Monday, February 25, 2008

The Oscars

I, for the first time ever, watched the Oscars all the way through, from start to finish.

John Stewart: You are everything i have ever wanted to be. Possibly the best hosting job I have ever seen. I have only one gripe and it is big. (read on)

Academy House Band: You are inappropriate and ruin the best moments in some peoples' lives. You cut everyone off. I realize that there are certain time restraints, but there are also some very unnecessary montages, as well as nominating 3 ridiculously high maintenance musical numbers from Enchanted. They each lasted like 10-12 minutes, complete with thirty-dancer cast and ironically cut way into the thank you speech of Marketa Irglova who, along with her musical partner Glan hansard, beat out the 3 Enchanted numbers nominated for best original song.

My Biggest Gripe: Why is it SO important that everyone mention the fact that screenplay writer Diablo Cody, used to be an "exotic dancer". Yes it is a little interesting tid bit of trivia, but it's not SOOO crazy that someone, somewhere, needed to pay bills and stripped for a while. What if she only did it for three months and the entire world has labeled her as "The EX-STRIPPER"? She wrote the most charming script of the year and everyone finds it so ironic that an ex-dancer had the perspective and intelligence to write a script. Give her that! She did it. Don't try to "understand" it, like it's some giant paradox. And John Stewart was the one who brought it up. He delivers perfect joke after perfect joke then mentions Her stripper past. Granted, it was a funny enough joke to be there, but so was everything else he said, I'm just sure that she is sick to death of that title. Anyway, Diablo Cody, I love you and your work. Keep writing and I'll keep watching. Maybe some day we'll all get over your "dark past" (B.S.).

-Anthony

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Okay. I'm ready.

Well, in relation to my last post (a month ago), let me tell you that things turned out as well as they possibly could have. I know it's old news, but God! I am sooo glad that the Patriots lost to:

1) New York: The worst possible scenario for any Boston fan. Those pitiful Bostonians could practically hear the victory parade storming and screaming down the streets of New York. And they will be hearing about this for eternity. Just one more notch in the belt of those "poor, cursed losers". Well guess what....You fucking cheated! AND you got caught! And now we're finding out that you've been cheating since 2000!!!!! Your first fucking Superbowl! You're nothing, Pats! You're forgotten in the long line of cheaters and thieves that have risen in the past decade. And you're not even at the top of THAT list! So. Boston. Why don't you all just get divorces and try to integrate yourselves into some other regular, modest form of civilization. Try to lay off the pride and beefed up accent you all seem to turn up whenever you're out of town. Cause it was all for nothing.

2) Another Manning: I read an article online written by a clunky Boston sympathizer that was completely bland other than one comment he made something like : "...The bad news is that we have to go against the one of the best pass rushing lines in the league. The good news is that we are playing against a Manning." WHICH, by the way is comnplete bullshit, considering the fact that Peyton pulled off the best comeback in playoff history against them last year, then went on to win the Superbowl. That's two straight, heartbreaking losses to Mannings. Not only that, We'll be seeing you next year too, guys and we ain't getting weaker with our young defense and balanced offense. Dungy's back, so we'll see.

I saw a man today with a Patriot's hat, Jacket and jersey walking next to the bus I was on. I had my Colts hat on, I knocked on the window, he looked up, and I fingered the numbers "18-1". He flipped me off. Hehe, just like those unimaginative followers (Bostonians), to come up with "the bird". Life's a long song, right Jethro?

Anthony