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While it may be too late for some of you to heed Ms. Angela Martin’s advice on the proper Halloween attire, it is never too late to turn your inappropriate life around.

Here are some of my favorite Office fan videos.

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Time for dress up — what are your Office-inspired Halloween costume plans?

You could go as one of the characters, dressed in normal garb, as this group did for an Office Premiere Party (click here for more photos).

Please note the attention to detail in both the attire and the hairstyles.

Or you could go as one of the characters, as dressed up during last year’s Halloween episode:

Three Hole Punched Jim,
Dracula,
A Sith lord,
A Dunder Mifflin superhero,
A blonde woman,
A bloody woman,
Dorothy from Oz,
A hobo,
One of an assortment of felines, or

Attached to a paper mache likeness of your own head.

And be sure to also check out GMMR’s Jim Halpert and Pam Beesly costume tips!

Icons courtesy of sheedy at the LJ Office Icon community.

There is something very interesting in an article about The Office’s popularity at the iTunes Store, as reported by Newsday’s Verne Gay:

Paul Lieberstein, one of “The Office’s” executive producers (who also plays human resources manager Toby) says that when the iTunes effect kicked in last December, “it was this huge gift that made everyone kind of go ‘Wait, what’s going on with that show?’”

Ever since then, “The Office” has paid almost as much attention to iTunes as to NBC. For example, “because people are watching more than once, it’s become one more reason for us to to be very careful to include subtle things as well as broad physical stuff,” Lieberstein says. The iTunes effect hasn’t hurt in attracting big-name directors either; Harold Ramis will direct an hour-long episode to air around Christmas, while “Lost’s” J.J. Abrams is on board for a February one.

Uh, ex-SQUEEZE me? An HOUR-LONG episode?! Did I read that right?

And J.J. Abrams? Wow.

Read How iTunes saved ‘The Office’ and post your thoughts.

Update: Jenna’s confirmed that yes, there will be an hour-long Office Christmas special next month! A supersized episode this month, and a superDUPERsized episode next month. YOWSAH!

Here are some new t-shirts available at the NBC Office Store:

Dwight Schrute: Information is Power

Jim Halpert: If this were my career …

Michael Scott: World’s Best Boss

The Office: Season 1 DVD Cover

NBC says: “By this week’s end we’ll also have 2 Dunder Mifflin and 1 new Office logo t-shirts online as well — all from Roots. Plus an Office Christmas Tree ornament …” These items are currently available at the NBC store in New York.

Even more goodies are coming, just in time for the holidays. Can’t say much more than that right now, but at least one item is something that quite a few of you have been asking for! :)

Update: Yes, the snowglobe is coming! :)

Jenna Fischer provides commentary on Bravo’s miniseries ‘30 Even Scarier Movie Moments’ — a sequel to the original ‘100 Scariest Movie Moments.’

Watch the video here.

Thanks to Sean for the tip!

I’ve just updated the OfficeTally wallpaper archive with a collection created by rhythmdev. If you’re wondering why the wallpapers look vaguely familiar, rhythmdev hand-sketched them from the Season 3 promo photos.

Brilliant, eh?

Peruse the wallpapers and leave a comment for rhythmdev here.

New blogs this week

• Angela’s MySpace blog: The Final Stretch
• Kevin’s MySpace blog: Army of (More than) One | News, NEws, NEWs, NEWS
• Jenna’s MySpace blog: Gay Witch Hunt Redux
• Kate’s TV Guide blog: The Office Trivial Trivia Quiz!

Other notable items

• Angela on Megan Mullally: If you missed the show, here is the video.
• New fanvid site: Welcome the latest addition to the OfficeTally Links Page: TheOfficeVids.com — a compendium of Office-based fan videos, maintained by Becca, quite an accomplished fanvid creator in her own right.
• An Office Halloween: I’ve posted a bunch of Office-inspired Halloween photos that people have sent in. Bask in the creativity!
• TV Squad photos of Office set: People are leaving some interesting comments on what they are noticing in the photos. Props to the props team for their amazing attention to detail!
• Office Games Get Flash Make-Over: “NBC’s The Office Games has produced a flash-enhanced game … The new [games] feature cleaner graphics, enhanced sound and quicker relay times …” Read more here.
• Messages from the cast: I’ve added Angela’s and Kate’s audio messages to the sidebar — find them in the “Notable Posts” list.
• 48 hours with Rainn Wilson: A little blurb on what does Rainn like to do on the weekend. Thanks to Jill for the tip!
• Wicked sibling rivalry: And lastly, Jenna Fischer appeared in a video entry for the Instant Films Festival in 2003, entitled The Girl’s Guide to Summer. “What’s a little bit smaller than a cow?” Thanks to Paula for the tip! (And here is a Behind the scenes clip that is also really fascinating …)