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The Office is a great show. I caught up and watched all of the ones from this season recently, and I really like it. Ages ago, I had seen the pilot and it blew almighty chunks. It seemed like a word for word remake of the original Gervais version, only without the funny. But, for some reason I decided to give it a second chance and each episode after the pilot was funnier than the last. Fantastic writing, well made characters (Similar to their BBC counterparts, but different enough to be American), brilliant acting, just add up to a great show. I enjoy shows that allow the actors to glance at the camera and allow the audience into the world with them.

I started reading a website called TelevisionWithoutPity to see what people thought of the show. It was interesting to read from the start of the thread to see how the opinion shifted from hating it before it aired, to having a community of lovers just months after. One thing that perplexes me. There are reams of people who call themselves "Jim-Pam Shippers" And, I realize this means that they want Jim and Pam to be in a relationship. But, where does this phrase come from? I have heard it from people talking about Harry Potter as well. That's why I was surprised to see it here, I thought it was a Harry Potter phrase and not a generic phrase the could be anywhere.

So both Belle and Sebastian and Stereolab are touring this year. Not together. I don't know who Stereolab will be with, but B+S is with The New Pornographers. So, that promises to be an excellent show. I don't know when i will get tickets, especially since the show is not until March. So long to wait. I forget when Stereolab is appearing, but it is a similarly long wait.

Oh. Anyone can ask me anything they like. And, I might even answer.

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I dunno that it's the genesis, but there were plenty of 'shippers in the Buffy days.

I'm not sure of it's origins way back before the dawn of whatever, but "shippers" has become a term in use in nearly all fandoms. I'm not even sure if it originated with Harry Potter, though it may be in its widest use there. You are most likely to hear it in reference to things like Harry Potter, which have not reached their ultimate conclusion yet; then 'shippers still have some hope, however deluded, that the 'ship (i.e., relationship), they are pulling for could come out the way they hope. Fr'instance, not much use 'shipping for Aragorn/Eowyn in Lord of the Rings, is there, since the final chapter has been written. Though that doesn't stop some people - the tendency of some 'shippers to persevere long after their 'ship has been contradicted by canon is well-known.

According to this Wikipedia article the first known use on the internet was in an X Files USENET group in 1996 with Pokemon usage following in 1999 and then spreading from there.

I learnt that it was a contraction of "worshippers". I first heard it in relation to Buffy fans.

Hehehe, here's a question for you: If I get you these (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00069DRXM/qid=1137694322/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-3390496-5700903?v=glance&s=videogames and http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0006890HK/ref=pd_sr_ec_ir_vg/102-3390496-5700903) for your birthday, will you swear on the Holy Book of Sponge not to tell John who you got them from???

LOL, we saw those in Circuit City the other day, and he was all, "Nooooooo, Pat must not see those!! I will not have those on my PS2!!!"

haha. I think John would easily figure it out.

They are pretty cool looking.

Although, if you read the reviews, they don't appear to be very sturdy. It seems like Sony is the only one that makes sturdy ones. John bought two Logitech ones, and they both broke in less than a month. Weird.

pat

Paaaaaaaaaaat, where are youuuuuuuu?