Watched the Oscars this morning - some excellent winners (Adele - Skyfall for one - her performance was outstanding) one of which was this:

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Paperman - which showed in front Wreck It Ralph. If the director is not snapped up by Pixar for a feature length film, there really is no justice.

Not ded, really, really boring at present ( Read more... )

Christmas presents - *All* purchased, just not wrapped yet. Get that done one evening this week.

secret_mutant - written (for the third time) and now with a beta - came in at 2700+ words. Written pretty much in one sitting. I am... 'quietly' pleased with it. Am hoping to send off by Wednesday if not sooner.

yuletide - finished and also, with a beta. Again ( Read more... )

*I* try to predict the Oscars!

For those of you who don't care - read a 'nice' article from the Daily Moan (?!) It's worth reading just for his missus' 'initial' reading of his 'sexuality ( Read more... )

Which explains why I haven't been posting around these 'ere parts for a while. The most 'interesting' things (that do *not* involve movies) I have been doing recently have been trying out a new contact lens make (verdict - owowowow) and buying books (for myself ( Read more... )

2011 Oscar Nominations

Things AMPAS got right:
127 Hours nominated for Best Picture. Ditto James Franco in the Best Actor category for the same film.

Helena Bonham Carter nominated for The King's Speech - her performance was as good as Firth's in that film.

Christian Bale for The Fighter - I haven't seen it yet but Christian Bale is an ( Read more... )

No, I didn't stay up 'til *stupid* o'clock to watch the ceremony (been there - done that, got the sleep deprevation to prove it!). I taped it via my handy dandy DVR (and made judicious use of the FF button this morning ( Read more... )

Okay, this is more for me to be able to point and laugh/screech 'I SO TOTALLY ROOL' next year... even so...

Best Picture shortlist extended to ten for 2009 ceremony

Leaving aside any 'quality' issues (Crash was a better film than Brokeback Mountain? And how many moons revolve around your planet?) I think this could be an utterly *awesome* ( Read more... )

Before anyone decides to take me at my word about shooting me if I signed up for any more ficathons... I've signed up with femme_fic, who are running a ficathon dedicated to female friendship and characters.

The 411 and timelineIf you look at the list of fandoms covered, there is at least one fandom that most folks around here could write for... * ( Read more... )