Not a whole lot to update, but I want to mention a few things I've found and love in the past few weeks and other random updates.
I have thick hair. It's currently just below my shoulder blades, but I have a lot of hair and THICK hair. Not to mention I'll grow it down to my lower back in a few months. So anything plastic I want to put into my hair I break. It's always been a problem and over the years I've accumulated some metal hair accessories, but they're hard to find without breaking the bank. I like shiny hair things, but don't want to spend more than $10 for them. Well, I recently broke my spending limit for these Flexi 8's. They're shaped in an 8-shape with a pin and they're STURDY. For years I've been looking for something to get my hair up in a up-down twist (like a French Twist, but without the roll) that isn't plastic. I have a super large plastic hair claw (never seen one since I bought that), but I've been slowly breaking the teeth off. I think it's got about half its teeth left now. In addition, it doesn't quite fit all my hair. I found Flexi 8 a while ago, but have been stalling because of the price. The other month, they were having a free shipping deal and I caved. Well, I've now got 5 of them! I've got 2 small sizes for doing my hair half-up (in the information, I should be able to use an extra small, but my hair is too thick or I have too much); one medium for a pony tail (it's a smidgen too big if my hair is dry and super smooth, but it's the only size that'll work for it); and 2 extra large for my up-dos (i.e., up-down twist). It's amazing! They're super strong and the pin has these 3 notches in it to secure the pin so it can't slip out. Not only that, but the extra large gets my hair totally up and it's secure (again, I should have been able to use a large, but it was too small and when my hair is wet, an extra large almost doesn't work depending on where I secure it on the twist). I adore them. They are expensive at around $21 for the extra large, $14 for the smalls, $15 for the mediums, but I'm paying for something I haven't been able to find anywhere else and it'll last for, seemingly, ever. I also like all the styles they have. It's simply amazing finding something that can have my hair up all the way and I don't have to worry about it breaking on me. I'm not the most gentle with my hair so I need metal so I don't break it and I don't worry about these at all. Highly recommend for those with hair issues like me. :P A seller (bought from first): https://www.flexi8.com/ Main page (they do a flexi-of-the-month): http://www.lillarose.biz/ (they don't have exactly the same designs available)
Music is something I like, but I'm not particularly picky about it. I have always liked just about any music, though (techno, dance, ethnic, soundtracks, rock, pop, country, folk, rap, etc). However, I primarily use it as background noise when I'm concentrating on stuff (e.g., writing papers, research, etc). It's background noise so I tend to lean towards soundtracks. I adore soundtracks (will find during a movie I'll concentrate more on the soundtrack than the movie sometimes) and love how instrumental music can invoke certain emotions without having to say any words. I like singing too, don't get me wrong, but I can live without it since I tend to tune out the actual lyrics and tune more towards the singing sound and the music itself. Anyway, at work we're tired of our main radio station we listen to. There's always songs you abhor and then you hear the same songs over and over again. So in the past month we've taken to using a co-workers Spotify account and created a playlist of music we generally all like (you'll never please EVERYONE on staff) and is work appropriate. The co-worker with Spotify started it, but then never got back to it. So I took up the reigns (we use Spotify on my phone at work since I can part with my phone all day and am one of the few phones who can use Spotify on my phone) and added music to it. During this ordeal (I've spent NUMEROUS hours looking for music), I've found I'm mostly an alternative music girl. Specifically, in the alternative/indie rock and indie folk area. So, during this music finding, I stumbled upon a group called Lord Huron. I love them. I've found a lot of music/songs I like that are work appropriate, but Lord Huron is one I have found that I like for myself. It's not quite work appropriate since it's folk-y and it'd drive my co-workers nut and it is a little low-key, but I like it. It's indie folk, but it sort of has a hint of like John Denver-cowboy-country in it. It's hard to describe, but I really like it and it makes you feel like you're out in the middle of nowhere. It's soothing, but has a nice upbeat feel to it. It's now the album I listen to when I'm working and need background noise. I even BOUGHT the CD ("CD" meaning the digital album, of course) because I liked it so much (Spotify is great, but I'm not paying for the subscription). Stranger (YouTube video link - I find the videos a little odd) and Time to Run (YouTube video link) are probably their two more popular ones, but I like the entire Lonesome Dreams album.
