Chapter 1: What inspired Jenna and Angela to share their journals?
I'm Jenna Fisher. And I'm Angela Kinsey. We were on The Office together. And we're best friends. And now we're doing the ultimate Office Lovers podcast just for you. Each week, we will dive deeper into the world of The Office with exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes details, and lots of BFF stories. We're The Office Lady 6.0. Howdy, everybody. Howdy, howdy.
We have a really delightful episode today. Can I say that it's delightful? Is that being braggy? I don't think so. And you know what? I don't care because I'm in my 50s. And when you're in your 50s, you get to give zero f**ks and toot your own horn. There you go. Well, toot to toot toot. I had a really fun time making this episode. Oh, good. So here's what we're doing today.
Our show was inspired by two things. Number one, Michael Scott's travel journal from the episode, The Deposition in season four. And you guys who listen and write in your suggestions. That's right. We have gotten so many requests over the years to do an episode of Office Ladies where we read from our journals. Yes. Typically, Angela's Journals. Oh, my. Let me just read a few.
This doesn't even scratch the surface. These are just a few. Amanda from Rhode Island said, hello, office ladies. I have been loving the 6.0 episode so much. I wonder if you could please, please, please, in all caps, have time for an episode of just Angela's Journals, in all caps. Amanda said, I myself have been journaling since age 12.
I am now almost 31 and I'm completely obsessed with Angela's journals. I beg of you, in all caps, we need more of this in our lives. Much love, Amanda. Amanda, thank you. Yasmin Y. from Dallas, Texas said, please do an Office Lady 6.0 about the journal entries of Angela and Jenna. It can be broken down into categories like award shows do.
We could feature the classics like The Bagel or the one where Angela was sick on the plane in first class and ones we've never heard of. Frey N. from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania said, more of Angela's journal, please. Jackie K. from Pittsburgh said, I love an Angela journal entry. Bethany P. from Virginia said, I would love to hear all journal entries from Angela's journal and Jenna's journal.
Lady, there are seriously more requests. Kenna M. from Utah, Angie F. from St. Louis, Holly B. from Salt Lake City said, consider this another vote for Angela's journal to be one of your upcoming episodes. Oh man, no pressure.
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Chapter 2: How do Jenna and Angela describe their journaling styles?
I mean, I don't even know how many I just read, but there were dozens. Thank you, everybody. So everyone, a few weeks ago, we were talking about some family trips we had coming up for spring break. And I said, and why don't we journal about our travels and then share them on the pod? And you guys know how much I love a travel journal. So we did just that. We both journaled about our travels.
We're going to share them with you today. But before we get to our journals, we also wanted to share with you about the new format for our show. Yes. I know some of you have been wondering what exactly our show is now that we're done with the official The Office Rewatch chapter of the podcast. And well, so were we. Yeah.
You may have noticed we've been trying a few different things, but we think we figured it out. Yes. So over the past few months, we've been tinkering and we decided to create a new structure using some of our favorite things. They're things that you've told us you love. So here's how we're going to structure our Wednesday 6.0 episodes. We're going to start with a chit chat.
We've already been doing this. We love it. Love it. We get our suggestions from you and we love them. And then at the end of each episode, we are going to feature around the town and an office question of the week. And the Around the Towns are going to be a mix, you guys, of the digital messages you send in, plus some of the old-fashioned post office mail we get.
And then, of course, our Office Question of the Week is our chance to answer any office-related questions you might still have for us. So now that brings us to the middle. Yeah, what is the middle? Yeah. The meat, the protein.
The middle of the episodes are going to be a mix of different things, like interviews with office cast and crew, writers, directors, or maybe even famous fans of The Office. We've got one of those coming up. Or sometimes just someone we find inspiring. We might invite someone to play Two Truths and a Lie.
Maybe we'll do a deep dive into something that interests us or explore a fan theory about a moment from The Office. Basically, the middle of the episode is our chance to mix it up. It's our chance to have fun and be creative. Exactly. And we're still planning to do more of our all about the office character episodes. And also we love a good movie breakdown y'all.
So we're going to do those a few times a year too. And we especially love getting suggestions for episodes from you guys. So please write to us. I know I've said it a gazillion times, but one of the things we cherish the most about office ladies truly is this amazing community. You guys, we love you. We do. We love this community and we love working together.
So we hope you will stick with us as we move into featuring episodes that might be more office adjacent than office centered. Like today, this episode today is inspired by something you've told us you want to hear more of. Angela's Journals.
