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For today’s lounge I’m wearing a stunning dress by Vera Wang…..heh heh heh you said Wang.
Who robs capefish of their sight?
Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do, we do!
I’ll be working and cooking and doing laundry instead of anything I actually want to do (which might have been watching the Oscars or might not). So whee.
Fantasy draft >>>> Oscars.
(Eat my shorts aardvark!)
Just told my cat (who is wastebasket-fishing) “Get out of there and go find an actual toy!” He gave me the Does Not Compute look.
How’s everyone doing tonight?
Great! Howsabout you?
Great!
Also, I’ll be doing a bit of standup comedy tomorrow night in Pittsburg, if anyone is interested.
Break a leg and good luck.
Thanks!
That sounds fun! Wish I could go…
I just took a weekend off in March. I am giddy. Snagging season!
Snagging season?
You take a giant fishing pole with weight on it, and let the line out until the weight hits the bottom of the lake. You have a giant treble hook about 6 inches above the weight, then you reel in the line slowly to see what you can snag. Spoonbill.
that sounds almost as fun as dynamite fishing…
This is legal.
Hence the “almost,” I guess.
That does sound like fun. Here in the big city we do that too, with prizes for the person who hauls up the grossest piece of refuse and the item most germane to an active criminal investigation.
True story: sometimes folk around here snag bodies.
I’m really enjoying being lazy today.
Oscar predictions….
Best Picture – Airport 75
Best Actor – Lee Van Cleef
Best Actress – Jenna Jameson
Best Supporting Actor – William Shatner’s hair weave
Best Supporting Actress – Baby stealing Dingo
Best Director – Uwe Boll
What’s the worst movie to win Best Picture? I’ll go Crash. I really disliked that movie and I felt it was as topical as an after school special from 1977.
Dances with Wolves. Easily.
Agreed. I’d rather watch Titanic and Forrest Gump for 72 straight hours, eyes forced open Clockwork Orange style, than watch Dances with Wolves again.
Never seen it. Sounds like it should stay that way.
Yes. What made the Dances With Wolves victory even worse, though, was that it beat Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese’s last good film and easily his most enjoyable one. This had another impact, as Scorsese became determined to win an Academy Award, and so the latter stages of his career have been spent directing boring “Oscar bait” movies.
But Dances With Wolves, on its own demerits, is a long, dull, predictable slog. But Hollywood loves actor-directors, and Kevin Costner was at the peak of his popularity then.
Titanic–which I am not ashamed to say I enjoyed, beating out LA Confidential is still a what-the-fk to me.
DWW was insufferably bad. I can’t express adequately how much I hated that movie – suffice it to say I did not like it.
Hmm. Slumdog Millionaire was very mediocre. Crash was pretty bad. Titanic and Forrest Gump are both unwatchable on repeat viewings.
I only saw Titanic once and I thought it was okay but it’s easily my least favorite James Cameron movie. I’m fond of Forrest Gump and I love the first hour of Dances with Wolves but the last hour has flaws. I don’t think I ever saw Slumdog Millionaire.
Titanic. At least in my lifetime.
I hate James Cameron. Loved that his ex kicked his ass, Oscar-wise, a couple of years ago.
Jesus, if Avatar won, it’d have been the worst Best Picture choice in decades. And that was not a strong year.
Avatar was the first movie I’ve seen that induce motion sickness. Had to sit in the lobby for 15 minutes or so to get my equilibrium re-established. Otherwise, Avatar was Dances With Wolves with CG.
Never saw “Avatar.” Don’t intend to.
this
I saw Fern Gully, Im good too.
Prick though me may be, he gave us Aliens, Terminators 1 and 2, and for that I am thankful.
Ive never seen any of those movies.
the FK?
Thanks, and go As.
True story.
Something to rectify, though the T1/T2 effects are certainly dated.
Little known fact: the dude who played the T-1000 is the older brother of the lead singer of Filter.
I haven’t seen any of them either, DFA. Though, that is because we have had little kids in the house for such a long time, and we always include them in our movie outings.
Wow, that’s some serious catching up to do.
Is it worth it?
I mean ive made it this far.
Yes.
While I liked all those movies, none of them as so good as to be absolute must-see for me. Alien (singular), however, is (like Bladerunner from that old discussion, also directed by Ridley Scott),
Very true.
Not to mention Strange Days and The Abyss. The Abyss is what he should re-do in 3D.
Strange Days was from the ex Mrs. Cameron…
She directed, he wrote.
Good call.
I’m also not a big “Out of Africa” fan, but mostly because I wanted “Witness.”
I liked both of those movies but I liked Witness more. It’s one of Harrison Ford’s best roles.
I liked Witness too. It was one of the few Harrison Ford “mature adult” roles that allows him to have a bit of a personality.
My wife has a running joke in which she does the Meryl Streep voiceover that starts “Out of Africa:” “I had a farm in Africa.” And yeah, that’s a lousy Oscar bait movie too.
Hey guys.
Hey, bot. How’s it going?
Pretty good! Yourself?
Great!
Hello sisters and brothers. Have we seen Billy on the red carpet yet?
Just tuned in myself, no sign of him yet. Great quote from Braden today:
“I can see Billy looking like the awkward significant other that nobody knows who he is,” Braden said. “People will be like, ‘Did Brad and Angelina bring their male nanny?'”
Words can’t describe how much I love Dallas Braden.
Yay, Tim Gunn! I’ve missed him so.
Hah. Oh god……
http://www.theonion.com/articles/joel-zumaya-agrees-to-throw-one-last-amazing-pitch,27183/
Terrifying when life imitates The Onion.
I feel really bad for the guy. But…jesus, it was kinda obvious in retrospect, wasn’t it?
Could have been today’s Pioneer Press.
That was amazing.
Maya Rudolph and Tim Gunn = amaaaaazing. They’re discussing shapewear. Because of course they are.
The Oscars are just one big Spanx ad.
I’ve decided Netflix streaming is the greatest thing ever.
Needs moar movies.
And by that I mean EVERY movie ever made. If I dream it, they should have it.
I’ve watched 2 documentaries today and I’m finding tons of things I want to see if I can find the time.
Archer.
I’m better with a gun myself.
They brought back Mr. Ford!
Wee Baby Seamus.
needs moar less-shitty movies.
near moar less-shitty content overall. And to be free with disc subscription. Otherwise, complete pass.
Needs moar captions. Still have yet to find one where I can get the captions streaming on a non computer device. (or maybe 5aces is just a techno idiot..wouldnt be the first time).
i get the captions on my mac. what i have trouble with is full screen. i press the button and half the time it freezes the screen.
See I never watch on a computer. I assume the captions can be easily found on there. But we have our blu-ray player set up to stream and I while I would think I could just choose captions like I do on a disc, it does not work.
can’t help you. i only view through computer. the GUI is on a bar at the bottom of the screen there.
crap. my social life may very well be over. last night i discovered streaming to my iphone.