Off the topic of new things I love, Zenyatta had her foal a month ago! I realized I never mentioned anything about it! Her new colt was born on April 1st, which is her birthday! He's an absolute cutie, which you can see almost 4 week old photos here (last 3 photos are of her first foal who is over a year old now!). Zenyatta's first colt was recently named Cozmic One too. It was picked for a variety of different reasons (his birthday, being Zenyatta's first foal, his star on his forehead, etc). I'm a little surprised by the name given the Mosses have typically named horses to do with the music industry, but Coz works (the "z" is for Zenyatta, of course). With that, the Kentucky Derby (reason I remembered I never mentioned 13Z earlier!) is in 2 weeks from tomorrow (Sat). It's CRAZY! The field is taking shape too with the new "point" system, but we'll find out the week of the full order and stuff. I don't have a particular favorite right now too. I think I've just learned to wait!
I'm still doing my nails, but I've definitely restarted myself. I'm just painting mostly. I went from heavy glitters to heavy shimmers to light shimmers/cremes with stamps and now I'm just painting, mostly. I think I just got tired of doing all the extravagance! I did do nail art this time around, but it was the first time in 4-5 manis or so. Plus, I had a nail breakage that I've been trying to grow out and reshape for weeks now. It's finally okay, but I had to trim everything down to reshape it. I've done 28 manis since January 1st and it's been 17 weeks from the New Year. About 1.5 manis a week, which is down from what I was doing at the end of last year (2-3 a week, most times 3). Crazy...!
Started watching Law & Order: SVU. It was just "there" to watch on Hulu+. It's okay. You usually think of Law & Order as the "original" procedural crime-drama show since it's been around so long. I think it's okay, but I do prefer my normal ones (CSI, Criminal Minds, Castle, Bones, etc) more because they have an "oomph" to them in one way or another. L&O works for just watching whatever, though.
Watched two movies, this week. One a repeat and one new one.
The Impossible (Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor) - Wow. Okay, I get the nomination for Watts. She is amazing in the film. Actually, everyone is good in the film and it's a good film. It's absolutely intense, though. I can't imagine going through ANY of that. The movie definitely left me feeling tense at the end. It's definitely not a film for everyone, but I'm glad I watched it. It just gives you a small glimpse into what everyone went through during the tsunami. With that said, the real Maria who Watts is based off of had a real hand in everything (was on set, script, etc) so the movie is pretty accurate to what happened and how she felt, which makes it all the more crazy to watch. It was also filmed on location in certain scenes. I do feel like the movie was well paced, which is kind of amazing given the story. Grade: B/B+ (B+ for the sheer fact this was made close to the truth)
Rewatched Les Miserables and it's just as good the 2nd time. Jackman and Hathaway astound me with their singing. Everyone does a good job, but Jackman and Hathaway definitely take the top prizes for it. I do still love Baron Cohen and Bonham Carter as the Thénardiers and Barks as Eponine. The casting in this film is simply spot on. It still moved me through the 2nd watch. No tears (I think I cried through the last half of the film the first time), but it still gave me chills and the singing/music still moves me. I rented the movie for this 2nd watch, but I think I'll buy the movie down the road. It's something I'll want to watch again and, if anything, want to support the sales for.
With that, Iron Man 3 comes out next Friday (May 3rd). I am so excited!! It should be good and officially starts the summer kick off for movies. So far, I've seen 31 new movies this year, which means I'm on track to watch 100 movies this year. We'll see, though.
Anyway, with that, I'm off!
Friday, April 26, 2013
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Sore muscles, a shrinking stomach, and movies
So, we've decided at work to do a "Biggest Losers" work challenge for 4 weeks. It came out of a bought of silliness and I randomly suggested it to some of us and they jumped on board. So I asked around to a few more and there are 5 of us (including me) in the battle to lose the most weight in 4 weeks. $50 pot just to make it easy and add a little incentive, but it's been interesting and we haven't even completed one week! The funny thing about doing this amongst the 5 of us is we're both encouraging and trying to sabotage each other at the same time and the rest of our co-workers are trying to encourage us. So eating is sometimes hilarious or even talking about food. I'm not sure how serious the 5 of us, as a collective, are truly taking this, but I'm at least really using this to get myself motivated to eat better and lose some weight. I started losing some at the end of last year, but Christmas rolled around and traveling through me out of my routine and I was never able to get back on to it (didn't help when I started playing LotRo either, which has finally died, thanks to Defiance).
