Catching Ducks

This fall, for the first time ever, my four favorite reality shows are all going to be on air. They are (in order of favoritism): So You Think You Can Dance, Project Runway, The Amazing Race, and Dancing with the Stars.

I may skip this season of DWTS. I'll be getting my dance quota from SYTYCD (which has better dancers and a bigger variety of dances) and there's no one I'm super-interested to see this season.

Labels: Dancing with the Stars, Project Runway, So You Think You Can Dance, The Amazing Race

On my way to the Storm game tonight (we won, btw -- yay!), I tried to turn off my iPod without looking at it, and it froze up. I knew there was a way reboot it, but I couldn't remember how to do it. When I got home, I looked it up online.

Unfortunately, the battery was completely drained, so the reboot didn't work. When I plugged it into my computer, iTunes told me that it couldn't talk to my iPod without resetting my iPod. When I clicked the "reset" button, iTunes warned me that it would completely erase my iPod!

Hoping to avoid that, I left my iPod plugged in, letting it recharge. An hour later I tried the reboot again and ..... whew! It looks fine.

Labels: computers, Seattle Storm

I'm almost out of Made in Canada episodes. :( That's ok, though. Then I can start re-watching Dollhouse!

Anyway, here's some more Made in Canada:

Wanda: Maybe I could be a vice president [like you]?
Richard: No, you can't be a vice president.
Wanda: You don't think I'm smart enough! I know how things work; I know how things go around here.
Richard: I know you're smart. There's a very good reason why you can't be a vice president.
Wanda: And what's that?
Richard: You have too many skills. In show business, you fail up. You don't fail down.
Wanda: But that's not fair.
Richard: I know. But I figured that out early, so I just did everything poorly until I was elevated to a position to accommodate my incompetence.
Wanda: So you're saying you're totally incompetent.
Richard: Luckily, yes.

Labels: Made in Canada

I've been watching Project Runway since I happened upon it during its 2nd season. The 5th season (won by Leanne, who totally deserved it) aired over a year ago. The 6th season was filmed last fall, but premiered last night.

What happened was this: Project Runway aired on Bravo. The dudes who own PR got a better offer from Lifetime and decided to move the show there. They started filming the 6th season. Bravo got mad and sued the dudes who own PR. Eventually, the suit was overturned, and Lifetime was free to air the 6th season. Hooray!

I (along with a lot of other viewers) was a little concerned about the switch, but last night's premiere felt like vintage Project Runway. Hooray!

Labels: Project Runway

I really need to stop being so honest. Today on the bus, the ORCA machine was set to "free ride area". I pointed this out to the driver, and he changed the machine. I tapped my card, and then I realized that he had set it to "peak", even though that was a "non-peak" ride. So, my honesty just cost me 25¢.

What's worse is that this is the third time this week that the machine has been set on "peak" for a "non-peak" ride. I caught it the other day and made the driver change it, but today and one other time I didn't.

I'm finally annoyed enough that I emailed ORCA to complain. I'm sure they'll rush right out to fix that bug that is bringing in extra money.... (she said sarcastically).

Labels: bus

BBC America is airing a new show called Being Human. It's about a vampire (Mitchell), a werewolf (George), and a ghost (Annie) who share a house and try to live normal lives. The three leads are great, and I really enjoy their interactions. (The rest of the plotlines are hit-or-miss for me.) Anyway, in last week's episode, Annie started moving thing telekinetically.

Mitchell: When did this start?
Annie: After I found out about Owen. And for all I know, this could be perfectly normal [for a ghost]. You find out your fiance murdered you, [and] you become a throwing-things-about ghost.
Mitchell: Poltergeist.
Annie: See! You know the terms. You understand how this works. Do you think I can channel it? Because I have been dying to pull that fridge out and clean behind it.

Labels: Being Human

I've seen sand art before, but this new artist is amazing.




[Hat-tip to Monkey See.]

Labels: random silliness

I accidentally started re-watching my old Made in Canada tapes. (I really wish it was available on DVD. Season one used to be available in Canada, but isn't anymore, and none of the later seasons were ever on DVD. Alas!)

Anyway, here's one of Richard's monologues:

"Merging two companies together is a lot harder than it looks. The people who have been there remind us how important it is to respect each other's differences. 'What goes around, comes around.' and 'Be nice to people on the way up, because you are going to pass them on the way down.' That's fine. That's good advice. [But] where's the fun in that?"

Labels: Made in Canada

Returns August 17 -- yay!

Labels: Top Gear

Last season on So You Think You Can Dance, I fell in love with Mark and Chelsie early on. I voted for them religiously throughout the competition. They were eliminated in the semi-finals, and I didn't really care about anyone in the finals, so I didn't bother voting after that.

This season, I didn't have any clear favorites, so I didn't bother voting. Tonight was the finale, though, and Jeanine inspired me to pick up my phone and power-vote for two hours.

I'm sure Evan or Brandon will win, though.

Oh well.

Labels: So You Think You Can Dance

I don't think I will ever love another TV show the way I love Farscape. I've never seen another show that combined drama, action, comedy, and romance in a fun and inventive science-fiction setting, populated with interesting, complex characters (only one of whom was human!), played by talented actors using well-written scripts, as well as Farscape did.

In other words, it rocked.

So, here's a random quote:


Crichton: Hey, did you get my bomb?
Chiana: What?!
Crichton: Wh... I can't believe it. I left a nuclear bomb in an elevator.
Chiana: That's all right. You've done worse.

Labels: Farscape