Project 365: Days 8 Through 13

Another week into the year, means another week of daily photos!
January 8, 2015 - 8/365: Through the Crib Slats
January 9, 2015 - 9/365: Starbucks in PJs
January 10, 2015 - 10/365: Smoked Salmon Benny at Another Broken Egg Cafe. Although actually I still regret this decision and wish I had gone with pancakes or French toast or something else sweet instead.
January 11, 2015 - 11/365: Golden Globe Predictions. These were actually pretty miserable (everything you can see here was wrong!), so it's probably a good thing I didn't share them in full.
January 12, 2015 - 12/365: Baking. More on this to come, of course!
January 13 - 13/365: Only half asleep.

Did you make any Golden Globe predictions? If so, how accurate were you?

Oscars 2014

Yes, it's time for my annual Oscar predictions. I feel like I haven't done near as much research as normal this year (aka I've yet to read my EW Oscar Prediction Issue), so we'll see how this goes...

Best Picture: American Hustle
Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock - Gravity
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity
Best Documentary Feature: 20 Feet From Stardom
Best Documentary Short: The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Best Animated Feature: Frozen
Best Foreign Language Film: The Great Beauty (Austria)
Best Original Screenplay: American Hustle
Best Adapted Screenplay: 12 Years a Slave
Best Cinematography: Gravity
Best Make-Up: Dallas Buyers Club
Best Production Design: Gravity
Best Animated Short Film: Room on the Broom
Best Live Action Short Film: Helium
Best Visual Effects: Gravity
Best Costume Design: American Hustle
Best Film Editing: American Hustle
Best Sound Mixing: Inside Llewyn Davis
Best Sound Editing: Lone Survivor
Best Original Score: Saving Mr. Banks
Best Original Song: "Let it Go" - Frozen

Feel free to share some of your Oscar predictions in the comments, and I'll be back tomorrow to share my results.

Edit: So I wound up with 13/24, which is about what I've been averaging these past few years. Interestingly enough, I did guess several of the smaller categories correct based only on which name I liked the best!

Oscars 2013

As I'm sure you're probably aware, tonight is Oscar night! And if you've been here long enough, you know that each year I post my Oscar predictions. So without any more hoopla, here are my predictions for tonight.

Best Picture: Argo
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
Best Director: Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
Best Documentary Feature: The Gatekeepers
Best Documentary Short: Mondays at Racine
Best Animated Feature: Frankenweenie
Best Foreign Language Film: Amour (Austria)
Best Original Screenplay: Michael Haneke - Amour
Best Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio - Argo
Best Cinematography: Life of Pi
Best Make-Up: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Best Production Design: Life of Pi
Best Animated Short Film: Fresh Guacamole
Best Live Action Short Film: Buzkashi Boys
Best Visual Effects: Life of Pi
Best Costume Design: Lincoln
Best Film Editing: Argo
Best Sound Mixing: Skyfall
Best Sound Editing: Argo
Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat - Argo
Best Original Song: Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth - "Skyfall" - Skyfall

Edit: For those curious I finished with 11/24. Not my best outing overall, but I did at least get the majority of the major awards correct.

GG - 2013

Long time readers of the blog will know that I'm a little obsessed with the big award shows. Every year on my blog I've posted my Oscar predictions, and until last year, I'd posted Golden Globe predictions as well. This year I have't forget, so here are my predictions for tonight! And just to add, these are my predictions, not necessarily the ones I want to win. Feel free to post your own in the comments.

Television
Best TV Series - Drama: Homeland
Best Actress - Drama: Connie Britton, Nashville
Best Actor - Drama: Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Best TV Series - Comedy or Musical: Modern Family
Best Actress - Comedy or Drama: Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Best Actor - Comedy or Drama: Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Best Mini-Series of TV Movie: Game Change
Best Actress - Mini-Seres or TV Movie: Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum
Best Actor - Mini-Seres or TV Movie: Woody Harrelson, Game Change
Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Best Supporting Actor: Mandy Patinkin, Homeland

Film
Best Motion Picture - Drama: Lincoln
Best Actress - Drama: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Actor - Drama: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Drama: Les Misérables
Best Actress - Comedy or Drama: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Actor - Comedy or Drama: Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Best Animated Film: Frankenweenie
Best Foreign Language Film: Amour (Austria)
Best Director: Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Best Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Original Score: Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, 
Reinhold Heil, Cloud Atlas
Best Original Song: "Skyfall" Adele, Paul Epworth, Skyfall

Edit: For those curious I finished 12/25, which in my opinion is a little disappointing. But if you restrict it to just the movies I'm at 9/14, which is much more respectable.

