Dec. 31st, 2006 06:22 pm
my life disoriented and a happy new year!
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toastykittenI watched My Life Disoriented a few days ago. I really, really wanted to like it. The entire cast was very cute, bonus points for including a goth Asian, and I loved the dad character. The sister dynamics were pretty well-done - between the mother and the aunt, and the protagonist and her sister (but we didn't see enough of it). What made it not work for me was that they made the protagonist dumb and without much of a personality. In the whole episode, she doesn't do anything except react to stuff happening to her. She didn't fit in in San Francisco because she wasn't "Asian enough?" Ok, that actually made me laugh.
I really liked Phil Young, who played the goth cousin. And I liked Karin Anna Cheung, who I haven't seen since Better Luck Tomorrow. (I didn't like her character in BLT, but I think it's because Justin Lin doesn't know how to write female characters.) She was reading Woman Warrior in one of the scenes, which is sooo Asian Am Lit 101.
The protagonist's name is "Kimberlee".
In her Bakersfield school, there are two other Asian guys who totally want to befriend her for no reason at all - Geeky Asian and Quiet Brooding Hot Asian. Guess who she crushes on? (Although I think Quiet Brooding Hot Asian may bald early.)
We are cooking right now a gigantic dinner for ourselves. We had previously invited people over, but due to their indecisiveness they did not arrive. Oh well, more for us! We are making 1. a beef short rib braise, 2. roasted red potatoes with some paprika, garlic, and shallots, 3. a salad with a lemony vinaigrette, 4. hummus (I made it myself this time and Mark approves!). So quite a spread. I love having a three day weekend. There should definitely be more of those. We are not doing anything special but just eating, watching some DVDs and quite possibly falling asleep in a food-induced coma on the couch.
Around Christmas, I bought some potato chips from Walgreen's that were oddly flavored - Pringles now sells Bruschetta-flavored and Thai Sweet Chili-flavored chips. The Bruschetta chips taste like pizza sauce and is quite yummy, if you like that kind of thing. The Thai Sweet Chili is very smoky, but it's not sweet, nor does it taste like chili. I didn't like it much, but Mark approves.
Happy New Year!
I really liked Phil Young, who played the goth cousin. And I liked Karin Anna Cheung, who I haven't seen since Better Luck Tomorrow. (I didn't like her character in BLT, but I think it's because Justin Lin doesn't know how to write female characters.) She was reading Woman Warrior in one of the scenes, which is sooo Asian Am Lit 101.
The protagonist's name is "Kimberlee".
In her Bakersfield school, there are two other Asian guys who totally want to befriend her for no reason at all - Geeky Asian and Quiet Brooding Hot Asian. Guess who she crushes on? (Although I think Quiet Brooding Hot Asian may bald early.)
We are cooking right now a gigantic dinner for ourselves. We had previously invited people over, but due to their indecisiveness they did not arrive. Oh well, more for us! We are making 1. a beef short rib braise, 2. roasted red potatoes with some paprika, garlic, and shallots, 3. a salad with a lemony vinaigrette, 4. hummus (I made it myself this time and Mark approves!). So quite a spread. I love having a three day weekend. There should definitely be more of those. We are not doing anything special but just eating, watching some DVDs and quite possibly falling asleep in a food-induced coma on the couch.
Around Christmas, I bought some potato chips from Walgreen's that were oddly flavored - Pringles now sells Bruschetta-flavored and Thai Sweet Chili-flavored chips. The Bruschetta chips taste like pizza sauce and is quite yummy, if you like that kind of thing. The Thai Sweet Chili is very smoky, but it's not sweet, nor does it taste like chili. I didn't like it much, but Mark approves.
Happy New Year!
