Sunday, March 05, 2006

I'll read about them in the morning

So tonight is the Academy Awards. And like the anticipation of the 4th of July and Easter, my Oscar interest has faded from its one time title of - not to be missed party nights of the year. One year I even went and sat in the bleachers, dying from heat and thirst and the lack of toilet access. With each passing year, I'm familiar with fewer and fewer nominated actors, and I'm lucky if I've seen one of the nominations for best picture. Plus now it starts at NINE whereas when you live in California, it starts at six. I can't stay up to watch the good awards given out after my bedtime since tomorrow is a work day.

Yesterday we reconnected to the satellite, after a 3 month television hiatus. Until then, I had no trouble making do with 3 snowy channels and the I love Lucy collection. But. Then I remembered about surfing, and tempted by her many channels, sat down to peruse the list of channels I had forgotten about months ago.

We have OutTV? SexTV? I forgot about that. Oh look here, Discovery, How It's Made. I see how a fishing lure is made. I know my mother makes fishing lures. I ponder the art of fashioning an object that tempts a creature to give up its life. It is fascinating. Oh and what's this? A Woody Allen film on the Film Channel. Mighty Aphrodite. I watch the entire film. I think about the absurdity in which he casts life, the view I suppose he strives for in reality. His stories enchant me, if not his on screen persona. I flip again.

A story following two very hot guys working as paid escorts on SexTV. One digs his job, the other is trying to get away from it. I identify more with the latter.

Getting late, Oh. My. God., I forgot about Meteomedia. Meteomedia is the French weather channel and played a huge help in my learning the language. With images to help you know what is being talked about, and the frequent repetition of such programming, I spent many months watching trying to decipher the language. Of course now, I'm not even aware it's in a foreign language. I watch for ten minutes and go to bed.

With all these possible distractions, I can say with some fair certainty that I'll skip the awards show and surf again tonight.

11 comments:

Chunks said...

If you are on a satellite now, can you watch it early on a different feed? I don't imagine I will be watching either...is Johnny Depp nominated? heehee

I had the tv all to myself all weekend and couldn't find a damn thing to watch. I hate it when that happens!

r said...

Charlie and I will be over at Katrina's, eating and making fun of the clothes.

Have you seen Capote? I saw it Friday, and it was pretty darn good.

GayProf said...

Welcome back to soothing glow of television.

Just wait until you concede to getting a Digital Video Recorder. Your couch becomes as inescapable as a black hole as your mind glazes over in a world dominated by on-demand reruns of Bewitched. Or maybe that’s just me. . .

BriteYellowGun said...

I know what you mean about the Oscars. I watch some of the red carpet stuff to see faces and clothes, then it's bedtime. It always runs late and I hate myself at work the next day so no more.

OutTV? SexTV? Wow! We have cable that I suspect is operated out of the backseat of someones car 7 miles away in the small town nearest us. It's the absolute worst! I know of people that quit paying for it last spring and STILL never had it shut off. 3 snowy channels and I Love Lucy sound like they may be an improvement for us.

Unknown said...

Come on watch them...Jon Stewart should be hilarious...well I hope...hehe..nice blog by the way...

Shauntae AuPair said...

When I lived in the Hull area, the BIGGEST helps for me learning French were Musique Plus (luuuuuuved it) and La Guerre des Clan (Family Feud). OMG, when Celine Dions family played as a 'guest celebrity' family? It was hilarious. They are soooooo trailer folk.

Snooze said...

I was with you about the Oscars but then I read Kelly's comment - Jon Stewart should be worth watching. I'd forgotten he was hosting this year.

The Wisdom of Wislon said...

Just seen your Thursday pic! ooh i'm all of a blushing ;-)


Yeah the Oscars were on too late for me to watch and on Sky which I haven't got anyway.

Might Aphro was odd-all I can remember is a phallic looking clock ;-)

_Psycho said...

I thought you would get yourself a FTA receiver like I did, no need to pay for this useless TV stuff ;)

Watched the Oscar yesterday, was pretty boring, like you said, I didn't saw almost any movies nominated except 2 I think.

St. Dickeybird said...

I would have rather spent my evening counting my dishes, than watching that disgusting, self-promoting, meaningless awards show.

Still wanting a smoke, obviously...
:)

madamerouge said...

I watched the show at a friend's place (huge plasma HD tv; I literally had wood all evening it was so sharp). I skipped the "fill out the ballot & win the pot" stuff (seriously, who cares?). My main intentions for watching were 1) to see how Jon Stewart did; 2) to see my dream of best actor & actress going to LGBT characters.

i.e. Heath Ledger and Felicity Huffman

I just ended up drunk and being 1/2 an hour late for work this morning.