Emmy Fashion Roundup & Rundown! (Part 2)

JENNA FISCHER

I really like Jenna's look from the knees up. An improvement over last year for sure. The mermaid shape is surprisingly good for her, and black, while safe, is also sophisticated when done well. The beading is okay and the sweetheart neckline is a great choice on her. She looked so happy walking the carpet with her new fiance, and I also like her softer hairstyle. Oh, and even though you can't see them in this picture, her very pretty drop earrings. The only thing is, from the knees down, the fabric is doing something weird... like what is happening with the big stiff hem?

JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT

If it's not one thing with this girl, it's the other. I approve of the dress. The color is sweet and fresh. This is the right shape for a girl like J-Love with some shape to her hips. It is youthful without being inappropriate for her age. However. HOWEVER. Unless she arrived directly at the Emmys after performing the titular role in a new stage production of Rapunzel, those extensions have got. to. go.

KATE WALSH

If a redhead walked up to me and said, "Quick, name a color I would look amazing in," silver would not be the first thing tripping off my tongue. Thanks, Kate Walsh, for teaching me something new! Like Jenna Fischer, a real improvement over her heavy serious look from last year. I have no idea what miracle of technology is keeping that dress up, but color me impressed. And I don't know that I've ever had the pleasure of saying the words "elegant," "flattering," and "saddlebags of draping fabric" in the same sentence, but there you go.

KRISTEN WIIG

Hey, Kristen, thank God I caught you before you got any further down the carpet. Come a little closer... little closer... Riiiiiiip. Wait, let me get the other one. Riiiiiiip. Okay, okay. You're good to go! Knock 'em dead, you look great in that sleeveless halter dress!


KYRA SEDGWICK

Somewhere, Bridesmaid Barbie (1996 Collector's Edition) is crying in the bathroom because she showed up wearing the same thing as Kyra Sedgwick! And her stylist said it was a one of a kind! PS. This is awful.

LEIGHTON MEESTER

I probably had the hardest time making up my mind about this outfit. I'm still on the fence. On the one hand, I love it. On the other hand, from some angles those knots in the shoulder straps looked like giant weird puffs. On the other other hand, from other angles they looked smaller and gave her Grecian goddess gown a unique twist. On the other other other hand, I thought the whole look aged her a little bit. On the other(x4) hand, I love Blair Waldorf like Chuck Bass loves ascots and suspenders, and therefore I'm willing to allow Leighton some wiggle room here. I don't know. Please tell me what your hands think, in the comments.

Heh heh heh heh.

So if I was this boy's parent would I ground him or give him a high five? Maybe both? Add this to my list of things I'm going to have to stop saying when we have kids.

via OfficeTally

Learn Your Rules

As if you needed additional evidence that Dwight was the most hilariously deranged character on television today, I present this clip from last week's episode of "The Office:"

Monday Nights Just Got Crazy

I know I blogged before about how we had to choose between Chuck & Gossip Girl, both airing at 7pm on Monday nights. And because apparently there is literally no other time slot available on any day of the week, FOX has now moved my Tuesday night show, House, to - you guessed it - Monday nights. At 7pm.

First of all, I don't know how they're going to get away with airing that show so early in prime-time. Seven o'clock is like, families-gathering-'round-the-dinner-table TV, not House-almost-overdoses-on-vicodin-and-is-discovered-by-a-hooker-before-solving-a-case-in-which-he-nearly-kills-a-patient-who-vomits-blood-everywhere TV. It's a pretty intense show!

Second of all, why do all these shows have to be on at the same time? I mean, true, I would guess the average adult is not likely to be interested in both a serious medical drama, a geek-spy comedy, and a rich-teen-angst soap, but using myself as an example there are at least a few of us! I think no one is brave enough to post anything on Tuesdays against the American Idol juggernaut.

So now, it would appear the new plan is watch House live, TiVo Chuck, and Gossip Girl will have to be watched online the next day. Sheesh.

The good news is all the other nights are looking good. Thursday has a lot going on, but since I dropped Grey's Anatomy last year and LOST moved back to Wednesdays, nothing overlaps. ER is still getting TiVo'd but... well, I haven't watched one of those episodes since about October. Hopefully when Amy Poehler's as-yet-untitled new NBC show debuts later this spring it'll fit nicely in there somewhere.

