Everybody Loves a Winner

This Oscar season has been anti-climatic. But being our 10th, maybe this has become like a marriage tolerating each otherand just trying to make it through to the next year. 

And it's tough to get behind something where no one has seen just about anything.  They may as well all been Akira Kurosawa films..........or worse, Michael Bay.  .....and all starring Drew Berrymore and Billy Bob Thornton.........or worse, Adam Sandler. 

I did not win.  

I am just putting it out there. Once again, it was the "Year of Mike".  It's all very tiresome. 

Mike won by one. 

It's possible I could have tied - or he could have won by two, save for the fact that I forgot to include 'sound editing' in the ballot.  Ooops.  Still he won. 

I will pay up and a bit more timely this year. Possibly. 

As for the title image, oddly, I stole the original from Mike's husband, Peter, a few weeks back. I was going to make two versions, one with me being #1 and one with him in that same ranking. The original has the winner looking sullen and over at the joyous loser. 

For the life of me, I could not find a picture of him facing that direction. So, I asked for Peter's assistance. I swear to g-d, this was the (hilarious) reply

Maybe he's a-scared of that whole Alfred Hitchcock silhouette thing he's got going on.  

I kid of course. He doesn't know who Hitchcock is. 

I watched a little bit of the show. It was different and yet not horrible. There was no one to play people off from their on-and-on-and-on-and-on speeches. I mean, there was a DJ, but everyone talked. And talked. 

We watched maybe less than half, then 710 couldn't stand it anymore. Then I went to bed. 

Anyhooo............

Results tabulation was completed by Dominion Voting Systems (providing fraud-free elections since November 2020!!!). Auditing, as always, done by the firm of Dewey, Cheatem & Howe. 

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: Blobby won

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: both won

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: both won

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: both won

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: both won

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Blobby wins

COSTUME DESIGN: both won

DIRECTING: both won

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE): Mike wins

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT): Blobby wins

FILM EDITING: both lost

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM: both lost

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: Mike wins

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE): both won

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG): both lost

BEST PICTURE: both won

PRODUCTION DESIGN: both won

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED): Mike wins

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION): both won

SOUND: both won

VISUAL EFFECTS: Mike wins

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY): both won

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY): both won

Mike axed me if we needed a real accountant......as if we could afford that. 

But congrats to Mike......................again.

Song by: Linda Ronstadt