So I got my US Census in the mail the other day, and after getting the reminder post card in the mail yesterday, I finally sat down to read through it and fill it out. I couldn't help but notice some odd and funny things in the census.
It starts off saying to count all the people living in this house, apartment or mobile home as of April 1, 2010. Specifically, it says, "Count all people, including babies, who live and sleep here most of the time." The including babies part is the first thing that caught my eye. As if they need to remind everyone that babies are people too. Then the part about live and sleep here most of the time. This is yet another reason not to sleep around, so you don't get counted at home and at the home of your mistress. At this point, Tiger Woods might get counted a dozen different times with as much sleeping around as he's been doing.
Another part says the census must count people without a permanent place to stay. Think about that one. This form was mailed to people at a home address. If you have no home address, how are you going to have this form to read that part of it?
After it goes through all of this, explaining who to count and who not to count, it asks for the number of pepole living or staying at this home. Then question 2 asks, "Are there any additional people staying here that were not included in question 1?" Huh? If you gave us all these guidelines to fill out question 1, then the very next question basically says, "are you sure you got everybody?" It says in question 1 to included babies. The first part of question 2 asks if you forgot to count any babies living in the house. Seriously?
The third questions asks about the property, whether it is owned with a mortgage or rented. The other two options on that question are a little funny. One of the options says "Occupied without payment of rent." Is that asking if you're a squatter? Or a bum who is living there illegally? The last option asks if the property is owned by your or someone in the house hold "free and clear," meaning without a mortgage or loan. It just struck me as funny that an official document of the US Government would use the term "free and clear" to describe a house without a mortgage. Just sounds funny to me.
Question 4 asks for your phone number in case they don't understand an answer. Funny thing is, other than the number in the first questions, all the other questions are all an X in a box. What's hard to understand about that?
Then they fun part. It goes into asking for the names of the people living in this house, starting with hte person who owns or rents this property. After the name, it asks for male or female, then the third part, which asks for the persons age and birth date. When it asks for the persons name, it says in italics, "please report babies as ago 0 when the child is less than 1 year old." Makes sense, except for the fact that its asking this age for the person who owns or rents the property. I don't know about you, but I don't know too many babies less than 1 year old who own their own house or rent their own apartment.
When it asks for the persons race, one of the options says "American Indiana or Alaska Native." Now, this may be ignorance on my part, but when it says "Alaska Native," to me that means anyone who is born and bred in Alaska. A native of Alaska. So you could be a white person, born and raised in Alaska, and be an Alaska native - correct? Now, I know what they are trying to say by this questions, but there's a lot of room for interpretation on that one. And again, this may be my ignorance, but would natives of Alaksa (eskimos, etc) be considered the same race as American Indians? Should those two races be grouped together? That's like grouping together Chinese and Japanese. They're both Asian, but not the same. Then again, they do list Asian as one of the races, but also list Filipino, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Vietnamese. The question of what race someone belongs to is a tough one, especially in America, where we are basically a group of different races mixed together. How does someone in a mixed family answer that question?
The last question for the person being detailed is whether that person lives or stays somewhere else. Seriously, how many times are they going to ask that question.
Anyway, those were my thoughts as I was reading through the census to fill it out.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Inconsiderate Drivers Frustrate Me
Okay, so I'm driving home from work today and came across the following scenario:
I'm sitting at a red light, going straight, and waiting for it to turn green. Over the radio, I heard a siren from somewhere. I turned the radio down and started looking around, and saw an ambulance coming down the street from my right, towards the intersection. As the ambulance got closer, the light for vehicles going in the opposite direction as me got their green light - the two straight lanes and the left hand turn lane got the green turn arrow - while my side still had a red light.
As I watched the ambulance get to the intersection, I noticed the driver in the car across the intersection, facing my direction and waiting to turn left. This driver also noticed the approaching ambulance and despite having the green arrow, the driver waited, making sure he was out of the way so the ambulance could get through the intersection. As he waited, the vehicle behind him became inpatient and went around the first car so he could go ahead and turn left. Around as in crossing the center line and going in the wrong lane of traffic before cutting across to make their turn.
The first thing that bothered me was the nerve of that second driver - to pull out into the wrong lane and create a dangerous situation just to make their turn. What made it worse, was because of that second car's actions, the car behind him DID THE SAME THING. The oncoming ambulance was turning right - to eventually go in the same direction I was heading. As the ambulance came to the intersection and prepared to turn right, the driver was alert enough to see what these two idiots were doing.