It's Oscar Time!

I completely forgot that the Golden Globes were even on tv, and I'm not making that mistake tonight. No I don't have an elaborate Oscar themed meal planned, but I have still made my predictions. It's an odd year for movies, and there's nothing I'm dying to see win. But I guess we'll see how I do!

Best Picture: The Artist
Best Actor: George Clooney - The Descendants
Best Supporting Actor: Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn
Best Actress: Meryl Steep - The Iron Lady
Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer - The Help
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Best Documentary Feature: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Best Documentary Short: The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Best Animated Feature: Chico & Rita
Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation
Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris
Best Adapted Screenplay: Steven Zailian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin - Moneyball
Best Cinematography: War Horse
Best Make-Up: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow - Part 2
Best Art Direction: The Artist
Best Animated Short Film: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Best Live Action Short Film: Time Freak
Best Visual Effects: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow - Part 2
Best Costume Design: The Artist
Best Film Editing: The Artist
Best Sound Mixing: Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Best Sound Editing: Drive
Best Original Score: Ludovic Bource - The Artist
Best Original Song: "Man or Muppet" - The Muppets

Oscar Follow-Up

If you go through my picks below, I wound up going 12 out of 24 of my picks for a 50%. Better than last year's 8 out of 24, but not quite 2009's 17. Granted I did make a feel sentimental choices like picking Harry Potter, and both of my Supporting choices, and if I went more with what I truly thought would wind I could have done better. But let's hope this increase of last year's picks continues and my choices are even better next year!

How did you do with your Oscar picks?

And the Winner is...

Yes it's my annual Oscar predictions! Here's to hoping I'm guessing right. And I'd love to hear your final predictions too!

Best Picture: The King's Speech
Best Actor: Colin Firth - The King's Speech
Best Supporting Actor: Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech
Best Actress: Natalie Portman - Black Swan
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams - The Fighter
Best Director: Tom Hooper - The King's Speech
Best Documentary Feature: Exit Through the Gift Shop
Best Documentary Short: Strangers No More
Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 3
Best Foreign Language Film: Biutiful
Best Original Screenplay: Christopher Nolan - Inception
Best Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorking - The Social Network
Best Cinematography: True Grit
Best Make-Up: The Wolfman
Best Art Direction: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow - Part 1
Best Animated Short Film: The Gruffalo
Best Live Action Short Film: The Crush
Best Visual Effects: Inception
Best Costume Design: Alice in Wonderland
Best Film Editing: 127 Hours
Best Sound Mixing: Inception
Best Sound Editing: Toy Story 3
Best Original Score: Inception
Best Original Song: "We Belong Together" - Randy Newman - Toy Story 3

Going Golden

It's time for my official Golden Globe predictions. These are kind of a mix of what I think we will, and what I enjoyed so much that I just can't not pick.

Television
Best TV Series - Drama: Mad Men
Best Actress - Drama: Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Best Actor - Drama: Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Best TV Series - Comedy or Musical: Glee
Best Actress - Comedy or Drama: Lea Michele , Glee
Best Actor - Comedy or Drama: Steve Carell , The Office
Best Mini-Series of TV Movie: Temple Grandin
Best Actress - Mini-Seres or TV Movie: Claire Danes, Temple Grandin
Best Actor - Mini-Seres or TV Movie: Al Pacino, You Don't Know Jack
Best Supporting Actress: Jane Lynch, Glee
Best Supporting Actor: Chris Colfer, Glee

Film
Best Motion Picture - Drama: The King's Speech
Best Actress - Drama: Natalie Portman, The Black Swan
Best Actor - Drama: Colin Firth, The King's Speech
Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Drama: The Kids Are All Right
Best Actress - Comedy or Drama: Anne Hathaway, Love & Other Drugs
Best Actor - Comedy or Drama: Jake Gyllenhaal, Love & Other Drugs
Best Supporting Actress: Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, The Fighter
Best Animated Film: Toy Story 3
Best Foreign Language Film: The Concert (France)
Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Inception
Best Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Best Original Score: Danny Elfman, Alice in Wonderland
Best Original Song: "Coming Home," Country Strong

I'd love to hear everyone else predictions for tonight!

