Golden Statues of Love

Hmmm.  That would be a better title for the Adult Entertainment Awards, more I think about it.  Nevertheless.

Tonight, my beloved Oscars return for another year.  And like millions of people, I have a ballot all filled out with my picks.  Unlike most people in the world, I will be officially competing against 1 other person in the world, my friend Keith's sister, Kylie.  Unofficially I also will be taking on the picks that my wife, Jenn, made yesterday.  What separates these two as being official or unofficial?  There's a trophy involved.  And no, not an Oscar.  The trophy in question is an alien garden gnome piggy bank, purchased in Las Vegas, with a personalized mini-license plate around his neck that reads "Oscar".  For the past 2 years, Kylie has won the trophy (even though Jenn cleaned both of our clocks 2 years ago with her picks, she is not in line for the trophy.  After my description of it, you can imagine her sadness over this...).  So I have some work to do.  What has also been a trend in recent years, is that Kylie and I have done a very poor job of seeing even a few of the movies involved in the Oscar balloting.  I personally have seen 3 at  the time of this posting (Pursuit of Happyness, Cars, and only just last evening The Departed).  Was a time where I had seen 4 out of 5 Best Picture nominees, and a whole lot more.  However, life has other things to offer with alleged adulthood, so my personal knowledge of the films involved, must be supplemented by the Internet, magazines, and good old keeping my ear to the ground.  So we'll see how we do.  I hope to be back here telling you all how I guessed right on EVERY CATEGORY, and "ISN'T THAT AMAZING!".  I suspect this will not be the case.

If you love the Oscars, enjoy!  If you love all the shows that the Oscars pre-empt, and therefore hate the Oscars, then I offer forth this plan:  rent/go see a movie!  Oscar winner or not, there are a ton out there that are incredible.