Hehe, see what happens when I quit doing it.

 

I'll bet Steve Harvey is feeling a little better this morning.


I'm glad I watched the show. I still can't figure how that could happen. Why was there an unopened envelope with Emma Stone/LaLa Land in it? It was the last award of the evening, you would think all the unopened envelopes had been consumed.

 

They have a duplicate set for each side of the stage from what I'm told.
Emma had ahold of her envelope and statue and somehow the other Emma envelope snuck in.
I was glad that Jimmy did a good job. The show was almost watchable.

 

I was glad that it wasn't Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway's fault. The way they were stumbling around with it, that was my first thought.


Wife and I were a little scared when Kimmel said it was the 50th anniversary of their Bonnie and Clyde movie. Then I think we both did the math at about the same time, and damn! Really scary.

 

GOOD MONDAY MORNIN SOCAL,

Another beautiful day in paradise,
Aren't you glad we don't get that white fluffy stuff?
(well at least not here where I'm at anyways)
Whats on tap for your monday?
Can you believe that it is almost time to bring this thread to a close already,
WHERE has this month gone?

 

Beatty's spent a lifetime reading lines while on set, certainly not thinking for himself.

All he would have had to do was be intelligent enough to realize a mistake was being made, and announce the problem he was having.

Did he actually have consciousness-erasing stage freight that caused him to go completely blank?

Apparently.

Pop

 

There is that. But he did hand it to Faye for a second opinion. I wasn't sure in the moment if he was trying to be funny, or if he needed his glasses but was too vain to wear them, or just what his issue was. Now I think he was confused by an actress' name being on a best picture award. Which makes sense. I guess I have to feel for them being in such a situation. No time to think.

All in all, I enjoyed the show. I knew Trump was going to be skewered relentlessly, but I figure he is a big boy and he is going to have to learn how to take it. And he ain't very good at it, so far. Anyway, it kind of seems to me like Kimmel decided to take that responsibility on himself, maybe to defuse the atmosphere for all the stars. There was very little political stuff from everyone else. And I laughed at all his jokes. None of it offended me. And I was at full ****, ready to be pissed off. But he pulled it off.

 

I assume that's why he had Faye read the card.


Just returned from a 7 mile hike in the Santa Monica's. Nice to see all that greenery and some streams I've never seen water in.

 

It's that time of year. Dad's all over the US will be making their son's cars.

We went to Lego cars last year to get rid of the 'Dad' effect, but this year wood cars are back by popular demand. Luckily, our track has electronic timing and we can bracket those cars with these 'cheats' and those slower cars, actually made by the cub.

Rules include no bent axles, all wheels must be level, weight/size restrictions.

 

I too was ready to some overpaid big mouths, but the show was actually enjoyable. There were a few comments I could have done without regarding police brutality and walls. However, Kimmel did really well in my opinion and I cried laughing so hard a few times.

I watched back the announcement and saw Beatty had a quickly confused look on his face. He first looked at Faye and then looked back at the card. He looked at her again and the crowd, but he eventually looked off stage behind her for a moment. He did give it to her although I wonder if he was hoping she would look at it and she read it instead.

 

Four score and however long ago, my great great great (etc) grandparents owned land above the canyon in the Santa Monica Mountains. At some point they all sold their parcels and spread out all over CA (and further). Funny to think about, especially when I go hiking and wonder where the heck exactly they would've been.

That's a long hike! Any dog companions?

Christa

 

Sometimes I'll take Luna (golden doodle), but this time was solo. I plan on taking my 11 yr old after school to see that stream.