Oscars

Against my better judgement (OK I was in seriously liquored up on Saturday) I decided to host an Oscar Party last nite at my home in Jersey City. Invited my Motley Crew of friends (who I have come to love and am glad to have come to know them).

The highlight of the evening was the following comments:

X (a recent American citizen from South America):
Commenting on the awards given separately to sound editing and sound mixing, "If they had hired a Mexican they could have done both and saved an extra award."

Matt (a librarian with a firm grasp of the obvious):
When the same movie won the the award for sound mixing after winning earlier for sound editing, Matt felt that this is obvious since how can a movie win Oscar for sound editing and not sound mixing.

And how in the world did,

a. 300 not get any nominations. This is madness
b. The Simpson not get any nomination either. The spider pig song was better any any of the lousy Enchanted song...

PS: I am just glad that no own was carrying little Oscar statuettes and bringing them to the party. My new neighbors had a party and I caught a couple bring with them the statuettes. Guess it is like wearing your team colors to watch a game.

Frequent Flyersexual

Top 10 reasons you (or a friend you know) are a frequent flyer:



10. You have Frequeflyer.com or Webflyer.com bookmarked under your favorites.
9. You have a widget like Miles Manager that consolidates your entire miles program and you check them every day.
8. You have a favorite airport and know the layout of the airport like the back of your hand. You can articulate easily why this is your favorite airport.
7. You will rather connect to gain miles than flying direct to your destination.
6. You have dated someone you met on the plane but brokeup since s/he does not have us the same frequent flyer program as you do.
5. You have shopped at least once using sky mall. (admit it you thought about buying Basho The Sumo Wrestler coffee table)
4. You display the frequent flyer tags proudly on your luggage.
3. The flight attendant knows you by name and knows your favorite drink.
2. You know the pricing model of airline tickets.
1. And the number 1 reason you know you are a frequent flyer...is that you can in under a minute remove your shoes, belt, watch, laptop, key etc. and load them into the tray for security check.

Valentine's Day

I am romantic by nature. I love the idea of romance be it the courting, the maintaining and ultimately the obligatory "happily every after". Some may be call be naive, others might be shocked with this revelation. But I truely believe there is a special person for each one of us.

So why is it I hate Valentine's day. The reasons is simple: If you love someone s/he will know it everyday. You do not need a special day to send her flowers/candy etc. Oh yes and my pet peeve the unrelenting promotion to buy something on Valentine Day or as the omnious voiceover charectoer would say "Rot in HELL". Like buying a freaking toothpaste or a drill bit coveys my feeling of love.

And then you have strangers looking at you like you have committed a crime by not celebrating valentine's day. They treat criminals with more compassion.

So to all you gals out there give me one solid reason that Valentine's day is important? And yes I would have asked the guys for their opinion but then the only reason most of them "celebrate" valentine's day is that they are scared of retribution. I may be generalizing this statement but then most of my "guy" friends have told me that.