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The Oscars
The Academy Awards are coming up, which means a whole night to wallow in my complete lack of caring about celebrities or what they're wearing. I used to be against the Awards, which are just an evening of shallow excess and movies that I've never seen getting rewarded for their artsy-ness, but Academy-provided DVDs often become illegal bootleg Divx films. So at least the awards provide society with something beneficial along with propping up the "garish and expensive clothing" industry.
Of all the films nominated for anything this year, I've seen the following:
Return of the King
Pirates of the Caribbean
Finding Nemo
That's a new all-time low, even for me. I would be angrier that this four-hour orgy of bad clothing is pre-emtping The Simpsons and Arrested Development next week if not for the fact that I'm still in a giddy state from Sex and the City being over.
But even this natural high has been tempered a bit by uncertainty over where I'll be living between April 30th and May 21st and the (probably temporary) shutdown of the WashU Direct Connect Hub. So in summary:
Deposed arch-nemeses: Sex and the City, The Academy Awards
New arch-nemeses: The Reserve at Forest Park, Freshmen who told the Riverfront Times the IP address of the DC hub.
At the end of the day, it's all a wash.
Comments
Chris, I have the DVD for Lost in Translation. You can watch it whenever you want.
Posted by: david at February 23, 2004 1:51 PM
I do believe you've seen Seabiscuit as well.
And while I do enjoy the Oscars sometimes (especially this year, when Lord of the Rings will actually win something important), I'm not going to try and defend them. I don't care what the celebrities wear either. Sort of like how some women will never understand the joys of football - some people will never understand why people like the Oscars. To be honest, I don't understand why I like the Oscars either.
Posted by: eileen at February 23, 2004 7:43 PM
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