Oscar Recap

There were some resulting upsets during last night:

1. Alan Arkin upsetting front-runner Eddie Murphy as Best Supporting Actor.
2. In the Best Foreign Language Feature category, the winner was The Lives of Others over Pan’s Labyrinth.
3. And lastly, Melissa Etheridge beating out The Dreamgirls for Best Original Song.

Speaking of song, one of the best moments was the Will Ferrell, Jack Black and John C. Reilly trio musical number.  Worst moment was Celine Dion’s tribute to Ennio Marricone.  I’m sorry, but I couldn’t understand a damn thing she was singing.  Was it in Italian, English or both?

I was up for this: Jennifer Hudson winning Best Supporting Actress.  In all her shock, she forgot to thank American Idol.  But, she did thank Jennifer Holiday. 

I was in bed for this: Martin Scorsese winning Best Director.  It’s about damn time, people!  Also, Helen Mirren winning the Best Actress.  

Oh, back to the Best Supporting Actor.  I wanted Jack Earle Haley to win.  He was perfectly casted as the creepy child molester in Little Children. 

And, oh yeah, Ellen DeGeneres as the hostess was great (even though I still miss Billy Crystal antics).  Far better than Jon Stewart’s disaster from last year.   

Home Body Fat Test

It may not be totally accurate, but it at the least gives me an idea of where I’m at.

But, anyway, after putting down the necessary info, the result came to that I have 25% body fat (35 lbs of fat, 105 lbs of lean, i.e., muscle, bone and body water).  Which, considering what I’ve done to achieve it, is better than I thought.

Hockey Meme and Unbelievable Skills

I’d like to thank msnbc.com for “referring” this guy’s (or gal’s) blog to me…and others, of course.  🙂

Team:  a mix of the 1994 NY Rangers and 2006 Edmonton Oilers

Uniform Number: 96

Position: Right Wing and Defensemen

Nickname: The Stealth Bomber

Dream Linemates:  Mark Messier and Craig McTavish (yeah, their out of position, but it’s my dream 😉 )

Rounding Out the Powerplay: Georges LaRaque and Raffi Torres (plus Dwayne Roloson as my goalie)

Job: Um, my nickname’s the Stealth Bomber!  I can see you, but you can’t see me.  Plus, a booming 101 mph slapshot doesn’t hurt either.

Signature Move: Hard skate right hand side, in front of net, shoot right top shelf.

Strengths:  Very conditioned.  Can stay on ice for more than a minute shift.

Weaknesses: What are those?

Injury Problems: None.

Equipment: All Itech.  Except the skates–Bauer.

Nemesis: The refs, of course. 😉

Scandal Involvement: None.

Who I’d Face in the Stanley Cup Finals?: Once again a mixture of sorts.  The 2004 Tampa Bay Lighting and the 2006 Carolina Hurricanes.

What I’d Do With the Stanley Cup After Our Victory?:  Easy since I do have at the most 24 hours to spend with it.  First, take the Cup to the children’s ward at the various hospitals.  Then to my old workplace.  Then have the Cup at my place.

Would the Media Love or Hate Me?:  Love me, of course. 

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This hockey player has mad skills.  He plays for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.  Not to sound mean, but I hope he’s still there when I get to see them play in April.

Music and Lyrics

Without being redundant, you can find the synopsis here.

Basically, it’s boy meets girl, boy looses girl, boy gets girl back kind of movie. 

I always thought that the 2 stars (Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore) do exeptionally well in romantic comedies.  The movie does tend to go slow in the middle (the boy-looses-girl part), but it ends up well and predictable.

Scene stealers: 1) Kristen Johnston (Third Rock From the Sun), whose character had a major crush on Hugh Grant’s Alex Fletcher.  The scene where she literally pushes people to get to the front of the stage at a high reunion is hilarious.  2) Newcomer Haley Bennett, who plays the Britney-Christina type character, is convincingly cast as such.  She really does sound Britney when she singing.  3) Scott Porter (NBC’s Friday Night Lights, off-Broadway’s Alter Boyz).  Even though his roll is minute–you only see him at the opening credits’ music video*–he plays his 80’s character wonderfully with his exaggerated arm and hip movements.     