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Chapter 3: What hilarious travel experiences do Jenna and Angela recount?
And listen, for those of you who just want straight up the office, you're just like, ladies, I just want to hear about the office. Our whole entire rewatch library will always be there for you. It's on every Monday. We are going in order. All of the seasons will be featured in our Monday second drinks. And you know, second drinks means that's new fun stuff at the top.
All right, so let's get started with this episode. We are starting with our chit-chat suggestion. Here it is. It's from Alex S. from Canada, who said, Hi, ladies. I love your podcast. I think you should discuss your journals for a chit-chat. I'd love to know everything about your journaling style. Do you use stickers or stencils? Have you ever tried bullet journaling or junk journaling?
Where do you store them? Where do you store your supplies? Do you have a special pen you like? As a lover of The Office and your podcast, I was delighted to find you ladies also love to journal. I love when you read your journal entries as well. Maybe you could do a deep dive on journaling. Thanks so much, ladies. Lots of love from Canada. Oh, Alex, I love this question.
One, I love that it aligns with our episode today because you know I love that. That was a great find. It was. But also, I do have very specific journal habits. Do you, Angela? Well, you might be surprised or not surprised. I don't have any specific journal habits. I'm pretty free form. I guess if you could say anything, I'm sort of observational, you know? Sure. You have a point of view. Yes.
Yes. But what about you, Jenna? If you have these specific habits, what are they? Well, first of all, yes, Alex, I have a specific pen I like to use or a specific type of pen. I like rollerball ink pens. Okay. And I get grumpy when I have to journal with any other pen. Okay. I will say I don't like to journal with any pen that smudges and then gets on my hand. Same. Okay.
I also have multiple journals and they have categories. Ooh. So some of them I write in with pen and some are typed. I'll explain. First of all, I have a creative journal. This is where I write down quotes from books that I feel like... might inspire me in the future if I'm working on a creative project, like maybe for a character I'm playing or something. Oh, that's so you, and I just love it.
But I'll also have an observation, and it'll go in my creative journal. Like this morning, I set my to-go coffee on the hood of my car, And then when I got in my car, I had to open my door and get it because I'd forgotten it. And it was a little too far for me to reach, but I could reach it. Did you spill it? No, I didn't spill it.
But what I thought was, oh my God, if I ever have to play a character who puts her coffee on her hood, I should put it a little too far because it's more realistic that you have to reach for it. I'm gonna make a note of that. I'll put that in my creative journal and I'll unpack that sometime. So if you ever see me in a movie reaching for a coffee on the hood of my car,
you'll know where it came from. This is very much like sort of the artist in you. Oh my goodness. Well, anyway, so that's a pen and paper journal. I also have a personal journal. That's where I try to process like life stuff. That's also pen and paper. For that journal, I love a prompt. There's a lot that you can find on the internet.
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Chapter 4: What are the highlights of Jenna's travel journal entries?
And I went in and wrote all these fun things and I still have that. And Isabel and I just love it. We go back through it from time to time. And then actually I did this thing, lady, because you know, I have all my digital clutter. I would send a weekly update to my mom and dad about what Isabel was up to with a little picture.
So I went and I compiled all of those emails and I have them like on a folder on my laptop. That is all these snapshots of her life. That is such a great idea. I want to go through my digital clutter. I'm not as good at keeping digital clutter as you. I bet I could pull some even more stories to add to it. Yeah.
And what was really special for me is, you know, since my dad has passed, were his responses. Sure. You know? Yeah. So that's really special. And, you know, when I was younger, when I was single, like college age and in my 20s, I would keep a journal on my nightstand. And like I had a top drawer, you know, like in my nightstand and I would write in it in the evening.
It would be kind of part of like just a little bit about my day. And I haven't done that for years. Well, you know why I bet. I think that's what phones have robbed us of. Oh, right. Because I used to do that too. And now I like- Scroll. Scroll, see what's happening today. Because I don't check my phone throughout the day, but at night, sometimes I'm like, well, what happened today? Exactly.
Yeah, you're so right. Well, you know, Alex, I also loved your chit-chat suggestion because it got me curious. I didn't know what junk journaling was. I'd never heard the term. And I guess it's a type of journal one that you craft from recycled, found, or discarded materials. So it looks like this old- book in a way. And then I found this amazing, wonderful website called artjournalist.com.
It's made me want to journal even more. I mean, the person that created it gives you prompts, lady. There's prompts for so many different types of journaling, art journaling, photo journaling, and we both do scrapbooks, so I do think that's a type of photo journaling. 100%. But then they have prompts for holidays, lady. Like Thanksgiving are one-word prompts.
