the oscars
my family has a tradition of watching the oscars together. i'm not sure why it is, perhaps its that most of us are interested in movies and such, or because it was done once and each year after that was repeated.
perhaps it is because when my mother was in the hospital waiting to give birth to yours truly, she watched the oscars.
i cant be sure, but i dont really need to be.
each year, we all fill out oscar ballots - filling them out to the best of our abilities. this year, i messed it up, and didnt fill one out, because i was too busy sleeping. my mom brought one to me, woke me up, and told me to fill it out. even my older brother chris, in new york city, filled his out.
when i woken up to go downstairs for dinner, and answered that i didnt fill out an oscar ballot, i could see that she was somewhat heartbroken. sure, i dont even know what half of the films or categories are, and no one in the family really knows exactly what they're guessing on, but it is a tradition, and participating in it makes my mother feel good.
i dont know why i didnt just fill out the oscar ballot, for my mother, i really should have. and its not the kind of thing that needs apologizing. its just one of those things i know i should have done, and isnt the end of the world in anyway, but it just would have been nice to show the effort.
side note: i always sleep entirely too much on sundays.
for some reason, i'll either wake up extremely late, and then nap again a few hours later. or wake up fairly late, and nap for a few hours a few hours later. perhaps it is on sunday that i catch up for the sleep i miss during the week. it worries my mom though.
i also end up not doing my schoolwork and semi-fuck myself over. i got in bed to read The Scarlet Letter for school - I have a test on it first period for English class - which I am failing, for the first time in a longgggg time, because of my reduced effort - and anyway, when i got in bed to start reading, it took me over five minutes to read one page. I couldnt keep focus.
Yes, i know, i really shouldnt read in bed, but that is where i do all of my homework. I think its because I take some joy in not doing schoolwork - which is fairly stupid. In this case, however, i wanted to read, but couldnt. So i decided to sleep.
At this point, I feel like I didnt express all of my thoughts in the way I meant to, and that I am rambling a bit, so i'm going to end this entry.
perhaps it is because when my mother was in the hospital waiting to give birth to yours truly, she watched the oscars.
i cant be sure, but i dont really need to be.
each year, we all fill out oscar ballots - filling them out to the best of our abilities. this year, i messed it up, and didnt fill one out, because i was too busy sleeping. my mom brought one to me, woke me up, and told me to fill it out. even my older brother chris, in new york city, filled his out.
when i woken up to go downstairs for dinner, and answered that i didnt fill out an oscar ballot, i could see that she was somewhat heartbroken. sure, i dont even know what half of the films or categories are, and no one in the family really knows exactly what they're guessing on, but it is a tradition, and participating in it makes my mother feel good.
i dont know why i didnt just fill out the oscar ballot, for my mother, i really should have. and its not the kind of thing that needs apologizing. its just one of those things i know i should have done, and isnt the end of the world in anyway, but it just would have been nice to show the effort.
side note: i always sleep entirely too much on sundays.
for some reason, i'll either wake up extremely late, and then nap again a few hours later. or wake up fairly late, and nap for a few hours a few hours later. perhaps it is on sunday that i catch up for the sleep i miss during the week. it worries my mom though.
i also end up not doing my schoolwork and semi-fuck myself over. i got in bed to read The Scarlet Letter for school - I have a test on it first period for English class - which I am failing, for the first time in a longgggg time, because of my reduced effort - and anyway, when i got in bed to start reading, it took me over five minutes to read one page. I couldnt keep focus.
Yes, i know, i really shouldnt read in bed, but that is where i do all of my homework. I think its because I take some joy in not doing schoolwork - which is fairly stupid. In this case, however, i wanted to read, but couldnt. So i decided to sleep.
At this point, I feel like I didnt express all of my thoughts in the way I meant to, and that I am rambling a bit, so i'm going to end this entry.