Broke Ass Oscars

And the Oscar for Best Picture goes to..."CRASH"?!
What a shock! Unlike some people, I liked "Crash" very much. But I was still shocked that "Brokeback Mountain" didn't win. I thought Jack Nicholson was playing a bad joke. The Original and Adapted Screenplay award was split between the two and the Best Pic winner usually goes along so it was a possibility.
I had a couple of friends over to watch. Laid back and a good time. Made delicious Swedish balls of meat with IKEA cream sauce and toll house cookies. A fridge filled with self serve beer and had pizza delivered. Usually I miss out on watching the show because I'm running around being the host. But this time I finally got a chance to sit on the couch and enjoy. All in all I got 9 correct on the pool, but not enough. Chris won the house pool by getting almost all of them correct and Jenny and Olga both got the same amount correct to split the win in the work pool. I think there's cheating going on.
The opening video with the previous Oscar emcees was fun. John Stewart was mostly funny. I was happy that Reese, Clooney and Seymour Hoffman won. Well deserved. For a long moment it looked like Reese was going to pull a Hillary Swank and forget to thank her husband Ryan Phillippi. And he didn't look so ecstatic for his wife's win. Could it be he was worried he'd suffer the same fate of Chad Lowe and get his ass dumped by an award-winning wife. But man, he was jumping like a Tennessee jack rabbit high on PCP and a gallon of TaB Energy Drink when "Crash" won Best Pic. Didn't catch "The Constant Gardener" so I was surprised about Rachel Weisz's win. It was strange that they were playing music throughout the speeches. Those poor winners who didn't get a chance to talk before the music cut in. Damn that conductor Bill Conti. The paid advertisement satires were great. Uma looked like a goddess and Salma looked hot despite her gown making her left breast larger than the right. Dolly was scary looking but not bad for 75. Clooney gave some good double takes close-ups while in the audience. Why were so many men wearing girly brooches on their tux lapels? Michelle Williams, Keira Knightly and Jessica Alba also looked beautiful. Busy Phillips from "Freaks and Geeks" was sitting next to Michelle. I forgot that she was also on "Dawson's Creek" with her. Catherine Keener. Love her. Mickey Rooney? He's still alive? M. Night Shamalamadingdong's AMEX commercial was weird and interesting. Did you see Jennifer Garner almost trip? Jack Nicholson looked spry and his delivery is still funny. Tom Hanks looked angry as he was coming out. I like Larry McMurtry and that he wore blue jeans with his formal jacket. Joaquin Phoemix still has no shoulders. His arm bones connected to his, head bone. Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streeps intro to Robert Altmans was driving me nuts. Altman's family in the balcony looked freakish. The black and white cinematography for "Good Night and Good Luck" looked gorgeous. The score for "Brokeback" was overplayed but beautiful. The costumes for "Geisha" was rich and colorful. Good for Ang Lee. Sweet revenge for getting robbed of a nomination for "HULK". The staged Best Song performances for "It's Hard Out There for a Pimp" and "Crash" was so ridiculous.
We all had a good time and there wasn't much for me to clean up.