jim! no!
I've discovered I talk to my TV. Most of the time, I just say things like "Get away from me!" to annoying commercials and Joan Rivers.
But I notice that when I watch certain shows, I actually talk to the characters.
"Oh God, Jenny," I'll say to one of the main "L Word" ladies. "Why can't you just attempt suicide and get it over with, so I don't have to see you anymore?" Or: "CrazyBette, what the heck are you doing?"
And "The Office" this week had two of us yelling things at the household TV. Specifically, at Pam (Jenna Fischer) and Jim (John Krasinski). "Pam, NO!" we both cried as she took the hand of Roy (David Denman), her ex-fiancé, and left the party with him -- the first time they're really reconnected since Pam called off the wedding between Seasons Two and Three. I know she's lonely and upset, watching Jim and his girlfriend every day at the office, but no! "Pam, don't do it! He's not the one for you!" I tried, but she didn't hear me.
And Jim. Oh, Jim. "Go after her," we told him on Thursday night, as he watched with his puppy-dog eyes while Pam left on Roy's arm.