Inception of the Sorcerer's Predators

Predators
I had never seen any type of Predators movie and was quite content keeping that streak alive. And yet somehow I wound up seeing this movie. Clearly it wasn't my choice.

Before we saw the movie the boy gave me a quick recap of series. Basically the Predator alien love to hunt, and its not so much about reaching the target but the game of it. So the movie wasn't bad for the type of the movie it was. According to the boy it's the best Predator movie after the first. Topher Grace was the highlight of the movie for me, but even he wasn't enough for me to really enjoy it.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice
I'm a little surprised at how poorly this movie has done considering how enjoyable the movie was. The movie is basically "inspired" by the Sorcerer's Apprentice scene in Fantasia. When I saw inspired I mean, they wanted to turn that scene into a live action and somewhat were able to create a movie that it somewhat "fit" into. But the big scene was a lot of fun, and as expected one of the high points of the movie.

Overall I think fun is the best way to sum up this movie. They tried to throw in an interesting back story with Merlin, and there's a bit of a romantic story. But overall I think its hard to turn something so small as a single Mickey short into a full length Disney movie. I wouldn't call it the best film of the summer, but it's definitely the type of movie to watch on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

Inception
Believe the hype with the one. It really is as good as everyone is saying. In the simplest terms possible it's about being able to escape into the dream world. But really its so much more than that. It makes you question what real and what's an illusion in your current life. And then there's the ending! You're going to want to see this mainly so you can question the ending with everyone else. (As for me, I like to say it has a happy ending.)

What I was surprised to see was the wide range of demographics in the theater itself. There were groups of guys and groups of girls, older couples, as well as high school students. That's actually a good way to describe the movie since it had something for everyone. There was some romance, good action scenes, as well as the fact that it really makes you think. Like I said, its definitely worth it, and I wouldn't be surprised if people are still talking about it come awards season.

So in case you couldn't tell during my reviews, I'd say skip Predators, wait for dvd on The Sorcerer's Apprentice, and go see Inception now.

~Shoshanah

More Oscar Fun

Yes, I picked Best Director correctly, but everything else not so much. I wound up predicting only 8 out of 24 correctly. Pretty abysmal for me, especially considering last year I wound up with 17 out of 24. And I could be wrong but I believe it was 14 the year before. So it was clearly an off year for me. Granted I knew Mo'Nique was probably going to win for Best Actress, but I still needed to put Anna Kendrick down. And while Sandra Bullock's win and Avatar's loss were a little surprising, but it was the smaller categories that really lost it for me. Of course the boy wound up picking 15 correctly, so there goes my winning streak. Although he put a good bit of research into his choices, and went with the odds on favorite in each category, so as he told me last night, I didn't lose to him, I lost to the American people.

Moving past the winners, I think I was a little disappointed with the actual show. I think it's because I hype it so much in my mind, that it can't quite live up to expectations. There were still things I liked, for example that the kept the best actor and actress personal introductions. But other things that felt a little off. Even just little things, for example when Kristen Stewart said horror hadn't made an appearance at the Oscars since 1973 with The Exorcist. Except Silence of the Lambs won Best Picture in 1991. You could say maybe they don't consider it an horror film, except they still included in the montage.

Overall it wasn't a bad ceremony, but I just felt like the magic wasn't really there. Hopefully next year brings the magic back for me! Anyone else get that feeling, or were you still a big fan of the show? What parts were your favorite or least favorite?

~Shoshanah

It's Oscar Time

I have to say I'm a little disappointed that I decided not to go all out for the Oscar tonight like I did last year. But I think its partly because the best picture nominees didn't quite lend themselves to food. Whereas last year we were able to have Slumdog Millionaire Chicken Tika Masala.
I guess this year I could have gone with Avatar Blueberries?

Even though I have no fancy feast prepared it doesn't mean I'm not just as excited. Nor does it mean I didn't think long and hard about my Oscar picks. Here's to hoping to beat the boy for the third year in a row with my Oscar predictions. And without further adieu, here are my thoughts on who will hopefully win!

