And the Oscar Goes too....

Tonight is Oscar Night and here are my predictions to really the 6 categories anyone really cares about.  

BEST PICTURE

Nominees

The Artist

The Descendants

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Hugo

Midnight in Paris

The Help

Money Ball

War Horse

The Tree of Life.  

Prediction -  Hugo

BEST ACTOR

Nominees

Demain Bichir:A Better Life

George Clooney:The Descendants

Jean Dujardin:The Artist

Gary Oldman:Tinker Tailer Solider Spy

Brad Pitt:Money Ball

Prediction - George Clooney

BEST ACTRESS

Nominees

Glenn Close:Albert Nobbs

Viola Davis:The Help

Rooney Mara:The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Meryl Streep:The Iron Lady

Michelle Williams:My Week With Marilyn

Prediction - Meryl Streep

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Nominees

Kenneth Branagh:My Week With Marilyn

Jonah Hill:Money Ball

Nick Nolte:Warrior

Christopher Plummer:Beginners

Max Von Sydow:Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Prediction - Nick Nolte

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Nominees

Berenice Bejo:The Artist

Jessica Chastain:The Help

Melissa McCarthy:Bridesmaids

Janet McTeer:Albert Nobbs

Octavia Spencer:The Help

Prediction - Octavia Spencer

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Nominees

A Cat in Paris

Chico & Rita

Kung Fu Panda 2

Puss in Boots

Rango

Prediction - Kung Fu Panda 2

What's been happening

I haven't posted in a while so here are some nice little bullets of the past few weeks or so.

• Saw the Descendants with S.  I thought it was a really good movie.  I still say that 50/50 is the best movie and Joseph Gordon Levitt was robbed of an Oscar nod but Clooney was really good in this, and more so the interactions with the daughters and their performances.  3.5/5 stars.

• Addy was sick this last week with what was a little bronchitis.  It sucked having her sick.  Especially with her missing her Valentines party.  She still got them from her classmates but she missed the party.

• On top of that I had a nice little trip to the ER.  I started experiencing chest pains and tightness Tuesday night at 930, went to bed and fell asleep.  I woke up about 90 minutes later with a lot of pain in my chest.  It felt like a boulder on my chest with a knife in my heart. I drove myself to the ER and go hooked up to an all the cords.  I got my first IV and had blood drawn, and had an EKG and then X-Rays.  Had some high blood pressure but everything else turned out ok.  It ended up being something muscular and skeletal.  I got some nice pain killers and something shot up my IV.  After 2 days off work I was ready to get back.

Happy 1 year old!

• Saturday my youngest daughter Ryleigh, turned 1.  1!  Where the hell did the year go?  We had a previous outing with S's family at Hickory Park, unfortunately they couldn't make it Saturday at the Tavern.  So my family showed up there and we had a good time.  Ryleigh had a cupcake and seemed to have a good time.

• At work Friday my supervisor had her last day.  She's been a great boss and got me 2 promotions.  That was a real nice surprise when I got that news.  Friday we had a going away thing at the Chicken Coop.  Had a good time there, and then Monday we had our new boss.  It will all go ok, but day 1 started out with my computer getting fried and spending 2 hours on the phone with the help desk.  Like I said it will get better!

That's about it.