December 24 2006, 8:46pm

jimhalpert signed in at 8:46pm

pambeesly: hey

jimhalpert: hey

jimhalpert: Merry Night-Before-Christmas

pambeesly: yeah, same to you

pambeesly: just got back from some last minute shopping?

jimhalpert: are you accusing me of procrastinating?

pambeesly: hey, innocent question

jimhalpert: well, fyi, I finished my shopping a while ago

jimhalpert: I however ran out of wrapping paper

pambeesly: oh no!

jimhalpert: yeah, so I went to go get some and it was slim pickins

jimhalpert: I believe my choices were obnoxious cartoon reindeers who looked like they're on something

jimhalpert: or teddy bears with santa hats and toy blocks that spelled out "Season's Greetings"

pambeesly: please tell me you got the teddy bear one

jimhalpert: I flipped a coin and ended up with the reindeers

pambeesly: aw, dang

jimhalpert: :-D

pambeesly: hey, I'm pretty sure I found the remnants of Dwight's phone on the sidewalk across the street

jimhalpert: :-)

jimhalpert: that was a pretty awesome prank, btw

jimhalpert: how did you come up with that?

pambeesly: well someone

pambeesly: and I have absolutely no idea who it possibly could have been ;-) ;-)

pambeesly: was sending Dwight faxes from his "future self"

jimhalpert: wow, Dwight was getting faxes from the future? ;-)

pambeesly: so I came up with this scenario that "Future Dwight" was in the CIA and that's how he had access to the technology to fax his "past self"

pambeesly: I didn't really have a goal for the prank when I stared it, but then Stamford closed, and I thought you would be able to come up with a good finale

jimhalpert: ah

jimhalpert: well, good work

pambeesly: thanks

pambeesly: so, you and Karen doing anything special for Christmas

jimhalpert: Karen?

pambeesly: yeah, you know, cause you're dating

jimhalpert: oh, yeah

jimhalpert: I suppose she mentioned that on Thursday

pambeesly: actually, I've known for a while now

jimhalpert: yeah sure, I mean, it's not a secret or anything

jimhalpert: anyway, she went to Connecticut, I guess her parents are there

pambeesly: oh

jimhalpert: yeah, and I'm making the treacherous 5 minutes drive to Dunmore to go to my parents' place

pambeesly: yeah, same here

pambeesly: not the Dunmore part, but the going to my parents' part

jimhalpert: oh yeah, they live a ways away, don't they?

pambeesly: 2 hours

jimhalpert: so your journey is actually kind of treacherous

pambeesly: it's fine, I'll have a flare gun with me at all times

jimhalpert: oh, well, flare gun, you're all set ;-)

pambeesly: :-)

jimhalpert: alright, I should go, these presents aren't going to wrap themselves in this paper

jimhalpert: with the strung out reindeer

pambeesly: I'm really curious to see this paper

jimhalpert: I'll frame an 8x10 bit of it and bring it to you on Tuesday

pambeesly: yay!

pambeesly: hey

jimhalpert: yeah?

pambeesly: I just wanted to let you know that I still use my teapot

pambeesly: I don't have a lot of counter space here, but it fits pretty perfectly by my stove

jimhalpert: cool

jimhalpert: you took everything out of it before you started using it, right?

pambeesly: well, for a while my tea tasted like pencils and hot sauce ;-)

pambeesly: but then I figured it out

jimhalpert: :-) good

jimhalpert: alright, leaving for real this time

pambeesly: okay

jimhalpert: Merry Christmas Pam

pambeesly: Merry Christmas Jim