I actually started exercising and thinking of what I eat the week before we did our first (and initial) weigh in to get myself going. I'm not, per se, "dieting," but I am trying to be conscious of what I eat and eat less and healthier. I don't always hit it and I sometimes splurge (I had ice cream today...Bad me!), but I'm generally doing better and I've lost 3 lbs! Okay, so it's probably water weight, but at least it's down rather than up! (Our biggest joke is that we'll gain weight instead of lose it.)
I have decided no sugar. For me, that entails soda, candy, and cookies. Okay, ice cream kind of through that out the window for me tonight (and I had a little soda a few days ago), but it's a HUGE decrease of the amount I *was* eating/drinking. I generally don't drink a lot of soda, but I do go in waves and I was in a big uptick in soda so I cut that out. As for candy, I've always had a huge sweet tooth and I was gnawing on sugar (fruit snacks -- yummy! -- or some candy) almost nightly and not just a few, but maybe 1 or 2 packs of fruit snacks a night and maybe even 1 during lunch. It was rather bad. It was to the point where eating sugar just made my teeth feel like they hurt. So, cutting the sugar out has been another big step for me.
I am also being more aware of how much I eat and when I eat. I know you're supposed to graze throughout the day and some days I'm better than that than others, but I'm now trying to eat my biggest meal at lunch and taper off earlier at night. Before, I was probably bellcurving closer to night (after I got home) and eating less (or snacking) at work. And by bellcurving, I mean my biggest meal was at home after work and then I snacked somewhere before or after that too. I'm never a big morning eater since it's hard to shove food down my throat when I first wake up, but I have noticed with eating less at night, I'm waking up hungrier in the morning, which allows me to eat a *little* something to try and wake my metabolism up. I've felt better doing it this way too. I'm sure it has something to do with fueling myself for the day. :P
Anyway, so, the past 1.5 weeks I've been exercising almost daily (I missed two days because I passed out asleep both days; I exercise at night; and 1am is a little late to exercise...) and been eating better. The stomach is shrinking and the muscles are a little sore. I can't make it a whole day at work on my feet without my legs hurting again, but I know I'll get past that over time. Chris bought me a subscription to Fitness Mag to help encourage me and he's been better about offering me food and sugar (every time we'd go to the store he'd ask me if I wanted soda (that was a 50-50 chance) or candy (that was almost every time a yes)). So, we'll see how this goes! If anything, the 4 weeks should be interesting with my co-workers. We all keep laughing about our "healthy" lunches and what we have and haven't done. We all kid each other so much. So much, in fact, that Andrew today was trying to offer me candy he found in the breakroom. Thanks dude... :)
As for LotRo, as I mentioned earlier, we're no longer playing. Defiance came out so the boys jumped ship and started playing that. Defiance is coupled with a TV show that is on SyFy. The game came out about 2 (or 3? What week am I in? LoL) before the TV show airs. The show airs on Monday. It's the first game to come out with a simultaneous show. So there was the first part of the game you played and then you could "finish that." When the TV show airs on Monday, a new patch goes through and more game content is opened. It won't exactly parallel the show or a new patch won't be released every episode, but about a quarter of the show or so will be in the game. Amazon (someone's in trouble!) accidentally made the pilot episode available (unless "pilot previews" are now 1.5 hours long and suspiciously look an awful lot like a pilot episode) so we watched it. It was an okay show. I like the main dude, but the rest will come with time, hopefully. I haven't played the game, but Chris thought it was okay too. I did feel a *little* left out because he knew what some things and I had to go, "What?" whenever he mentioned something, but it's not like I couldn't follow the episode or get into the world. It's simply he has a little more "canon" under is belt than I do. So, it's an interesting concept and will be interesting to see how it does.
As for movies, well, I've watched a "few" in the last few weeks.