Mrs. Aces told me about it for my Droid awhile back. I don’t dare try it. She already gets mad at me enough for game playing and social stuff…
Needs moar linux support.
I don’t really follow the National League but $100 for Ryan Zimmerman sure seems like a lot of money.
Robin Roberts has Prince Albert
in a canon the carpet.And remember folks make sure to only use “legitimate criticism” towards me in this lounge or I’ll close it for comments and then make a really stale joke.
Go A’s!
Goat FKer
It Sucks To Be Bed.
Heh….good one.
Heh.
People shouldn’t wear dresses whose color matches their skin tone exactly (Bridesmaids actress, not the nominated one).
Is there anybody super hot at the Oscars this year besides Beane?
My fave so far was J-Lo. Her dress was really nice.
I admire her body…..of work.
I’ve always been kinda meh about J-Lo that way…I favor the petite…but I found this stunning:
I think she’s gorgeous and I’ve liked her in a couple of her movies.
Kristen Wiig, yes? I agree.
Surely some one of us has the right skill set for this job?
So. Picks for the major awards?
Best Picture – The Artist
Best Director – Hazanavicius
Best Actor – Dujardin
Best Actress – Davis
Best Supporting Actor – Plummer
Best Supporting Actress – Spencer
I don’t see Lee Van Cleef anywhere on your list.
I’m resigned to The Artist winning, perhaps because I didn’t really like it all, but I wonder if it sweeps the major categories because I wonder if Academy Award voters might worry that it just makes the Oscars even more irrelevant than usual. I wonder if somebody like George Clooney, a big star whose performance was good if not great, might sneak in and win best actor.
Truthfully, the only movie I’m rooting for is A Separation in best foreign film and best original screenplay. It really is an amazing film. (My guess is that it won’t win, even in best foreign film, but we’ll see.)
I haven’t seen hardly anything, but have the vague sense that the plaudits are fragmented, and no one film will win especially heavily. But I don’t know spit about it.
Well, woot woot!
Just a bit of advice when singing along to a song a 3 iron makes a good fake microphone.
Also helps you keep it in the fairway.
As a kid I thought a putter worked better. But then I started swinging the mic around and broke my ceiling light shade. Mom decided that none of the above was the best bet..
This Oscar pregame would be better if Robin Roberts was joined by Charlie Steiner.
For years every time I hear someone say Robin Roberts is on a telecast I have wondered if he has given up any homers yet…
My actual Oscar picks….
I have no idea but that silent movie thing will probably win.
I don’t understand how moneyball didn’t win best adapted screenplay. They turned a nerdy book about a baseball draft into the best baseball movie in decades.
Truth, although The Descendants was really good and Alexander Payne deserved to win something for it.
Relatedly, I was pissed that the song Beane’s daughter sings in Moneyball didn’t even get nominated until I realized it was a cover.
I don’t understand how Moneyball didn’t win best editing. They had a mix of filmed footage, archived telecast footage, and spreadsheets. SPREADSHEETS. And it was taut and very well done.
Agreed.
I watched the Cameron Crowe doc on Pearl Jam today…..I enjoyed it but it did make me feel a little old as Ten was such a big album when I still had a full head of hair.
I hope Tom Hanks will introduce the clips from Moneyball.
I hope Tom Hanks will start making good movies again.
I hope Tom Hanks retires with dignity before it’s too late, like Phil Collins.
Geeze….I think he can still act but he needs some better material. Phil is done but I’m glad I got to see the last Genesis tour in 2007 so I’m cool with it.
I think he should find something else to do, like buying a baseball team in his hometown.
Ever since Bachelor Party it’s been straight down hill.
unlike that Bronson Pinchot guy…
…actually, I like his show on DIY network. It’s kinda fun.
Okay time to watch boring speeches and stale jokes.
Isn’t that what you were doing here?
A’s caps seen on screen so far: 1
Extrapolating that figure over the course of the show, there should be 29 more.
Still not used to seeing anything A’s-related at these kinds of things. It makes me happy.
Okay…that opening video was more “don’t text during the movie, sincerely, Regal Cinemas” than Academy Awards.
Billy Crystal’s audience skews heavily towards the Get Off My Lawn demographic.
LOL.
https://twitter.com/#!/jonahkeri/status/173949628943843329
Yup.
Crystal is awful, and what little I saw was boring.
In reading the Cosell biography I found it interesting that Crystal made a couple of appearances on the hideous 1975 primetime variety show Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell (not to be confused with the late-night Saturday Night Live).
Crystal’s opening was flat. The best joke was the reference to the Chapter 11 Theatre. His usual song didn’t work with so many nominated films.
Oh look, it’a the montage of all the forner Best Pictures that FK agreed were lousy!
I laughed really hard when the first three movies in the montage were Forrest Gump, Titanic, and Twilight.
BOOBIES
No kidding – J-Lo = WOW
…are they drunk?
Not sure, but they both are packing some back.
One of your children is texting me.
yes – I learned today that we have a common acquaitance :)
I thought all your kids were like nine
Also I have a new phone so I don’t have the number and cant really figure out who it is.
The older one is 24. The younger one is 11.
HAHAHA I that is just too funny.
31, 29 & 6.
Not the age difference. Just how I know her is funny especially when you contrast that with the getting a unidentified number saying that its doctorK’s daughter texting you and you think why is a 9 yo texting me.
To get hipster tips?
Do you know how skinny your jeans can be if youre only 9?
My 11 year old daughter loves skinny jeans. My nine year old son is much more sensible.
there is a kid at the elementary school that wears skinny jeans along with his buddy holly glasses, ill fitting sweaters, and floppy haircut
Nine year olds, Dude.
Well, considering her younger sister bought an iPhone from Amazon using her mom’s iPad, her texting you would not necessarily be out of the question.
were you aware of said purchase?
Sure – once the phone arrived at our house. Oh well, Mrs doctorK needed a new phone anyway. This was mostly my fault – I had given little miss specialK the passcode to the iPad, so she decided to use OneClick from Amazon to get herself a couple of videos, and bought something extra.
Ooops!
Moneyball was really robbed by not being nominated for Best Costume Design.
For serious. Just look at those shiny white cleats!
Have they announced the Best Extras award yet?
So, seriously. The Tree of Life didn’t win for Cinematography?
Bloom contemplate his next move
Snark free: A Separation’s win is deserving. It’s really good. I’m glad it won. Everyone should see it.
I want to, and I hope this means it stays around for a couple of weeks so I can get around to it. Hmmm, it’s at the Albany Twin now…
Shot of FakeHatty in the clips of the editing nominees!
Woo more FakeHatty!
Those film editors suck at speeches. They should have given it to the Moneyball guy, I’m sure he would have been better.
Wow. Moneyball was robbed.
It seems like applause is less for it than other films in the category. I think it came out too long ago.