Best Picture: Avatar
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
Best Actress: Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick- Up in the Air
Best Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air
Best Original Screenplay: Up
Best Foreign Language Film: Ajami (Israel)
Best Cinematography: The Hurt Locker
Best Visual Effects: Avatar
Best Sound Mixing: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Best Sound Editing: Up
Best Live Action Short Film: Miracle Fish
Best Make-Up: The Young Victoria
Best Film Editing: The Hurt Locker
Best Documentary Short: The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Best Original Song: Randy Newman, "Down in New Orleans" - The Princess and the Frog
Best Original Score: Up
Best Costume Design: The Young Victoria
Best Documentary Feature: Food, Inc.
Best Art Direction: The Young Victoria
Best Animated Feature: Up
Best Animated Short Film: Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty

Wish me luck! And let me know your picks in the comments, not necessarily for every category, maybe one or two. Or give me to picks for everything if you'd rather do that.

~Shoshanah

It's Getting Golden

Not only did we make it back from the house to the apartment with enough time to watch the Golden Globes, but there's enough time to post my picks for tonight as well!

Television
Best TV Series - Drama: Big Love
Best TV Series - Comedy or Musical: Glee
Best TV Actor - Drama: Hugh Laurie, House
Best TV Actress - Drama:Anna Paquin, True Blood
Best TV Actor - Comedy or Musical:Matthew Morrison, Glee
Best TV Actress - Comedy of Musical: Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Best Miniseries or TV Movie: Grey Gardens
Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance
Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Joan Allen, Georgia O'Keeffe
Best Supporting TV Actor Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Best Supporting TV Actress Jane Lynch, Glee

Film
Best Drama: Avatar
Best Comedy or Musical: (500)Days of Summer
Best Actor - Drama: Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Best Actress - Drama: Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
Best Actor - Comedy or Musical: Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes
Best Actress - Comedy or Musical: Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Best Director: James Cameron, Avatar
Best Screenplay: Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Best Animated Film: Up
Best Foreign Language Film: The White Ribbon

I do realize that some of these are more my hopes than actually predictions, but maybe if I want it enough if will happen? And some are complete guesses, but we'll see. I'd love to hear anyone else's Golden Globe predictions, or just let me know what you think of my choices. Good luck to us all!

~Shoshanah

Edit: 10 out of 23, not bad but not amazing. At least I did better than last year. And my picks could have been higher if I had remembered to pick winners in the Best Song and Best Score category. Not I just have to beat the boy in our Oscar picks! (He won't pick Golden Globes with me, which is probably a good thing for me seeing how I did!)

Did You Hear About Sherlock Avatar Up in the Air?

Yes, I did see quite a few movies in the past week or so. I think the best way to do it is to end with the movie I would recommend the most. Get ready!

Did You Hear about the Morgans?
A cute premise overall. A couple on the verge of divorce winds up having to go into witness protection TOGETHER in the middle of NOWHERE. Not the most original plot, but who's seeing this movie for that. The only real reason to see it are the actors. First there's Sarah Jessica Parker, whose character could be Carrie Bradshaw. Then there's Hugh Grant, and I don't think there's a movie I don't love him in. I thought they were great together. I think this would be the perfect movie to watch when its on TV on a lazy Sunday, but don't think you need to run out and see it before its out of the theater.

Sherlock Holmes
While this movie is only my third choice its more because the top two are so good, not that there's anything lacking in this. I wasn't really sure what to expect with this, or if I would enjoy it. But I was definitely pleasantly surprised. I do like being able to see how Sherlock Holmes is thinking when he's explaining how he solves a case. But even more so when he starts to plan out his actions in a fight. Then there's also Rachel McAdams, and while its not my favorite performance of hers, I don't think I've seen a movie she's been bad it. Its definitely worth going to see in theater... at least assuming you've already seen the next two movies.

Up in the Air
I knew basically what this movie was about before I saw it. George Clooney is a guy who goes around the country firing people and he mentors Anna Kendrick (aka Jessica from Twilight), but I wasn't quite sure how they were going to be able to turn that into a whole movie. Yet, they did and it wound up being a great movie. Both Anna Kendrick are really good, and definitely does deserve the Oscar nominations they are likely to get. Also interesting is the fact that some of the firing scenes include real footage of real people getting fired. While I did enjoy the movie throughout, it wasn't till the end I realized how much I loved it and how much it truly spoke to me. I would definitely recommend this, especially to all the other 20-somethings like me.

Avatar
This movie does live up to all the hype. First the images and scenery alone almost make up a good movie. And the 3-D is definitely worth it, so much so that at times you lose yourself and feel like you are actually part of the movie. But the movie and story itself are just as good as all the special effects. The boy loved it because it had more than enough fighting for me. I loved it because it had a great love story. Although, without trying to give to much away, I would have expected a slightly different ending coming from James Cameron. Interestingly enough, while this is a science fiction movie it wouldn't surprise me if it does wound up winning a Best Picture. I would definitely say this is another must see.

