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This is the conversation I had with my mother last night.
Backstory: I have been sleeping at odd hours. Not in the depression sense or in the way that would indicate I'm sick. I just stay up late when I shouldn't and have to compensate somehow. This works out well now since i have very little responsibility...but when I get that job it will be a problem. Long story short(er), I fell asleep at 4pm and woke at 9:30pm. I went into the living room and talked to my mother.
Mom: Did you hear about that actor who died?
Jim: Who? I didn't hear. I've been asleep. (getting slightly worried in my post-sleep stupor that it was Jack Lemmon, forgetting that he passed several years ago...on my birthday)
Mom: I think they said Ethan Hawke, maybe?
Jim: Oh. That's a drag. (slightly relieved, as Jim, while not wishing harm to Hawke, is able to live without any more Hawke movies)
Mom: Oh...maybe it was Jude Law.
Jim: Jude Law?! Oh no! (slight panic set in.)
Jim walks into living room where Mom is watching House, but a commercial is on. Switches to Fox News. Nothing. Cnn? Nothing. Then to MSNBC (always a last resort). Jim sees newscaster talking about Heath Ledger's role in Brokeback Mountain. Puts one and one together, arrives at correct conclusion that Ledger is dead.
Jim: Aww, shit. Heath Ledger died!
I'll admit that I was more upset when my two favorite Sopranos characters got killed, but Ledger's death is a pretty big drag. He wasn't the best actor of his generation, but just the fact that he made good choices and acted well made me believe that the future of acting and film may be pretty bright. While I still believe film will be better than the dismal 80s and 90s, the loss of Ledger is a big one. Even bigger for his daughter, obviously, but big for us too.
As for the Oscars...
Well done. This is the first year in a long time where 4 of my top 5 are nominated for best picture. I was worried that Juno and There Will Be Blood wouldn't be nominated, but when you're messing with PT Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis only one thing happens.
"Drainage! Drainage, Eli! Drained dry, you boy! If you have a milkshake and I have a milkshake and I have a straw and my straw reaches across the room and starts to drink your milkshake. I drink your milkshake! I drink it up! "
Backstory: I have been sleeping at odd hours. Not in the depression sense or in the way that would indicate I'm sick. I just stay up late when I shouldn't and have to compensate somehow. This works out well now since i have very little responsibility...but when I get that job it will be a problem. Long story short(er), I fell asleep at 4pm and woke at 9:30pm. I went into the living room and talked to my mother.
Mom: Did you hear about that actor who died?
Jim: Who? I didn't hear. I've been asleep. (getting slightly worried in my post-sleep stupor that it was Jack Lemmon, forgetting that he passed several years ago...on my birthday)
Mom: I think they said Ethan Hawke, maybe?
Jim: Oh. That's a drag. (slightly relieved, as Jim, while not wishing harm to Hawke, is able to live without any more Hawke movies)
Mom: Oh...maybe it was Jude Law.
Jim: Jude Law?! Oh no! (slight panic set in.)
Jim walks into living room where Mom is watching House, but a commercial is on. Switches to Fox News. Nothing. Cnn? Nothing. Then to MSNBC (always a last resort). Jim sees newscaster talking about Heath Ledger's role in Brokeback Mountain. Puts one and one together, arrives at correct conclusion that Ledger is dead.
Jim: Aww, shit. Heath Ledger died!
I'll admit that I was more upset when my two favorite Sopranos characters got killed, but Ledger's death is a pretty big drag. He wasn't the best actor of his generation, but just the fact that he made good choices and acted well made me believe that the future of acting and film may be pretty bright. While I still believe film will be better than the dismal 80s and 90s, the loss of Ledger is a big one. Even bigger for his daughter, obviously, but big for us too.
As for the Oscars...
Well done. This is the first year in a long time where 4 of my top 5 are nominated for best picture. I was worried that Juno and There Will Be Blood wouldn't be nominated, but when you're messing with PT Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis only one thing happens.
"Drainage! Drainage, Eli! Drained dry, you boy! If you have a milkshake and I have a milkshake and I have a straw and my straw reaches across the room and starts to drink your milkshake. I drink your milkshake! I drink it up! "