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A few thoughts on the Oscars:
+ Ellen did a pretty good job this year; she was a perfect fit for an awards show that didn't want to get too pointed or mean, and that wanted to make people feel at ease. I do hope they ask her back next year. :)
+ The Departed wins Best Picture? I was pretty aware that Scorsese would win the 'futility vote' and finally nab Best Director, but let's be honest: this was not his best work. And with the other contenders in the field this year, Best Picture should definitely have gone somewhere else. My vote was for Babel which was just as complex as The Departed and carried out better. I definitely have to see Little Miss Sunshine, though, and Notes From a Scandal, The Lives of Others and West Bank Story.
+ Best awards speech? I'm now smitten with Jennifer Hudson, who goes from American Idol-loser to Best Supporting Actress 2006 for Dreamgirls. There's just something about someone who lets their emotions run away with them up there on the stage in a completely honest way. And she's also endearingly ghetto. :) Helen Mirren and Forrest Whitaker gave pretty good speeches, too.
+ Pan's Labyrinth got upset for the Best Foreign Language Oscar? The Lives of Others looks like quite an interesting movie, and now I have to see it all the more to gather what the fuss is about.
+ I picked 13 categories correctly (though to be fair, a few of those were just lucky guesses), swiping second in the Oscars Derby amongst the party-goers. *shakes his fist at Malin* Next year, victory...WILL BE MINE!
+ Though the party was a lot of fun, I did miss![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bamboofae. Oscars night was one more excuse to throw a big party with the proshest hors d'oeuvres and make a day out of fagging out together. Hope your party was just as fun, V. :)
I almost caved yesterday when I learned there would be carrot cake(!!) for dessert. Thankfully, Ryan swooped in as my Jiminy Cricket and suggested we go home early, so I had a box of raisins and tried to put thoughts of cream cheese frosting out of my mind. :)
It's getting steadily easier, actually, so I can focus more on the writing end of the deal then the not-sweets-having. That's been a bit more difficult to maintain. The hardest part, obviously, is getting started, but once I'm in the groove I'm there for a while -- increasingly longer periods, in fact. It's odd, because I'm starting to notice a shift in how I plan my day...things are becoming less geared towards what brings me pleasure immediately, towards what will make for optimum writing conditions when I get to sit down and do it. I do like the feeling.
Anyway, there's a lot of writing I should probably be doing now, as well as cleaning, so I guess I should run off and do that.
+ Ellen did a pretty good job this year; she was a perfect fit for an awards show that didn't want to get too pointed or mean, and that wanted to make people feel at ease. I do hope they ask her back next year. :)
+ The Departed wins Best Picture? I was pretty aware that Scorsese would win the 'futility vote' and finally nab Best Director, but let's be honest: this was not his best work. And with the other contenders in the field this year, Best Picture should definitely have gone somewhere else. My vote was for Babel which was just as complex as The Departed and carried out better. I definitely have to see Little Miss Sunshine, though, and Notes From a Scandal, The Lives of Others and West Bank Story.
+ Best awards speech? I'm now smitten with Jennifer Hudson, who goes from American Idol-loser to Best Supporting Actress 2006 for Dreamgirls. There's just something about someone who lets their emotions run away with them up there on the stage in a completely honest way. And she's also endearingly ghetto. :) Helen Mirren and Forrest Whitaker gave pretty good speeches, too.
+ Pan's Labyrinth got upset for the Best Foreign Language Oscar? The Lives of Others looks like quite an interesting movie, and now I have to see it all the more to gather what the fuss is about.
+ I picked 13 categories correctly (though to be fair, a few of those were just lucky guesses), swiping second in the Oscars Derby amongst the party-goers. *shakes his fist at Malin* Next year, victory...WILL BE MINE!
+ Though the party was a lot of fun, I did miss
bamboofae. Oscars night was one more excuse to throw a big party with the proshest hors d'oeuvres and make a day out of fagging out together. Hope your party was just as fun, V. :)I almost caved yesterday when I learned there would be carrot cake(!!) for dessert. Thankfully, Ryan swooped in as my Jiminy Cricket and suggested we go home early, so I had a box of raisins and tried to put thoughts of cream cheese frosting out of my mind. :)
It's getting steadily easier, actually, so I can focus more on the writing end of the deal then the not-sweets-having. That's been a bit more difficult to maintain. The hardest part, obviously, is getting started, but once I'm in the groove I'm there for a while -- increasingly longer periods, in fact. It's odd, because I'm starting to notice a shift in how I plan my day...things are becoming less geared towards what brings me pleasure immediately, towards what will make for optimum writing conditions when I get to sit down and do it. I do like the feeling.
Anyway, there's a lot of writing I should probably be doing now, as well as cleaning, so I guess I should run off and do that.
