burning like matchsticks in the face of the darkness

Yeah, getting the results+commentary from Teh Internet the next day.

Of the 5 Best Picture nominations (listed below) I've only seen 2 (asterisked) and wasn't taken with either of them.

BEST PICTURE
* BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
CAPOTE
* CRASH
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
MUNICH

Highlights from the flist:

[Reminder: See the Subject of this post?  Read linked pieces at your own risk.]

the_red_shoes is smart.

hedy reiterates her problems with lauding Brokeback Mountain as a gay movie.  (In the comments, lilithchilde counters: "I think it was a movie about the tragedy of the closet, personally. And while I understand the reservation about showing the negative side of gay life and history . . . it's real, and it's poignant")

I agree with sineala on Documentary.

sexonastick is snarky about Brokeback Mountain etcetera.


And hopping over to InstaPundit gets me a couple links -- the first of which reminds me that marauderthesn has complaints about Clooney's speech (scroll past a lot of other complaints for that one) and the second of which reminds me that whedonesque is having a Who Got Snubbed? A Shout-outathon thread which was helpful to me in reminding me which other movies came out last year.


I'm still working on coming up with an articulate response to the "out of touch" speech.

It was Daffodil Sunday, so we sang Sydney Carter's "All Shall Be Well" which made me think of sk8eeyore. Brunch was hash browns and banana yogurt w/ banana slices and cantaloupe-heavy fruit salad. Yum. (Dinner was less exciting, but omggarlicbread.)

I flaked on Mollie Rogers-ing after all, but i was productive. I reread King Lear, opted not to do a reader response, started on my paper (due Friday!). I will in fact have a site update on Tuesday. I sent assorted overdue feedback last night and today. (And got sidetracked on author websites reading fic i hadn't read before.)

"Sex. Downstairs. Now. And by 'sex,' I mean 'dinner.' " -Cat

Unforeseen: a new Buffy/Tara archive by faithtastic (since as far as i know, there hadn't existed one previously)

I watched part of the Oscars (went downstairs for food) and was tempted to stay for the performances, but really i can't sit through the Oscars.

Robin Williams: "They tell me Spongebob is gay. Square pants? Not gay. Tight pants? Maybe. No pants? You go girl."

I actually wandered down for the end, so since i was one of the few left at the end i got an Oscar-ette. (Mine has chunky heeled boots!) Cat won Oscar. so she can appreciate his maleness all year long ;)

All the garbage people consume, and Kate loses respect for me because i enjoy MAD TV?