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Oscars, sick son, and sleepiness

Posted in Musings and Epiphanies, tagged , , , on February 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »

I used to throw Oscar parties.  This evening I sit in my living room having seen exactly none of this year’s movies.  Older son is sick with a fever and fell into a deep sleep at 8pm.  Younger son got ready for bed and then begged for time on the computer.  He’s finally asleep after feeding fish, being tucked in, taking an extra trip to the bathroom, and listening to Beautiful Boy sung by me.

And it seems that I didn’t miss anything big by joining the show sporadically for the first hour.  I suppose I’ll end up watching the whole show, unless older son wakes up when his medicine wears off.  But it seems like a whole lot of hoopla over nothing as I get older.

The big excitement today was finding Thumpback for older son.  Then imagine our joy when we found the elusive Eyebrawl hidden behind some other products.  I used to work in retail and I know how people hide the popular stuff, so we searched the shelves and found him.  Sorry to the person who thought it was safely hidden, but really if it’s that important, buy it when you find it.  This was the fourth or fifth store we’ve been to.  Not all in one day, but over the past few days.  The boys were really excited and Eyebrawl and Thumpback are pretty cool.

eyebrawl thumpback

As far as Les Miz…I could one day play Madame Thenardier…I’ve got the voice and the bust.  Enough said.  It’s a goal.  I’ll get there one day.

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Oscar, Oscar, Oscar

Posted in Musings and Epiphanies, tagged , , , , , , on February 26, 2012| 1 Comment »

Billy was back and I really did enjoy him.  But before I get too far into the post, what was with the tinny feedback on seemingly every microphone?  Or was it just me?

Was that Sheila E. working the percussion in the band?

Why and when did they switch the order of the awards?

Yes, I’m happy for Christopher, but damn, Kenneth got dissed every single time.

I love that so many people kept their speeches really brief.  I loved Billy’s opening number.  I laughed my ass off at the “focus group” for The Wizard of Oz.  Thank you, Catherine O’Hara for saying to millions what I have been saying for years.  Glinda’s got a wee bit of wicked in her for not telling Dorothy earlier about clicking those heels together.

Billy Crystal made it feel like it was a ten or fifteen years ago.  What a difference compared to how I used to watch the Oscars.  With a party, pools on who would win, and I would actually have seen the movies that were nominated.  Now I was just glad the boys were practically ready for bed when it started.

I wonder if I will one day reconnect with the Oscars as I did in the past.  The one nominated movie I saw this year was The Muppets.  Tells you where I am in life.  Now I catch movies on demand as I am able.  Sadly, I still think movies from the 1990s are recent.  The other night I was enjoying my good friend Keyser Soze and noticed the year it was made.  1995?  Really, 1995?  When I realized The Usual Suspects is as old as it is, I realized I need to get some new lines to quote.  How did time fly away and the movies with it?

Perhaps one day I’ll re-embrace my desire to go to a large dark room filled with strangers and watch movies.  I do love the movie theater experience, but there are so many other things to do.  But as my sons get older, they too will embrace the experience.  Won’t that be fun.  As you wish.

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