Yeah, it certainly wasn’t timed right, Oscar wise. Which shouldn’t matter one bit, but oh well.
Danny Elfman sighting! (or, rather, “hearing!”)
i’m guessing a 32/4 time signature…
8 bars of 4/4?
um… i guess i don’t know my time signatures very well. i meant lots of notes in a short while. and frantic.
Danny’s genius is in accomplishing said franticness generally within the bounds of the 4/4 time signature.
first, i don’t dislike his music. and i wasn’t saying he’s overly complicated. what i was getting at is that he’s got a schtick. 4/4 or however you wanna write the measure, he’s got a compulsion to touch all the 32nd notes in there. every one.
Oh, we’re pretty much on the same page here – my comment was meant lightly!
i should have written what you just wrote instead of what i did.
Great music to march to, not that anyone would randomly start marching…
great music to sneaky-pete to.
Hmm this might be a good time to take out the trash and load up the washing machine…
This kind of weirds me out:
https://twitter.com/#!/mental_floss/status/173953222388621312
Wait, seriously? Huh. Ugh.
OK, this bit with Downey and Paltrow is just stupid.
Srsly. It’s embarrassing. OOH, 7-second delay deployed!
So why don’t they get Chris Rock to host? He’s actually funny.
I was just thinking the same thing.
He might accidentally express a (not Hollywood sanctioned) controversial opinion. Can’t have that.
Very surprised the West Memphis 3 movie didn’t win; they don’t get much more Hollywood cause celebre than that.
Nice visual effect of having Stiller next to a taller woman.
are we winning yet?
Carlos Pena and Scott Hatteberg references during the Oscars. SO WEIRD.
WOO “Hatteberg” said on national television!
Hugo’s owning the technical categories.
Now I would like Christopher Plummer to sing “Edelweiss” during his acceptance speech.
win
They should have to call him three times and then have a little Hitler youth guy run out and shout “HES GONE”.
Whoa. That was a good episode.
They should have Christopher Plummer host next year.
Can’t remember the last time the Oscars went this long without a Jack Nicholson reference. He must not be there.
NBA all star game?
Ooh – Titanic in 3D. Can they re-release it without Celine Dion’s vocals?
IT STILL SINKS!
IT STILL STINKS
Alright! I hope they made it longer!
Instead of Celine, LMFAO is now going to sing the theme song.
Owen Wilson’s voice is so annoying.
but his abs are delightful
More people should be named Ludovic.
That shot was wide enough that we could see Billy on the other side of Angelina Jolie.
I wonder if she is going to keep a vial of his blood.
billy bob? tha’d be a story
Those guys surely have no clue how to play the cymbals.
My former band teacher would be appalled at their technique.
My band teacher would’ve put their heads between the cymbals…
They were really, really expensive cymbals, too. Siiiigh.
it’s not the cymbals. it’s what they stand for.
Seriously? The Artist wins for best score when the climactic scene features the famous love theme from Vertigo by Bernard Herrmann, and that isn’t even acknowledged?
The rest of the score was really good.
That’s true, and the score was obviously more important to The Artist than most movies. I assume it was the director’s choice to poach from Herrmann.
Yeah, it didn’t make any sense to me either. I mean, yeah, it fits wonderfully, but you hear it and think Jimmy Stewart.
And it’s not just another old song, it’s a film score that is instantly connected to classic movie made more than 25 years after The Artist was set.
For a movie aimed at film lovers, it seemed a very odd choice. And because I found the second act tiresome, it also made me wish I was seeing Vertigo instead.
And yet, The Artist won Best Picture. Vertigo wasn’t even nominated.
Love me some Vertigo.
I really love
theWill ArnettHulu Plus ads.Fixed.
Also true.
Sorry, I hate it when people edit someone else’s comments. I couldn’t resist.
What’s great about Will Arnett is that he is so fully invested in each character that he plays that I don’t think about all the other characters he’s played. He’s hilarious and creepy on 30 Rock, and sweet and funny on Up All Night, and… strange… on Arrested Development, and all 3 characters seem perfect for him somehow.
AngeLEGina JoLEGie
Angelina’s dress is ugly, sexy high leg slit notwithstanding.
Hosed again!
Good.
I’m sick of that ugly-ass spray-tanned bare leg bullshit.
backseamed 10 denier stockings for all the fine red carpet ladies…
asvd to the power of 10
This is starting to feel like watching the playoffs from 2000 to 2003.
this
I’m expecting Eric Byrnes to belly flop on stage in about ten minutes.
SLIDE,
JEREMYBILLY CRYSTAL, SLIDEnow I am sad
WHAT IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND?!? DO. NOT. SMOKE. WASP SPRAY, YOU LOSERS!
Methinks this belongs in the sigline rotation.
You do get to see a wide range of stupidity in the ER, don’t you?
(I’m hoping that’s where it was and not someone’s birthday party.)
Yes, ER. It’s not really a variety. It’s the same fking morons. They take turns coming in every weekend.
Whats the desired effect?
I’m not for sure. I tried researching it, but I can’t find anything. I am assuming that it’s like people snorting bath salts. It’s a combo effect that works like meth and coke.
PS is there any long term damage from whipits?
Depends. Chronic use? FK yes. Occasional hits? Maybe, but not as great as habitual use.
I mean basically its just nitrous right? Which is pretty easily processed in the body right? Other than that its like basically holding your breath for a long time no?
Well, not really like holding your breath. The chemcials added are highly concentrated and cause your blood vessels to dialate. This can lead to irregular and rapid heart rate. With certain inhalants, the protective coverings (called the myelin sheath… it makes the signals travel faster down the axon) of your nerves can become damaged, leading to seizures and brain damage. It can also cause sudden changes in blood pressure and your heart muscle can die because of a lack of oxygen.
Yeah, a teen girl around here last week died after inhaling hydrogen with a bunch of pals doing the donald duck voice thing. Like getting the bends.
Hydrogen? That sounds…dangerous.
Oops, make that helium.
Yeah like exploding lungs dangerous.
So doc whats a good recreational drug healthwise?
Not going there.
The one that’s sold in fine stores all over your city with a doctor’s recommendation.
Yeah, not my thing.
I used to work at a head shop.
A certain customer spent about $500 a month on whippits.
He looked like Ron Jeremy and disgusted me.
I’m not sure I’ve seen a presenter get mocked by the people to whom she just gave the award. Jolie was going to be mocked for her absurd leg position, but I didn’t expect it to be by the writers.
The Descendants was a decent movie, so I’m okay with them winning. Woody Allen’s script was overrated, but I wasn’t expecting A Separation to win again, so it’s not the worst option of those nominated.
From Magary’s liveblog:
Your Best Original Screenplay winner is Midnight in Paris, which was actually adapted from EVERY FUCKING WOODY ALLEN MOVIE EVER. Seriously, I loved the nuanced way he crafted the two characters of Bitch Fiancee and Bitch Fiancee’s Bitch Mom. Real subtle there. And GET ON A PLANE, WOODY. No one wants to hear you play the clarinet. What a dipshit.
this i can get behind.