Rise of the Guardians - Funny thing about this is I watched it 2 or 3 days before Easter, which part of the movie takes place about 2 or 3 days before Easter! (I forget exactly how many days.) I thought it was cute. I liked what each "Guardian" is supposed to be guarding (Santa Claus - Wonder; Easter Bunny - Hope; Tooth Fairy - Memories; Sandman - Dreams; Jack Frost - Fun). The Boogeyman is scary and it was scary how he "invaded" the world, but it was interesting too. It was basically about making kids lose hope or making their dreams scary, etc. I can't say it's to the caliber of Wreck-It Ralph, but I liked it and it's another solid DreamWorks film. Grade: B/B-
Killing Them Softly (Brad Pitt) - Definitely neo-noir and it's okay. It's not horrible, but it's not really my cup of tea either. I also felt like the cast was not used well. The beginning story and why the whole film happened was just stupid (really, those guys weren't bright, but that was kind of the point too!). Pitt's character wasn't bad, but the film is a neo-noir and that's not usually my thing. Grade: C/C-
Life of Pi (Suraj Sharma) - Okay, so it is a little stylized and not a whole lot happens for a great deal of the film and there are some stupid moments from Pi, but I liked it. It is a theological film and I can't really compare it to the book (I read 1/3 of the book), but I liked the film. I found it interesting and the ending really made you think too. It made you first think if the entire story was made up or not, but if you delved into it, it also made you wonder about God. I mean, in the beginning, he does say that he's going to tell you a story to make you believe in God. It's, in the end, a story about rationality vs faith. Can you believe in the unbelievable or do you need to rationalize it to something that makes sense? With that said, I thought the journey of being on the boat was interesting on its own. I liked the style of the film and, yeah, it got a little "dreamy" and "other worldly" at points, but it sort of fit in with the whole story. I really liked it, at any rate. It won't be for everyone and not every animal on the boat survive in the beginning (nothing graphic, but it still upset me none-the-less), but I really liked it. One of those films I'm really glad I watched (great directing, good acting, etc), but it's unlikely I'll ever watch it again (e.g., War Horse). Grade: A
Straight A's (Anna Paquin, Ryan Phillippe, Luke Wilson) - What...? This was my first response when the movie ended. What...? Definitely not what I thought. I thought it was going to end differently. I didn't think it was a rom-com, but I didn't think it'd be such a drama film either. And there's "drama" and then there is DRAMA and this trio definitely have the drama in their relationship. I still don't even quite get the end or the meaning of the title? I don't know. The acting wasn't bad, but it was just baffling to me... Grade: C-/D+
Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) - I knew this film would happen to his assassination, but I didn't realize how political the film was going to be. Not that it was a bad thing, I just didn't expect it. Daniel Day-Lewis did an amazing acting job, though. Liam Neeson was originally cast for the role and I don't think he could have done as good of a job as Day-Lewis (and I like Neeson a lot). It's a good, solid cast and it was interesting to see the political maneuvering to get the 13th Amendment passed. I've read that people say it's not historically accurate on how "critical" or "important" certain events were played to be, but it's a movie...You need some suspense and questioning on whether it was going to come about or not or how close it'd be. It is a rather long film, though. I wouldn't say it's *too* long, but it is just long. Grade: B
Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren) - Sometimes trailers lead you astray on how a film would be, but this trailer was exactly what it was and I just didn't believe it. Not the best of films and I didn't exactly like the feel of the film. Not that the feel was bad, but it just felt kind of weird that it's a docudrama and filmed in a way to make you feel all movie. I think I would have enjoyed this more if it was just a docudrama instead of the stylization to make you feel like it was one of his films. With that said, I did enjoy the story of Hitchcock and his wife. It seemed like that they really did love each other and did really collaborate quite a lot, but they both had their "issues" to work through in their partnership. I liked Hopkins make-up too, but sometimes it didn't feel real. Grade: C/C+ (C+ if it didn't have that weird feel to it)
With that, I've watched all but 1 (Amour) of the Best Picture nominated films. I have to say, I wish Life of Pi won. Don't get me wrong, Argo was a good film and Lincoln was too, but Life of Pi was more to me. I felt like Life of Pi hit me more emotionally/spiritually, where Argo was more drama-suspense, Lincoln drama-politics, and Silver Linings Playbook drama-comedy. Django Unchained, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Les Miserables, and Zero Dark Thirty just never really seemed like they had a chance to win to me. All good films too. I don't doubt their excellency to be nominated (they are all quality films), but I just felt like Life of Pi is a little more what the Academy likes (in feel), but it is a little more "spiritual" and Argo is more movies-help-save-lives. I'm not so surprised Lincoln didn't win either after seeing it. It's an excellent film, but it's not a film like King's Speech. It misses something just by a hair to make it Best Picture winner. Course, I like Life of Pi more than Argo, so who's to say I know the majority of the Academy at all! ;)
Anyway, with that, time to go to bed!
