Oscars and such

do you ever get one of those involuntary eye spasms where your eye lid feels like it is pulsing and there is nothing you can do about it? just had one. they are a little annoying. just thought i'd share.



fav moments from the Oscars last night:

-Oprah giving Chris Rock that "look" when he started in on The Passion of The Christ, like boy you better shut up quickly while you're ahead-even Howard Stern wouldn't go there!

-the guy that won for Music (song), "Al Otro Lado Del Río"-"The Motorocycle Diaries", actually SINGING his "acceptance speech." in spanish, no less. truly original, unforgettable. loved it!

-Beyonce! showing some versatility and singing something besides R&B! and in French, even! and another one with our fav Phantom man, Mr. Lloyd Webber himself on piano. spread those wings, girl. you go!

-Cate Blanchett, my movie star double, not taking credit, but giving it up for the team for her award. isn't she just fabulous, period?

-even the big stars like Prince, Samuel L. Jackson and Al Pacino messing up while they read the cue screens! =)

-Renee Zellweger, looking elegant as always, even with black hair that i didn't like. she can pull off any look fabulously! how does she do it?

-Counting Crows, i give you props for having the cahones to be yourselves even at the Oscars. but dudes, it's the Oscars!!! dress up a little, will ya? who knows? you might even clean up pretty nice!

-Morgan Freeman, finally being recognized for his brilliance! he should've won when he was nominated for Shawshank, but was robbed that year (anyone remember by whom???...) yay for Morgan!!!!

-Hillary Swank's muscles popping all over the place...did you see the back of her dress? no dress, just muscles! some company should use that as their slogan!

-and yay for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind winning for Original screenplay! if you haven't seen this movie, go out and rent it tonight! it will steep in your soul and resonate, let me shut up before i prejudice you. just see it!

-Jamie Foxx winning Best Actor for Ray!!!!! Yay!!!!! He soooooo deserved it! i loved that his daughter told hi right before they announced he won, "Even if you don't win, daddy, you're sitll good." And the grandma speech again, "Boy, stand up straight and ACT like you've got some sense!" you gotta love a man that has such deep respect and love for his grandma, and cries unashamedly, too (man, i got choked up, too, didn't you?) and then he says his grandma still talks to him in his dreams. "We got a lot to talk about tonight, Grandma!" was i the only one to totally lose it then? kleenex, please!

overall, i really think it was one of the best Oscars i've watched. even though it seemed at first like The Aviator (is anybody else as sick of Leonardo DiCaprio as i am?) was gonna sweep the night, it seemed to me that the awards were pretty evenly distributed and those that should've won, did. yay for all the wonderful films from this past year, some of which i still haven't seen :p by and far my favorite moment of the night was the speech the guy that won for The Incredibles gave saying, "The very definition of animate is 'to bring life to'...That is our job as animators, to bring life (to the characters), and you can't do that if you don't have one." he was quoting someone else. i just thought that is so true. how can we expect to bring life (i.e. the love of Christ) to others if we aren't experiencing it on a daily basis ourselves. our loving Father, the great animator who gave us life, goes about His life carrying on His plans no matter what we do. He's bringing life all over the place and all we have to do it grab on and let Him infuse us so He can use us to infuse others.

i was thinking last night as i reached into the freezer for some ice and some item fell out, that life is really not as much like a box of chocolates (sorry Forrest) as it is like a freezer - you have to choose what you have room for, what you take out and what you put in. what's your priority, in this particular season, this day, this minute? you might have to take something out in order to put soemthing else in. what are you taking out of your life? what are you putting in it?

i ask these questions of myself, too, and still hear Switchfoot in my head singing/asking, "This is your life. Are you who you want to be?"