did i miss the oscar boat?

hmmmm. is everyone still yipping about the oscars? i mean, come on. i ask, because there are television sets in every room in this house and, at this exact moment, many are tuned to various news channels -- and everywhere i go, i'm hearing nothing but blahblah oscar this and blahblah oscar that and what'd ya think about the dress she wore but who was he with can ya believe wedding crashers didn't win anything? okay. heh heh. that last part was a joke, because, of course, wedding crashers was the only movie my mommy & daddy saw last year, and i think we all know it wasn't nominated for anything. (why was it the only movie my people saw? how the hell should i know? i'm guessing it has to do with the fact that they're pathetic frumps who'd rather sit around and watch tivo'd episodes of law & order: criminal intent -- because, according to them, vincent d'onofrio plays the smartest guy on tv.) but i digress. my original question today was this: is everyone on the planet still talking about the oscars?? in which case, did i make a humongous mistake by not talking about it earlier today? am i too late? did i miss freaking the oscar boat??

in truth, i know folks are actually talkin' about other stuff too... (just try sitting in the office for a few minutes when chatty arbuckle gets goin', and you'd know this for a fact...) actually, just a few minutes ago there was a little nugget on cnn.com that got my mommy's feminist side freaked out a bit. (something about a little piece of legislation the governor of south dakota just signed to ban virtually all abortions in that state. mommy seems to think this is gonna have some big-deal supreme-court challenge ramification, but the newsies on cnn aren't saying much, yet.) from where i'm sittin', oscar still looks to be the top conversation blog/dog of the day. go figure.

so let's go back to the oscars, shall we? (humor me, i'm just trying to catch up.) here's a veryvery speedy run-down of what mommy and daddy watched and/or thought about the oscars. kind of.

1. okay, they watched the first 1/2 hour or so, because they lovelovelove jon stewart. and as far as i could tell, they thought he was in excellent form. was he subdued? apparently they thought he was. was he appropriate? apparently, they thought he was. was he still freakin' funny? apparently. at least they laughed and laughed and laughed.

2. graphics = lovely

3. tightly produced show = hard to do/good job/thank you

4. "best" film clips as bumps to commercials = brilliant

5. meryl streep/lily tomlin intro for robert altman = tasty

6. ben stiller intro for best special effects bit = vintage stiller/ hilarious/ adore him

7. various winners: didn't care (tho' they do love george clooney--became big fans once he wasn't so much "the sexiest man alive". thought confessions of a dangerous mind was a really interesting film, can't wait to see good night and good luck.)

8. will ferrell/steve carell bad-make-up-dead-pan intro for best make-up = tea-spitting-hysterical

9. pre-produced "packages" about so-called oscar campaigns to "get votes", voiced by none other than stephen colbert = inspired/funnyfunnyfunny/nice-way-to-keep-those-hollywood-types-from-taking-themselves-so-seriously riot

10. charlize theron's dress = the-girl-is-so-magnificent-she-can-wear-anything-but-next-time-maybe-not-that over-the-top unflattering thing

11. anything else = they didn't see it

12. spaghetti and garlic bread dinner = delicious