 The music, on the other hand, does bring me back to those days of guys wearing tremendous amounts of makeup (ala Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran), goofy choreography (think Wham!’s Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go) and skinny ties.  Major props goes to Fountain of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger for writing the 80’s pop-style songs.  Adam also was one of the song writers and singers behind Tom Hank’s That Thing You Do!  Also Martin Fry of ABC for being one of the vocal coaches. 

One of the best movies, even though cheesy, I’ve seen.

*Here’s the music video shown during the opening credits:

Excercise, Baby!

It was hard just trying to stay on the bike for 30 minutes today, but I made it.  No resistance exercises, though.  That’s actually reserved for tomorrow. 

We got a new “toy” at the gym yesterday.  It’s called a versaclimber.  The boss tried it out today.  He said that he hated it.  Cheeky, cheeky.  I’m thinking of trying it tomorrow.  Let’s see if I can last at 5 minutes on that thing. 😉  Anyway, we have something called the Hi-Tri.  It’s kinda funny looking ’cause if you wrap it up it looks like a teepee.

Anyway, I admit that I’m a wimp when it comes to exercising outdoors during the winter.  Unlike my cousin (whom I am damn proud of).  He’s getting back to exercising after a long break.  He doesn’t like gyms.  Me, I work at a gym.  So basically the equipment is staring at me for 8-9 hours. 

So, my exercise agenda for tomorrow is cardio on versaclimber for at least 10 minutes and finish it out on the treadmill.  And then resistance training focusing on the chest muscles.  I think I add the ab muscles with it. 

Woo-hoo!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

I know don’t why this is considered a holiday to some folks.  If this was really a holiday, we should have the day off.

I was shopping at Kroger after work.  Long lines ’cause the menfolk were all buying roses for their sweeties.  See that’s what happens when you wait ’til the last minute.  One couple started cracking me up ’cause it sounded almost exactly like the scene from Walt Disney’s cartoon The Jungle Book: “What do you want to do tonight?” “I don’t know.  What do you want to do tonight?” “Now, don’t start that again!”

I was going to buy Mom flowers myself, but all that were left were crappy. 

This video has been all over the web.  It’s funny and cute. 

I don’t see this being danced at a Southern Baptist wedding reception.  Though, then again…. 😉

Paul McCartney’s The Space Within Us

For those who didn’t get to attend Sir Paul’s recent tour, here’s another behind the scenes and on-stage glimpse of the goings on.

I am, though, a bit disappointed that a clip from the Philly concert wasn’t included.  It was when he invited 6-yr-old triplets, who were dressed as Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, on stage to sing the chorus of its namesake song.

Other tidbits included: the wake-up song to the shuttle astronauts (“English Tea”) and the infamous scene where he inadvertantly falls into the piano pit during the concert in Tampa.   

And the Winner is…

Emmet Smith’s Super Bowl TV Ad for HEB Grocers

The Dancing with the Stars champ hoofed it up with other shoppers while shopping at the local HEB in Addison, TX.

Apple

Apple Inc and The Beatles’ Apple Corps Ltd entered into a new agreement where Apple Inc would own all trademarks related to “Apple” and would license certain trademarks to back to Apple Corps for their continued use.  Read Apple Inc’s press release here.

Baltimore  Indianapolis Colts

Even though I was rooting for Da Bears, the best team won.  Okay, whom am I kidding?  I should’ve known that Rex Grossman’s dumbass twin decided to show up.  Geez mon!

From Last Saturday to Today

I got my hair cut last Saturday after a month’s long of hair bangs playing.  (There comes to a point where my bangs grow so long that I can make myself look like a cupie doll.  Or one of the villagers of Whoville.) 

I also have this gash on my left palm from yesterday.  I was inflating a volleyball via an electric air pump and forgotten that there’s no back cover on it.  So, yeah, I put my palm on it for about a second and y’all get the picture.  Luckily, the gash isn’t as deep as I thought.  Mark that as dumbass move of the day. 

Lastly, since I don’t really care about the Super Bowl game itself nowadays, the memories of Super Bowl commercials come to play.  My top 3 are the Xerox commercial with the monks, Apple’s introduction of the Macintosh and Coca-Cola’s commercial with Pittsburgh Steelers’ “Mean” Joe Green and the kid.

The latter is still so vivid in my mind ’cause back then, to quote our illustrious football coach: “The road to the Super Bowl passes throught Pittsburgh.”  Man, I hated the “Steel Curtain”! 

Anyway, I still love this commercial.