A month later and a month. . . wiser?

Well, a month has gone by and in fact I didn't feel the doomed emotion I had predicted on the night of that quiz though I did feel a bit doomed when I received my poor grade the following week after the professor returned the paper. But now, post quiz and post a midterm (one which I hope helped bring up my grade) the doomed feeling is long gone. The reason? Grad school is not about the grades. Just being here is enough. Ha as if just being nominated (as in for the Oscars) is enough. Not such the case for Brokeback Mountain which at the beginning of the month lost Best Picture to Crash. (No comment on the fact that while Crash was a movie I like it was in no way of the caliber of Brokeback or Capote either for that matter) My votes for the 2006 Oscars would NOT have looked like what came to pass aside from Best Actor. That was Phillip Seymour's to lose. Which he didn't. Nice job.
So my ballot might have looked something like this.

Best Actress Felicity (although I think I say that only to be contrarian because Reese was fantastic, great voice, great spirit etc. but as another web poster had noted (who the hell know where I read it?) she played the part of a real person - which when considering the "art" of acting does not take as much talent/wherewithal/(insert your own word here and please, have it make some sense with the rest of the sentence) than playing a person who is a character on a page (in a book, etc) as Felicity had only the authors idea and creation of "Bree" and "Stanley" to work with.

Best Supporting Actor: Jake Gyllenhall or Paul Giamatti (I simply could not vote for George Clooney - on my imaginary ballot since I haven't yet seen the performance. The reason for my Jake Gyllenhall vote has everything to do with my upcoming vote for Michelle Williams. Paul G - well I am just a fan and would love the anti-Hollywood guy (aka Pig Vomit) to win. And you know what - he is a fantastic actor and was as he always is fantastic in the role. Oh and he as robbed (robbed!) from even being nominated for his performance in American Splendor (yes, based on a real character interestingly enough).

Best Supporting Actress: Michelle Williams. Let me first talk about Rachel Weitz. She was great. I love Tessa. I love the idea of a Tessa. I actually love the name Tessa and after seeing the movie definitely wished my name weren't so close to Tessa as I would love to name a daughter Tessa. But it would be too self serving and too much like I was naming the poor kid after myself. Not a good way to start what will already (by virtue of familial situations and just how things turn out - see Deborah Tannen's new book about Mother/Daughter relationships) be a loving yet tumultuous relationship, I am sure. (let me just add here - I am not pregnant and do not currently have a daughter.)
Now where was I - Rachel W was very good in the role but in a Rachel W way. She seems to be the same in all her roles. The good one. The virtuous one in a humble way. Ok in Shape of Things she was not humble. She was not the good one but she had an air about her that everything she did was the right thing even if it didn't seem to be on the outset. So, basically she kind of annoyed me in the movie.
And Michelle Williams played a role with few lines so well. Her facial movements. Her eyes. Her tears. Her non-tears. Wonderful. So, the reason Jake would have to also win is a movie about homosexuality could not solely have the actress playing a straight character be the only award winner.

Best Screenplay should have gone to Dan Futerman from Capote. That is all I have to say about that. And it was the most interesting entertaining movie I saw all year. That's strong writing.

Best Movie - Plain and simple - I do think it should have gone to Brokeback but not because Crash was simple in its look how complicated the world (aka LA) is way.


So now, how I ended up on my Oscar ballot a full three weeks later, let's not try to figure out but let us try to figure out how to end it?
How about with the Christina Applegate anecdote? (So odd - Oscars to Christina Applegate - aka Kelly Bundy?) I like the non link merely for the non linked ness about the topics.
So - basically "The Play is Over" is the way I want to always remember this story.
It was Harley's bday party at Sortie (51st btw 8th and 9th) and Christina was there. After two Green MarTEAnis I was not leaving without letting her know I was a fan. So - I informed her (she with the seemingly crazy eyes) that she was the best thing in "The Sweetest Thing" (well, her and the denim patched jacket she wore in the final scenes). She said Thank you and then I said - good luck with the play and well, the play is over as she told me. BAAAA! Well, good luck anyway I retorted. Take that!
And that is the story of why you don't talk to fake celebrities at 1 am on a Friday night/Saturday morning.