One more week…. Season Premieres

Love this promo!  It took them 6 seasons to be together.  This season should be quite interesting.  Can’t wait till next Thursday!

Sundowning… dementia

I learned something again today at the hospital.  Dad most likely have Sundown syndrome brought on by either the steroids he’s taking for the infection in his lungs. The nurse explained to me that he was a model patient today but however, last night he was in a “combative” mood.  Imagine that 45% of patients with Alzheimer has this syndrome.  2nd only to “wandering” and sometimes both. 

I am beginning to understand a bit more regarding Alzheimer too… the part about them not remembering.  It’s like a memory card… the patient starts “erasing” his foremost memory until he/she regresses back to his childhood.  Therefore, if my Dad erases his memory to the point where I wasn’t even born yet, he won’t remember me because his brain has deleted anything that happened up to that point.  When he reaches the point before he met my Mom then he won’t remember her.  As a medical fact, it is quite fascinating.  How prepared am I regarding when that comes, I can’t answer.  They say that it is very hard on the family members when it gets to this stage and I can imagine why.  The only bright side of this (if there is one), the patient doesn’t know, therefore, he doesn’t feel the hurt.  I guess this is the point when we have to remind ourselves that the “pain” is actually what we feel and not what the patient feels.

Note:  Connecting this knowledge, then what happened in “Home for Dinner” with PuiYi’s Mom is a medical miracle.  Either that or the doctors did a wrong diagnosis… she only had temporary amnesia!  The other thing about Alzheimer patients is when there is something else that goes wrong with the other bodily organs, the patient deteriorates at a phenomenal rate. 

Bones–Season 7

After what seem like an endless torturous wait, the light is finally at the end of the tunnel.  Only another 3 weeks to go before the season begins for Bones.   I am so excited!!! Just finished reading the two “advance reviews” of the lucky journalists that got to see the first 2 episodes of the season.  The show seems to exceed all expectations and didn’t screw it up with their new “direction” in the relationship between B&B, it looks that the writers did a fantastic job.  What was really interesting was a few of the points that the reviews had to say.  I can’t help but draw a comparison to OP, I know I am probably hopeless regarding this.  Anyways, one of the comments was that Bones did not fit into a “box”.  It wasn’t really a procedural drama nor was it a screwball comedy and the critics at the time didn’t know what to make of it.  (Here’s to all those know it all that complained that OP wasn’t a sitcom).  The show broke the mold, gave the audience something a different but still end up being very successful. 

Here’s one of the reviews…

The Everything in the Eventually by Heather D of The Voice of TV

Once upon a time there was a little show on Fox. From the beginning it broke the mold, as it was neither straight procedural drama, nor a screwball comedy. Critics of the time weren’t sure what to make of it, but enough viewers gave it a shot that it was not only picked up, but renewed for a second season. From there a core group of some 2-3 million fans latched on to it, following it from night to night and time-slot to time-slot, never sure if the network would make good on its promise to shift it to the Friday night death slot.

They never did.

Little by little, however, word spread: Bones was a smart show and one worth tuning in into week after week. It had good stories, and even better characters. It took the Kirk-Spock dynamic and made Spock a girl, then threw in a dash of Moonlighting, Remington Steele, and The Thin Man for good measure. The result was that as the seasons rolled by the show picked up steam and viewers. And not just viewers, but fans; loyal fans whom series creator Hart Hanson once likened to a noisy tiger and whose cries and cheers could be heard as the show bobbed and weaved its way along.

The noise reached a crescendo last season when – instead of bringing the lead characters together after a seven month separation – Booth (David Boreanaz) was given a new girlfriend just as Brennan (Emily Deschanel) was waking up to how she truly felt about her partner. Bones was still refusing to color in the lines, but for as much noise as the fans made they still tuned in week after week, sometimes in record numbers. Then with six little words uttered in the last seconds of the final episode, Bones redefined themselves yet again. And yet again Hart Hanson achieved his goal to give fans exactly what they wanted in the most unexpected way possible.

