well well well. i've officially decided, i may be too old to rockstar.

i went down to school for mardi gras, some of you witnessed, and i stayed up all night long on saturday. i can't remember the last time i did that, but it was surreal. i wasn't even drunk!!??!! just awake. i did get to nap for 3 hours, intermittently, but boy did i crash on sunday night. it was a good time.

sunday night we watched the oscars and i have to say i was disappointed. steve martin let me down, man, and i think the whole "subdued" campaign just sucked. i can understand that the academy (or whomever) felt like a big celebration might be inappropriate. i saw barbara walters on nightline saying that she had been part of a discussion about whether or not to even hold the oscars this weekend. it's true we're at war, but i think that getting on with everyday life is just as important as supporting our troops and keeping informed about current events. i was also dismayed by the recipients who chose to use their acceptance speech time to spout off political comments. that was the wrong platform for airing those kinds of opinions. i think that night is supposed to be a celebration of art and achievement, not a soapbox. i tune in to see the hideous outfits, the movie stars resplendent in their 80 million dollar gowns with the 90 billion dollar jewelry, all that obnoxiously fabulous excess, who's dating who, and all the red carpet interview fluff that goes with it. people go to the movies to escape the strife and stress of everyday and i don't think it's appropriate to introduce that stress into an event which is created specifically to provide and celebrate that much needed reprieve.

a blog, however, is an appropriate soapbox. and now you're all lathered up... ;).