The OSCARS!

So, I stayed up really late watching the Oscars last night ... and it wasn't really worth it. For one thing, I was not happy with the Academy's decision to postpone the awarding of Best Supporting Actor to much later in the telecast than normal (for those of you who may not know, normally both Supporting awards are given first thing), just because they knew everyone was going to want to watch to see if Heath Ledger was going to win (and while this will probably anger many people, I do not think he should have won, he was good as the Joker, that is for sure, but I do not believe he was Oscar worthy). Also, while I have not seen Slumdog Millinare, I do not understand how it culd win Best Picture, but not have a single acting nomination.

There were some good points though.

Hugh Jackman - My mother and I just could not understand why he was selected as the host, until the opening number. Jackman did a great job for his first hosting gig.

Anne Hathaway - I love Anne Hathaway. I loved her in the Princess Diaries and thought she was even more amazing in The Devil Wears Prada and I cannot wait to see Rachel Getting Married. I've always thought she was strong for everything she went through with her ex-boyfriend, but I now admire her ever more for her wonderful singing skills.

Here's the opening number:


Penelope Cruz - won Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Cristina Barcelona in which she played a bisexual woman

Hugh Jackman - Yes, I am listing him again. Not only was his opening number pretty good, the second musical number, all about musicals, was probably the best of the night.

Beyonce - Wow, I busted out laughing as soon as the first few notes of "At Last" played and when she actually sang those two words, I just couldn't help but think, 'Oh, no she didn't!' while my mother said, "She's got nerve."

Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens ... well, maybe just Zac Efron - Watching the arrivals, I could not understand why these two were there. I knew HSM was not nominated for anything, but this musical number made a lot of sense (and my best friend LOVES Zefron, so I figured I would include him for her).

The Musical:


Dustin Lance Black - won Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, for Milk, the story of Harvey Milk, the first gay elected official who was assainated. He speech was touching and I'm glad he won.

His Speech:


Kate Winslet - won Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Reader. I really wanted Anne Hathaway to win, but Winslet winning was just as good, especially, because of her speech. Her speech included the cutest moment of the Oscars I believe.

Her Speech:


Sean Penn - won Best Actor in a Leading Role for Milk (DeNiro's introduction was probably the best all night, I tired to find a good quality video of it, but there was not one). Penn's speech, which I just saw in a promo for an upcoming Hannity segment (and I highly doubt Hannity is going to say anything good about Penn) was amazing. Hopefully, the people he mentions, will feel the shame he said they should (aparently there were people protesting the Oscars).

His Speech:

Help SIDS Research and Celebrate Valentines Day

With Love...

and a little wine, chocolate and fabulous jewelry for your Valentine sweetheart!

Join Gabrielle Christian -spokeswoman for SIDS-ES & FAIR Fund- for a sweet celebration at the beautiful Artists Inn Residence off Dupont Circle

Join us for a fun evening - on your own or with your sweetheart - sipping wine, enjoying fine chocolate, and celebrating Valentine's day with old and new friends!


Come show love for your two favorite non-profit organizations and help improve the lives of women and girls this Valentines Day.

When:
Thursday, February 12th
6:00 - 8:30 pm Open House
Where:
The Artists Inn Residence
1824 R St, NW - Dupont Circle Metro

RSVP:
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Suggested donation and raffle entry ticket: $20.00

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Join us to support their work and share love with those in need.

I Wish I Was Older and in LA

So, I was surfing the internet, reading some articles on AfterEllen, when I came across this headline:

Clementine Ford comes out

For those of you who don't recognize the name, Clementine Ford, Cybill Shepherd's (Phyllis Kroll, The L Word) daughter, was Molly, the straight girl who fell in love with Shane.

Here's Ford and Rose Rollins (Tasha Williams, The L Word) during filming of a Point Foundation PSA

This is amazing news. I love that more and more actresses feeling comfortable enough, or at least like there is a need for them, to come out. I only wish there were this many celebrities out when I was first struggling with my sexuality. Maybe I would have come out a little sooner.

For those of you who still don't know who Molly was, watch her and Shane get it on.


