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google map of the route at the end of Waits' Don't Go Into That Barn. Seems doable. Next Summer.

Man Man

This trailer seems to encompass all of my values. I'm trying to think if anything has been left out.... Nope.

Go Orange

Embrace my distant nationalities like any good American during the World Cup, and being Dutch & Basque (whatever that means), hmmm I wonder who I am to root for...

I think we've all had enough of these Latinate pretty boys

Proper Villains

Unspeakable badass. No explanations or identification, and it shouldn't be any other way, though there are a few I don't know. The track is Godspeed!, which takes me back. Observations and questions:

Good call on John Ryder over Roy Batty for Rutger, it's a nice wild card. Kind of a weird choice for Oldman though, how do you not go Stansfield?

Also isn't this just a list of the best human characters (other than Royal Tenenbaum)? And who will speak for Hans Landa and Ivan Drago?

Go Orange

Famous Dutch off the top of my head:

Franklin & Teddy Roosevelt.

Gerardus van der Leeuw (in no way famous. His wiki page is half the size of the guy who was drummer for Motley Crue after Tommy left, if that ever even happened. But I'm learning about him right now, and he said 'Sacred power is the root of all religion & 'the object of religion is highly exceptional and extremely impressive', so clearly he was a lot of fun.)

Rembrandt.


Famous Brazilians off the top of my head:

Pele (who should almost be disqualified from this comparison)

Seu Jorge, the dude from City of God and The Life Aquatic.

Tereza Widmar.

The Gathering

Four reasons I am in love with this Rick Barber ad:

1) It continues the fine tradition of Alabama asking to be carved out of this nation and set adrift. We could easily do it while we're cleaning up the Gulf.

2) Rick Barber is a pretty good actor. When this doesn't work out, which it probably won't, he needs to be on the Office as an intense friend of Andy Bernard.

3) How deferentially he still calls George Washington "Mr. President". Entirely appropriate.

4) It is directed exactly like The Patriot.

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Happy Father's Day

I ask my father "Did you see JAG has a new show?" like JAG was a show about a guy named JAG.

Totally

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Now I am ready. As a side note, I'm not sure how I feel about how much comedy bits make me want to be a has-been. I could do without success.

Chips Ahoy

Not going to go crazy and guess technical categories, just putting myself on the record before the nominations are read. May or may not come back with analysis, because I don't really blog anymore, but I'll try to. Haven't seen a couple of these I'm guessing on, which feels dirty.

Best Picture:

Avatar
District 9
Inglorious Basterds
The Hurt Locker
Up
Precious
Star Trek
Up in the Air
An Education
The Blind Side

Best Actor:

Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Best Actress:

Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor:

Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christian McKay, Me & Orson Welles
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress:

Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Diane Kruger, Inglorious Basterds
Mo'Nique, Precious
Julianne Moore, A Single Man

Best Director:

Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Neill Blomkamp, District 9
James Cameron, Avatar
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds

Best Original Screenplay:

Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Bob Paterson & Pete Docter, Up
Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach, The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell, District 9
Tom Ford, A Single Man
Nick Hornby, An Education
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air