who am i crushing on this week!
Name: Vera Mindy Chokalingam (a.k.a. Mindy Kaling)
Occupation: Actress, Writer(ess?)
Status: Dating someone, so I gather
Most known for: playing Kelly Kapoor on The Office
First known for: playing Paul Rudd’s ex-girlfriend during the Speed Dating scene in The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Richard Lewis’s assistant on Curb Your Enthusiasm
Up next: NBC recently signed her to a two-year, seven-figure contract in which she will develop and star in a new comedy (while still writing, producing, and acting on The Office – phew!)
Why you crushin’?: Well, I went ahead and started following her on Twitter and, literally, LOLed at many of her “tweets” (I hate myself for a lot of that sentence). After realizing my initial crush-esque feelings for her, I went to the always factual Wikipedia and read about her early comedy days, like when she played Ben Affleck in a play she wrote, about and called “Matt & Ben”. And it was Swoonsville from there!