Beren's World
United States
March 13, 2009
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Ah, the Oscars. All of that glitz and glam confined to one evening. It seemed like a good enough reason to have a party. We would invite 15 of our closest friends over and drink champagne while taking turns speculating on the eveningæ¯ big wins. The only snafu was the realization that the whole ceremony, including the Lisa Rinna hosted red carpet pre-show special, ran at a total of about five hours in length. Five hours of television is about four hours too many on any evening, but include a mind-numbingly terrible dance number complete with Beyonce and those kids from High School Musical and you begin to wonder if a little vacation to Abu Ghraib might be more enjoyable.
All in all, the party was a success. We filled out ballots and seriously considered betting a dollar a category, decided against it due to concerns about the current recession, but still took satisfaction in knowing that we were pretty much like a collective Nostradamus of awards ceremonies. Many bottles of champagne were swilled, and we all laughed at the cut away to Angelina as Jennifer presented the award for Best Animated Feature.
We can't wait till next year.