Well, the Oscars were boring...

And Daniel Day-Lewis, as predicted, took Best Actor honors (these days they call it "Actor in a Leading Role" so as not to hurt the self-esteem of the LOSERS). The rest of the winners were a hodge-podge. The Best Picture of the year was No Country for Old Men, I believe (not what was predicted).

What I find interesting is that very few people watched the show, although it's not all that surprising. No one saw any of the movies, other than Juno apparently (which took Best Screenplay). The Academy wants to pick "good" movies rather than movies that did well at the box office. This means that few people have an interest in seeing a show about movies they've never seen. I heard on the news that the ratings for the show were lower than they have ever been. And no one was particularly stupid onstage, so even THAT source of entertainment was taken away from me. Argh.

What really bugs me about the Oscars these days is that "And the Oscar goes to...." stuff. As opposed to: "And the winner is...", which is what they did before they started worrying about hurting some millionaire star's feelings. Life is just too weird these days.

Anyhow, I struggled through the whole show. And I'll probably do it again next year, masochist that I am. You can tell that, between work and home, my life reeks of excitement.

So, not a very exciting blog update -- but perhaps next year. My daughter's birthday is coming up this month, and THAT should be exciting.