A Painfully Postmodern "Office"

The second episode of "The Office" this week laid it on us, thick. To start us off, Michael Scott's spinoff Simulacrum office is wedged in the groaning bowels of the Scranton Office Park; never letting us forget that the Original is just a paper airplane's glide away. But then, it goes all out.

Watch it here.



Anyway, It starts with Ryan watching the famous Montgomery Flea Market viral video, and then launches us full speed into an argument between Pam, Ryan, and Michael about copies. The distinction between copies and originals is made, but none are aware that they all only make copies and there are no originals at all. This is pastiches through a parallel storyline in which Jim is trying to put together a "rundown," but he has no original to base it off of.

This was a pretty good episode, and would be a great tool for an entry level Theory class, but it did seem thick, sticky, and a wee bit contrived. Regardless, I would suggest it.

Incomplete Aquifer Triptych

My heart is awash, battered
Crushed in a sea of diamonds
Breakers wholop upon my head
Dripping with warm fate, hope.
Lost minds, times, youth
Trembling fingers tie
A broken knot so warped;
Twisted around the oak.
Time and time again, the sun
Scraping across the morning sun
Ignorant to what is lost in it’s wake.

If I open my mouth, releasing the clawed
Scabs within. Who will care, who will see?
Nights dashed, dewdrops on cuffs.
The clouds settle.
The ordered rows, drawn by sages
Crossing ridge and flow
Empty the chasm of its will
Drawn open with a dull blade
I open up, allow myself to spread,
Puddle, curdle, crust, char
But I maintain, unlike the_