Oscar for a dad and his daughter who made a film with their friends as the cast. That’s pretty neat.
Did I ever tell y’all about the time I sat in front of James Earl Jones at the Symphony? I really wanted to ask him to read me something — anything — from the program. (But I didn’t. Alas.)
I want James Earl Jones to narrate porn.
I want James Earl Jones to narrate everything.
Huh. The Academy voters didn’t think the Moneyball score was worth nominating, but the Oscar producers thought it was worth using for their montage.
Come on, Bradbillyjoe…..
[sigh]
Well, at least Billy got to hear Natalie Portman say his name…
DAMMIT MIGGY, DON’T STOP RUNNING
DAMMIT BYRNES, TOUCH THE PLATE
How many time-traveling commercials did Ellen DeGeneres make for JC Penney? Pretty sure this is the 4th different one I’ve seen tonight.
I’m sure Ellen does all her shopping at JC Penney.
I don’t find that hard to believe, actually.
As long as I don’t have to shop there we’re fine….that place isn’t nearly preppy enough for this bastard.
I shopped at JCP for the first time in, well, probably ever just before Christmas. I had to buy a cardigan for a very old lady, and I thought that might be the best place to find something that actually closed up the front instead of being open and flowy as is currently fashionable, but not likely what a very old lady in a senior home has in mind when she writes “cardigan sweater” on her wish list. Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of some of the stuff at Penney’s. and ended up getting the v.o.l. a rather preppy grass-green cable-knit cardigan.
I’m a bit of a snob when it comes to clothes. I don’t buy a lot of clothes so I don’t mind spending a bit more on good stuff.
Yeah, but then you have to wear the same combinations more than once…
Thrift stores and wardrobe remix FTW…
Heh.
https://twitter.com/#!/Baseclogger/status/173988046805544960
I adore him.
This has been an interesting thread to read without having watched any of the Oscars or red carpet broadcast…
Oscar update….wife fell asleep…..most dull Oscars ever?….only good news for me is Natalie Portman is smoking hot….can someone dig up Jack Palance to do some one handed push-ups?
And Tom Cruise is presenting Best Picture because…?
Hey, Coliseum sighting!
He’s also awesome.
A tux with an ordinary black tie?
They should have written a part for Meryl into Moneyball, perhaps as an eccentric middle-aged fan who leans over the railing and whispers “Scott. Hatteberg.” to Billy.
You guys, we were IN THE CLOSING MONTAGE FOR BEST PICTURE.
Well, Meryl Streep was the only minor surprise….B-O-R-I-N-G Oscars…..I liked the slit in Angelina Jolie’s dress and Ms. Portman and that was about it.
Crap does this mean I now have to see a French silent movie in black and white?….I really don’t want to.
It’s soooo much less pretentious than it sounds. It’s actually a pretty fun crowd-pleaser.
Well….okay I’ll give it a try. I saw the cast on Charlie Rose and even though I didn’t understand one damn thing they said the actress was very sexy so it has that going for it.
She’s ridiculously pretty. But yeah, you’ll like it.
I do like stories about old Hollywood so I probably will.
Don’t feel obligated. I wanted to like it, and didn’t, even though it started well and had a few good scenes. It’s not too arty, if that’s what you are concerned about.
I don’t mind arty….but silent is a bridge for me to cross. I try to see all the winning pictures although I don’t always succeed.
Yeah, it’s definitely a change. But they evoke the ’20s so well that I had a huge grin plastered on my face for the first hour. The second hour isn’t nearly as good, but still.
I love the French.
Thoughts on the Oscars:
1) OMG I hate Billy Crystal. So. Much. Just the SIGHT of that man makes me start to fall asleep. Shouldn’t he be sent out to a farm or something to spend his remaining days frolicking in a pasture or something?
2) I love Colin Firth. Kudos to whoever decided he should present that category so that the Best Leading Actresses get bonus!sexyColinFirthcompliments with their nominations. That person should get Billy Crystal’s paycheck.
3) I love Meryl Streep. I want to hug her.
4) I AM SO SAD FOR MONEYBALL. Even if it was expected. I wanted this one, anyway, even if it was exciting for us to have the A’s repp’d there for this moment in time. Also, Moneyball music for the interview montage AND the Best Pic nominees? Sexy.
5) Meryl Streep and Colin Firth should team up to fight crime. Or have a sassy talk show. Or both.
Well said.
1) I don’t hate Billy Crystal at all, but he was definitely not particularly interesting tonight. A few funny moments, but I was annoyed with how he paused to enjoy the crowd’s laughter and laughed at his own jokes so much. Say the joke and move on, Billy. It’s better for all of us that way.
2) I think it’s a tradition for the previous year’s Best Actor to present the current year’s Best Actress, and last year’s Best Actress to present Best Actor. Which is why we had Natalie Portman being all awkward while talking to the Actor nominees. But yes, it sometimes works out gloriously, with Colin Firth and Meryl Streep talking about Mamma Mia.
2) Oh! That makes sense. You can see how much I pay attention. XD
I think they need a new tradition, though, of Colin Firth Doing Everything.
This is where I say I’m done watching the Oscars….but….I’ll end up watching it next year. Please retire Crystal though as his time has past. Oh and Hollywood how about putting out some better movies this year? The only movie I really liked this year was Drive.
I still need to see that. Only heard good things.
Very stylish and it goes in surprising directions.
Crystal’s time never even began.
I thought he did a good job of hosting in the 90’s and he’s made a couple of movies I like.
I just find him reeeeeeally hokey and trite, especially now that he’s hosted nearly a decade’s worth of Oscars. They need new comedic blood, not the same old boring jokes and video montages.
I agree with everything you said. He was dull tonight and really he hasn’t been a working stand up in 25 years. I have no clue who they should get to host next.
Jon Stewart was a good choice a few years back. They need someone funny and irreverent enough to appeal to a crowd under the age of 55, but they also need to stay respectful of the tradition of film. Not sure who fits the bill, but there are a lot of comedians out there.
I like Jon Stewart but I thought he was pretty mediocre in his two stints as Oscar host. The room didn’t warm to him. My favorite the last 20 years is the two times Steve Martin did it by himself but it didn’t work when he hosted with Alec Baldwin.
Steve martin was great. I son’t remember the aec baldwin one, but I can see where that wouldn’t work.
Justin Timberlake
I could see that.
He couldn’t be worse than Franco and Hathaway.
I don’t know why, but Hathaway was kinda fun. She was clearly out of her element, but she had this nervous manic energy that really worked. Franco, though…ugh. He felt hungover.
This. I really like her and I thought she could have done better if she’d been solo, without having to carry the not-mentally-there carcass of Franco along with her.
yeah shes gorgeous to boot.
