Being in the Presence of Greatness that is Dwight Schrute

So yesterday while at the Tankie Cubicle we found out that Rainn Wilson aka Dwight Schrute was coming to AU to talk about his faith because there is some sort of Baha'i event going on in DC this week. So basically he was here to talk about his spiritual journey and how he started following the Baha'i faith. Honestly, I don't think he really wanted to talk about his faith...once he got up behind the podium it took about 15 minutes of jokes and laughter for him to finally get into what he was actually there to talk about. Which I'm totally okay with because it's Dwight and he's funny and I want to laugh, so I did.

I was with the two tall men who like myself are huge Office fans, and while we were waiting for Dwight to come up on stage we were talking about the types of questions people were going to ask him at the end. Tall Guy #1 said that we should ask him which bear is better (hopefully you're getting this reference). The funny part is that during Dwight's introduction he said that there would be time for questions at the end and that he encouraged as many questions as possible and that included Office related questions and questions such as which bear is better. Everyone laughed. And the three of us just looked at each other bursting out laughing. Oh Dwight.

I wish I could remember half the stuff he was actually saying about his faith, but I can't. I was too wrapped up in the fact that I was in the presence of Dwight Schrute. Let me be the first to say that the way he acts/talks in person is almost the same as the way he talks in the Office -- except for the ridiculous lines he has in the Office. I guess I'm talking more about his tone and just the way that he talks. Anyways, the questions that were asked during the Q&A session were legit since people were asking him about his faith and what he had been talking about for most of the night. There was one asshole who got up and basically said to him something along the lines of that what he had been saying all night was inconsistent and that he was basically disagreeing with himself throughout the night. Hi, um why would you say that to Dwight!? What is wrong with you? Everyone hated that kid for the rest of the night not only for that, but because it took him like 20 minutes to get to the point of his question. We all wanted to shoot him.

What else? Someone did finally ask an Office related question, but they asked him what his favorite moment has been while playing Dwight on the show. His answer was very generic and it was your classic actor response...he had encountered a family that had told him that the show is the only show that brings the family together for 30 min on Thursday nights. Someone else asked him if the character of Dwight Schrute would be different he was played by an actor that wasn't of the Baha'i faith. Dumb question. I looked over at Tall Guy #2 and he was like "Someone should ask him why Michael Scott is really leaving the Office" -- thank you! That is a legitimate question and yet we failed to ask it. So disappointing. So that was our experience with Dwight Schrute aka Rainn Wilson and it was great. I'll leave you with this quote:

When my mother was pregnant with me, they did an ultrasound and found she was having twins. When they did another ultrasound a few weeks later, they discovered that I had adsorbed the other fetus. Do I regret this? No, I believe his tissue has made me stronger. I now have the strength of a grown man and a little baby.