Eric Hananoki

What can be said about Eric Hananoki that hasn't already been serialized in the Tori Spelling made-for-TV movie, Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?

Well, for starters, he's lived in four cities: Honolulu (sunny!), Washington DC (lots of buildings!), New York City (ditto!), and Minneapolis (white people!).

His first job was teaching piano to 5-year olds.

He later worked with Al Franken on The Al Franken Show. He taught him piano.

He name drops.

He once worked on a Judd Apatow movie as a stand-in for the Asian guy from Sixteen Candles. Eric subsequently met the kid from that Home Alone movie, the page from that Tina Fey show, the actor from that Edward Norton movie, and that brunette from that '70s Show.

He really name drops.

Barack Obama.

He likes getting emails.

Sometimes when he has no new emails, Eric looks at his empty gmail inbox, frowns, refreshes, and then checks the Spam box for misdirected mail — maybe emails from lost friends, spurned lovers, that Asian guy from Sixteen Candles, or Tori Spelling.

Nope. None yet.

— Eric Hananoki (halona at gmail dot com)