Sunday, February 27, 2005
The Oscars: Reality TV?
I've been watching bits of the Oscars, and I saw the entire American Spirit Awards. I think that was the first TV awards show I've ever actually sat through. Actually it was less sitting than it was an 80% concious uncomfortable slouch under a pile of cats. These past few days I've been sick. Sick enough to call in to work and generally feel crappy, but not sick enough to really convince my sisters that I was in no condition to pick up their friend and take him to the hospital. This sounds like I was being really rotten or something, but I had actual reason. I would have had to drive for an hour- dangerous because I was falling asleep every 15 minutes or so, also, being sick makes me sore and greatly impairs my basic skills of mobility. This means that I suddenly can only operate one part of my body at a time, and not too well at that. When I went to work knocked over everything, all the time. I reached for bags with one hand and knocked the scanner thingy off the counter with the other(meanwhile I had missed the bags entirely). Getting out of the couch itself nearly ended with a head-on collision with our coffee table. Anyhow, he got his ride since nearly every kid my sisters know seems to have a license and a car. I'm not sure of his condition though, he had a maybe broken arm and as soon as he got his ride my sisters just dropped it and I haven't heard since.
But about the Oscars. The new program, with the awkward microphone in the middle of the audience and American Idol-esque line up of nominees on stage, is ridiculous. When the Oscars try and emulate the rancid reality show setup then it is a sad day in Hollywood. However the dresses looked quite nice. Scarlett looked a little like Courtney Love at first glance, but pretty and bashful on second inspection. Her arm was doing a twitchy little dance while she was announcing the technical awards. There was a pretty blue dress by Versacci Coture, I don't know who the lady in it was though. I hate those boob-smushing dresses though. They seem marvelously absent this year.
But I should go. I'm still not recovered, and have been making some very stupid spelling errors- a few of which I know I probably won't catch. I spelled "award" "avrwd" earlier. Honestly. I hope ESotSM gets an award somewhere. Sideways already had plenty. Chris Rock is often funny. Not always, but he has some shining moments.
I titled this with the oscars and spent 3/4ths of it talking about how I can't drive while sick.
Beyonce is not doing very well. -- G 'Bye, Sonya -- . ( 27.2.05 ) .
I've been watching bits of the Oscars, and I saw the entire American Spirit Awards. I think that was the first TV awards show I've ever actually sat through. Actually it was less sitting than it was an 80% concious uncomfortable slouch under a pile of cats. These past few days I've been sick. Sick enough to call in to work and generally feel crappy, but not sick enough to really convince my sisters that I was in no condition to pick up their friend and take him to the hospital. This sounds like I was being really rotten or something, but I had actual reason. I would have had to drive for an hour- dangerous because I was falling asleep every 15 minutes or so, also, being sick makes me sore and greatly impairs my basic skills of mobility. This means that I suddenly can only operate one part of my body at a time, and not too well at that. When I went to work knocked over everything, all the time. I reached for bags with one hand and knocked the scanner thingy off the counter with the other(meanwhile I had missed the bags entirely). Getting out of the couch itself nearly ended with a head-on collision with our coffee table. Anyhow, he got his ride since nearly every kid my sisters know seems to have a license and a car. I'm not sure of his condition though, he had a maybe broken arm and as soon as he got his ride my sisters just dropped it and I haven't heard since.
But about the Oscars. The new program, with the awkward microphone in the middle of the audience and American Idol-esque line up of nominees on stage, is ridiculous. When the Oscars try and emulate the rancid reality show setup then it is a sad day in Hollywood. However the dresses looked quite nice. Scarlett looked a little like Courtney Love at first glance, but pretty and bashful on second inspection. Her arm was doing a twitchy little dance while she was announcing the technical awards. There was a pretty blue dress by Versacci Coture, I don't know who the lady in it was though. I hate those boob-smushing dresses though. They seem marvelously absent this year.
But I should go. I'm still not recovered, and have been making some very stupid spelling errors- a few of which I know I probably won't catch. I spelled "award" "avrwd" earlier. Honestly. I hope ESotSM gets an award somewhere. Sideways already had plenty. Chris Rock is often funny. Not always, but he has some shining moments.
I titled this with the oscars and spent 3/4ths of it talking about how I can't drive while sick.
Beyonce is not doing very well. -- G 'Bye, Sonya -- . ( 27.2.05 ) .