Here’s what I thought: (Read on …)

If anyone happens to read this during the show, I’ll be updating as I go.

Chris Rock: He’s no Johnny Carson

Halle Berry: LOVE the dress, she always looks terrific

Renee Zellweger: I think she’s already sloshed, and the dress makes her butt look HUGE!

Morgan Freeman: great actor - love to see him win - short humble speech

Robin Williams: is there anyone better?

The Incredibles: gotta see that one…heard it was awesome

(was that chick standing next to Robin during the acceptance speech exceptionally tall or is Robin just really short?)

Cate Blanchett: such a classy lady, but I think yellow was the wrong color for her

Presenting Oscars in the audience: bizarre

Lemony Snicket Makeup Artists: that guy KNOWS Lemony’s style - well done!

Drew Barrymore: hair color ugh…eye shadow ugh…dress okay

Beyonce: strange dress to wear for the Oscars…does she actually speak French?…and could they maybe have picked a better artist to sing that song? UGH

Scarlett Johansen: love the dress, not sure about the hair though

Pierce Brosnan: still suave even with a hoarse voice, tough task to work with a cartoon character!

All the nominees on stage trick: Well, on one side, it’s kind of mean to have to stand there and then be a loser, but on the other side, some of the lesser categories nominees actually get seen that way

(Does it seem like it’s flying by or what?)

Tim Robbins: barely noticeable

Cate Blanchett: best supporting actress…from what I’ve heard well deserved

Tribute to Johnny Carson: well-deserved, well-done

Leonardo DiCaprio: had to pronounce some crazy names

Orlando Bloom: CUTE!!!
Kirsten Dunst: BLONDE

Mike Myers: needs a haircut

Counting Crows: what? not Beyonce? :P….their lead singer gets the award for the weirdest hairdo EVER!

Adam Sandler: there
Catherine Zeta-Jones: not there
Adam & Chris: was that a lame skit or what it just lame?

Jake Guyllenhall (however you spell it) and chick I don’t know: her dress is scary as in what is she showing exactly?

Broadcast being dedicated to the armed forces: Good answer

Al Pacino: Does that man EVER comb his hair????

Emmy Rossum: love the necklace

Phantom song: I am not listening in protest because Minnie Driver SHOULD BE SINGING THIS DAMMIT!!!!

Jeremy Irons: GREAT adlibs!!!!

[Not that anyone is paying attention, but I have to go help make dinner now, so I will take notes and update when I’m done]

Laura Linney: Is beige/brown the color of the night?

Kate Winslet: hurray for blue! beautiful color on her

Penelope Cruz & Salma Hayek: lovely Latin ladies

Motorcycle Diaries song: what? Beyonce can’t sing in Spanish, too? :P Yay for Santana!

Natalie Portman: I’m not into all the brown dresses - where is the color?

John Travolta: What can I say? He’ll always be Vinnie Barbarino to me.

Finding Neverland music dude: he didn’t forget the musicians!

Martin Scorcese: don’t you think with that name he should have a thick foreign accent?

Annette Bening: like the dress

Yo Yo Ma: guess Beyonce can’t play the cello either :P

Believe from Polar Express: I think Josh could have handled this fine on his own…weird combination…gee did we have enough FRIGGING BEYONCE tonight? Wait! She should have hosted too! Then it could have been all Beyonce all the time BLECH BLECH BLECH!!!!

Prince: the man has a style all his own…that’s not a bad thing

Best song: was not one of the ones Beyonce sang. SO THERE :P most musical acceptance speech EVER :)

Sean Penn: Al Pacino/Sean Penn…separated at birth? And dude…WHERE is your tie????

[in Annette Bening’s clip, did she look eerily like Nicole Kidman or WHAT?]

Hilary Swank: Best Actress…frumpiest. dress. EVER. (from the front, but did you see the back or should I say HER back? how low did it go?) but a well deserved award from what I hear…she has such a sweet hubby - love that he was crying for her (anyone remember him from Life Goes On? great show)

Gwyneth Paltrow: she got the most original introduction EVER ;) and another yucky color for a dress *sigh*

[I think the Oscars is the only major awards show that uses a female announcer. I like that about them. You go girl!!! I want to grow up to be her some day. ;)]

Samuel L. Jackson: hey he’s in Star Wars…that automatically makes him cool!

Dude that won the award for screenplay: totally funny adlibbing - you can tell he’s a good writer!!

Charlize Theron: okay, on one hand, her dress was not brown, on the other…WHAT was she thinking??????

