Yesterday, while flipping through the channels, I came upon a PBS special on the Chinese American immigration experience and found myself unable to turn away. One hour into watching, I finally had to leave the couch to clean my room (it's now the cleanest it's been since 2005), but I went back to it later and must have easily watched 3 hours of the thing. I don't know when else that's going to happen in my life again that I'd spend an afternoon watching public television (who knew I still had the attention span?), but it was fascinating stuff. Y'all should check it out if you can. Sadly, this was one of the highlights of my weekend.
Of course, I had to even out all the culture capital I gained with PBS (can't put all your eggs in one basket) with other forms of entertainment, like Gossip Girl. I love the devious machinations of just about everyone on the show, but my mom had a very difficult time keeping up with the plots and characters...
Mother: Are you sure they're not sisters?
Moi: Um, no, they're best friends.
Mother: How do you know?
Moi: They don't look alike and they have different mothers.
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