I'm sure everyone reading this right now came immediately to my site on Monday morning expecting a long and in depth piece on amandypant's take on Oscar night. Well, it is Monday evening now so sorry to have made you wait all this long long time.
The Oscars ruled.
Hey, did I mention I'm looking for a job? I am. Have you ever had pretend interviews in your head where they ask you the perfect questions that you have the perfect answers for? I have. A Lot. And then, the other day, I found myself on the phone with a fellow from the Asante Human Resources department. Guess what? He asked me all the pretend questions I had asked myself over and over again in my head and out loud in my car while driving. It felt so surreal that I didn't know what to say so I ended up sounding like a complete dunce/blow your own horn sally. Blow your own sally is not a character I play well. People don't like her. We'll see. We'll all just have to wait and see.
I have more to say about the Oscars. I love John Stewart. And I love George Clooney. Not in the middle age woman, everyone loves George Clooney type of way. But a true-love type of way. A meaningful way in which George and I are like old friends from another life. I will let you know, however, that I wanted Michelle Williams to win for best supporting actress mostly for her work in The Baxter. And I wanted David Strathairn to win for best actor, mostly for his work in Sneakers and also Goodnight and Goodluck. You may remember I mention that he would be nominated for an Oscar when I saw it a few months ago. Just call me predictor pruella. I wanted Dolly Parton to win for best song because that traveling song is really really good. I heard it a few times yesterday because I saw Transamerica yesterday afternoon in preparation for the Oscars. I like to see as many of the movies as I can or else I feel like a sham when I watch them and yell at the TV. I liked those rapper fellows though. But the weird staging of that pimp song and that stupid crash song were really really horrible. Horrible!!! THE MOST AWFUL PART OF THE OSCAR NIGHT!!!
I didn't see walk the line so I guess Reese witherspoon is just fine compared with the others.
Is it just me or was that crash song like a bad version of an Aimee Mann song from Magnolia? And don't get me started on that Crash movie winning best movie. I mean, really. It is an okay movie at best. Entertaining in a hit you over the head sort of way. Fun big cast. I saw that haggis director guy on the Charlie rose program and he admitted to stealing from altman liberally so I thought it was fitting that they gave that guy a lifetime achievement award. But should that have pointed out that crash is a 2nd rate version of a great Altman movie?
Why does this post have so many question marks? It is a mystery. And so is mankind. Let's go get milk-faced and hum like rabbits.
March 6, 2006
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Crash was a nice safe choice...
And if you're going to steal, stealing from Tom Wait is a crime worth doing time.
Yes, I know it's Waitssssss....
Yes, old men love Tom Waits.
Mandy, I think you were with us in spirit on Sunday night - we watched the Oscars from Will and Johanna's apt in New York and we were all thinking the same thing about the Crash song being like a wannabe version of the Aimee Man Magnolia song. And we all laughed and laughed at the horrible horrible interperative dancing...
Alicia, that is so funny because on monday I pulled out my old state tape and popped it in the old VCR (if you know what I mean) and I was thinking about you and justin and others who appreciate a good state video tape recording. That's why I added that part about getting milk faced and humming like rabbits. Do you guys remember that one where they are performing a play called Tenement and they replace all the bad words with "cleaned up for TV" words? Poop! Poopy Poop Poop! I've taken number two from every micky ficky in this dumb dumb town. I'm not worth farty nonsense! Etc.
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