Anyway,...
Watched the Oscars last night. First of all, for once, they were incredibly boring! Some of Helen Degeneres's jokes were funny, as were some of the other peoples'. but all in all, it was all very down, subdued, conservative, and kind of dreary. And nothing happened the way I expected it to, though I must admit that it's not as if I've actually seen any of the films up for consideration. But from the clips they showed and from what I've read in the papers about it, I totally expected Pan's Labyrinth to get Best Picture - either it or Letters From Iwajima(sp?), Little Miss Sunshine, Little Children or Notes On A Scandal, which all seemed to tackle serious issues. But The Departed got it for Best Director and for Best Picture! Yet it struck me as yet another American Mobster movie! Like, could we have something different please? Something that's actually challenging in the issues it takes on? Now maybe I'll think differently after I've seen it and it's competition, but still...
The one thing that was as I expected, and that I was really glad to see, was that An Inconvenient Truth got Best Documentary Feature, and the song from it got Best Original Song. Yes! Good! I'm so glad to see that film making such an impact!
Anyway, now that I've managed to wake myself up sufficiently I think, I'd better get home and get working on that assignment that's due for Friday. *shudder* I'm kinda dreading it as it's going to mean installing some new software and seeing if I can get my cynthesizer to input to my computer, and technology isn't always my strong point. But if I can get it to work, then I can just play my piece into the computer and let my Sibelius program figure out how to notate it rather than struggling to try to figure out how to notate the rhythm. I actually don't need it notated. I just need to make an accompaniment track to record myself singing with. But unless I can play it into my computer, I have to figure out how to notate the rhythm in order to get the computer to play it back properly for me to sing with.
Anyway, I think I've procrastinated long enough. I'd better get going and get it done before I get totally narcoleptic again.
The one thing that was as I expected, and that I was really glad to see, was that An Inconvenient Truth got Best Documentary Feature, and the song from it got Best Original Song. Yes! Good! I'm so glad to see that film making such an impact!
Anyway, now that I've managed to wake myself up sufficiently I think, I'd better get home and get working on that assignment that's due for Friday. *shudder* I'm kinda dreading it as it's going to mean installing some new software and seeing if I can get my cynthesizer to input to my computer, and technology isn't always my strong point. But if I can get it to work, then I can just play my piece into the computer and let my Sibelius program figure out how to notate it rather than struggling to try to figure out how to notate the rhythm. I actually don't need it notated. I just need to make an accompaniment track to record myself singing with. But unless I can play it into my computer, I have to figure out how to notate the rhythm in order to get the computer to play it back properly for me to sing with.
Anyway, I think I've procrastinated long enough. I'd better get going and get it done before I get totally narcoleptic again.