The Pet3rs are Back!

Pet3rs: The Complete 3rd Season

I’m not making excuses here, but four things have conspired to keep me from blogging this week:

1. A new cat (actually a kitten) who’s thrown my daily schedule into disarray;
2. A new handset I’m waiting on from Nokia’s WOM World;
3. A new online service, also from Nokia, that I’m trying to get working;
4. The new Pet3rs revue!

Pet3rs: The Complete 3rd Season showcases some of what I think is the best work yet from this talented trio of Currie Conservatory Alumni. You’ve got only four chances this month to catch this show — yes, we’re well aware that the Film Festival is in town, but despite what the title suggests the Pet3rs show is not coming to DVD anytime soon, so come on out before it’s gone!

Nokia to the Rescue on AC 943

Now that I’m officially a Nokia Ambassador I’m happy to report that my trusty E61i more than proved it’s worth on my three-hour return trip home to Toronto from Bermuda yesterday.

Seated beside me on that flight was a kid on his first flight ever – and he was travelling alone! I felt bad for the brave little guy for the fact that we were on an older aircraft that didn’t have an individual entertainment centre for every single seat, so I offered up my Nokia to help him pass the time.

He spent about half an hour on S-tris alone, and after he told me that he had a modded Xbox in his knapsack as carry-on I figured he could handle the Nintendo games on my emulators from Vampent. I guessed correctly.

Towards the end of the flight I even powered up Nokia Maps for a quick geography lesson (the difference between New York City and New York State).

Will this newly-crowned international jet-setter choose an S60 device for his first mobile when the day comes? Here’s hoping…

BIFF 2008 Day 3

The actors in (A Winter Tale) have lived this life and it shows. It is a powerful and intense drama – bitter and tragic, funny and hopeful – with a jolting climax that points to a possible cleansing.

… Not to totally give away the ending or anything — sheesh!

For me, any movie where Toronto doesn’t have to masquerade as some generic city in the US and A is a good thing. And while the storytelling in this urban drama is maybe a bit unsophisticated, you can’t deny that it’s a story that needs to be told.

Whether or not you are a fan of classical music, you will be swept away by (conductor Peter Oundjian’s) passion for the music and his total dedication to the cause of the TSO.

Agreed. I can’t believe that Five Days in September dates back to 2005 and I’m just hearing about Peter Oundjian now… Shame on you, Toronto media!