Now we stand, poised on the precipice of a new season, waiting to see what will unfold next in the lives of these characters who have been coming into our living rooms for the last six years. Some still have a bitter taste in their mouths from last season and I’m sure more than a few will view the new Booth/Brennan dynamic and say, “See! We should’ve had this last year already!”

But I wonder: Would Booth’s evident joy at this new state of affairs carry as much weight if we hadn’t been forced to see him slog through the depths of despair? Would Brennan’s picture-taking antics be as hilarious were they not contrasted by the stark picture of her sobbing in an SUV because her timing in discovering how she felt about him was so horridly, cosmically, wrong? Yes, the viewing pleasure would’ve been there, but would it be as rich and sustaining?

Fine jewelers know that the best way to showcase all of the facets of their gems is to place them on a deep, black background. Artists know that to highlight the sun, you must use the shadows. Mountain climbers know that you cannot enjoy the vista if you don’t endure the brutality of the rock face on the way up. Perhaps that is what season six will prove to be to season seven.

So enjoy the view from the mountain-top, Bones fans! Soak it in as all of the things you’ve always dreamed could happen between this dynamic couple do happen. Oh, Booth will still be Booth, Brennan will still be Brennan, and the Squints will keep on squinting, but recognize that if the past teaches us anything it is that Bones will never be a show that conforms to our expectations; it will always push, always prod, never be static, never deliver things quite the way we expect them to be delivered. And we, the noisy fans, will be all the better for it.

Thank you, Bones; I’ve enjoyed the story you are crafting thus far and can’t wait for this newest chapter and congrats, Hart, on being awarded for the word artist you are!

Thank goodness for creators that think outside the box and not conform to the ordinary! 

Walk on by..

At this point in time, I would like to dedicate this song to PuiYi of Be Home for Dinner. 

Loving both her and Rose’s character more and more as the series draws to a close.

I am prejudice!

After watching the first episode of the 法證III, I am so disappointed!  I could barely stay awake or focus.  Giving the show the benefit of the doubt, I watched the second episode, and unfortunately still same feelings.  The flow of the show was jerky at best and (SHEESH!), have they watched too many CSIs or is it they haven’t watched enough?  Unfortunately, I felt the whole show to be totally pretentious.  The cast was robotic (which doesn’t make them cool!), the fancy equipment or techniques were superficial and it just didn’t come across as “awesome”.  There was no real surprise as to who the killer was. Oh, and that stupid door handle part?  Heck, I haven’t noticed in any hotels or restaurants that I have been in, where each and every door handle is different.  How the hell does she know it is “that” handle on that particular door?  Sadly, no one particularly stood out so far with maybe the exception of 張可頤.  Her scenes are okay funny.
Interesting… I see a lot of actors from the OP cast.  But is it the quality of the script or filming or directing that I feel no pull towards this show.  Oh well… back to Rizzoli and Isles, Criminal Minds and (yes!), Bones!  Sayonara TVB!!! 
Ps:  Hmmm… this is before the almost 90% of scriptwriters leaving TVB… how much worst can it get?  Just a thought! 

10th Anniversary…

It’s been 10 years since that devastating morning.  So much has changed but this picture helped unite us.  The ethnic diversity of the individuals that stood together grieving and bewildered at vigils held all over the country.  This one little girl personified the hope of the nation.  God Bless America! 

I am proud to be an American…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news.  I remember vividly my emotions even if I am foggy on my actions on that fateful day.  I cannot erase memory… I will never forget.

Still tear up every time I hear Bette’s performance.  I have posted this video last year but I think I will post this next year and every year thereafter.  A timeless dedication to those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

BONES–Fall Preview 2011

  Two more months of waiting…. at least the preview of the first episode of Season 7 seems hilarious!  Bubble wrap!  Squatting in the fields!  “I’m never going to survive this pregnancy”.  Loved Hodgins smile!