Because those two vehicles had cut across the center line and into the wrong side of traffic, the ambulance driver had to come to a complete stop and wait for those two vehicles to complete their turns and get out of the wrong lane of traffic. Thankfully the ambulance driver was alert enough to notice what was going on or there may have been a need for a couple more of his coworkers.
The whole situation just irritated me that these two idiots couldn't wait. Maybe they didn't hear/see the ambulance coming, but to me that's irrelevant. They still created a dangerous situation by crossing into the wrong lane. Were they in that big of a hurry? Instead they had to make their turn and get going, causing the ambulance to stop and lose time on their way to either meet an injured victim or get an injured victim to the hospital. Impatient and inconsiderate.
I'm sitting at a red light, going straight, and waiting for it to turn green. Over the radio, I heard a siren from somewhere. I turned the radio down and started looking around, and saw an ambulance coming down the street from my right, towards the intersection. As the ambulance got closer, the light for vehicles going in the opposite direction as me got their green light - the two straight lanes and the left hand turn lane got the green turn arrow - while my side still had a red light.
As I watched the ambulance get to the intersection, I noticed the driver in the car across the intersection, facing my direction and waiting to turn left. This driver also noticed the approaching ambulance and despite having the green arrow, the driver waited, making sure he was out of the way so the ambulance could get through the intersection. As he waited, the vehicle behind him became inpatient and went around the first car so he could go ahead and turn left. Around as in crossing the center line and going in the wrong lane of traffic before cutting across to make their turn.
The first thing that bothered me was the nerve of that second driver - to pull out into the wrong lane and create a dangerous situation just to make their turn. What made it worse, was because of that second car's actions, the car behind him DID THE SAME THING. The oncoming ambulance was turning right - to eventually go in the same direction I was heading. As the ambulance came to the intersection and prepared to turn right, the driver was alert enough to see what these two idiots were doing.
Because those two vehicles had cut across the center line and into the wrong side of traffic, the ambulance driver had to come to a complete stop and wait for those two vehicles to complete their turns and get out of the wrong lane of traffic. Thankfully the ambulance driver was alert enough to notice what was going on or there may have been a need for a couple more of his coworkers.
The whole situation just irritated me that these two idiots couldn't wait. Maybe they didn't hear/see the ambulance coming, but to me that's irrelevant. They still created a dangerous situation by crossing into the wrong lane. Were they in that big of a hurry? Instead they had to make their turn and get going, causing the ambulance to stop and lose time on their way to either meet an injured victim or get an injured victim to the hospital. Impatient and inconsiderate.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
My Thoughts While Watching the Oscars
Here are my running thoughts while watching the Oscars ceremony tonight.
- When Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin came out for the opening monologue, I had to look it up to see if either one of them ever had an Oscar nomination or win (for the record: Baldwin - 1 nomination, Martin - zero nominations). Then I wondered of all Oscar hosts ever, how many have actually won an Oscar? I'll get back to you on that one.
- I loved the John Hughes tribute. As a big fan of his movies, it was amazing to see how many great movies he has been involved with, as well as all the big name actors/actresses he has worked with. Not only that, but how many of those actors/actresses he worked with when they were young. So many of them got their start working under his guidance.
- I actually heard my name during the Oscars. Geoffrey Fisher, winner for best adapted screenplay for Precious thanked his brothers, one of whom was named Todd.
- Is it just me or is there an annoying crackling sound in the background when presenters and winners are talking on stage? At first I thought it was part of the presentation, thinking they were doing the sound editing category or something. And its getting worse as the ceremony goes on.
- Back to my opening point, there have been 70 people who have hosted the Oscars. 36 have received an Oscar nomination, 21 have won an Oscar. Laurence Olivier has the most nominations with 10, followed by Jack Lemmon with 7. Frank Capra has the most Oscars with 3, all for directing. Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda, Micheal Caine, Hellen Hayes and Fredric March are all former hosts who have won 2 Oscars. And yes, I was actually bored enough to look all that up (thank you IMDB)
- How come the winner for Best Costumer Design is wearing such an UGLY dress? How ironic is that.
- The first two times The Hurt Locker and Avatar were nominated in the same category, The Hurt Locker won both times in sound categories. Would this be a sign of things to come for the bigger awards?
