There will always be TV

My career is safe for now (sob).

A friend recently revealed his plans for a drastic career change because his job is sucking his will to live, and I instantly became enamoured with the idea of doing something crazy with my future, too. My last foray into career insanity lasted five years and could be equated to working in a foreign country even though I never left Toronto; it was fun and unusual but ultimately contributed very little to my hirability.

This latest yearning for professional suicide stems from an information blitz in the media promoting paramedics as a viable career choice for people in mid-career. Like Homer's Clown College, this idea has festered in my mind for months until I became convinced that becoming a paramedic was perfect for me. Poor Joe was supportive as usual, but fortunately for both of us, my more ruthless friend, Jessica convinced me to give up my paramedic dreams by the time Joe came back from a curling game. It turns out that the solution is to find myself an absorbing hobby since no sane person gives up a job with a healthy environment, good pay, and little stress simply for the sake of boredom.

However, I can continue to live my paramedic dreams through Davis Bloom (played by Sam Witwer), the paramedic who will soon become Doomsday on "Smallville". If Witwer's resemblance to Starkiller from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is uncanny, that is because the Sith apprentice was modelled after him and appropriated his voice. Add to this the fact that Witwer has appeared in "Battlestar Galactica" and was inspired to act by an encounter with Wil Wheaton and you have a good contender for biggest fanboy actor on TV.

Geeks are also being represented on TV by "So You Think You Can Dance Canada" competitor, Izaak Smith. The hip hop and ballet dancer is a LARPer who was first introduced to the viewing audience in full medieval armour, waving a padded sword. Izaak has repeatedly been on the verge of elimination and yet, he has outlasted his technically superior dance partner and is currently in the Top 8. Joe and I will continue to cheer for the LARPer in the hope that he will eventually break out the medieval armour for one of his solo routines.

In the absence of an unholy LARP dance union, the best part of "So You Think You Can Dance Canada" by far is judge, Jean-Marc Genereux. His pervy mannerisms and original outbursts, like labelling select competitors "V.I.D. - Very Insane Dancers" make the show.