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February 26, 2007
...and the Oscar goes to...
Yeah, I was excited to hunker down with popcorn (forgot to pop some, duh) and pizza (too lazy to go get one) and some knitting and kitties (check and check) to watch Ellen host the Oscars...I used to LOVE the Oscars as a kid, and even not too long ago I'd still watch, but once Harvey Weinstein bought Shakespeare in Love the Oscar for best pic over Saving Private Ryan, and buying Gwynneth Fishsticks her Oscar over Cate Blanchett for her role as Elizabeth I, all the air went out of the fun and I gave up...I know that the Oscars have been a bit of a 'favoritism' award, its not always about who did the best, but who do the Academy like and who do they not...(Russell Crowe, Mel Gibson, don't bother to show up)...
So, I was all excited again this year and was SORELY disappointed...so much so that I found myself surfing over to Family Guy and watching a re-run of that...What happened? Ellen, who I think is always gold, was flat and boring...monotonous (yes, we get it, its a diverse group of nominees...we get it...oh, say it some more? ok...keep talking about it...keep going...we get it...now shut up!)...I had heard a rumour that they weren't going to give ANY of the major awards until the final hour of the telecast, and that almost happened...I thought the winners were great, I was very happy to see Jennifer Hudson win - I mean, even veteran actors like Kate Winslet have been nominated 5 times and have never won...so you don't know what might happen next year, Jennifer might become the next Marisa Tomei or Mira Sorvino - never to be heard from again...I hope she has a long and wonderful career...I want to go see the movies that won, I haven't seen a one of them...I did think those shadow-people making images of penguins, the 007 gun, the Prada shoe, etc. were pretty groovy, in a weird Blue-Man Group way...Anyway, I'm glad for the winners and I hope you enjoyed the show...I still love Ellen, but I hope she doesn't host again anytime soon...or bring better writers...
We spent the weekend shopping for furniture...and that can wear you out! We gave away our old living room set, after the cats had completely destroyed the arms of the sofa, loveseat and chair...Thank god we don't have to shop for furniture every 10 years or so...we did find a sofa/loveseat and that'll be delivered the middle of next month...and I'll be on the lookout for a nice recliner and some accent tables and lamps...its a slow process and best spread out over time so I don't implode with information overload...
So this morning is time to do housework catchup...I've already done some laundry, vacuumed the downstairs and caught up on some bills...the beds are made, the recycling is outside and I'm ready to get some more work done before the beads get made...I have some new ideas and saw some cool color combos from my warddrobe of all places...we'll see how it goes...
Posted by Donner at February 26, 2007 09:22 AM
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Thank you!!! I'm glad I'm not the only one still sore about Cate losing to Gwyneth after all these years. Cate was robbed I tell you, ROBBED!!! I was soooo angry that year. Elizabeth is still one of my favorite movies and performance by a female actress.
Posted by: Christina at February 26, 2007 03:47 PM