Like many of you out there, I love NBC’s 30 Rock.  But this Thursday’s episode freaked me out a little.  Someone on the writing staff has the bizarre fascination with storage containers that is so dangerous to pack rats.  I know, I know, they were poking fun, but there was a kernel of truth, a touch of the secret awe that I am all too familiar with when it comes to mass produced organizational tools.  The weirdly specific “decorganization” products Liz Lemon picked up were not only shiny and conveniently interlocking, but color-coordinated for either practical decorating, color coding, or dare I say it:  both.  I could almost smell the sickly plastic aroma of those translucent, lavender-pink stackable containers.  Ahh, that smell of hope, change, and mildly toxic plastic fumes.  Smells like the distant possibility of victory just over the next couple of hills if I’m reading this compass right.  Yes!  There is nothing like buying more stuff to contain your overflowing collection of stuff, especially when you know darn well you’ll never get around to the actual organizing phase.  And someone writing for that show knows it.  Who is it?  Tina Fey herself?  I knew I loved her for a reason.

Ooh, I just discovered this open letter to the Container Store that says it better than I can.

I was further freaked out when the episode touched on some other ideas I’d had for a PR Issues story arc, something I was considering for waaay down the line.  (I choose to remain mysterious here, but no, it’s not the Funcooker.)  LIZ LEMON, GET OUTTA MY HEAD!  Seriously, it’s really disorganized in there and you’ll never find your way around.  Though I would give you my compass if I could find it.

-L

Tags: Organizing, TV

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