Nnnfff. Yes.
probably favorite hollywood type with rachel mcadams, portman, olivia wilde for competition
All very good choices. Pretty good variety of hotness too.
And, y’know, talented. The important part.
Since attractiveness doesn’t matter in a host, given that we’ve had to look at Billy Crystal for so long.
One I thought your statement had talent covered.
Two Attractiveness absolutely matters. Its more fun to watch pretty people.
Billy Crystal.
Billy. Crystal.
If I don’t get nice things, no one else does either.
How about an attractive host with talent (pick a sex) with a bunch of models (of the opposite sex) who follow him/her everywhere. But no one says anything or explains why they’re there. They just exist… mostly just for the pleasure of something pretty to look at when their shtick bombs. Hell, models of both sexes.
I think this is an excellent compromise.
Is now a good time to mention that I’ve been told by multiple people (including some strangers) that I look like Anne Hathaway? I don’t see it, myself (unless all dark-haired white women look the same), but hey, she’s pretty, so I’ll take it.
Ben Stiller.
But more accurately and in a much smaller circle of people: Pat Smear
Now I’m trying to imagine Ben Stiller playing Pat Smear.
meh, maybe too small to see.
After looking at those pictures full size, I’m probably leaning Stiller (though the Pat Smear resemblance is definitely there too). AV’s suggestion of Duchovny is good too.
i see the smear! (with mainstream celebs, i’d say you’re more duchovny than stiller.)
i recently shaved and am back to somewhere between elvis costello and the can you hear me now guy. it’s the glasses really…
me and my cousin went to the bridge this weekend. he took my picture. i kinda knew what to expect when he showed it to me, but i also noticed something strange…
Can the mineshafts be far behind?
Shoes looks like Ben Stiller? Huh.
it takes a certain smile to look like anne…
I get Jim Carey a lot.
I bet you could do a mean Where’s Waldo haloween costume too.
Meh that shit is so over done. Mr Rodgers FTW. Also I wear those clothes to work and out dancing every day and I use it as my first date outfit.
I get “that-dude-from-short-circuit.”
So you look like the friend from Early Edition? He actually does a lot of behind the scenes stuff.
Disappointing.
Of course it is.
Mainly cos you’re in Texas.
And that’s only cos I can’t do the heart thing.
Okay.
*Sigh*
One of these days you’re going to realise you want an English hobbit.
I……huh. Wow. I like that.
Colin Firth.
Tina Fey
That would be perfect also add her to the hottest hollywood types list I had somewhere else in this thread.
Good call. And oddly enough, yet another unique one too.
i only do unique. or girls that go to popscene.
I just meant unique in the sense that in the collective group, their hotness/appeal comes from different sources, not in the sense that there’s no one else like them.
That would be AMAZING. OMG. This is a perfect idea.
Tom Cruise. Who doesn’t want to see Tom Cruise host an event?…..I guess I’m alone on that one, huh?
Fine, Neil Patrick Harris then.
Oh god, this.
Another vote for Tom Cruise? Awesome.
i’m quietly judging you.
Why quietly? Judge the Bagginses.
wicked tricksy hobbitses
because!
I assume I’m grading highly.
See today’s grill, item 1.
Doesn’t apply.
NPH should host everything.
Or Hugh Jackman and NPH should team up and host together.
Would any awards actually get presented? Or would it be a two man musical for an hour and a half?
The latter.
Throw in Timberlake and you’ve got something.
Have fun storming the Fuhrer!
I find him just… bad. So corny. It’s like Geppetto decided to make a person out of cheese after that whole Pinocchio thing worked out.
He is corny but then I like corny if it’s done right….tonight it wasn’t done right.
Yeah, he needs to retire from the gig. In his defense, he was a late choice after Eddie Murphy quit.
Right and he should get credit for stepping in. It would have been interesting to see what Murphy did with it….he hasn’t done stand up in so long and he was so filthy and funny but again really filthy I wonder how it would have gone over?
Yeah…but Brett Ratner was producing. I have literally no idea why they chose him.
Clearly because he made Rush Hour 3.
You’d think they could have splurged for M. Night Shyamalan or someone.
I’m pretty sure you can get him cheap at this point.
The twist at the end is it’s really the Golden Globes
Crystal does have talent as a comedian, and at his best, did a nice job tweaking Hollywood while not pissing off the audience in the room. Shoot, he even did it tonight, after one of those awful “talking head” pieces about how people felt about the magic of movies. Crystal comes on and says, “I never felt any of those things.” It was his one moment, but overall, he reminded me of a rock band that gets together for a reunion but hasn’t played together for years and sounds terrible.
The decision to make a bunch of “old” jokes only reinforced that Crystal is old, the Oscars are honoring “old people” movies, and then Crystal makes Alzheimer’s jokes about Christopher Plummer. People who were nostalgic for Crystal’s 1990s appearances would have been bummed if hadn’t done the song medley, but it was totally forgettable.
It’s ironic that Hollywood cannot come up with a decent host. Maybe that’s why I find Hollywood comedies so bad.
soap.but now that I think about it, its probably rally offensive now.
Most things from the 70’s are.
like you
Loved Soap. Was he the first openly gay character on network tv?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069368/
50/50 was quite good.
I just saw that a week or two ago, actually. Pretty good.
Had some interesting parts but the whole love interest with the psychiatrist was ridiculous.
but shes really pretty, and lets be honest, even with cancer no one could resist the sex appeal of JGL.
JGL is an evil, evil man. Entirely because he manages to be both a hipster and gorgeous.
HOW. HOW I ASK.
Its not that hard. I do it.
JGL’s aura has sex with everyone in a room before he even walks in a door.
HOW DOES HE HAVE SUCH POWERS. HE CAN EVEN CORRECT LADY GAGA’S FRENCH.
Did you see the youtube of him and Zooey Deschanel singing a Christmas song? [thud]
Next year a montage about Oscar montages.
Watch Kimmel tonight – Movie: The Movie
Well, the Super Bowl and the Oscars are over so I guess the next big national event is whenever the A’s play the Royals in a Spring Training game.
Bret McKenzie winning for his muppet song pretty much made the night for me. I actually liked several of the films so was pretty ok with the wins. And I really hadn’t realized that Meryl Streep hadn’t won for almost 30 years, so that was great even if I have no desire to see that movie.
Yeah, wow, apparently she hadn’t won since Sophie’s Choice? Seriously?
She was due to win and she’s clearly the greatest actress of her generation.
I figure most of the other years the voters look at it and say “well she’s clearly the best, but she always is, so we should give it to so-and-so for that brilliant performance that we may never see from her again.”
She does seem to get nominated at least every 3 years or so and I agree people probably feel she’s won enough which is why she went on a 30 year streak of losing I guess.
But nobody wins for their best work. Scorsese won for The Departed. Ask anyone what his best film is, you’ll get a variety of answers. But nobody would say, “The Departed.”