Jamie Foxx: Best Actor…I was rooting for him even though I haven’t seen the movie yet…I have heard he is brilliant…woohoo!…LOVE the tribute to his Grandma

Julia Roberts: looking good for a new mommy… JEALOUS I AM :P

Clint Eastwood: Best Director…the old guy’s still got it…go ahead…make his day…and his 96 yo mom was there…WOW!

Dustin Hoffman & Barbra Streisand: I actually liked her dress :) Don’t like HER all that much, but the dress was okay

Best Picture: Million Dollar Baby…controversial or not it’s the winner with 4 of the top awards

Oh. My. Gawd. The Oscars finished 20 minutes early?????????????????????????? [check that - they finished 10 minutes late acsherly, but it’s better than normal]

Whoa.

Chris Rock: final score - I’ll give him an a’ite

Since we’re on a roll….

On the other hand, I have watched every episode of Lost!

You are Kate. Breathtakingly beautiful, seemingly
pure of heart, and you can even sew your own
curtains! You listen to Patsy Cline anywhere
and know how to work a farm. Your past haunts
you. An accused criminal, are you innocent or
guilty? The only thing thing we know you’re
guilty of is not giving Charlie the attention
he needs.

Which Lost Character Are You?
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I have actually never watched this show, but I took the quiz anyway.

Congratulations! You are Lynette Scavo, the
ex-career woman who traded the boardroom for
boredom, mixed with moments of sheer panic as
the mother of four unmanageable kids.

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Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.

W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence

Will I ever remember to shave my legs again?

I don’t know about you other Survivor fans out there, but I’m not really getting into this yet. I do still like Koror the best. They seem to have people on the tribe that are likable, although Ulong as a tribe is not unlikable, they just have some people that are. If you haven’t seen the episode yet, there are spoilers to follow. (Read on …)

Spoilers follow, so click if you wanna know… (Read on …)

Is chocolate considered a food group?

Here’s my take on the show tonight: (Read on …)

If you wanna know what I thought, click away: (Read on …)

Apparently my child is an overachiever.

First, she decides to be born 8 weeks early.

Now, at 11 weeks old (would have been 3 1/2 had she waited), she is showing signs of teething. Of course, I am no expert, but I have evidence. Let us proceed:

Exhibit A: Drooling
My child has never drooled. Now, all of a sudden, she is a saliva machine. It’s just dripping out of her mouth. In fact, she is coughing a bit in an apparent attempt to clear her throat of the saliva. On top of that, her cry is a bit hoarse. Could this be from the extra saliva? Perhaps so.

Exhibit B: Chewing/Mouthing
My child has never been very interested in the pacifier. Every once in awhile, you could get her to take it, but rarely. Today, she is sucking on the pacifier. She is sucking on her wrist. She is sucking on her fingers. She is basically sucking, licking, and mouthing everything she can get hold of and manage to aim correctly into her mouth, including Mommy’s finger, Mommy’s clothes, Mommy’s nose, Mommy’s arm, the burp rag, the blanket, and various and other assorted things that seem to catch her attention.

Exhibit C: Excessive Fussiness/Whining
My child is normally fairly easy to figure out. When she cries, she either wants food, a new diaper, or attention. However, today, I fed her, she still cried. I changed her, she still cried. I held her, she still cried. Not hysterical crying, more like just a little whiny-annoying-as-hell cry. No other way to describe it. It never escalated, but neither did it stop for very long at a time unless she was eating, sleeping, and sometimes being held. So basically, irritable and cranky. She was that way last night, too, but I thought maybe she was overstimulated since we had company yesterday. That seemed weird, though, because she has never been a cranky baby when overstimulated. Usually if things get too much for her, she just goes to sleep. I think that is due to the 2 1/2 weeks in Level 2 nursery at the hospital where things were always noisy and busy.

Exhibit D: Red Cheeks
My child does not normally have red cheeks, but she does today. And from what I have read, that is apparently a sign of teething.

So there is the evidence. Those of you who are parents or have had experience with this issue can tell me what you think. I have been told by my friend (who I would lose my mind without) and also read that just because teething starts, it doesn’t mean the teeth are going to come in right away. I wouldn’t put it past her, though.

By the way, did you know that about one in 2000 babies is actually BORN with teeth? Bless those mothers who breastfeed newborns with teeth.

I leave you with one final thought for the night:

Must my child do EVERYTHING early?

Okay, it was a rhetorical question rather than a thought.

So sue me. :P

Why do they make baby clothes that fasten in the back???

Have these people ever actually dressed a BABY?????????????

Baby. Crying.

Must. Have. CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!