TV Watch: 4 Races, 1 Survivor

After being good all summer and avoiding the TV (well, it helped that there weren't that many good shows on), I'm getting excited for the beginning of the fall TV season. I can't wait to see new episodes of my returning favorites including 24, Amazing Race, Lost, The Office, and Scrubs. I don't even know if I can make room for any of the new shows, but from the previews, Heroes and The Nine look interesting enough that I'll give them a try.

In the news this week is the new season of Survivor. Apparently, the producers are starting out with four tribes of different races--white, black, Asian, and Hispanic--battling each other for survival. Of course this has created controversy, which is probably what the producers wanted to increase the show's ratings. I will probably watch out of curiosity, although I'm sure I'll cringe at some of the potentially awkward commentary (Jeff Probst: "The Asians are beating the Hispanics. The black tribe is chasing the white tribe..."). Of course, in their effort to get a diverse cast, the producers had to turn to California (13 out of the 20 contestants are from California), so the Bay Area is well-represented.

Nuts for Chocolate-Covered Soy Nuts

My favorite snack these days are these Dark Chocolate-Covered Soy Nuts from Trader Joe’s. Soy nuts and dark chocolate are a great combination: Soy nuts are supposed to be good for you, they provide a great crunch, and they don’t get stuck in your teeth like peanuts sometimes do. And, of course, dark chocolate has that smooth balance of sweet and bittersweet cocoa flavors.



Warning though—they’re darn addictive. I brought them to work to share with co-workers, and I had to exercise some self-control so that I didn’t finish the entire box in one day.

Waste Your Time: Find Celebrities Who Look Like You

So a friend passed on this website where you can upload your picture and find out which celebrities look like you:

http://www.myheritage.com/

My top 3 celebrity look-alikes:

1. Zhang Ziyi - 72%
2. Jet Li - 70%
3. Stephen Chow (some Chinese actor I don't really know) - 68%

I tried a couple of pictures, and these three came up pretty consistently. I guess it must be the picture I used, but it's kinda weird that Zhang Ziyi kept coming up--maybe I have feminine Asian facial features? Try it, and let me know what you think.