Hallmark Stuff

I am a big Hallmark Ornament collector. I couldn't afford membership this year, but luckily www.yulelog.com had people who could post links that by-pass the sign in. Here are dweeb related things for Friends of QOTD.

Gandalf and other Pop Culture
Pop Culture Link

Star Trek - Bleh!

Harry Potter and other Warner Bros.
https://www.hallmark.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&tabOn=products&categoryId=47057&CatIDsList=-2;-104468;-107465;47057

Not a great pic of Harry, but really dynamic.

Disney Fans
https://www.hallmark.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&categoryId=43558

Have fun!

Well, well, well ...

So did anyone else hear anything about this Vera Drake film?

It seems I must see The Aviator, Hotel Rwanda and Million Dollar Baby. It seems I will see them alone since all my friends went with out me!

I don't need to see everything, thank goodness, but I will try and see Closer (love them both) and I will need to borrow Eternal Sunshine from Karen.

Do we think Being Julia will be re-released? I may see Ray and will think long and hard about seeing Sideways. I just have no interenst.

And finally I still want to see Neverland again!

Ahhhhhhh!

The Oscar Noms

BEST PICTURE
THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY
SIDEWAYS

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Don Cheadle - HOTEL RWANDA
Johnny Depp - FINDING NEVERLAND
Leonardo DiCaprio - THE AVIATOR
Clint Eastwood - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Jamie Foxx - RAY

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Bening - BEING JULIA
Catalina Sandino Moreno - MARIA FULL OF GRACE
Imelda Staunton - VERA DRAKE
Hilary Swank - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Kate Winslet - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Alda - THE AVIATOR
Thomas Haden Church - SIDEWAYS
Jamie Foxx - COLLATERAL
Morgan Freeman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Clive Owen - CLOSER

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cate Blanchett - THE AVIATOR
Laura Linney - KINSEY
Virginia Madsen - SIDEWAYS
Sophie Okonedo - HOTEL RWANDA
Natalie Portman - CLOSER

DIRECTING
THE AVIATOR
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY
SIDEWAYS
VERA DRAKE

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
THE INCREDIBLES
SHARK TALE
SHREK 2

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
BEFORE SUNSET
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIESSIDEWAYS

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
THE AVIATOR
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
HOTEL RWANDA
THE INCREDIBLES
VERA DRAKE

ART DIRECTION
THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE AVIATOR
HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

COSTUME DESIGN
THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
RAY
TROY

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
BORN INTO BROTHELS
THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL
SUPER SIZE ME
TUPAC: RESURRECTION
TWIST OF FAITH

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
AUTISM IS A WORLD
THE CHILDREN OF LENINGRADSKY
HARDWOOD
MIGHTY TIMES: THE CHILDREN'S MARCH
SISTER ROSE'S PASSION

FILM EDITING
THE AVIATOR
COLLATERAL
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
THE CHORUS
DOWNFALL
THE SEA INSIDE
YESTERDAY

MAKEUP
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
THE SEA INSIDE

MUSIC (SCORE)
FINDING NEVERLAND
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
THE VILLAGE

MUSIC (SONG)
"Accidentally In Love" - SHREK 2
"Al Otro Lado Del Río" - THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
"Believe" - THE POLAR EXPRESS
"Learn To Be Lonely" - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
"Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" - THE CHORUS

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
BIRTHDAY BOY
GOPHER BROKE
GUARD DOG
LORENZO
RYAN

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
EVERYTHING IN THIS COUNTRY MUST
LITTLE TERRORIST
7:35 IN THE MORNING
TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT
WASP

SOUND EDITING
THE INCREDIBLES
THE POLAR EXPRESS
SPIDER-MAN 2

SOUND MIXING
THE AVIATOR
THE INCREDIBLES
THE POLAR EXPRESS
RAY
SPIDER-MAN 2

VISUAL EFFECTS
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
I, ROBOT
SPIDER-MAN 2

I'm going to Scotland!

So, I am doing a bit of a redo of my web page. The place I ask people to go and start their Amazon.com shopping. Not a big request, right. All my friends and family should be right there shopping away, shouldn't they?

Well, I can only track one friend who uses it. Thanks Victoria! Is Hannah taking tap lessons now?

Anyhoo, one of the reasons I really need to get out of debt is I want to go to Scotland. My 40th birthday (yikes!) is not long off. I think of some of my friends when they turned 40 and what they did. Special parties and trips.

What did I want to do? Then it hit me! I want to go to Scotland! My Great-Great-Grandfather emigrated from Scotland to Canada. That isn't too many generations back.

Anyway, it is some of the most beautiful country in the world. It's my roots. And Hogwarts is hidden there somewhere!!

So that's the plan. So shop my page! drewsview2.tripod.com

Why are people stupid?

What is it with people? Why does everything have to be spelled out for them? No wonder we have 4 more years.

I just sold tickets to people at the door for the theater at 7:30. Now, when we do advance sales over the phone, we always warn people to be on time as there is no late seating. But when you sell them at the door, the people are there, right?

These people must have gone next door to get a drink or play in traffic or something. They show up almost 10 minutes late. We have already held for 5 minutes to be safe, and then we still seat people during the overture, but once the character of C.C. Baxter makes his entrance, that's it. No more seating.

So, these people come waltzing in from God knows where just as the overture is ending. I tried to get them in, but as the usher was going in, out came Joel, the actor playing Baxter.

They were absolutely astonished that they couldn't get in. They were only 7 minutes late. It wasn't like they were 20 minutes late. And I didn't tell them there was no late seating. Of course, if the looked even a minute at their tickets, it says it right there! And no other theater will do late seating if it is in any way disruptive.

Oh, but this is the first time we have been to the theater. It is just a horrible experience now.

Yeah, well, here's your 20 bucks. Good speed!

People are just children. Spoiled little children.

Was this neccesary?

Well, all I really wanted was to not post anonymously on the QOTD's blog. So here I am. So what now?