, let alone actually figure out how to put said plans into action. It's overwhelming even at THIS point...and I really haven't gotten much done in the first place!
The thing (the ONLY thing, really) that I dislike about the Office Wedding episode is...they make it look way too easy. I think if I were dealing with a pregnancy and having to plan a wedding at the same time, I would turn into a Bridezilla like *that* (snaps fingers). Pam just looks too calm, too organized throughout the entire episode and all of the episodes leading up to that.
However. HOWEVER. I suppose if you have a love like Jim and Pam (to have that level of comfort, and a sense of humor) all of the little planning details are, in the end, just a superfluous little afterthought. Going back and reading my last few paragraphs, I realize that the only thing that matters, in the end, is that when I walk down the aisle, Joe is going to be standing there. In the end, it doesn't matter if it's in a county courthouse or in a barn or on the Maid of the Mist. If it's that someone that you can't live without...it all works out.
Even if your boss and your bridal party are dancing their way down the aisle in front of you. It's worth all of the stress and the screaming, because at the end of the day, love conquers all. And in the end, the only thing that will matter is that I'm with the one person that can make it all worthwhile.
...And they all lived happily ever after. :-D
When we first met Jim and Pam, they were just friends and co-workers...but you could see almost instantly that Jim worshipped Pam from afar; and even though she had a fiance, there was a connection with Jim that everyone but Pam could plainly see. Then, of course, there was an angsty couple of seasons where Jim confessed his love to Pam but she rejected him...he went away to a new job and then returned with a girlfriend...and Pam broke off her engagement with Roy. Just. For. Jim. But, if you have not seen the actual show, never fear. Love trumps all; Jim and Pam have maintained a successful relationship (something that does not happen often in the weird, warped reality of television...and if the writers happen to be catering to the fans, whatever, so be it...I think that Jim and Pam's relationship is one of the most realistic ones that we have seen on a television show to date.) throughout the past two seasons, finally culminating in (of all things) a suprise pregnancy and (FINALLY, the ecstatic hoards shout) a wedding.
Jim and Pam are simply adorable. From the at-first-relaxed-and-beautiful-to-OMG-HE-DIDN'T rehersal dinner speech (ooooooh poor Jim...because of nerves, he accidently lets loose that Pam is preggers in front of her extremely conservative grandmother "meemaw"...and Michael has to save the day by saying that sometimes protection just doesn't work 100% of the time...OH LORD the delicious, delightful agony...) to Jim's reaction to Pam's torn veil (Mr Tie, meet Mr Scissors...Snip, snip..."there, now we're even.") to their private wedding on board the Maid of the Mist, to the most amazing wedding processional EVER (inspired by the YouTube clip of the wedding party dancing down the aisle to Chris Brown's "Forever") this wedding forever goes down as one of the most memorable events on television. And in a day and age where wartime images haunt our evening news, disasters strike at any moment, children's cries go ignored in the night...I think that this is one of those simple things that reinforces my belief that love conquers all, and it will all be ok.
You know, deep down, I kinda want to pull that same wedding party dance routine at my wedding, but...well, you know, I'd like my bridal party to actually LIKE me after the wedding...
~*~*~*~*~*~
Now, my wedding is vastly different. We've made several choices in wedding planning thus far, but I know that we still have more to go. I've picked out my dress and my bridesmaid dresses (all I will say about my dress (because I don't know exactly who will be reading this) it's a vintage-inspired ballgown that looks like it's from the 1950s or 60s and just SMACKS of Audrey Hepbern and Jackie Kennedy Onassis. My girls will be wearing a "twist wrap" dress that is the same material, color and length, but they are able to decide how they want to wear it...cap sleeves, strapless, one shoulder, halter, etc.) and I know that Joey and his brother John are going to wear their Dress Blues (yay Army). I've decided on most of the wedding music (I'm walking down the aisle (with my father and brother escorting me) to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". Our unity candle will be accompanied by "I'll Cover You reprise" from the Rent Soundtrack. We will be walking BACK down the aisle as husband and wife to "Jesu Joy" by...darn, the name escapes me at the moment, but it's literally one of the happiest songs ever. And our first dance will be "The Way You Look Tonight" by Frank Sinatra), I've decided on a basic outline of what we'll have at the reception (an appetiser table and a big dessert bar with cupcakes instead of an actual cake), I've decided on where we're going to get married (my church)...
But with all of this planning already done, I look to the future and see that there is so much more that we have to do. I mean, the flowers, the catering, the rings, the cake itself, the photography...all of this has to be figured out. And paid for. And even though today officially marks 9 months to go until that big day, I'm pulling my hair out strand by strand trying to get all of these little planning ideas AT LEAST down on paper, let alone actually figure out how to put said plans into action. It's overwhelming even at THIS point...and I really haven't gotten much done in the first place!
The thing (the ONLY thing, really) that I dislike about the Office Wedding episode is...they make it look way too easy. I think if I were dealing with a pregnancy and having to plan a wedding at the same time, I would turn into a Bridezilla like *that* (snaps fingers). Pam just looks too calm, too organized throughout the entire episode and all of the episodes leading up to that.
However. HOWEVER. I suppose if you have a love like Jim and Pam (to have that level of comfort, and a sense of humor) all of the little planning details are, in the end, just a superfluous little afterthought. Going back and reading my last few paragraphs, I realize that the only thing that matters, in the end, is that when I walk down the aisle, Joe is going to be standing there. In the end, it doesn't matter if it's in a county courthouse or in a barn or on the Maid of the Mist. If it's that someone that you can't live without...it all works out.
Even if your boss and your bridal party are dancing their way down the aisle in front of you. It's worth all of the stress and the screaming, because at the end of the day, love conquers all. And in the end, the only thing that will matter is that I'm with the one person that can make it all worthwhile.
...And they all lived happily ever after. :-D