- Is it just me, or does Demi Moore look about half her real age? Amazing. She sure doesn't look like the same person who played in the movie One Crazy Summer.
- I want to say how corny the whole dancing thing was, but I can't. That was really cool. Some of those people were amazing. I think I pulled a muscle just watching them.
- I like the way they do the Lead Actor/Actress intros now. I think last year was the first time they did it - but having other actors/actresses who worked with the nominee at some point in their career is pretty cool. Gives it more of a personal touch. Of the recent changes they've been making with the Oscars ceremony, I hope this one stays around.
- I can't believe "The Dude" Lebowski just won an Oscar. Wonder if he'll go celebrate with a White Russian and a round of bowling.
- Did they really have Barbara Streisand give out the Oscar for Best Director? Where's the connection there? Unless they knew the winner and wanted a female to present to the first ever female director to win an Oscar. Well deserved too, what a great movie.
- How anti-climactic was the Best Picture presentation? I know they did a thingy on the 10 nominees throughout the night, and they were pressed for time, but would it have hurt to read through the nominees before the presentation? It looked like Tom Hanks had a plane to catch when he came out and just said boom, here's your winner, thanks for coming. Build up the drama at least a little bit.
- Overall score on my predictions: 13-11 Not bad, and I even won all the big ones - each of the four acting categories, best director and best picture and best original screenplay. Oh, and I even got the ever important Best Costume Design category.
- When Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin came out for the opening monologue, I had to look it up to see if either one of them ever had an Oscar nomination or win (for the record: Baldwin - 1 nomination, Martin - zero nominations). Then I wondered of all Oscar hosts ever, how many have actually won an Oscar? I'll get back to you on that one.
- I loved the John Hughes tribute. As a big fan of his movies, it was amazing to see how many great movies he has been involved with, as well as all the big name actors/actresses he has worked with. Not only that, but how many of those actors/actresses he worked with when they were young. So many of them got their start working under his guidance.
- I actually heard my name during the Oscars. Geoffrey Fisher, winner for best adapted screenplay for Precious thanked his brothers, one of whom was named Todd.
- Is it just me or is there an annoying crackling sound in the background when presenters and winners are talking on stage? At first I thought it was part of the presentation, thinking they were doing the sound editing category or something. And its getting worse as the ceremony goes on.
- Back to my opening point, there have been 70 people who have hosted the Oscars. 36 have received an Oscar nomination, 21 have won an Oscar. Laurence Olivier has the most nominations with 10, followed by Jack Lemmon with 7. Frank Capra has the most Oscars with 3, all for directing. Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda, Micheal Caine, Hellen Hayes and Fredric March are all former hosts who have won 2 Oscars. And yes, I was actually bored enough to look all that up (thank you IMDB)
- How come the winner for Best Costumer Design is wearing such an UGLY dress? How ironic is that.
- The first two times The Hurt Locker and Avatar were nominated in the same category, The Hurt Locker won both times in sound categories. Would this be a sign of things to come for the bigger awards?
- Is it just me, or does Demi Moore look about half her real age? Amazing. She sure doesn't look like the same person who played in the movie One Crazy Summer.
- I want to say how corny the whole dancing thing was, but I can't. That was really cool. Some of those people were amazing. I think I pulled a muscle just watching them.
- I like the way they do the Lead Actor/Actress intros now. I think last year was the first time they did it - but having other actors/actresses who worked with the nominee at some point in their career is pretty cool. Gives it more of a personal touch. Of the recent changes they've been making with the Oscars ceremony, I hope this one stays around.
- I can't believe "The Dude" Lebowski just won an Oscar. Wonder if he'll go celebrate with a White Russian and a round of bowling.
- Did they really have Barbara Streisand give out the Oscar for Best Director? Where's the connection there? Unless they knew the winner and wanted a female to present to the first ever female director to win an Oscar. Well deserved too, what a great movie.
- How anti-climactic was the Best Picture presentation? I know they did a thingy on the 10 nominees throughout the night, and they were pressed for time, but would it have hurt to read through the nominees before the presentation? It looked like Tom Hanks had a plane to catch when he came out and just said boom, here's your winner, thanks for coming. Build up the drama at least a little bit.