Yes, I do realize 2 out of these 4 movies I consider to be must see. But I do think if you see them you won't be disappointed. Anyone else have any must see movies they've seen? Or do you disagree with my choices?

~Shoshaanh

P.S. I'm answering all your questions tomorrow. So if there's anything else you want to know be sure to ask a questions here.

And the Oscar goes to...

ME! My picks finished 17 out of 24. Not so bad if I do say so myself. the Boy went about 13. So 3-peat for me. Unfortunately, there was no official bet this year. Just pride. (Last year the winner got to pick the movie and where we had dinner the next weekend and the loser paid.) I'll have to remember that next year.

So, my special dinner. I picked a food for each Best Picture nominee. So were pretty self explanatory (Milk?) others not so much. Well to the right we have Slumdog Millionaire Chicken Tika Masala.


The Reader Biscuits. Both uncooked and post oven.


Frost (en Peas) Nixon. O.K. This was a bit of a stretch. But I mean can you think of something better?


Milk. duh. Technically I didn't drink this. I don't do milk. The Boy does though and he drank more than my share, easily


Benjamin's Buttons.


Just for fun here's a plate of it all together!

Moving on to the actually ceremony though. I did like the intros they did for the Actor and Actress awards. Especially for Best Actress. I mean each nominee was almost in tears after hearing such nice things about themselves.

A weird thing I did notice though, is when anyone won there was no, "This is so-and-so's first win out of so many nominations." I do so how it could be a little monotonous hearing it every time. But still I want to know! How many times was Kate Winslet nominated before? How many foreign language Oscars has Japan won before? Did the sound guy with 17 nominations finally get his first win?

I did like the musical bit. Especially when Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens started singing bits from HSM3. Yeah, I had a bit of a tween moment.

I'm not sure how I felt about the 2008 movie montages. I get how by showing montages of classic movies every year it gets a little old. But seeing clips from "Forgetting Sarah Marshal" at the Oscars? It just seems a little off.

I think my favorite dress was probably Sarah Jessica Parker's. And I like Alica Keys' (at least I think it was her). Robert Pattinson looked hot, but very vampire like of course. And of course I loved how they brought the whole Slumdog cast up on stage, especially because you were able to see the kids on stage!


I figure one last picture of the two of us to end things off!

~Shoshanah

Oscars '09

The Oscar are on tonight! I'm so excited. I love award shows in general, but the Academy Awards are my favorite. I don't think I have missed a show since 5th grade. I have a special meal all planned out. I will be posting pictures don't worry. And I am going for my 3rd year in a row win. (Last year I beat the Boy with my picks, the year before we tied. So technically I am undefeated.) So here, officially, are my picks for the Academy Awards 2009:

Best Actor: Sean Penn - Milk
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Best Actress: Kate Winslet - The Reader
Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz - Vicky Christina Barcelona
Best Animated Feature Film: Wall-e
Best Art Direction: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Costume: The Duchess
Best Director: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Documentary Feature: Trouble The Water
Best Documentary Short: The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306
Best Film Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz with Bashir
Best Make-Up: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Music (Score): Slumdog Millionaire
Best Music (Song): "Down to Earth" - Wall-e
Best Picture: Milk
Best Short Film (Animated): La Maison en Petits Cubes
Best Short Film (Live Action): Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Best Sound Editing: The Dark Knight
Best Sound Mixing: Wall-e
Best Visual Effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Writing (Adapted): Slumdog Millionaire
Best Writing (Original): Wall-e

Yes, I know I made some risky choices. Milk for Best Picture and Best Actor, could really curse me. But I don't know... it might work out that way. Also since I picked Milk for Best Picture I really should have picked it for Best Writing. I guess it could be better than to go 1 and 1 there than 0 and 2. (Of course 2 and 0 would be the best.) So cross your fingers for me!

~Shoshanah

P.S. The picture is me and my sistah (aka my godsister, bff and all that other stuff) outside the Chinese theater. Which is now right next to the Kodak Theater. Which is where the Oscars are! See it makes sense! We're with Judy Garland's hand prints. Who did not win Best Actress for Wizard of Oz. Instead it went to Vivian Leigh for Gone With the Wind. Which, yes, makes sense.