And she has a whole section for prompts for travel journaling. Well, Angela, Yasmin suggested... that we revisit this journal idea with different prompts, we totally could. Well, let's see how today goes. All right. Well, I love any excuse to start a new journal. And one other thing, dare I say, I think this podcast is a kind of journal. Especially as we did the rewatch. It's an oral journal.
Yes. Of our memories. Or as you say, sometimes we journal out loud to one another. I do. We find things. We process things through our messages to one another. Yeah. All right. Well, listen, everyone, why don't we take a break? And then it is time for us to share our travel journals. And I think we'll have to hear Michael Scott's journal too. Oh, it's the best. Okay, we are back.
And before we dive into our travel journals, it is time for Michael's. It's from The Deposition. You guys, it's just one of our favorite moments. Jan's lawyer is going to read from Michael Scott's journal. Let's hear it.
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Chapter 5: What unique cultural observations does Angela make during her travels?
And lady, I believe you should go first because you're the one that everyone wants to hear. Oh, gosh. Okay. No pressure. Well, you guys, it's nothing special. It's just me traveling. Okay. All right. Okay. This is just... Sam and I are so excited right now. And Matt, this is going to be your first time hearing an Angela travel journal. I'm excited for you.
I can't wait.
I feel such pressure. Here we go. Okay. I titled it Travel Journal. It's a good title for it. Oh, wait. First, you guys, I want to just share with you that my trip was multiple flights as we did college tours. Okay? Yes. So multiple destinations over spring break, but it started with me going to Texas to see my family. All right? So I just feel like you need to know what my trip was.
And here we go. Monday, March 23rd, 2.37 p.m. That was, first of all, I just love that I know what time it is. I love it so much that you put the time every time. LAX to Dallas-Fort Worth, American Airlines. These are book reports.
This is how these start.
Here we go. It's been a while since I've journaled on a plane. But Jenna suggested we do travel journals since we are both taking trips over spring break. Old me would explain to you that I do a rewatch podcast called Office Ladies with my BFF Jenna. Jenna Fisher. We're on a TV show together called The Office.
Okay.
So I'm heading to Texas to see my mom and sisters. I'm traveling alone, and then I'll meet up with Josh and the kids in Colorado to start some college tours. I like to take a few trips a year to see my mom by myself. I love having that one-on-one time with her, separate from big family gatherings and holidays, etc. You get it. Your journal is like, I gotcha.
Yeah, we got it.
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Chapter 6: How do Jenna and Angela compare their journaling experiences?
Sorry. I just went from flight to flight. Okay, I'm going to talk about my trip on the next entry. Okay, so where you journal is the airplanes. Our airport.
Got it. But you do speak about more things than the planes.
Yes, yes. Okay, good. Ready?
Ready?
I had such a great visit with my mom. Each evening I was home, we sat on the front porch with my sisters and my niece and her new little baby girl, and we watched the sunset and just visited.
One day, mom and I went driving around our little town of 1,800 people, and she just pointed out different things, like who got a new carport or who's moved or how this young couple from church is looking to buy their first house and maybe the fixer-upper by the elementary school. Or what's happening at the feed store? And who's building out by the Dairy Queen? You know, stuff like that.
I hung on her every word. I loved that. Okay. That was beautiful. Thank you. Monday, March 30th, 9 a.m. LAX to Denver. now flying with my daughter to meet up with Josh and the boys in Colorado. I'm kind of obsessed with people's travel outfits. Like today, there's the purple lady. Purple carry-on, purple tie-dye t-shirt. She's holding a purple Stanley mug. And then there's the hat ladies.
They're in a group and they're all wearing the sort of straw type of cowboy hats with ribbons. Who are these ladies? Where are they going? What are they celebrating? I think they're in their 50s. They clearly are having some type of themed vacay I so want to go up to them and say, tell me everything. Still waiting for our flight. Ugh. It was delayed because of some gate issue.
At a food court, I just paid $6.34 for a small bottle of water. I'm really bummed I forgot to bring my own water bottle. And a guy in front of me ordered a lobster sandwich. Why? I mean, seriously, why would you order a lobster sandwich at an airport? Big nope from me.
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Chapter 7: What fan questions do Jenna and Angela answer in this episode?