- Overall score on my predictions: 13-11 Not bad, and I even won all the big ones - each of the four acting categories, best director and best picture and best original screenplay. Oh, and I even got the ever important Best Costume Design category.
Friday, March 5, 2010
2010 Oscar Predictions
I've made my predictions on the Oscars for the past several years. Despite my lack of success, it's still kind of fun. This year was a little tougher, as I didn't have time to see all the movies nominated with the expansion to 10 movies for best picture. That and theistrategic marketing of not releasing the movies on DVD until after the Oscars made it hard to see them all.
For the sake of not showing how much I guess on some of these picks, and avoid the boredom for the 'who cares' factor, I'll just make predictions on the bigger awards. I mean seriously, outside of the people who made the movies, does anyone really care what wins for best foreign language film of the year?
As far as the acting awards, I think most of them are probably locked up already based on pre-Oscar hype and results from the previous awards that have been handed out. I haven't seen any of the movies for my picks to win the acting awards, but based on what I've read I don't think there will be much suspense. In the supporting roles, Christopher Waltz in Inglorious Bastards and Mo'Nique in Precious are both locked up winners in my opinion. They've swept the pre-Oscar awards and should both take home the top prize this weekend.
For best acting awards, I have actually only seen two movies that have the nominees, and I don't think either of the two will win. For best actress, Meryl Streep got her 200th nomination (or so it seems), but Sandra Bullock has gotten all the pre-Oscar hype her role in The Blind Side that has shocked a lot of people, in a good way, and is my pick to bring home the Oscar.
In the best actor race, Jeremy Renner's performance in The Hurt Locker is the only movie I've seen, and I have to admit he was outstanding in that role. However, Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart has gotten on the hype and won virtually all the pre-Oscar awards (not counting BAFTA, who gave it to Colin Firth to keep the award on that side of the Atlantic). It's hard to imagine "The Dude" from The Big Lebowski winning an Oscar, but Bridges is my pick to take home the award.
For best picture and best director, it's been an interesting race for the Oscars with the Avatar versus Hurt Locker talk. The pre-Oscar campaign e-mails sent by one of the producers from The Hurt Locker gave a little controversy to things as that's a huge no-no in the Oscar world. Call it naive, call it stupid - either way it wasn't good news for a movie that was on a huge roll with nothing but good press until that incident.
In the debate between the two, let me start by saying that Avatar is an amazing movie to watch, especially in 3D. It was a great movie and I loved it. That being said, I don't see it being a huge winner this year. I think it will walk away with its fair share of Oscars, most notably for best visual effects and editing, and I could see it taking the Oscar for best music, original score. But other than the biggest two nominations for best picture and best director, Avatar has no acting nominations for obvious reasons (which is another debate in itself), and no nominations for writing. That could be an indicator of the Academy's continues history of not awarding the big awards to the blockbuster sci-fi fantasy type movies (see Star Wars and E.T.).
Let's start with the best director debate. I think the Academy will hand out the award to a female director for the first time in history and give it to Kathryn Bigelow. The Hurt Locker was an amazing movie. When looking back on Oscar history, there have been numerous directors who have taken home the statue for directing war based movies: All Quiet on the Western Front, William Wyler for both Mrs. Miniver and The Best Years of Our Lives, David Lean for Bridge Over the River Kwai, Franklin Schaffner for Patton, Oliver Stone for Platoon, and Steven Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan. This is the first movie based on the Iraqi war that has received this type of recognition and it falls in line with the quality of some of the before mentioned movies. The fact that Bigelow is just the fourth female director to be nominated for this award and could be the first to win is irrelevant. The fact that The Hurt Locker was a tremendous movie with a great story line, made you feel a part of the movie and tied in with the characters, and kept you in suspense the entire time is why Bigelow should receive this award for her amazing work.
The best picture race could be interesting, and this could be the first year since 2005 where Best Picture and Best Director awards are split. If that happens, I could see Avatar getting Best Picture and Bigelow getting Best Director. Obviously Avatar was the huge blockbuster and was a tremendous movie. The Hurt Locker was suspenseful and an amazing movie as well. I could see either movie winning the award and either would be well deserving. However, my pick is for The Hurt Locker. I tend to favor the same history the Academy has shown and that is favoring movies that have great story lines, great directing and great acting - the whole pie. Avatar was a great movie and James Cameron's vision to make such a movie was amazing. But looking back at the history of the awards, not many sci-fi fantasy films have won. In 2003, Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King is really the only movie of that genre to win the award, surprisingly beating out Mystic River that year. The Hurt Locker on the other hand, has more of the whole pie and more of an all around great movie in all areas - story, directing and acting, more of the whole package that the Academy tends to favor. That and the fact that despite liking Avatar in entertainment value, I just thought The Hurt Locker was an overall better movie and would give it my pick for the Oscar.
