Oscar Madness

It's the Oscars tonight, otherwise known as the Academy Awards.  Or is it the Grammys, or the Emmys, or the Golden Globes, or maybe the SAG Awards.  Could there possibly be any more?  Oh yes!  Then there's the Indie Spirit Awards, the Tony Awards, the Writers Guild Awards, the MTV Movie Awards and the Critics Choice Movie Awards.  And, last but not least, the Razzie Awards where at least someone is a little honest about the quality of work that comes out of Hollywood these days.  And I won't even start in on the film festivals.  It seems that every time I turn around there's another event where beautiful people hang out with all the other beautiful people and pat each other and themselves on the back for making yet another mediocre movie (or song) through which they earn a load of money and swindle the rest of us out of $10+ (or more if it's one of the new 3D movies) every time we set foot in the theater.  But to give them a little credit this year, they did come out with a few decent movies.  I saw The King's Speech, which was excellent.  And, while I can see why Inception has been considered a rather brilliant movie, I must say that I was rather brilliantly confused while I watched it.  And I still want to see The Fighter and Black Swan.  So, as you can probably already guess, I will not be watching the Oscars this year.  Part of this is because I'm working, and part because I really don't care.  Although, I do occasionally like to see a few of the beautiful dresses of the beautifully dressed; and somehow, I do still want to see a replay of Lady Gaga in the egg at the Grammy Awards... just out of curiosity.