When he hangs up the phone, which I hope is soon, I want to say, so Claire and you still a thing, huh? Anyway, where was I? Oh, Seattle was amazing. First of all- Wait, wait, wait. Is anyway, where was I something you just said or did you write that down? I wrote that. I thought so. Because I think I'm talking to someone. Anyway, where was I? I'm ridiculous. Amazing. Anyway, where was I?
Oh, Seattle was amazing. First of all, it was cherry blossom season and there were rows and rows of trees blooming. We walked under this pink canopy, just gorgeous. And hands down, our favorite thing we did as a family on this trip was a floating sauna. We stayed at the Woodmark Hotel, which I kept calling the Woodward and annoying each other. It's right on Lake Washington.
Thanks to Joel McHale for the recommendation. We loved it. Okay. Our first day there, we went for a walk and saw these people coming out of what looked like a little house on the water. And then they ran down this long pier and jumped into the lake and howled and laughed. Josh said, whatever that is, we got to do it.
Turns out you can go into these little tiny floating saunas and do a cold plunge right off the dock. They have a ladder and everything to climb back out of the water. It was called Vaughn Sauna and we did the quote social sauna where you just book your seat and you get an hour. So our family was paired with a couple celebrating a birthday.
But I guess if you want to get fancy, you can rent the whole thing out as a private sauna experience. But the couple we met was lovely and so save your money and go for the cheaper social sauna experience. And then I wrote, and Jenna, I know I'll read this to you, but I thought about you the whole time. You would have loved this.
I wasn't sure if I had the courage to do the plunge because I hate being cold. It's a thing anyone who knows me knows about me. My sister Janet once bought me a sweatshirt that said, I'm cold on it. But I did it. It was overcast and raining off and on and in the mid-50s outside. But we went to that little sauna. And by the time we came out of there, we were so hot.
And we ran down the pier and we jumped in. The whole family did it. And I asked a guy who worked there what the temperature of Lake Washington was. He said probably around 46 degrees. OMG. Wow. I'm glad I didn't know that before I jumped in. But honestly, it felt so refreshing and invigorating. We all ran back to the sauna and then we did it all over again.
Lady, can I say something about your journal? It is very clear to me why you love David Sedaris, because your writing reminds me of his writing. Oh, well, that's a huge compliment. My goodness.
That's very true. I never noticed that.
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Chapter 8: What exciting plans do Jenna and Angela have for their next episode?
I was going to ride on the airplane, but instead I read my book, which I am loving, The Poisonwood Bible, and I watched The Running Man, which is still kind of haunting me days later. And once we got here, we hit the ground running. This is probably our most ambitious travel itinerary, and I'm really impressed with how the kids have jumped in. Our first day, we toured around for 11 hours straight.
Wow. I had a little time this morning, so here we go. First of all, the thing I'm looking most forward to about this trip is being stuck all together as a family of four for two solid weeks. No work, no friends, nothing but the four of us. I'm also so excited that I don't have to manage our family calendar. For two weeks, we will all be doing the same thing all together every day.
I'm excited for our actual vacation and also excited that I don't have to figure out how to get everyone to all their different activities every day. It's one calendar, one plan. I think Lee is excited he doesn't have to cook any food.
He does breakfast for everyone each morning and I'm currently watching him sip coffee and look out the window at the Tokyo skyline and I can tell he's so happy he doesn't have to take anyone's breakfast order. Also, I am most comfortable in my little family unit. I don't get social anxiety. I feel really safe. Two weeks of immersing in this part of my life is heaven.
Oh, that's so truly you, lady.
Yeah, that was very, was it the scientific method that you learn in school where it's like observation, ask a question, research, form a hypothesis, conduct an experiment, analyze, draw conclusions, and then communicate results? That's my journaling style? Yes, it's perfectly to a T. This is where I was. This is where I went. This is what I saw.
Well, I go on. I say, it's only our second day here and we have already been laughing a lot and making inside jokes and family memories. Ack, I just love it. It was a little brutal our first night. We didn't sleep on the plane, but we arrived at 7 p.m. and just had to stay awake for a few hours. We did it. People were a little short-tempered that first day.
We spent a lot of time figuring out how to buy a train ticket to see this giant Buddha. When you are jet lagged, it makes machines even harder to understand. Me, Lee, and Weston were able to use this app on our phone, but it wouldn't let Harper use it because she's under 13. So we had to get her a physical ticket or card every time we rode the train. That was a whole thing.
The train ride to the Buddha was long, and the Buddha was fine, but maybe not worth two hours there and two hours back on a train. Sorry, giant Buddha. We did enjoy the little town and had a pretty cool lunch. This is something that would also be great on TripAdvisor.
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