@banh mi: I KNOW! Piano lessons and a university fund are considered "normal" in my circle. In fact, piano lessons are an Asian stereotype around here. Yet people outside the community often think otherwise.

Of course connections are important. That's why people are encouraged to network. I have to admit that many of the interviews and other opportunities I've had over the past few years wouldn't have worked out without knowing people. This is more of a connections/who you (or more likely, your parents) know issue. I…

Where's Kim Catrall?

@kavitabk: EmD_MD stated that her relatives weren't comfortable with her going to college and later, med school. They don't like that she's become "rich" because she's now a doctor. The very reason that they didn't want her at college would make my grandparents feel that way. Though they didn't get the opportunity…

@EmD_MD: This is really sad. If my grandparents heard this, they'd be very upset. They wanted my dad and his siblings to be well educated because they knew that a good education is a ticket out of poverty. My grandfather, if he were still alive today, would probably consider people like your relatives, lazy.

@mamacrass: Fresh off the boat. An insult used by Asians raised in the west for immigrant/eastern-raised Asians. It really should be FOP (Fresh off the plane), but it's a pretty old term, I think.

@Sword of Destiny: When was an undergrad in Hong Kong (late 60s), he not only held a job tutoring high school kids, but also contributed to the household, including having a part in paying for the mortgage when my grandparents bought their first place (I mean, how many 20 year olds have to help out with the…

If she called a white woman Eurotrash Princess, would it still get the same kind of attention? I mean, I hear Asian women (born and raised in the west) call non-western born Asians "FOBs" all the time (two definitions - one is the "traditional" lower income, unsophisticated stereotype and the other is one who is…

Beezus looks a little too old, IMHO. I realize that they're trying to integrate many of the stories into one movie, with Ramona in the Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and Ramona Forever age range. However, when Ramona was 8, Beezus was around 13, right? She wasn't of high school age yet. However, Beezus looks around 16 in…

@ravella_the_river_boat_queen: Wasn't Ramona technically a junior bridesmaid, since Willa Jean was younger (and therefore cuter)? Is it weird that I remember this?

@Nancy Sin: Wait, Kate and Sam split? When did this happen?

@Apollinarius: Yeah, but that's U of T. It's a commuter school.

@pearlsdream: So would Sideshow Bob be Pineapple Shaped?

@definitelynotjessica: Hey, that's only if you have a relatively "normal" back/band size. If you're smaller than a 32, you're out of luck at VS (though I understand you can get 30 and possibly 28s online.) or most mall lingerie shops. Boutiques often carry a small selection if they have lots of European and/or…

I think "curvy" = big boobs, tummy roll and hips (trying to avoid the "f" word) came into fashion around the early 90s. It's become such a common and PC way of describing people who are overweight that it's become THE WORD. That's probably the reason why I got into a heated arguent on Facebook with a Canadian…

@P.G.O.A.T.: Actually, I don't think they often use petite models for petite sizes, unless the brand or off-shoot brand is very specifically petite.

If they ever pick a non-white person bachelor/bachelorette, it's very likely that the individual will be very "white-acting." You aren't going to get an East Asian for example, who is fresh off the boat, for example, unless he/she is a socialite (or at least upper middle class) back home. And "home" probably means…

@Apollinarius: Where did you go? This certainly wasn't the case at Queen's nor was it the case for my friends who went to Western.

Unless the woman in the ugly (I think it's ugly, anyway) floral cardigan is like 5'5" tall or shorter, she is NOT a 12. I think she's closer to 18. But that's just my opinion.

@Apollinarius: Canadian schools might not force frosh to live on campus, but many schools guarantee residence space for ALL admitted first years. Actually, the only frosh I know who DIDN'T live in residence are commuters.