Critics didn’t really like Streep’s movie this year, but I got the feeling she would win because her leading competitor was another actress impersonating someone in a movie few people saw. And there was the feeling that Streep has gotten screwed over the years, for sslinger’s reason.
I thought Viola Davis was expected to win and her movie actually made a lot of money unlike most of the other films that were nominated.
Paul Newman.
met him. looked him in the eye. kicked him off my bridge. —staffpro, long beach grand prix, 1991.
Weird coincidence: The other song nominated was a Sergio Mendez composition for the film Rio. In Rio, the evil bird character is voiced by Jemaine.
Kimmel to the rescue.
I was thinking, as I was taking out the trash, that beyond the obvious votes for The Artist because Hollywood loves movies about The Magic of the Cinema, it was an appealing choice because it’s so clearly a one-off. Nobody is going into pitch meetings next week with the notion of doing another black-and-white silent movie. Whereas choosing Moneyball, or, I imagine, The Descendants which I haven’t seen yet, might have been interpreted as a change in direction towards cerebral, talky films without a lot of action — a direction the film establishment might not be comfortable with. That’s my completely uneducated random thought before I force myself into bed….
I liked Moneyball, a very solid 3 star type movie but at no point did I ever think it should win or frankly even be up for Best Picture.
My thoughts exactly. Then again, it’s hard be objective about it, at least for us.
I like the fact that there is a good movie out there about my baseball team and that was enough for me. I would have been shocked if it had won.
It did turn me into a Jonah Hill fan and he should consider doing more drama and less crap like 21 Jumpstreet which looks Jack and Jill bad from the trailer.
Oh, I agree, but I could have seen Brad winning for his performance.
He was very good in the film.
It was kind of an understated role. I mean, he did it very well, but I didn’t think there was enough Oscar-caliber material to really sink his teeth into, acting-wise.
He THREW A CHAIR. What more can you possibly ask for?
A gatorade cooler? OH WAIT!
12 moneys was his role to win that. the academy loves crazy
Love that movie.
Pitt is a character actor stuck in a leading man’s body.
hmm. gp.
Only thing that I think Moneyball should have won is best adaptive screenplay. How they took a book about statistics and turned it into a movie that is nominated for best picture is nothing short of amazing.
I still think they should have left it alone as a book
I was pleasantly surprised with the movie. When I first heard that they were adapting the book to the big screen, I was imagining 2 of the most boring, boob-less hours of my life. Instead, I left the theater with a smile on my face and a tear in my eye. I thought they did a good job. Not “best-movie-of-the-year” type of job, but given what they had to work with, I was very surprised.
Also, I just enjoy seeing my team on the big screen and get some national attention. Those aerial shots of the Coliseum on the big screen were amazing to see.
Unless I missed something, Moneyball didn’t have any boobs in it.
Jeremy Giambi!
Brant Colamarino!
Anyone else think the guy who played Jeremy looked an awful lot like Nick Swisher?
howe was portrayed as one…
I guess you missed the director’s cut.
Surely this award goes to Jeremy Brown, no?
If a boring movie has boobs, it’s watchable. If a boob-less movie is interesting, it’s watchable. I thought this would be be boring and boob-less. I was wrong.
This.
Clearly if the Oscars want a comic on the edge who will appeal to a younger audience there is only one name….LENO.
No.
Only if they remove his chin, make him a little younger… and oh, make him funny.
You’re one step away from the return of Lettermen..be careful where ye tread.
At next year’s Oscars Lee Van Cleef will have his revenge.
Well, Ken Tucker thought Crystal was great which proves he was not good because that guy is wrong about everything….I think he likes CSI: Miami more than Mad Men.
So are we going to have Mad Men talks like we did in the lounge on AN?
Oooh, I’d love that. We already have Justified and Breaking Bad on here, so why not?
Cool….and it’s such a layered show there is always stuff to talk about.
I’m getting a kick out of this season of Justified….it’s the show I have the most fun watching on TV right now but I can’t wait to dig in again on Mad Men as I think it’s the best show on TV.
Can’t disagree with that. Either of those two. Although I might think about giving the best show on TV nod to Breaking Bad.
Also, anyone watching Luck? Dustin Hoffman, Nick Nolte, Michael Mann, David Milch…it’s got a lot of talent behind it. And last week’s episode was stunning.
Luck is on my DVR but I haven’t watched it yet. I have Breaking Bad in 2nd place. I think Mad Men will age better and frankly I found the last couple of episodes of this season of Breaking Bad to be a bit too melodramatic for my taste.
The first three episodes just did the usual HBO thing of setting up future plot lines, so it wasn’t that great of a start. But it kicked in with the fourth episode. Pretty fantastic.
And yeah, for my money, they haven’t topped season 2 of Breaking Bad, although 3 was very close. Even still, 4 was amazing by any reasonable non-Breaking Bad standard of quality.
1. There’s lots of Mad Men fans around here, and also monkeyball enjoys telling us why it’s really nothing special.
2. I’m on the edge of giving up on Luck completely. I’ve watched the first three episodes, I like horse racing, love gambling, and think Deadwood is the greatest TV show ever, so I should be a perfect fan, but I find the drama plodding and most of the characters unengaging. The gambling plot lines are very weak to me (with the exception of the degenerate gambler/handicapper savant younger dude of the 4-A team, whose character rings very true). Also, everybody fucking mumbles and I have to rewind lines over and over to understand them.
Give the fourth episode a shot. That’s when storylines start to come together and actually make something worth watching.
I’m with FSU on all counts re: Luck. It’s just not compelling. And if this is coming from someone who loves the track, imagine what it’s like for the casual or uninformed viewer.
Put it out to pasture.
Have you considered giving in to captioning?
I’m hard enough of hearing that I finally did a year or two ago. Now, even when my hearing aids are working I end up using it. Unless you are watching a live event where they can’t keep up to save their lives (all of them) it seems to me to be pretty seamless and Mrs. Aces says it is much less distracting than me saying “WHAT DID THEY SAY?!?” 30 times an episode.
You folks come on later than I do so I just wanted to say Hi Bloom and Jesa….hope you’re both doing well.
It was fun talking movies with you folks….see y’all later.
Have a good one, bed.
This is my Best Picture, hands (pipes?) down:
spartacus: vengeance
so awesome.
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Ah! Mike. So, I rooted my phone this morning. Anything essential I need at this point? Already have Titanium Backup. And got rid of all of the Verizon preloaded crap.
Cyanogenmod
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Looked into that. Not sure if I want to use a custom ROM quite yet. Besides, they don’t support the Bionic.
oh, ok.
Um, poke around on XDA, I’m sure there’s a bunch of stuff on the Bionic.
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Hmm, I’ll check it out. Thanks.
Agreed. It’s a lot of fun.
I mean, you can’t get much better for a red blooded male. one second it’s about as gory as you can get, the next it’s basically pr0n.
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Im just not sure why people care about awards shows. If you liked the movie isn’t that enough?
