[Background: An anime company sent me a large, glossy pink lollipop as a promo for an upcoming series. Editor Josh noticed it on one of his frequent strolls past my desk.]

Me: Want a giant lollipop?

Josh: Oh, the things I could do with that.

Me: Do them. I don't want it.

Josh: [Picks up the lollipop and paddles his own ass with it.] Oh, crap, my ass broke your lollipop.

Me: Your ass breaks many things.

Josh: Hearts, mostly.

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Josh: Okay, everybody. I just want to point out that five minutes after I emailed Weird Al about [secret project], I got a response from him saying "Sounds cool. I'm totally in."

Me: Awesome.

Josh: But mostly, I just want everybody to know that I GOT EMAIL FROM WEIRD AL.

Me: You're my hero. I wish I was you.

Josh: I am totally my own hero right now. I wish *I* was me.

[Which is a lot less entertainingly sexually-harrassy than most of the things he says, but does sort of sum up the fact that we have surprisingly cool jobs where we get to interact with interesting people and call it work. In other news, I'm supposed to meet and interview Brendan Fraser in person later this week. So I get to be my own hero too.]

I'm-a feelin': cheerful