Molly: Weird.
Shane: What?
Molly: ...Boobs.

Lesbians On Roseanne

So, I don't know if I even want to look for the whole episodes, because sometimes Roseanna is a little crazy, but I found this awesome clip of the Murmurs performing Smash.

Germany ... I am Here

So, I am in Germany lovely people and am having a blast ... well, with only a couple exception (for one of them, let me just saw, old German men are creepy). The other bad thing is Delta had lost my luggage for a while and so I had one outfit. I will admit though, that the reason they lost my luggage is wonderful. So, my original flight kept getting delayed and eventually canceled because of problems at JFK. So, I went to ticketing and had them change my flight to Cincinnati. Best part of this change? From Cincinnati to Frankfurt, I had been bumped up to business class. I had never flown business class before, so I was very excited. I've seen a couple cities now and went to the zoo!

Yes, I went to the zoo. I had fun. Hell, I was acting like a little kid when I got to see the penguins, the polar bears, and the monkeys. The penguins were soooo cute! They walked right up to me and my friend. There was no glass, just a small fence separating us from them. There were two polar bears as far as I could tell. There was a baby polar bear, Wilbar, who was born Dec. 10, 2007. He seemed very playful, swimming around in the water and playing with the various things the zoo keeps in there. The other polar bear just sat around on a rock until it was time for it to use the bathroom. Yes, we, unfortunately, got to see the polar bear use the bathroom, twice. It was kinda gross. The monkeys were cute. They had weird white butts. We got to see some baby monkeys too.

I would post pictures, but unfortunately, I cannot load any pictures from my camera to my laptop because my memory card is a brand new HiDef thingie that my three year old laptop won't read.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all had as wonderful a New Years Eve as I did (open bar is kinda awesome)!

One of my resolutions this year is to keep up with updating this blog ... at least once a week. I know, I know, it would be better if it were once a day, but I'm working on it. Unfortunately, those weekly updates may or may not happen before I get back from Germany. I leave in less than a week, and while I would probably have regular access to a computer, who knows what I'll be doing.

The Most Wonderful ... and Horrible ... Time of the Year!

UGH! I know I have been extremely bad at updating my wonderful *coughcough* blog, but this semester has been pretty rough on me since I've been dealing with a lot of stuff that happened near the end of the spring semester and this summer. School is just plain old CRAZY. It doesn't help that all but one of my classes require a paper which is worth a HUGE part of my grade. I have one due tomorrow that I have barely started, my small birthday (my 21st) celebration tomorrow night, an office Christmas party (with Secret Santa) Friday afternoon, a surprise birthday party Saturday night (for someone else), a take-home final due Monday which I haven't even started on yet (and most likely won't start until Sunday), two papers due Wednesday, and then a final on Thursday.

FUN.

Anyway, all this means I most likely won't be updating regularly (as if I ever was) until the end of January (I'm going to Maine for Christmas, up north for New Year, and then Germany until about a week before the wonderful things called classes start again).

I might occasionally post about something, such as my trip to Germany, if any good lesbian storylines show up on television, or any other reason, but in case I don't, have a good holiday (whatever holiday(s) you celebrate) and a happy new year!

Cadie or Sallie?

ABC, how I hate to love you.

First you bring Callica to us fans of Grey's but then you snatch it away just as fast, without as much as an explanation. Then you break Callie's nose (first scaring the SHIT outta all of us with the scene at the beginning without any context). Now, you are making us happy once again.

Enter Sadie. Rumors had it you guys had straightened her up, but this week's ep makes it look like you just might have realized what fools you were getting rid of Erica. Callie and Sadie. While you've already done it (Callie with an intern), it makes sense considering all the residents and attendings (with the exception of Bailey) are hooking up with an intern at least once.

Now, I may be disgracing some lesbians by saying this, but, the best part of the whole Callie/Sadie storyline this week? Callie and Mark. Yep, the two of them being best buds talking about sex and which interns are hot? Oh yea. I love it.

ABC, keep it up! (Although, the whole Izzie and Denny thing? Weird!)