Can’t believe that it’s November.
I also can’t believe that baseball season is over (St. Louis Cardinals beat the Texas Rangers in the World Series, for those not in the know; fun fact: Cardinals’ now-retired manager Tony LaRussa is a lawyer – JD and apparently passed the Florida bar exam back in the day).
Football in the throes of things: Sunday’s the big Patriots v. Giants game; go Giants!
Behind on “Community” episodes. “Fringe” is a little frustrating – with the latest iteration of the Fringe team, rather than the main one that I had grown accustomed to the previous three seasons; but I’m still open to seeing what’ll happen and watching the story unfold. Oh, and the moral of the latest episode, without giving away the plot too much, if at all: evil shapeshifters are pretty evil.
Angry Asian Man has a Q&A with John Cho and Kal Penn. I have no idea if I’m really going to see the latest Harold and Kumar movie (I missed the 2nd one as it is), but I liked that John Cho and Kal Penn were really thoughtful in this Q&A on the progress of APA’s on the big and little screens. There are still ways to go, but hey, smart/stupid/average APA’s are now getting more of a chance, not just the Dragon or Model Minority or Victim stereotypes.
According to Angry Asian Man, Aasif Mandvi could be on a CBS comedy. I still can’t believe he was the latest Taco Bell spokesman. Or that guy in the “Avatar: The Last Airbender” movie. But, Aasif Mandvi with a sitcom could be a cool idea.
Saw “The Ides of March.” It was pretty good. Dark. But still: Ryan Gosling. Mmm…
The weekend before Halloween 2011 had snow, yes, but still: Xmas commercials are simply way too early. (yes, I count those Layaway commercials in that category too). Ridiculous.
The passing of 60 Minutes’ Andy Rooney. I’m linking to the Ken Tucker’s commentary about Rooney over at Entertainment Weekly; good read.