My Sorkin Weekend. Yes, My Weekend of Sorkin.

Saturday afternoon Kelli and I went down to the District to the Edward Hopper exhibit. As we were walking down to the Metro, she informed me our conversation was a Sorkin conversation. Kelli has been marathon-watching “Sports Night,” and started to see a pattern in Aaron Sorkin’s dialogue. Because we were walking and talking, repeating each other’s words, rephrasing each others dialogue…we were having a Sorkin Dialogue.

If you too want to have a Sorkin Conversation; here’s the key points to follow:

• Start Walking
• Start Talking to yourself or someone else
• If you're talking to yourself you have to question your sanity. out loud. To yourself.
• Rephrase the dialogue of the person you're talking to
• Tell the person who started the conversation you don't care about the conversation.
• The person who started isn't phased by apathy
• Repeat, repeat, repeat.
• Borrow Liberally from the "who's on first" style
• Use obscure references liberally
• Use Liberal references liberally
• Liberally Moralize Liberally.

Needless to say, throughout the day, Kelli kept saying we were having a Sorkin conversation. We wonder why no one else seems to hang with us.

The next day, we, the roommates, had tinfoil dinners and s'mores for our Sunday dinner. We decided to light our fireplace and as the match was lit and put on the kindling and papers, someone questioned whether or not the chimney flue was open. Well, a few seconds later, smoke was billowing into the living room and my roommates pretty much reenacted this scene below from West Wing. Oh yes, we live in a Sorkin World.




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