... ridiculously rich, well decorated, "pose for a picture with me please?", Vera Wang, "I want to thank the Academy", schmoozing over one another, giving-political-advice-with-gold-statue-in-hand, spending tax payer's dollars for a ginormous event of self-worship... night? I think it is.
I am one of those rare, flaming liberals who actually loathes Hollywood. Yet I will buy a ticket to see my idol Morgan Freeman in Invictus or watch weekly episodes of my guilty pleasures such as Chuck and Mad Men. Does that make me a hypocrite? Yes. Without a doubt. But you know what, I'm foaming at the mouth paying off my student loans, finding an apartment, getting a better job, keeping relationships with friends and family healthy, and all the while attempting to look my best doing it... I need some down time to make sure Chuck outsmarts the computer geeks who stand in his way or which ladies the Mad Men will screw this week... because I deserve it. And because that's their job, to entertain people who carry knock-off Chanel bags such as myself. That's why they are what we call "the Entertainment industry". Unless one of them offers to pay off your student loans or works your job bagging items at the organic food store while booking you a trip to Cape Town, they're there for entertainment purposes only. Play by the rules, folks.
Yet tonight... there I will be, sitting on my couch with either a fruity alcoholic beverage or hot chocolate, watching to make sure they give Morgan Freeman the Gold; and taking whatever political, world-peace advice Susan Sarandon or Sean Penn will be giving to peasants like me up the ass. Because that's the price I pay for giving a damn. Let's hope I have enough will power to say no when Brangelina wants to adopt me simply because I liked her gown.
It's a vicious circle. But look how sparkly it is.
oh hey, if you want your date to stop saying "undefined" go to settings> formatting and make sure timestamp format is in day/month/date/year sequence, so: Sunday.March 07.2010
(you might already know this but I found it out by accident yesterday and would never have found it otherwise.)
^^ Got it. :)