Of course we're most excited about the return of our one true love, LOST. Back on Wednesdays and back in our lives after eight long months. Only two more weeks left to wait!

Which leaves us with the following TV viewing line-up in the James household for Spring 2009... green will get the immediate watch, while red indicates the shows that will be relegated to TiVo-land and get watched when we have time.

Monday

7pm - Chuck, Gossip Girl, House

Tuesday

8pm - Fringe

Wednesday

8pm - LOST

Thursday

7pm - Ugly Betty

8pm - The Office

8:30pm - 30 Rock

Friday

9pm - Psych

Aaaand it's official. We watch too much TV.

Jim's Version of Battlestar Galactica

I took a break from watching the Twilight trailer last night to watch the new episode of The Office, and I just had to post this, my favorite scene. Maybe one of my new favorite scenes ever. I had to rewatch it a few times because the first time I was laughing so hard I couldn't hear half the jokes. Oh Office, I'm so glad you're back!

Happy Things From Today

1. Having Scruffy as my buddy at the house and bed warmer-upper since Ben is gone
2. Lots of pretty sunshine (even though it was kinda chilly outside)
3. Wearing my new yellow shirt - and the color yellow in general
4. Listening to Sleeping at Last even though I couldn't go to their concert like I wanted
5. Dearest friends coming over and watching some classic Office episodes
6. Ben coming home Thursday night instead of Friday

TUNA! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!

Last night, after a nearly five-month long hiatus, my favorite funny show returned to television: "The Office." Piled on our couches with our friends Jon, Heather, Grant, and Lila, we basked in the golden glow of our television set. We squealed (and then shushed each other) as the cold open began with all our favorite characters milling around their nondescript office area. We groaned and covered our faces in horror as Michael and Jan's disturbing relationship took a turn into painfully and awesomely awkward before their dinner guests' very eyes. We howled with delight as Dwight showed up with his straight-from-the-19th century former babysitter and explained their relationship as "strictly carnal."

Jim so desparate to leave that he nearly ditched Pam.
Serenity by Jan candles.
Michael's attempts at Charades.
The Dundee hurtled from Jan's insane hands into Michael's precious tiny plasma tv.

And then, AND THEN, AND SERIOUSLY, ARE YOU KIDDING ME:

"Hi, Dan here with your channel 4 Pinpoint Weather Alert. If you'll take a look with me here at Macon County up in Kentucky, you'll see some pretty serious storm clouds... now this spinning area on the radar is where we've had one person, excuse me, two eyes, (yeah, he seriously said that) that have spotted what may have been a funnel cloud formation."

So, let me get this straight, Dan from Channel 4. You interrupted the final minutes of my favorite show for this?! First of all, do the people in Kentucky not have their own weather people that could tell them this? Second of all, if it is, in fact, as bad as you are saying, then those people probably don't have power and can't watch you giving this report anyway. Third and most importantly, there was a commercial break THIRTY FREAKIN' SECONDS AGO... you couldn't have done this then?

It wouldn't have been so bad, honestly - I know it is their job - except he just kept going ON and ON. We were ten minutes into "Scrubs" by the time he finally wrapped it up. I could've given that report in about 15 seconds:

"Okay everyone, listen up. Look at this map. See all these red parts right here? Right, if you're in one of those, sorry, but it doesn't look too good. Get in your closets or basements (too bad no houses in the South even HAVE basements) or bathrooms right now. Folks in Bumpus Mills, PeeDee, Stringtown, Hackberry*, this means you. Now sit tight and I'll be back at the next commercial break."

*Names of REAL towns on the Kentucky/Tennessee border

See, would that have been so hard, DAN? Hmm? But nooooo, because of you and your great affinity for all your meteorologist technology, and because of Nashville's general tendency to freak the ef out any time it looks like it might rain hard, I don't know what happened once the cops showed up outside Michael's door. Did they take Jan off in the back of a squad car? Did Dwight pull out his spud gun in defense? Did Pam get back at Jim for trying to ditch her? Did Andy actually invest in Jan's candle company? I'll never know...

...until I watch it again online later today.