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Oscar 2009 Results

It seemed like the format this year would lend itself to an overall shorter program, but it still took us past midnight - hard to tell with DVR. I liked the changes they made, such as past winners presenting their category, although the speeches could have been shorter, and one set of presenters presenting similar award categories, which they've had in the past, but it seemed to flow better this year. Also, clips of the past year's films based on genre was a nice touch - James Franco and Seth Rogen's "Comedies" was a definite highlight. Hugh Jackman was a natural - perfect energy, good fun and funny opening (loved his cracking up with his robotic The Reader bit). Well done.

Best Dressed: Natalie Portman
Worst Dressed: Tilda Swinton, Whoopi Goldberg

Most Spontaneous Moment: Philippe Petit onstage, balancing the Oscar on his chin
Most Gratifying Spontaneous Moment: Kate Winslet's dad whistling so she could find him in the audience
"Grab a Hanky" Moment: Heath Ledger's family accepting his award.
Most Irksome Moment: Wide shot of Queen Latifah and the stage during "In Memoriam", resulting in the inability to read people's names.
"Did You See That" Moment: Jennifer Aniston smiling at Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in the front row, while presenting the Best Animation awards with Jack Black.

Finally - that piece of junk is GONE

Today, I was witness to the removal of our upstair neighbors' piece of junk car that's been sitting in the driveway for months - yes, months. All the while it's been snowing here and there, and it sits there as a barrier for our snowplowers, and they complain that the driveway hasn't been plowed properly. Well, now it could be...

"Spaceman" on Fringe =)

We just watched yesterday's episode of Fringe called "No-Brainer", and the show opened with "Spaceman" by The Killers - whoo hoo! Great placement of the song as it worked well with the scene.

Yay Killers!

Not so vertically challenged anymore...

Ha ha! I just got my boots in the mail today. Yes, a quite random purchase, but for one being of a shorter stature and always ending up behind some behemoth during concerts or general admission events, I decided to give myself a little boost:

Awfully funny review of the Nu Wave Oven

Thursday, January 8th 2009:

This is just one of those random posts that may show up more often here at the burb, but Brian mentioned seeing a commercial for one of these Nu Wave ovens (since for some reason the tv at his work has switched from CNN to daytime soaps/programming), and he was actually intrigued, until he read some reviews online...

(He read them to me as I was making some yummy soup for dinner, and these are two of the more memorable ones. The second one, being read out loud, made me laugh so hard, I was practically on the floor by the stove.)
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SCAM!!!!!!!!

1/5/2009 - diamond lowe of Illinois, USA writes:

This is the first and last thing that i will buy from an infomercial. They have ruined it for all other companys with me. The first time I tried to use it I cooked a 5lb pork roast following the cookbook directions it took more than 4 hrs and was not done i threw it away. Today 1/5/09 I put a 4lb unthawed chicken breast in the nu wave oven at 2:30 p.m. I told my husband to take it out at 4:00 p.m. because i had to go to work. I got home from work to find that the chicken breast was still cooking and was not done. It is now 11:00 p.m. and it just got done, it's dry and all the skin has stuck to the rack. This is unbelievable not to mention i'm still hungry. The economy is too fxxxed up for companies to be selling stuff that don't work. I see all the other reviews and i don't have time to call customer service, it's just gonna go in the basement with the rest of the junk. So to all those BEWARE. My only regret is that i didn't read the reviews before i purchased mine, you still have a chance to save $150.00 ( don't believe what they tell you, you don't get anything free your paying for it with $28.00 shipping and handling for each free item they offer you.

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BE AWARE!!!!Don't buy

12/28/2008 - Ann of Ga, USA writes:

I bought my nuwave oven Dec 3th and received it right before x-mas the infomercial states that it can cook small turky in 3 hrs. Wrong it cooked it over 5 hour still not cook so I have to put back into my regular oven in just 1hrs later my turky well done cooked. right after x-mas I called to return for my refund and I have to wait 1hr on the phone. When I finally got thru I spoke with a very hateful customer service that I want to send it back for refund they saying that my $14.95 for trail out + $65 shipping that they shipped to me was not refund and I had to spen $30 to sent it back that totally $110 out of my pocket for nothing. so please do not buy this oven. This thing don't work I hate it and my $110 gone for nothing. So for anyone out there who is thinking about getting this great oven think twice it is a piece of JUNK!

SPORE!

Sunday, September 28, 2008

After replacing my overused, non-functioning power adapter at the local Apple Store, Brian and I stumbled upon this crazy little thing called "Spore" while messing around with a MacBook Air in the store. (I saw this unfamiliar icon in the dock, so we clicked on it, and ta-dah...)

Highly addictive, we couldn't fully realize the game's potential being that we were in the store for some time already, but here's the creature Brian created:

Colbert can read my mind...

Friday, September 26th 2008

Just a couple days ago, I was telling Brian how the radio stations up here are just killing the song* used in the trailer for "Nights in Rodanthe" with Richard Gere and Diane Lane, and with all the airtime the trailers are getting, I thought that the movie was already out in theaters until I actually listened to the end of one of them and learned that it didn't even come out yet!

I like the song, but geez, both the radio and tv ad spots are on overkill.

Well, looks like I'm not the only one noticing...



I could not stop laughing, and now I have a hilarious new visual when I hear that song.

Thanks, Colbert!


* "Love Remains the Same" by Gavin Rossdale - his first single from his first solo album, after hibernating from the music world for some time

So you think you can dance?

In honor of all those dance shows that we just so happen to be watching these days, I dug up a dance routine I learned a couple years ago that I performed and recorded in Hemenway Gym at Harvard. It's just a tad humiliating considering I bust on the dancers on tv when clearly my dancing is all over the place...I do try, but luckily, I don't do this professionally.

Definitely opened the vault on this. Enjoy!



p.s. seems the audio's a bit slower than I had originally mixed in...