Now if I only had a vote, my opinions might actually matter.
My full list of predictions:
Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Lead Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Best Lead Actress: Sandra Bullock, Blind Side
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Waltz, Inglorious Bastards
Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique, Precious
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Best Original Screenplay: Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Best Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Best Cinematography: The Hurt Locker
Best Editing: The Hurt Locker
Best Art Direction: Avatar
Best Costume Design: The Young Victoria
Best Makeup: The Young Victoria
Best Music, Original Score: Avatar
Best Music, Original Song: Almost There - The Princess and the Frog
Best Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker
Best Sound Editing: Avatar
Best Visual Effects: Avatar
Best Animated Feature Film: Up
Best Foreign Language Film: Das weisse Band
Best Documentary Feature: Food, Inc.
Best Documentary, Short Subject: The Last Truck
Best Short Film, Animated: Wallace and Gromit; A Matter of Loaf and Death
Best Short Film, Live Action: The Door
For the sake of not showing how much I guess on some of these picks, and avoid the boredom for the 'who cares' factor, I'll just make predictions on the bigger awards. I mean seriously, outside of the people who made the movies, does anyone really care what wins for best foreign language film of the year?
As far as the acting awards, I think most of them are probably locked up already based on pre-Oscar hype and results from the previous awards that have been handed out. I haven't seen any of the movies for my picks to win the acting awards, but based on what I've read I don't think there will be much suspense. In the supporting roles, Christopher Waltz in Inglorious Bastards and Mo'Nique in Precious are both locked up winners in my opinion. They've swept the pre-Oscar awards and should both take home the top prize this weekend.
For best acting awards, I have actually only seen two movies that have the nominees, and I don't think either of the two will win. For best actress, Meryl Streep got her 200th nomination (or so it seems), but Sandra Bullock has gotten all the pre-Oscar hype her role in The Blind Side that has shocked a lot of people, in a good way, and is my pick to bring home the Oscar.
In the best actor race, Jeremy Renner's performance in The Hurt Locker is the only movie I've seen, and I have to admit he was outstanding in that role. However, Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart has gotten on the hype and won virtually all the pre-Oscar awards (not counting BAFTA, who gave it to Colin Firth to keep the award on that side of the Atlantic). It's hard to imagine "The Dude" from The Big Lebowski winning an Oscar, but Bridges is my pick to take home the award.
For best picture and best director, it's been an interesting race for the Oscars with the Avatar versus Hurt Locker talk. The pre-Oscar campaign e-mails sent by one of the producers from The Hurt Locker gave a little controversy to things as that's a huge no-no in the Oscar world. Call it naive, call it stupid - either way it wasn't good news for a movie that was on a huge roll with nothing but good press until that incident.
In the debate between the two, let me start by saying that Avatar is an amazing movie to watch, especially in 3D. It was a great movie and I loved it. That being said, I don't see it being a huge winner this year. I think it will walk away with its fair share of Oscars, most notably for best visual effects and editing, and I could see it taking the Oscar for best music, original score. But other than the biggest two nominations for best picture and best director, Avatar has no acting nominations for obvious reasons (which is another debate in itself), and no nominations for writing. That could be an indicator of the Academy's continues history of not awarding the big awards to the blockbuster sci-fi fantasy type movies (see Star Wars and E.T.).
Let's start with the best director debate. I think the Academy will hand out the award to a female director for the first time in history and give it to Kathryn Bigelow. The Hurt Locker was an amazing movie. When looking back on Oscar history, there have been numerous directors who have taken home the statue for directing war based movies: All Quiet on the Western Front, William Wyler for both Mrs. Miniver and The Best Years of Our Lives, David Lean for Bridge Over the River Kwai, Franklin Schaffner for Patton, Oliver Stone for Platoon, and Steven Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan. This is the first movie based on the Iraqi war that has received this type of recognition and it falls in line with the quality of some of the before mentioned movies. The fact that Bigelow is just the fourth female director to be nominated for this award and could be the first to win is irrelevant. The fact that The Hurt Locker was a tremendous movie with a great story line, made you feel a part of the movie and tied in with the characters, and kept you in suspense the entire time is why Bigelow should receive this award for her amazing work.
