Zac Efron and Joe the Plumber

So I know I said I'd write about the actual award portion of the Oscars, but let's be honest. By now everyone has moved on. I will however, give you my highlights:

• Hugh Jackman singing (I can't help it, he's amazing!)
• Anne Hathaway's role in the opening number
• Slumdog Millionaire winning EVERYTHING
• Zac and Vanessa appearing in the middle of the musical montage ( I was also fairly perplexed by this, lol)
• Ben Stiller's Jaoquin Phoenix Impression
• Jack Black's pixar joke

Ok so now my chatter about the Oscars is over.

This week my world has been fairly average. I've been swamped with school work, which leads to this sort of weird phenomenom where I am not exposed to the real world a lot. I always find this kind of funny. I hope if there was some major world event going on during Midterm week that someone from the outside world would take the time to call me. Or at least put out an informative facebook status. Anyways the point is every once in a while I get a glimpse of how skewed my view of the world is. I know there was major bailout stuff going on, but honestly I was always so tired when I got done with my school stuff that I never wanted to read those articles. I wanted to read something lighter and more entertaining. So sadly world while you were out there creating valid news stories and reporting on important events, these are the top 3 most important stories out of all the news that made it through to me this week:

1. Joe the Plumber had a dismal book signing
2. Cheapest Car ever manufactured is released on the market ($2,500 starting price)
3. KFC employees are tricked into spraying all their fire hydrants and taking off their clothes by prank phone call

I know, there's not even a Heroes recap in there, that's how much stuff I've had to do. Oh well, I can always start being an informed citizen next week, right? But seriously I feel strangely disconnected so I have made a goal to catch up on real life as soon as my English paper is officially turned in (Monday at 11).
Wish me luck!

Oscars 2009: The Good, The Bad, and the Boring

I watched the Academy Awards last night in all its fabulousness !! Then I went to french class today and I ended up talking about the Oscar dresses instead of studying for my quiz, so... here are my picks for best and worst :) I will write something about the actual awards later, I just thought it would be fun to start with the fashion.

Ok so usually I like bold colors, but this year there was a bunch of dresses on the lighter end of the spectrum that really caught my attention.



Tarji P. Henson, Penelope Cruz, Evan Rachel Wood, Tina Fey, and Nicole Kidman. I wanted to include Anne Hathaway's dress too but I couldn't find a good picture from some reason. My favorite dress is Tarji's. I love the train. Although a close second is Tina Fey's. She was a great presenter too. Her and Steve Martin did so well.




Amy Adams, Natalie Portman, Freida Pinto, and Alicia Keys. I seriously fell in love with Natalie Portman's dress the second I saw it. And I normally do not like asymmetrical styles, but for some reason I just love Freida's dress.

Black and Blue Fad?



Queen Latifah, Kate Winslet, Reese Witherspoon, and Marion Cotillard.

For some reason the blue and black combo was very popular last night. It worked really well for some, and not so well for others. Now alot of people are giving Reese hate for her dress, but I don't think it's that bad. I don't particularly like the strappy thing on the bodice, but the skirt is interesting. The deep blue is a great color. Although I would have to say that Kate's dress is probably my favorite. I actually wasn't that into at first, but the more I saw it the more I liked it. I love the lace detail.

And now my least favorite dresses of the night.



Vanessa Hudgens, Miley Cyrus, Jessica Biel, Beyonce Knowles, and Tilda Swinton.

Now there were some questionable fashion choices of the evening (I spared Sophia Loren since she is a living legend), but these were the standouts to me. I suppose Miley and Vanessa are new at this, having previously only graced the red carpet of Disney channel movies and Nickelodeon kid awards, but honestly!!!! I mean Vanessa is not too bad; her worst sin is probably being too boring, but what was Miley thinking?! It's like her and Jessica got together and said hey our dresses are too boring, let's tack on random bits of fabric all over the place to spice it up. Luckily Jessica got out before Miley pulled out the bedazzler or her huge smock thing would probably be covered in rhinestones as well. At least she was smart enough to keep the accessories classic.

Well that's it for now. I'll write about the actual awards later!

P.S. If you want to see the pictures from their original source go to www.ew.com, www.oscar.com,and www.celebrity-gossip.net

Weekend Update

So this past weekend we had an extra day off for President's day, so Lara and I decided to take a road trip. We went to Idaho to visit some friends at BYU in Rexburg. I was a total wimp about the cold though. I had to bring out my blue puffy coat from retirement :) Anyways, we did a bunch of things, I got to:Visit Kimberly and David, eat snow, pretend to be one of Karen's roommates for 3 days, go sledding for the first time, eat at Jack in the Box [Oh! J in the B how I have missed you], play psychology, explore BYU-I Campus, discover the only pizza place in rexburg that will deliver after 11, find all our doppelganger apartment complexes (they have a Riviera, a Carriage House instead of Carriage Cove, etc.), and... Lars and I even managed to hit up Mayan Adventure for some jungle themed madness on the way home. So all in all a pretty awesome trip.

After that it was just back to life as usual. Which basically means I came home and watched SNL (Alec Baldwin and Jack McBrayer!!!) on my tivo when I should have been doing my never ending amount of French homework. Which might explain why the test I took tonight pretty much killed my brain. Although in my defense there was a good amount of studying done today before said test. I just wasn't in a good test taking mood. The testing center was unreasonably warm and completely full, giving it that claustrophobic feeling. Also, I feel I am never really done with French homework. It is pretty much constantly happening. You'd think with this constant exposure to the language I'd be pretty on top of it by now, yet I still confuse How are you with What is your name? But don't worry my education has not been a complete waste. I can tell time, point out items at a grocery store, sing the Flight of the Conchord's Foux de Fa Fa song, and say a variety of generally enthusiastic expressions. C'est Incroyable! Quelle Chance! Super!

Currently obsessed with: Boba drinks from DEW
Currently reading: As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner

Verizon

So I saw this link and after I listened to it I couldn't help but post it. So frustrating, but soo funny.
I feel bad for the guy who posted it though. Dealing with telephone customer service is so annoying!! Also, sadly, this is my cell phone carrier.

http://failblog.org/2009/02/04/verizon-math-fail/