I hate to admit it but sometimes I find it difficult to get into CBC television programming. I like Little Mosque on the Prairie and The Tudors, but if there is a large demand for what gets recorded with my PVR, CBC shows tend to get the short stick. Thank goodness for getting complete seasons on DVD and long summer days….
The premise of Being Erica has been vaguely familiar to me: by some mechanism, a grown woman gets to go back in time and re-do significant life events. Anyone who is plagued …

I got tickets to watch three Vancouver Asian Film Festival movies and–are we surprised?–I watched only two of them. I didn’t watch Dim Sum Funeral but I’m quite confident that with its big cast of well-known Asian-American actors, it will turn up at the video store in the “International” section or, uhm, on the torrents sites….
White on Rice was quirky and quite memorable, but I take things literally, to the letter, so I don’t enjoy humour very much. I did, however, enjoy very much The People I’ve Slept With. NPY …

Each year, the “release” of the VAFF (Vancouver Asian Film Festival) schedule is like mini-Christmas to me as I peruse the highly manageable list of films screening over the four-day festival. Each year, I identify at least two films I want to watch and for the past two years, I have managed to watch none during the festival run. Each year, I’m tempted to blather about how appreciative I am about living in a city that has an Asian Film Festival but I’ll refrain and just tell you about the …

I know how to pick ‘em. Cancelled shows, that is. I’ve picked several losers in the past few years to start watching only to see them get canceled shortly after. Meanwhile, NPY’s picked star shows like Heroes, Lost, and So You Think You Can Dance (maybe the reality show doesn’t count). I’ve picked the likes of Lipstick Jungle, What About Brian, Beautiful People, and Moonlight.
So I am quite familiar with the feeling one is left with–dangling–when a show ends in its prime, without running its course.
I had also blogged about …

Just in case we are not aware of it, Angry Asian Man takes it upon himself to alert you to the Asian contestants in some reality shows even when it is apparent he does not watch them himself (SYTYCD s05, SYTYCD s04). It’s always interesting to me to note when there is an under- or overrepresentation of Asians in a competition compared to general demographics. And if they deserve it, I’ll root for them staying in the competition as long as possible.
NPY and I rapidly gave up on watching So …

I wanted to add my thoughts to the lackluster, non-existent debate* swirling around the July 16 episode of “So You Think You Can Dance” when ten dancers remained: five guys and five girls. The night before, to show off their talents in smaller groups, the girls performed a group number together and the guys did one later in the show. The girls’ number was a sassy, athletic, graceful, exhilerating Bollywood number. The guys closed out the show with an acrobatic and athletic African dance routine. I fully enjoyed the Indian-style …

I’m sure that in the past, I’ve overlooked some show that centers on, to borrow from Ryan, “nerd-human relationships”. Were it not for MY’s suggestion, I would have completely missed Big Bang Theory since I did not notice any previews before the season started.
Here’s a classic example of an exchange between a “normal being” (Penny) and uber-geek Sheldon:
Penny: I’m a Sagittarius, which probably tells you way more than you need to know.
Sheldon: Yes, it tells us that you participate in the mass cultural delusion that the sun’s apparent position relative …

Yup. It’s on whenever I’m home. Rather, it was on.
Not so long ago, this was the QotD at Lifehacker:
“Have you ever known people who have to turn on a TV or a radio the moment they enter a room, or can’t stand to do work without some sound on? These are people who are desperately afraid of confronting some truth about themselves, so they try to drown it out with constant distractions.”
Hiding from myself? Me?!
I would cook to Simpsons and Law & Order: SVU reruns. Then while taking care of …

I think it’s my turn to pick the movie because recently I’ve watched Pirates of the Caribbean 3, Pan’s Labyrinth, and Knocked Up. I also watched the third season of 24 where, at the end, Jack chops off another man’s arm and I proclaimed, “I’ve seen it all!” Very soon, I will go along and watch the movie my guy friends have waited a lifetime to see: Transformers.
So…. do I deserve a movie pick sometime in the near future?
Searching for the Falling in Love Chocolate Mousse Pie brought me to …

I totally fell over in delight when I saw Paris Gellar’s “Operation Finish Line” white boards in a
recent episode of Gilmore Girls (“To Whom It May Concern,” S07E12). To wit, on four boards labeled “Career Ops,” “Academics,” “Job Fairs,” and a calendar, she lists their tasks and administrative details to complete to cover all their post-grad options from journalism to oceanography to law and medicine. Just as delightful were the mini boards that turn up a few scenes later so they could strategize while eating in the cafeteria.
I would rather …