Prestige, tradition, etc, etc, etc. Also, validation.
Im just not sure why I should care bunch of people that don’t like the same things as me deciding what movie they like best.
They’re a tradition. People like me grew up watching them, and complaining about them. The winners are always a bit silly, as they tend to reward bloat and excess (in movies) and mimickry (in acting). Every once in a while, it’s kind of cool if a movie you like actually gets acknowledged. So this year, I was pleased that the Iranian movie won in the best foreign film category, because I thought it was quite good and would like more people to see it.
Thats fair.
Betting pools and drinking games.
I like drinking.
Scorcese!
Best skit I saw (which was a SSS)
So that’s why you don’t care about prospect lists?`
I care about their opinions tho. The acadamey voters? hardly
The rest of us DO care what the Academy voters think. Just like you care what Frankie Piliere thinks.
Why tho?
Why do you care what Piliere or Sickels thinks?
For the same reason you respect the opinions of people who create prospect lists. Academy voters know more about movies and see more of them than most of us.
But a baseball player is good whether I like it or not. A movie isn’t a good movie if I don’t like it.
Spectacle. Same reason non-football fans watch the Super Bowl.
This, and the chance that someone will do something really FKing stupid/embarrassing/awesome.
I don’t.
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Electronica is the new classical music. Agree or disagre. Go
Disagree, because I have no idea what that means. Like classical in what respect?
Oh I see running a topicality argument are we?
I have no idea what sense Im talking about. Mostly just that I think any time that I would ever want to listen to classical I turn on electronica instead.
Heh.
I see those genres as two wholly separate things. Classical, for me, is for instrumental virtuosity and the power and dynamic range that an orchestra can bring. Electronica paints moods through minimalism.
I mean it can but it can also layer like nobody’s business.
Definitely true, but I feel like the layering is still done in a minimalistic fashion. Lots of repetition, etc. It can end up in a place that’s extremely complex, but it gets there through different means than classical music generally does.
i’ve thought about this before actually. electronica is more baroque than classical. the structure is more rigic. but i totally see what you’re saying.
yeah that makes sense.
How so? Baroque plays by very, very, very strict tonal and compositional rules. Electronica doesn’t. At all.
Electronica can have pretty rigid rhythmic rules, with pretty specific BPM ranges for different genres.
parameters: i’m talking about not the huge wide range of electronica but focusing on the composed stuff. so not so much about groups that play electro on moogs live, for example. i’m talking about producers that use (the software names may have changed) reason, or anything that lets you compose without the necessary aid of instruments… the kinds of songs that come on 12″ records, one song on each side, and last about 6 or 7 minutes. house, happy hardcore, drum and bass, that kind of electronica… these are very strict in terms of compositional rules.
or maybe not strict like there’s a rule, but strict that if you change something up it’s going to throw off the DJ and therefore the crowd. for example, a DJ relies on the intro to last (i’m going to throw down a number because i don’t want to go listen to a song and count—the real numbers are going to be 4 or 8 times as long as this) 8 phrases. that’s counting from the first tick, so that the DJ can wait for the right place in the song already playing, drop the first tick of the next song, and as the DJ matches the beat, s/he knows that in 8 phrases, or in intervals of 8, the new song will hit a new mood just as the old song is also hitting a new one.
after the intro 8, then there’s a short breakdown, say 4 phrases (a breakdown might sound etherial, but it’s gotta be precise because a DJ who’s beatmatched the intro might mix it on top of the other tune to create layers right before dropping the old song in time to…). immediately after the short breakdown is when the song proper starts gets to going. this is longer, like 32 phrases. or it might be 31, using the 32nd to lighten up and give a break or pause to bring in the second 32, which is when the song is REALLY going. usually this second 32 is a play on the first, with a twist, probably in the drumming, to make the beat really bouncy/danceable. these two sections, are a lot like a fugue and counterfugue. then there’s the second breakdown for 4 phrases. and then the outro for 16 that are the same as the first 32, and 16 that are shutting the song down slowly so that the DJ can start beatmatching the next song.
of course there are variations in this. sometimes the second breakdown is between the two 32s. sometimes there’s only one breakdown. sometimes the intro leads right into a big blast of the strong 32… etc.
basso continuo or not, these are very tight songs that just rework a main theme, they take you there and bring you back along the same path, but with just enough variation to keep you interested. like i said, fugues.
i don’t know… these three chunes… do they “all sound the same” (as i’m sure some people think) or are they just adhering to strict rules?
well, if no one disagrees… let’s throw a rave and celebrate!
I present you…
VIOLIN DUBSTEP
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i disagree!
yea. I don’t really like dubstep, but that chick is pretty talented.
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there are worse videos to look at.
thats rad.
Bought myself a new cardi today from H & M. It is awesome.
So is anyone here a fan of the Walking Dead?
yes but i ahven’t seen any of season 3 yet
I gave it up after that first episode after the break, after realizing that I’m rooting for every single character to get caught by zombies and die. It’s too bad, too, since that pilot was so fantastic.
Yes.
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Yes. Starting to get good again.
Agree.
And as much as the season started off slow and was stuck in neutral, it kind of made sense why they wanted to do that. It gave them time to both get to know the characters and set up the rules/lack of rules of the new world and with that, the new social dynamic of the group as a result. In the first season, the idea that the most threatening and scary thing they have to deal with were each other/living people would have either fell flat or simply wouldn’t have had the heavy impact it did after allowing them to have a serious breather dealing with the constant throng of walkers.
They’re going to need to take this thing back on the road soon, but I hope they really play up that new dynamic within the group and outside it as well. I just really see that scene where they’re in a showdown with some other group, trying to kill each other, when they’re suddenly forced to fight back-to-back in order to deal with an incoming zombie attack. Especially if they play up that there’s a genuine threat one of them might take that opportunity to kill something other than a walker.
Yep
That was a goooood episode tonight!
So, who knows stuff about bikes (bicycles)?
DFA? Hipster?
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Hello. How can I help.
Does your chain match your seat?
Do you have a vintage brooks seat?
Are you looking to upgrade to a fixed gear.
Actually I’m looking at something a little less hipster than that.
Not full on “comfort” bike but I was looking at stuff along the lines of the Specialized Sirrus, Jamis Coda, Kona Dew, etc.
Something I could put fenders and a rack on and take to work and stuff.
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How long are your legs?
30″ inseam, maybe a tad shorter than that even?
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whats your budget?
500, but I’m not opposed to buying used
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How far are you going?
just around town. I doubt I’ll ever have the free time to put any serious miles on a bike in a fitness or cycling type of capacity.
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something like this?
I was on the verge of buying this one the other day actually.
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you probably want a flat bar?
seems a bit more upright/comfortable?
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exactly. Let me think about what you want for a while. Its kinda the opposite of what I want and youre too small to fit my old commuter type bike.