I actually started exercising and thinking of what I eat the week before we did our first (and initial) weigh in to get myself going. I'm not, per se, "dieting," but I am trying to be conscious of what I eat and eat less and healthier. I don't always hit it and I sometimes splurge (I had ice cream today...Bad me!), but I'm generally doing better and I've lost 3 lbs! Okay, so it's probably water weight, but at least it's down rather than up! (Our biggest joke is that we'll gain weight instead of lose it.)
I have decided no sugar. For me, that entails soda, candy, and cookies. Okay, ice cream kind of through that out the window for me tonight (and I had a little soda a few days ago), but it's a HUGE decrease of the amount I *was* eating/drinking. I generally don't drink a lot of soda, but I do go in waves and I was in a big uptick in soda so I cut that out. As for candy, I've always had a huge sweet tooth and I was gnawing on sugar (fruit snacks -- yummy! -- or some candy) almost nightly and not just a few, but maybe 1 or 2 packs of fruit snacks a night and maybe even 1 during lunch. It was rather bad. It was to the point where eating sugar just made my teeth feel like they hurt. So, cutting the sugar out has been another big step for me.
I am also being more aware of how much I eat and when I eat. I know you're supposed to graze throughout the day and some days I'm better than that than others, but I'm now trying to eat my biggest meal at lunch and taper off earlier at night. Before, I was probably bellcurving closer to night (after I got home) and eating less (or snacking) at work. And by bellcurving, I mean my biggest meal was at home after work and then I snacked somewhere before or after that too. I'm never a big morning eater since it's hard to shove food down my throat when I first wake up, but I have noticed with eating less at night, I'm waking up hungrier in the morning, which allows me to eat a *little* something to try and wake my metabolism up. I've felt better doing it this way too. I'm sure it has something to do with fueling myself for the day. :P
Anyway, so, the past 1.5 weeks I've been exercising almost daily (I missed two days because I passed out asleep both days; I exercise at night; and 1am is a little late to exercise...) and been eating better. The stomach is shrinking and the muscles are a little sore. I can't make it a whole day at work on my feet without my legs hurting again, but I know I'll get past that over time. Chris bought me a subscription to Fitness Mag to help encourage me and he's been better about offering me food and sugar (every time we'd go to the store he'd ask me if I wanted soda (that was a 50-50 chance) or candy (that was almost every time a yes)). So, we'll see how this goes! If anything, the 4 weeks should be interesting with my co-workers. We all keep laughing about our "healthy" lunches and what we have and haven't done. We all kid each other so much. So much, in fact, that Andrew today was trying to offer me candy he found in the breakroom. Thanks dude... :)
As for LotRo, as I mentioned earlier, we're no longer playing. Defiance came out so the boys jumped ship and started playing that. Defiance is coupled with a TV show that is on SyFy. The game came out about 2 (or 3? What week am I in? LoL) before the TV show airs. The show airs on Monday. It's the first game to come out with a simultaneous show. So there was the first part of the game you played and then you could "finish that." When the TV show airs on Monday, a new patch goes through and more game content is opened. It won't exactly parallel the show or a new patch won't be released every episode, but about a quarter of the show or so will be in the game. Amazon (someone's in trouble!) accidentally made the pilot episode available (unless "pilot previews" are now 1.5 hours long and suspiciously look an awful lot like a pilot episode) so we watched it. It was an okay show. I like the main dude, but the rest will come with time, hopefully. I haven't played the game, but Chris thought it was okay too. I did feel a *little* left out because he knew what some things and I had to go, "What?" whenever he mentioned something, but it's not like I couldn't follow the episode or get into the world. It's simply he has a little more "canon" under is belt than I do. So, it's an interesting concept and will be interesting to see how it does.
As for movies, well, I've watched a "few" in the last few weeks.