Recap

So talk about my Golden Globes picks being WAY off. 8 out of 25. Yuck. At least I got the sucking out of me now, so I can dominate at the Oscars!

I was glad though Kate Winslet won both of her awards. Heath winning, wasn't really much of a surprise. Colin Farrell for In Burges was interesting. It definitely wasn't a typical Collin Farrell part, but he was good in it. I was kind of surprised since I've heard so little talk about that movie since it came out back in like what, the start of summer?

Also in TV news, the Bachelor, episode 2 was on tonight. I so love Jason. I think he's prob one of the best Bachelors so far. So let's see... I really like Megan. She reminds me of a lot of girls I went to college with. I was really happy she got the first rose, and said before hand I wanted her to. It was like she's freaking out so much already, it would calm her down a little by getting the first rose. I think the whole fight with Erika actually made her look good (at least on TV). She like talked to Erika one on one in the kitchen, and Erika was the one who had to involve everybody and make a big deal out of it.

Speaking of Erika, I really don't like her. She just comes off as an awful person. Probably partly due to producers (I mean giving her the last rose? A little obvious) So we'll see how it goes though.

I still do like Stephanie. Although she seems so much older than the other girls (and is too right?) and when her and Jason had their time together they didn't really click. But I guess they haven't really had their time together, so maybe on their date next week something will click.

The two girls that got kicked off. I can't really say I predicted it, but you could kind of tell during the ceremony. The teacher, I think Jason prob kept her last week since she quit her job. And this week realized there wasn't anything there. And Raquel, well, but getting into his limo it didn't look like she had a lot of patience. A bad move overall.

Moving past TV. I'm not sure when I'll be updating again. Me and the Boy are house sitting at his parents' house starting tomorrow for a week. Which means of course feeding horses. Now you understand the picture I posted, it's from the last time we house sat, last May. I'm not really an animal person, so I guess the fact I'll be feeding the horses every afternoon from Wednesday to Saturday says a lot.

Golden Globes 2009

I spent the afternoon at the Starbucks in Barnes and Nobles (Grande Cinnamon Dolce Latte and Vanilla Cupcake), which is quickly becoming my favorite Sunday afternoon pastime. Although, once we move into our new apartment I feel like it should stop. It's not that I don't enjoy it, but once we have our apartment I will be able to get my coffee stuff out and make my own cups. I won't however have access to the scores of magazines at Barnes and Nobles, so we'll see.

There are of course several things I want to start doing once we move. First is scrap booking. And not just at the apartment. I know there one store that does cropping sessions, and I think I should do that. It would definitely be a way to meet people. And maybe going to the farmer's market? That would be something I would like to do as a couple, but with the boy's schedule, I would have to do it myself.

Anyways the Golden Globes are on tonight, and I'm a sucker for awards shows. So without further ado, here are my picks for the winners tonight. It's a combination of who I WANT to win and who I THINK will when. Kinda difficult, because there is a lot of stuff I haven't seen, but hopefully will before the Oscars. So, here goes:

Best Picture (Drama) - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Actress (Drama) - Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Best Actor (Drama) - Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road
Best Picture (Comedy or Musical) - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Actress (Comedy or Musical) - Emma Thompson – Last Chance Harvey
Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) - Javier Bardem – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Supporting Actress - Kate Winslet – The Reader
Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Best Animated Film - Wall-E
Best Foreign Language Film - Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
Best Director - David Fincher – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Best Screenplay - Frost/Nixon - Written by Peter Morgan
Best Original Score - Changeling - Composed by Clint Eastwood
Best Song - "Gran Torino" – Gran Torino - Music By: Clint Eastwood, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens; Lyrics By: Jamie Cullum
Best TV Series (Drama) - House
Best TV Actress (Drama) - Sally Field – Brothers & Sisters
Best Actor (Drama) - Jon Hamm – Mad Men
Best TV Series (Comedy) - The Office
Best TV Actress (Comedy) - Tina Fey – 30 Rock
Best Actor (Comedy) - Steve Carell – The Office
Best Mini-Series or TV Movie - John Adams
Best Actress in a Mini-Series - Laura Linney – John Adams
Best Actor in a Mini-Series - Kiefer Sutherland – 24
Best Supporting TV Actress - Rachel Griffiths – Brothers & Sisters
Best Supporting TV Actor - Neil Patrick Harris – How I Met Your Mother

So we'll see how I do!