Oscar Kiddie Pool

I was in my first Oscar Pool this year. Nothing serious. Not even an entry fee, but for fun. I felt maybe I had an advantage considering my love of film podcasts (not necessarily of film itself) and immediately went to copy the picks from Entertainment Weekly and had my choices backed up my the Las Vegas odds. I came in third.

And I even tied for third. The person I tied with admitted to looking up stuff online. Wait, we aren't allowed to do that? Also, I know better than to vote with my heart. If so, The Lego Movie would have been written in for Best Picture. (And Best Animated Picture too, I guess by default.)

 And Best Song.

But I am keeping my victory and tiny trophy. It gave me a great excuse to meet and talk with the other department peoples. Like in high school, I could always find common ground with anyone by judging movies. Good times.

Celebrity Sighting #Broken Dawn

Completing the Twlight Saga, I saw Doug Benson's Movie Interruption of Breaking Dawn Part 1 & 2 at the Castro Theater for SF Sketchfest. There is a very special moment when you are in a theater in a large group and everyone understand the ridiculousness of a situation. Like when the big reveal at the end of part two comes and the collective feeling of betrayal over bad writing. 

Or when Wendell Pierce was on screen and there was a collective reference to The Wire. It was pure poetry. Part 1 Doug was joined by Steve Agee, Chris Hardwick, Matt Kirshen, Arden Myrin, and Rory Scovel. Part 2 he was joined by Scott Aukermann, Jonah Ray, Todd Barry, Brendan Small, and Janet Varney. Everyone kept their shirts on. It was wonderful and I am sad the saga is over, but I know Doug will be back. He mentioned doing The Rock at some point. That would be incredible, but the dream is to have Mark Wahlberg at one of these shows, have him look at me in the eye and say "you're welcome."