Rise of the Guardians - Funny thing about this is I watched it 2 or 3 days before Easter, which part of the movie takes place about 2 or 3 days before Easter! (I forget exactly how many days.) I thought it was cute. I liked what each "Guardian" is supposed to be guarding (Santa Claus - Wonder; Easter Bunny - Hope; Tooth Fairy - Memories; Sandman - Dreams; Jack Frost - Fun). The Boogeyman is scary and it was scary how he "invaded" the world, but it was interesting too. It was basically about making kids lose hope or making their dreams scary, etc. I can't say it's to the caliber of Wreck-It Ralph, but I liked it and it's another solid DreamWorks film. Grade: B/B-
Killing Them Softly (Brad Pitt) - Definitely neo-noir and it's okay. It's not horrible, but it's not really my cup of tea either. I also felt like the cast was not used well. The beginning story and why the whole film happened was just stupid (really, those guys weren't bright, but that was kind of the point too!). Pitt's character wasn't bad, but the film is a neo-noir and that's not usually my thing. Grade: C/C-
Life of Pi (Suraj Sharma) - Okay, so it is a little stylized and not a whole lot happens for a great deal of the film and there are some stupid moments from Pi, but I liked it. It is a theological film and I can't really compare it to the book (I read 1/3 of the book), but I liked the film. I found it interesting and the ending really made you think too. It made you first think if the entire story was made up or not, but if you delved into it, it also made you wonder about God. I mean, in the beginning, he does say that he's going to tell you a story to make you believe in God. It's, in the end, a story about rationality vs faith. Can you believe in the unbelievable or do you need to rationalize it to something that makes sense? With that said, I thought the journey of being on the boat was interesting on its own. I liked the style of the film and, yeah, it got a little "dreamy" and "other worldly" at points, but it sort of fit in with the whole story. I really liked it, at any rate. It won't be for everyone and not every animal on the boat survive in the beginning (nothing graphic, but it still upset me none-the-less), but I really liked it. One of those films I'm really glad I watched (great directing, good acting, etc), but it's unlikely I'll ever watch it again (e.g., War Horse). Grade: A
Straight A's (Anna Paquin, Ryan Phillippe, Luke Wilson) - What...? This was my first response when the movie ended. What...? Definitely not what I thought. I thought it was going to end differently. I didn't think it was a rom-com, but I didn't think it'd be such a drama film either. And there's "drama" and then there is DRAMA and this trio definitely have the drama in their relationship. I still don't even quite get the end or the meaning of the title? I don't know. The acting wasn't bad, but it was just baffling to me... Grade: C-/D+
Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) - I knew this film would happen to his assassination, but I didn't realize how political the film was going to be. Not that it was a bad thing, I just didn't expect it. Daniel Day-Lewis did an amazing acting job, though. Liam Neeson was originally cast for the role and I don't think he could have done as good of a job as Day-Lewis (and I like Neeson a lot). It's a good, solid cast and it was interesting to see the political maneuvering to get the 13th Amendment passed. I've read that people say it's not historically accurate on how "critical" or "important" certain events were played to be, but it's a movie...You need some suspense and questioning on whether it was going to come about or not or how close it'd be. It is a rather long film, though. I wouldn't say it's *too* long, but it is just long. Grade: B
Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren) - Sometimes trailers lead you astray on how a film would be, but this trailer was exactly what it was and I just didn't believe it. Not the best of films and I didn't exactly like the feel of the film. Not that the feel was bad, but it just felt kind of weird that it's a docudrama and filmed in a way to make you feel all movie. I think I would have enjoyed this more if it was just a docudrama instead of the stylization to make you feel like it was one of his films. With that said, I did enjoy the story of Hitchcock and his wife. It seemed like that they really did love each other and did really collaborate quite a lot, but they both had their "issues" to work through in their partnership. I liked Hopkins make-up too, but sometimes it didn't feel real. Grade: C/C+ (C+ if it didn't have that weird feel to it)
With that, I've watched all but 1 (Amour) of the Best Picture nominated films. I have to say, I wish Life of Pi won. Don't get me wrong, Argo was a good film and Lincoln was too, but Life of Pi was more to me. I felt like Life of Pi hit me more emotionally/spiritually, where Argo was more drama-suspense, Lincoln drama-politics, and Silver Linings Playbook drama-comedy. Django Unchained, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Les Miserables, and Zero Dark Thirty just never really seemed like they had a chance to win to me. All good films too. I don't doubt their excellency to be nominated (they are all quality films), but I just felt like Life of Pi is a little more what the Academy likes (in feel), but it is a little more "spiritual" and Argo is more movies-help-save-lives. I'm not so surprised Lincoln didn't win either after seeing it. It's an excellent film, but it's not a film like King's Speech. It misses something just by a hair to make it Best Picture winner. Course, I like Life of Pi more than Argo, so who's to say I know the majority of the Academy at all! ;)
Anyway, with that, time to go to bed!
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