On Friday I was able to go to the opening night of the Shinsedai Cinema Festival held at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre.  The movie started at 7pm but I arrived at 6:35 because I was told that there would be a small reception starting at 6pm with drinks and appetizers.  The tickets to the show were 12 dollars but I was able to get in for free because a friend of mine got a few of us free tickets to the show.  Upon arrival I received two tickets for 2 alcoholic beverages (CrazyC would probably have thought of what I thought of – going back to get more tickets for alcohol because the ticket was not stapped or ripped to show that you received tickets).   There were some sushi rolls (2 per plate), edamae and seaweed salad.  I got there around 6:30 and the food was gone by 6:35.  If you plan to go to the festival next year go earlier in order to get your free appetizers. 

At 7pm the doors opened to the Kobayashi Hall, the screen and the risers were set up for the movie.  Two Subaru cars were placed in the front as well.  The hall was surprisingly nicely set up.  The movie I saw was titled “Kakera: A Piece of Our Life”.  It is around a university student (girl) who meets a young lady who tells her that she’s not interested in women but is interested in certain people.  The young lady is a lesbian while the university student has lost her way with having a boyfriend who is the stereotypical Japanese man and is curious with her sexuality.  All of my friends did not enjoy the movie.  The lesbian was desperately in love with a straight girl trying to convert her and was acting like a stalker.  The university girl was quite confused like a high school teenager.  The movie was slow paced.  This is a low budget film and the actors were all wearing the same clothes every single day.  Some of my comments from my friends were “I want 2 hours of my life back!” “Is that why they served alcoholic beverages?” “If that is the best movie of the festival I don’t want to see another”.  Although the movie was not the best I would recommend supporting up and coming directors and film makers. 

At the end of the movie the director of the movie Momoko Ando flew in from Japan and she spoke to us about the movie and she also had a question and answer period.  She also talked about James Iha (previously in the band The Smashing Pumpkins) was in charge of the music in the movie. 

For a free night of 2 alcoholic beverages and some appetizers, well worth it if you have nothing to do.

So You Think You Can Dance is starting again! I have been a fan since season 4. They completely changed up the format this year. Instead of having 20 new members, they now have 11 newbies teamed up with 11 all-stars (previous season’s best contestants). The new format is a very welcoming change! The show was starting to get stale and this breath a new life into the program.

So Lady Gaga’s new video Alejandro was released not too long ago. It’s very strange and Madonna-ish. I still like Telephone and Bad Romance much better, but I guess you can still call it “artsy”. Side note, I think crazyDiva should try on that gun-bra, it will be a good look for her!

Water that reacts to your emotions?  Say it ain’t so!  It sounds very magical, but it is an interesting topic neverless.  While I do question some of the research presented in the documentary, I do think it’s possible to believe that water can have a “consciousness”.  Watch it yourself and tell me what you think.

One of the things I like to do in my free time is to dig up interesting documentaries to watch on youtube (especially scary ghost ones).  I found this interesting documentary (don’t worry, it’s not scary) regarding how the environment affects our genes which are then passed down to future generations.  The lesson of the story?  Take care of your genes, at least until you are finished making babies.

Looks like Old Navy is having their own Black Friday weekend deal. On Saturday Nov 28, 2009, when you make a purchase of $20 or more, you will receive a free copy of Lego Rock Band on the system on your choice (Wii, PS3, Xbox 360). Such a good deal! The game itself is $60.

Staying one head ahead of CrazyPyxo has always enabled me to boost my ego. Not only did I have to tell CrazyPyxo about the game, I now have it in my hands.

quote from CrazyPyxo

“WOW… sound 1000% like my type of game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! maybe it’s time to revive the ps3!”

… well too bad, I’m playing it first

I’m about 3 hours into the game, and I must say  .. it’s definately lived up to its billing of HARDCORE, DIFFICULT and ADDICTIVE!  So far, it’s a definate 9/10 for me!

Btw, I named my Character Pyxo ^_^

I took some time on my trip to New York to go see the documentary The September Issue which was only playing in select theatres across the USA.  The movie is about the making of the 2007 September issue of Vogue.  The September issue is supposed to be the most important issue which sets all the trends for the year in the fashion industry.

It looks like apologizing on Leno and his blog was not enough to stop the public from ridiculing Kanye about his outburst on the VMA.  Even President Obama thinks he’s a jackass!

Check out the comments made by President Obama that were not supposed to be released to the public here.

After countless billboards and ads every where, the Jay Leno Show finally premiered.  I was curious to see how the show would change from “The Tonight Show” when Jay Leno was hosting it.  Well, the show is exactly the same as before with the ordering switched up.  I guess it’s better to stick with a successful formula.  This means I will be watching it when ever I remember it’s on.