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30 Weeks

January 31, 2011 By Misono in All Things Reviewed, Pregnancy & Parenthood Tags: 30 weeks, Away We Go, baby bump, belly photos, film, John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, movie, pregnancy, Sam Mendes, squash, third trimester

As of Friday, I am 30 weeks pregnant! Here’s an update on the progress of the baby bump, since I last posted at 22 weeks:

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I’m well into the 7th month, and the baby is now the size of a large squash! It’s been a couple weeks since entering the third trimester, and my energy level is going down again, so I’ve been spending a lot of my weekends and evenings after work taking power naps to recharge. The baby is more active than ever and with all the constant kicks and jabs and rolling this way and that, it’s been hard getting a good night’s sleep. Perhaps this is nature’s way of preparing you for the sleepless nights ahead with a newborn. 😛

Dan and I watched the movie Away We Go this weekend. Our friend Megumi had recommended it to us, saying it was a cute story about a pregnant couple. Dan was a little reluctant to watch it at first because he was under the impression that it was a chick flick, but we both ended up loving it!

Of course, I’ve always loved John Krasinski of The Office fame, and although he was pretty scruffy-looking in the film, he still retained his signature dorky, cute personality in this film. The movie was quirky, charming, and had some really funny moments that had Dan and I chortling with laughter. Amidst some of the awkward and kooky happenings in the story, there were also some melancholy, sincere, and heartwarming points that made it very real and tangible at the same time. The emotions and feelings of uncertainty, anxiety, and hopes that the couple share as they prepare for their first child were all-too-familiar and sometimes I felt like the film was mirroring what I was feeling internally. It was oddly reassuring to see that I’m not the only expectant mother in the world whose anticipation and excitement towards impending parenthood is tinged with a myriad of worries, apprehension and self-doubt. They say everyone experiences it, but when I see other women who are absolutely blissful and happy-go-lucky about their pregnancies, I can’t help but feel a little guilty.

Anyway, the movie was sweet and endearing — thank you Megumi for telling us about it! 🙂

Here’s to Jim and Pam, TV’s Most Adorable Couple

October 11, 2009 By Misono in Telly Talk Tags: couple, Jenna Fischer, Jim Halpert, John Krasinski, Michael Scott, NBC, Niagara Falls, Pam Beesly, Paul Lieberstein, season six, Steve Carell, television, The Office, wedding, wedding dance

Last week’s episode of The Office was the one we’ve all been waiting for the past five years. Jim Halpert and Pam Beesly, arguably television’s most adorable couple, finally tied the knot! The much-anticipated wedding celebration was aired as a special hour-long episode, and it wasn’t too over-the-top or outrageous — just the right tone of simplicity that is characteristic of my favorite TV series. Though it was surprisingly low-key for a wedding, it definitely had enough well-scripted lines and mishaps that it could have easily been a season finale, but instead it was a particularly awesome extended episode.

I love Jim and Pam, and have rooted for them since day one, from the very first episode of The Office — remember when Pam was engaged to Roy and Jim secretly loved her from afar? (And by “afar”, it was really just a few feet away, but she was still very much out of his reach.) And just when Pam had broken off the engagement with Roy, Jim had moved to the Stamford branch and had started dating Karen. For years, fans had to deal with the “will-they-or-won’t-they” tension and at times it felt like our favorite couple would never work out. But then everything fell into place, and soon Jim and Pam were engaged and the rest is television history! Jim and Pam are unique in their relationship that, unlike the drama that surrounds a lot of primetime shows, there is the assurance that the two are soulmates and that although there may be the occasional quibble or obstacle (as there is in with any couple), their love is built to last. “There won’t be the spouse who thinks they’re making a mistake, or the ex who comes and tries to break it up,” executive producer Paul Lieberstein says, citing two common examples of TV-wedding drama. Instead, he thinks the show will play as if “you’re going to a friend’s wedding, and they’re a good couple.” The Jim-Pam romance is a healthy one that is a rarity for television these days, and it may be what has carried it through the past five series so successfully. They are simply meant to be together.

This sure fact shone through the wedding episode, despite unforeseen disasters such as Pam’s old-fashioned grandma learning of some unexpected news, and Andy’s ripped scrotum. Jim’s speech during the rehearsal dinner was so touching (before he started the rambling that got him into big trouble), and brought us back to the aforementioned first moments before he and Pam were even together, when he was sure she was the one but all he could do was wait for her. And it was typical sweet Jim behavior when he clipped his tie to cheer Pam up when she was distraught over her ripped veil, and whisked her away to an unknown destination, just minutes before the wedding, leaving the rest of the office and relatives back at the church for an hour or so to wonder what’s going on. The icing on the cake is when Michael gets everyone to re-enact the viral YouTube video of the JK Wedding Entrance Dance (which I mentioned back in July), and hilarity ensues:

It’s during this segment that we see where Jim and Pam had disappeared to during those couple of hours — they’d run off to Niagara Falls to get married on a boat — and it was those little interspersed clips on the boat that made me tear up and cry.

Leave it to The Office to make me double over in laughter and get me choked up with tears, all at the same time.