26″ bmx!
http://www.sebikes.com/2012_26omflyer.php
http://www.gtbicycles.com/2012/bikes/bmx/adult/performer-26
(seat’s way low on this pic.)
hah, I totally would but I’d get too sweaty and tired cause I’d wanna jump shit.
I’m thinking maybe a single speed cyclocross type of thing that has more upright bars
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they’re fun bikes alright.
i think the only advice i have is make sure the tire is fat enough. if there’s no dedicated bike path on your route, street commuting is a taint bruiser.
also, was talking to my friend this weekend, and she’s got a ’91 (or maybe ’93? i can’t remember this detail but she said it was an engine year that is well regarded) diesel dodge truck, extra cab, single back wheel, that she’s wanting to sell. not sure about the body condition. she’s a landscaper so i bet the bed shows lots of use. is that what you’ve been looking for?
almost — I’m kinda looking for a very specific model year chevy or GMC with the full 4 doors and single rear wheel.
I sorta decided to give up on it for now though. One will come up eventually and I’ll jump on it but I’m driving myself crazy scouring craigslist every day.
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patience + google alert = good things.
Night, guys.
night danbot. have a good power down.
So apparently I’ve been banned from AN.
Tried to ‘Z’ my way through a post and it wouldn’t let me. Then I noticed I couldn’t reply to anything.
What a joke.
Hmmm. Maybe not. I take that back – although closing a topic for posting means you can’t ‘z’ your way through comments….
A little red window will pop up when you’re bANned.
the bottom of the page will yell YOU ARE BANNED you can read but you cant participate on every thread
You just got me to log in for the first time in months, to see if I’d been banned based solely on stuff I’ve said here at FK. I have not been.
Naw, no bans. I guess it’s just the way the “close comments” thingy works.
Can’t sleep, clowns will eat me.
Today my bank informed me I put someone else’s account number on the Epay for my cable bill. I can’t help it I’m dyslexic.
Also, on the way home from school my car overheats. I open the coolant reservoir and a random piece of plastic rolls out from under the hood. I have no idea what it goes to, so I text it to my mechanic. I open the coolant cap and it is bone dry. Fumes. Whoops.
Sounds like your overflow reservoir got shredded somehow. It’s a plastic bottle, maybe half-gallon sized or so, usually white. Very easy fix.
By the way, anyone notice that Dean Pelton won an Oscar for best screenplay, for The Descendants? He was on the writing team, apparently.
I don’t know who that is.
A character from Community.
Oh, cool. I have lost the war for control of the remote, and no longer get to watch what I want. Right now, Ozzwife is watching The Bachelor. I’m considering a divorce.
Sounds like it’s your only option.
Murder isn’t off the table. I’m pretty sure I can convince a jury that forcing me to watch that show is justifiable homicide.
Only if you have Daniel Kaffee as your lawyer.
Not as cool as one of the Conchords winning
Sergio Mendes winning would have been much cooler.
Re the “people tell me I look like…” in the other thread: does anyone else think andeux?
That’s a new one to me.
The proper response is “mas que nada.”
Just because
Attention DFA: this is what I was into when I was a hipster your age.
Bring it back. Its been long enough
Ill play it at the next dinner party and see how it goes.
Me tuu!
BECAUSE BRAZIL AND JOGA BONITO THATS WHY
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huh. i always thought this song was called bahia and that they were saying “oooooooh ba-hi-aaaa.”
yep. wires crossed indeed. this is bahia. (kind of a boring version, considering it’s esquivel.)
Clapton being the obvious comparison. How’s your hand…slow?
So one of the few bearable players has torn his ACL.
Figures.
Eep. Maybe my day wasn’t so bad?
Okay, I work in a small hospital. Our ER is staffed with one nurse and a doctor who is actually in his office across the street. Today the ER nurse coded while working. And she lived! She’s critical, but shit. They didn’t pronounce her at work, so it’s a victory. She actually had a better chance than anyone else. 1) most people don’t actually code in an ER, 2) most people who go down don’t have trained witnesses, 3) like fuck she was going to die at work.
I gather coding is something bad, like not breathing or cardiac arrest?
Cardiac arrest. CPR. Intubation (tube breathing for you). Rescue medications.
Death.
She didn’t die. Yet.
Holy crap! Was this totally out of the blue, or does she have a history? Nurses burn the candle at both ends more than any other profession I’ve seen up close (also they eat like crap).
And what did the ER do? Nurse U’s ICU has had to go on divert the last three nights in a row because the patient load exceeded the nurse staffing capacity. She’s actually working an extra shift tonight because they need people bad (incentive pay, ch-ching!). I can’t imagine what a one-nurse ER would do.
“I can’t imagine what a one-nurse ER would do.”
Easy. Pray.
She was a smoker and had a stressful life. Wasn’t overweight. Decent diet. I thought it was out of the blue. She is 52, I think.
We are such a small hospital that after hours when shit goes bad, we prioritize care more. If we are coding someone you will wait. I don’t even know what the fuck they did since SHE was the NURSE. That has happened one other time that I know of – one of the nurses working codes. It’s basically all hands on deck. Everyone steps up and becomes fucking robots until the mess clears.
I help out a lot, but no one else in my current job position does. I know where everything is supply-wise in the ER. I know what the doctors like and what they expect. I know more medical stuff than the others, so I get put in different situations more than anyone else. I take pride in my work. I LIKE having a doctor ask me to do something and I will already have it done.
The one-nurse ER gets crazy sometimes. My #1 greatest moment in the ER happened with the nurse that coded. Quotes from AN:
Why?
Old people were waiting for hours. There were people lining the halls in wheelchairs, vomiting.
Then this:
The aneurysm fucking disected while he was in the ER.
Dr. Hottie also asked me to do long division while this was going on. Keep in mind we are a tiny rural hospital, also. We are not equipped for major emergencies. That’s how it is. We stabilize people and send them to larger places.
Dr. Asshole was right. You’re awesome.
I am kind of continuously in awe of you.
UPDATE:
She died this morning.
More of the story:
She wasn’t actually working. What happened was a STEMI, a type of heart attack, patient came in and coded. While they were coding patient 1, the nurse actually came in to be seen in the ER because she had indigestion for two days (women present with atypical symtomps of MI). She falls over and goes into cardiac arrest right in front of the cafeteria. The start coding her in the hallway. They coded her for THREE fucking hours. The longest code I’ve ever worked on was 1.5 hours. She coded again on the way to the helicopter, then again in the helicopter, and again in the Cath Lab. Her heart was beating on its own last night and she died at 0400 this morning.
I’m sorry Jennifer, I’m sure this is really hard for everyone in your hospital.
I went to see how everyone was tonight, because they all worked today. You know what they said? “We really missed you yesterday.”
Broke my heart.
WOW!
If I’m falling asleep in my chair while Michael kills Solazzo, it’s time to go to bed.
But you’ll miss Apollonia!
So did Kay Adams.