anoel | When I say Union, you say Power...UNION POWER! (Also tonight's Office and pictures!)

I LOVED tonight's Office! STEVE CARELL wrote it!!! I was so surprised that I gasped and then squeed. Steve is a genius and he just *gets* the characters. Hilarious and brilliant and I love Michael too much to exist and there is a Jim growth arc beginning YAY and OMG I love this show times a billion. Which is why I almost started crying two times when I realized this would be the second to last time I would experience a new episode of The Office on Thursday. I will not be watching anything at 9 on Thursdays in solidarity. THIS is why Steve Carell did not show up for work on Monday and Tuesday. Because he IS a writer and a damn good one.

So today I visited Universal, NBC Burbank, Walt Disney and Warner Brothers. Lots of strikers out there and LOTS of honking. There wasn't more than 20 seconds between honks most of the time and a lot of the time it was continuous. I gave my support to all of them I met. At NBC Burbank I talked to a writer from Bones and one from Eureka and they told me that The Office writers and cast are at Universal at Barham St. So that's where I will be next week ;) No, I'll probably be at other places but I do hope to picket with The Office writers sometime if I can. At Walt Disney, a striker invited me to join in so I took a sign and got to it! It was lots of fun and great to feel a part of it. The funniest part was the guy singing the WGA strike protest song sung to YMCA. Sooo awesome. Lots of honking and I got to talk to the writers a lot more. I told them about all the fans supporting them, about the website and LJ and they were happy to hear it and invited all the fans to come join them.

Also, a website supporting Office writers and organizing efforts to support them: Office Fans For Office Writers. Go help!

Oh and finally: PICTURES! All under the cut. I have Colin and Brad from last April, older California pictures, pictures of me and The Office cast from the convention, the real Dunder-Mifflin and strikers and studios. Enjoy:

Brad Sherwood, Me and Colin Mochrie *loves*

Jack Sparrow/Johnny Depp impersonater! He really does look like him. I saw him again on Wednesday.

Hollywood and Highland

Michael Jackson impersonater! He really moonwalked.

Kodak Theater

Hollywood and Highland with Spiderman crouching!

Six Flags Magic Mountain rollercoaster

Me, Melora and Mindy :D I love them.

Me, Phyllis and Bob

Stanley/Leslie and Me

Me and Andy Buckley/David Wallace.

The REAL Dunder-Mifflin. The sign says Scranton Business Park

The left hand sign says B. Vance, Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration. I couldn't make out the right one.

They must digitally erase the Studio sign.

Look at the Dunder-Mifflin Sign!!

Not the greatest picture but that's the Santa Monica ferris wheel and roller coaster.

Universal City protesters

NBC Studios and protesters

Walt Disney Studios and protesters. My people! All of them were awesome.

Warner Brother Studios. I didn't see any people on strike :(

Loony toon statues in the back of the studio

A crowd striking at Universal City at around 4:50 PM

Oh and because Jenna Fischer is awesome: I LOVE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS! I'm not sure I can say it enough. And boy...Riggins. Riggins! The tortured soul! The bedroom eyes! Jesus! Let's end the strike for Riggins!" Word. Also, for The Office because I need some new episodes desperately.

Tomorrow's Fox picketing should be HUGE! I'll be there supporting everyone!

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Oh man, I definitely want to make it to Universal next week sometime. Tell me when you'll be going and I'll try for that day too. :D

..I sound like such a stalker. :P

But YAY, pictures! Pictures with awesome people!

And wow, you were all over the place today!

Love the pics, thanks for sharing them :)

Colin and Brad! *squee* :)

If you get this in time, come to Fox Studios on Pico tomorrow (Friday) at 10am. ALL picketers will be there, over 3000 writers. I will be there in an official capacity, so I may not be able to talk for long, but I can at least give you a hug. :D

This is a Rally, set up at the entrance (the Die Hard building), you can't miss it, there will be a flatbed truck and a sound system, etc. and I think someone from Rage Against the Machine will be singing. After the rally, there will be a march around Fox, etc etc.

It should be pretty crazy.

PS. I'll be one of the gazillions in WGA red, but also wearing a neon vest, so I shouldn't be hard to miss. And I think I'm going to wear my hair in pigtails.

EEEEEE COLIN AND BRAD

Glad to see all the support. I have a feeling this isn't going be be resolved any time soon. Sadly.

How can the sight of a hedge thrill me so. It's silly, but it's instantly recognisable as the hedge Dwight searched for the flasher! And the carpark and the entrance door *sighs* Scranton will definitely be on my list of places to visit when I go to the US. I squeeeed my but off when I saw a Chilli's in Sydney, so imagine me actually in Scranton LOL.

The pictures of you and the gang are awesome, bananas, grrrrrreat. Is Melora just stunning or what!

Thanks for the pics !!! That was cool to see !
And I'm glad yo'ure having a great time !

Awesome! If I see you, I'll say Hi!

Awesome, I'll do that! If I see The Office writers, I'm planning on asking on where they'll be. Stalking is what Hollywood's all about so no worries ;) Glad you liked the pictures! And it wasn't too bad since three of the studios are within walking distance of each other.

Glad you liked :) Oh man, I actually forgot the Randy one! I will have that one in a future post.

I know! It was so surreal meeting them :D

Eeee I know! They were super awesome :)

Yeah same :( The bad blood is is just disappointing. I just hope for the quickest ending possible.

I was squeeful too so I understand! It's so weird to see the place you've seen in episodes. I kept imagining scenes I had seen when I was there. Scranton is definitely a tourist sport now!

I know! She's gorgeous. I'm so glad I got the chance :)

I'm glad you liked! It's been wonderful at the moment even though this is all horriblly sad.

Wow, yay for all the pictures! I'm a little jealous :)

Cool pics! It reminds me of my tourist invasion of L.A., one of the best days on vacation I've ever had.

OMG OFFICE CAST PICS! I love them! I especially love the one with Phyllis and Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration, they both just look so cute and so smiley!

Must be really cool to be out there seeing the protests. Glad everything is working out so far :)

That's so weird that there's that huge sign on the Office building. I had no idea.

Meloooooora!

I'm pretty sure the sign in the parking lot (the one next to the Bob Vance sign) is a Dunder Mifflin parking place sign for Michael. : )

Glad you liked! I understand :)

Awesome! Do you have a link to that? I love reading about LA :)

Aren't they the cutest? It was so awesome to get pictures with them!

It is cool! I just hope it stays good/gets better (and for you too!).

Yeah, same. Thanks to the editors I guess.

*loves Melora*

That's what I thought but I didn't want to assume. I kept trying to get a closer look but sadly was denied.

Sorry it took me a while to get back to you. I looked over my older posts, but all I have is general flailing, and this pic of me with

tightropegirl. That was for WorldCon, which was seriously awesome, but there was the Getty Museum and the tar pits and getting lost in downtown L.A. only to discover we were three steps from the walk of fame and Gene Roddenberry's star. SO MUCH FUN.

When I say Union, you say Power...UNION POWER! (Also tonight's Office and pictures!)

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