03/01/05: Monday afternoon, 1:10 PM

Gee, the weekend came and went like a synaptic impulse! At least I survived going to Coyote Ugly (and please, all my friends, don't make the same mistake I did here) and Irish Channel with C-Towner and JY. Sorry, Priapus, for missing out on the Red Room and catching you. I'll be there this weekend!

The DCFS Oscars night was successful. I found myself running around almost constantly, as I got saddled with keeping our sound booth volunteers in line. Of course, the first volunteer was a fuck-up who lived up to that epithet. Between not remembering the simple controls he was shown mere minutes before, to abandoning the post during his shift, I found myself running stair laps all evening. Not my idea of fun. Luckily the other volunteers had their shit together and made things smoother during their times. Thanks, you guys!

Now, about them awards: I was a little surprised that Eastwood took best director/picture over Scorsese/Michael Mann. Mind you, I haven't seen The Aviator yet, but it seemed like the buzz was all over it. I guess Hollywood still loves its own first and foremost. Congrats to Million Dollar Baby. Most of the rest of it seemed pretty predictable, even with Sideways getting an Oscar for Adapted Screenplay (it always seems like the best films I like year to year clean up at the Independent Spirit Awards, but only get the screenplay writing bone from the Academy. I keep hoping more peeps watch the ISA's each year). I thought Chris Rock was very funny, and hope he comes back next year.

Ah, overdue here. As I promised, here is my online photo album from my trip to Europe in January. Some of the pics were too dark, but not too many. Feel free to ask me about any of them! Can't wait to go back there.

I took a few pics of the snow outside the apartment. I will put a couple up here tonight. Be happy if you are living in points south of moi!