Dear Academy: You almost had me.

The Good:
Jon killed. Killed. Fucking KILLED.
George Clooney's acceptance speech.
Altman's honorary Oscar.
Stuffed penguins.

The Bad:
Flaming car wreck interpretive dance.
"OMG DUN STEEL" speech from the President of the Academy.
Good Night, and Good Luck. was shut out.
Felicity didn't pull an upset.

The Ugly:
Crash sucked wind. The script was unbelievably heavy-handed, the direction was mediocre, and the film won solely due to the fact that the studio could afford to send out a barrage of DVD screeners which flooded Hollywood in the past eight weeks. I would have picked any other nominated film over Crash. And that's all I have to say about that.

Merry update

merryish is out of surgery and in recovery. Her mom is staying with her overnight at the hospital. According to her mom, everything went fine! So, good news all around.

More as events warrant.