I Feel Like Elaine Benes

i may have mentioned that i'm a huge "seinfeld" fan. i usually watch every day from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., if i'm home in time from work. i like all the characters equally, but i definitely relate to elaine and george the most. i one of the things that i find hilarious about elaine is that depending on the episode, she's got some great facial expressions and is not afraid to make faces at people.

i find that it's important to have coping mechanisms, especially at work. i don't really know when i started doing it, but when i have to deal with someone i don't like or pass them in the hall, once i'm out of their line-of-sight, i make a face. i know, i know, it sounds nuts. but it makes me laugh and feel good.

today i definitely felt like elaine because there's this guy at work and he's a nice enough fella. he's overly cheerful all the time, so i have to wonder if he's sucking down sugar every hour, but it's preferable to dealing with a sourpuss. anyway, whenever he greets me, he says, "how it be?" now, being someone who cares about words, it actually bothers me when someone doesn't use proper english.

it's not, "how it be?" he should say, "how are you?" now, how does this relate to elaine? well, if you remember "the muffin tops" episode, she and her former boss, mr. lippman, go into business together on a muffin shop. mr. lippman names the shop "top of the muffin to you!"

so elaine tells mr. lippman, "it's not 'top of the muffin to you," with the emphasis on you. it's just "top of the muffin to you." okay, maybe this doesn't relate perfectly, but i love it in the "the yada yada" episode when she tells george, "yeah. i met this lawyer. we went out to dinner, i had the lobster bisque, we went back to my place, yada, yada, yada, i never heard from him again." and geoge goes, "but you yada yada'd over the best part." and elaine goes, "no, i mentioned the bisque." that's me!