Author: Joel M.

Today’s songs of the day were actually these two:

“Can’t Touch This” by… um… I don’t know who this song is by.

and “Apology Song” by The Decemberists

and “We Can Dance” by… um… wow. I don’t really know.

The YG skit yesterday rocked, we did a parody of “American Idol” with a bunch of celebrities like, David Schwimmer, Keanu Reeves, Sean Connery, Kid Rock and Michael Jackson. It was a riot, and very well recieved by the audience. Anyhow, I’m coming off of my insomnia high and I think that I shall retire to the bed. Goodnight all.

TODAY’S songs of the day are the following:

“South” by Luxury

“Anne Arbor” by The Get Up Kids

and “405” by Death Cab For Cutie

Movie of the day: O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Now on to the meaty stuff!

Today I will announce… JOEL’S OSCAR PREDICTIONS FOR 2003:

BEST PICTURE: Well, the Academy has a sickly history of picking out the most macabre, depressing movies for best picture (with a few exceptions: Gone With The Wind, The Sound of Music, Casablanca– all of which have sad endings, though). This years top two contenders would seem to be The Hours and Chicago. My pick will be Chicago, even though The Hours fits the bill on almost every criteria for the Best Picture Oscar. The movie I’d give all the Oscars to (if I had it my way) would be The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

BEST ACTOR: This one is a gimme, I think. Daniel Day Lewis is my pick to win for Gangs of New York, although Jack Nicholson is supposed to have turnined in a great performance in About Schmidt, and Adrien Brody likewise has a reputedly amazing performance in The Pianist.

BEST ACTRESS: I think Nichole Kidman will walk away with this baby for her work in The Hours, which I’ve already mentioned fits the Oscar bill to the t. Julianne Moore would be the next closest contender in my mind, for her picture perfect housewife in Far From Heaven. Nichole was snubbed last year for Moulin Rouge because Denzel Washington won the Best Actor award and the Academy felt it had to give Halle Berry the Best Actress award then as well. The Academy has a wierd history of “oh, you got screwed that one time, here, have an oscar and let’s be happy again” stuff.

BEST DIRECTOR: This is one of the chief reasons that I’m picking Martin Scorcese for this award for Gangs of New York. He was totally stood up for Raging Bull at the 1980 Academy Awards. Rob Marshall is (I believe) an Academy nomination first: he has directed one, and only one film in his life, and that film is the 13-times nominated musical Chicago. Roman Polanski is in good shape for an Oscar for The Pianist, except for the minor fact that he is a political fugitive, facing statutory rape charges in the U.S., and wouldn’t be able to pick up the award if he won it. So, I’ll place my money on Scorcese.

That’s it for my first round of OSCAR PREDICTIONS! I’ll have predictions for more of the minor categories in a bit.

Oh yeah, and today I worked and I’m wiped out from it. See ya’ll on the filpside!

Bummer, man. Our trip plans have gurgled down the drain tonight since I can’t find a replacement for work tomorrow and it would cost us a crapload of money on gas to travel that far for such a short time. I’m referring to the plans Mike E. and I had made for a Spring Break trip. I feel especially bad for Mike since he’d had his heart set on escaping from B.G. over break. Heidi and her friends are taking off to Tennessee and Eric and Jesse are taking off to North Carolina. Ah well, Mike and I HAVE resolved to put great amounts of advanced planning into getting to go to the Notwist concert in Detriot on April 9th and The Fire Theft concert in Chicago on March 24th. Well, I’m off to get offline now, I’ve got unpacking to do.

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That first part was an ode to Mike Edwards and the theory of domes. Anyhow. I’m excited to be a part of Pseudobook Chimers, the new poetry section of Pseudobook. IF it gets of the ground soon, and I have a faith that for some reason it will. Terrence and Joesf has been sitting on the shelf in my head whist I polish up some other dusty gems from my collection. One of the new tapestries I have begun to weave is in my new blog. BTW, these are all projects that since I am alone in the Union with a crapload of work to do now I am getting oddly inspired to work on. But I’ll have to hold off, because I have homework to do.

Well, I’ll be aroud some more me hearties.

I am super psycho on the caffiene right now and got the jitters woohah. I’ll be going to bed soon, though, my body and mind will soon quit on me, I’m sure. I was over at Mike’s planning out a plausible Spring Break trip across the Midwest and watching him compose some little clips for Crutches, the next feature from Justin Edwards. It was a monkey-load of fun. Also I got to talk a bit with some Rosslyn Academy buds (girls) of Mike’s from Kenya. That was interesting. All I said was something involving cheetos. Other than that, nothing to report, except please stay tuned to my new blog, as I’ll be striving to keep it updated and interesting for you all to enjoy. OK, peace out and mothers love you guys to the dear old ends of the earth.