Yeah, I've been lax lately. We had a major birthday party and I worked all day on Saturday and really, it has taken me this long to physically recover, but I have a lot to say.
I dreamed about Slumdog Millionaire and then having twin girls and then CONVERSING WITH OCTO-MOM at Page Snyder Drug in Olivia. My dreams are extremely crazy every night now, without fail.
I liked the Oscars but there are a few complaints: The format was not right. The former winners being involved was nice, but don't have them up there EGO-STROKING for 30 goddamned minutes when all we want to know is who won, maybe even see CLIPS OF THE PERFORMANCES to relate with each nominee? I was so uncomfortable by the best actor award that I had to kick a box, rattle a bag of goldfish, and chew loudly to drown out the audio of this business. Just having the former winners announce the nominees would have been sufficient. And that bit from Michael Douglas about Frank Langhella's performance causing all previous ones to fade away? That's a hell of a thing to say when you're about 3 feet away from Anthony Hopkins, WHO ALSO PLAYED NIXON, NOT VERY LONG AGO?!?!?!?! Please. That was just rude.
Kate Winslet, while always a brilliant actress, was not very well-versed up there. How disappointing.
The business about Sean Penn: this has been discussed on several other blogs. I like him, I have always liked him. He is obviously a hot head and probably very unstable and crazy (like all of the best actors) but he's got the right idea. People always freak out about LIBERAL HOLLYWOOD. It's always been this way! I think many of the freak-outs over gay rights and terrorism and anything else the conservatives think we're soft on stem from peoples' fear and constant need to SEPARATE human beings from each other. Until we are able to see everyone else out there as an equal, as someone we can relate to, this business is going to keep going on. Why is it easier for people, especially mothers, to compartmentalize people according to their differences, when we know what it's like to hold innocence, literally, in our arms? Can we not apply this love to all of humanity?
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seriously. i had this moment with Ev this morning where i was like "Ev what can i do? i feel so helpless and i wanna help people open themselves to love but how do i do it?" and then i looked at Tru and i said "i guess i start here." and i almost lost it. total cheeseball moment but it was poig-nant.
right now on sesame street, there are birds singing "let's do it, let's lay an egg." what the....
i thought that same thing about poor anthony hopkins. what an id.
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