The best picture race could be interesting, and this could be the first year since 2005 where Best Picture and Best Director awards are split. If that happens, I could see Avatar getting Best Picture and Bigelow getting Best Director. Obviously Avatar was the huge blockbuster and was a tremendous movie. The Hurt Locker was suspenseful and an amazing movie as well. I could see either movie winning the award and either would be well deserving. However, my pick is for The Hurt Locker. I tend to favor the same history the Academy has shown and that is favoring movies that have great story lines, great directing and great acting - the whole pie. Avatar was a great movie and James Cameron's vision to make such a movie was amazing. But looking back at the history of the awards, not many sci-fi fantasy films have won. In 2003, Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King is really the only movie of that genre to win the award, surprisingly beating out Mystic River that year. The Hurt Locker on the other hand, has more of the whole pie and more of an all around great movie in all areas - story, directing and acting, more of the whole package that the Academy tends to favor. That and the fact that despite liking Avatar in entertainment value, I just thought The Hurt Locker was an overall better movie and would give it my pick for the Oscar.
Now if I only had a vote, my opinions might actually matter.
My full list of predictions:
Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Lead Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Best Lead Actress: Sandra Bullock, Blind Side
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Waltz, Inglorious Bastards
Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique, Precious
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Best Original Screenplay: Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Best Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Best Cinematography: The Hurt Locker
Best Editing: The Hurt Locker
Best Art Direction: Avatar
Best Costume Design: The Young Victoria
Best Makeup: The Young Victoria
Best Music, Original Score: Avatar
Best Music, Original Song: Almost There - The Princess and the Frog
Best Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker
Best Sound Editing: Avatar
Best Visual Effects: Avatar
Best Animated Feature Film: Up
Best Foreign Language Film: Das weisse Band
Best Documentary Feature: Food, Inc.
Best Documentary, Short Subject: The Last Truck
Best Short Film, Animated: Wallace and Gromit; A Matter of Loaf and Death
Best Short Film, Live Action: The Door
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Back in the Saddle
Well, I've decided to get back to writing on this blog again.
I started this blog a couple of years ago to highlight a trip I took to San Diego (see links for 2007). It was an idea I copied from someone I know who used an online blog to highlight his trip around the world. While my trip was not as interesting as his, it was fun to write about what I was doing and keep people updated on everything that went on during my trip. I then wrote about the Oscar ceremonies that following year before abandoning the blog after that.
Having moved on to a job where I don't write at all anymore, I've kind of missed doing it. I decided to get back on here and start writing again about whatever thoughts, ideas or opinions I might have on whatever topics pop into my head at the time. It may be serious, it may be silly, it may be a little of both. It may be good, it may be bad, it will probably have numerous grammatical errors. I figured since my last post on here was about the Academy Awards back in 2008, I might as well start again with the Oscars this year, and which happen to be this weekend.
I won't promise any great writing on here, I leave all the professional and good writing to my sister - she's the writing talent in the family, I'm just the goof ball writer in the family.
Anyway, enjoy. Feel free to comment or e-mail me or pass it along to others you know.
I started this blog a couple of years ago to highlight a trip I took to San Diego (see links for 2007). It was an idea I copied from someone I know who used an online blog to highlight his trip around the world. While my trip was not as interesting as his, it was fun to write about what I was doing and keep people updated on everything that went on during my trip. I then wrote about the Oscar ceremonies that following year before abandoning the blog after that.
Having moved on to a job where I don't write at all anymore, I've kind of missed doing it. I decided to get back on here and start writing again about whatever thoughts, ideas or opinions I might have on whatever topics pop into my head at the time. It may be serious, it may be silly, it may be a little of both. It may be good, it may be bad, it will probably have numerous grammatical errors. I figured since my last post on here was about the Academy Awards back in 2008, I might as well start again with the Oscars this year, and which happen to be this weekend.
I won't promise any great writing on here, I leave all the professional and good writing to my sister - she's the writing talent in the family, I'm just the goof ball writer in the family.
Anyway, enjoy. Feel free to comment or e-mail me or pass it along to others you know.
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