Something that I have never missed at least as long as I can remember, is the Academy Awards. I remember being a kid and laughing my head off at the cleverness of Billy Crystal and his songs that tied in all the nominated films. I remember when they replaced him, brought him back, replaced him, then tried to bring him back to no avail.
This year looked like it could start out strong, but then it died and became just about the awards...which it is, but still...give me something, just a lil' show or something....
The one thing that I really wanted to happen more than anything on the face of the planet was for Colin Firth to win.
and he did.
any other award was merely icing.
After eating my weight in Indian food, drinking a few bottles of wine, and losing to Zack...I still have to say regardless, Oscar Night is one of my favorite nights. On the way to Sheli & Zack's, I saw people loading their cars with food on a stick, bottles of wine, desserts, god forbid I even saw a Crock Pot or 2, though I am pretty sure the little smokies from Super Bowl were not occupying them.
I, like most in this town, have given my fair share of Academy speeches into hair brushes, shampoo bottles, you know anything that resembles a microphone.
Not going to lie, it's a dream.
but until then, I need to catch up on some flicks, keep up on some writers, and give some of my time to the short film community. It's these nights that I remember why I packed up my Trooper those 10 years ago to come out here and work on film.
ahhhhhhh filmmmmmmmmmm.......
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