Well, work is substantially complete on my various tax projects so I can start to relax just a little bit. Which is good timing since this weekend is the best sports weekend of the year! Even not having the Illini in it hasn't dampened my spirits (much) and at least now I don't have to worry about getting pissed off when they lose in the first round (and no, I'm not going to much care when they lose in the NIT).
Then a week from this Friday we are heading down to Houston for a week, so it's nice to have a lot of time off to look forward to and, with any luck, by the time we get back we'll have some decent weather here (wishful thinking probably).
I had the Oscars on in the background and I realized once and for all that "in the background" is the most attention I will ever pay to that bloated, self-important ego-thon. I think I'm just a little sick of people getting up on a stage and acting like they've just cured cancer. It's like the one lady I work with who sends every single e-mail with the little high priority flame/exclamation and has all her voicemails marked "urgent". Like, "look at me, I'm so important!" It's just obnoxious. And it wouldn't be so bad if it was just the Oscars. But not a single week goes by between January and March where you don't have a different one of these award shows (though mercifully most are not televised) where all the same people are nominated, win, and say essentially the same thing all for, when you boil it down, playing dress-up and make believe. Which is not to say that it doesn't take effort and isn't a skill - it is. But so is household electrical wiring or changing a carburator but they don't hand out awards for that. As a capitalist, I think that they get their recognition in the form of very large paychecks. I don't think it's necessary to give them lots of little gold statues as well. Of course, as a capitalist I also realize that by having it on my tv (even just in the background) I'm contributing to the problem. Maybe next year I'll host an Oscar party where we do something (anything) other than watch the Oscars and then at the end of the night I'll go online and read off the list of winners. Who's in?
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I love that idea. I love the idea *behind* that idea, and everything it stands for. I'm in.
By admitting and discussing that there even are Oscars you're contributing to its marketing and promotion! Unless... that's exactly what you want...
Set up a fake protest so more people watch and care- you cad
You should have TM'ed all of the Oscar(tm) references.
You're in trouble.
But seriously folks, I was tempted to watch just to see Baldwin/Martin, but then figured it was a waste of my time.
Also contributing to the problem: writing a post about it.
You know what else is a waste of time? Any story about Tiger Woods. Today the headline in the paper was about Tiger. And the headline in the sports section was about Tiger. You know what the articles said? Neither do I because I didn't read them.
True on the internet is true in real life: don't feed the trolls.
Problem with the Oscars(tm) is that some of the best films are also the most pretentious and pandering pieces of garbage.
LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME, GIVE ME AN AWARD BECAUSE I SHOT PARTIALLY IN BLACK AND WHITE AND ONLY PLAYED ON 4 SCREENS TO MAKE MYSELF ELIGIBLE.
Sounds like the Oscar party I have every year.
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