ATR and Oscars

I finally got the first chapter of Against the Rules submitted to the various archives where I post (ASMR, ff.net, .moon, and SMF). It would have been done earlier, but I had the worse time trying to come up with a summary. I'm still not that fond of the one I decided on, but I guess it will do. For those who have been looking forward to it, I hope you like it. ^_^

Nothing much else has been going on, writing-wise. I managed to write a Yui and Ami scene for Ch. 3 that isn't too bad, so yay me, I guess. Too bad the rest of the chapter still sucks.

Oscars are tonight! Here's a list of my picks that I posted over at .moon a couple of weeks ago. Even though I have seen Walk the Line and Corpse Bride since I first made the list, my original choices still stand.

Best Movie
Brokeback Mountain

Best Director
Ang Lee

Best Actor
Joaquin Phoenix

Best Actress
Felicity Huffman

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Giamatti

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams

Best Animated Film
Howl's Moving Castle

Best Animated Short
One Man Band

Best Live Action Short Film
Cashback

Best Original Screenplay
Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Adapted Screenplay
Brokeback Mountain

Best Score
Munich

Best Original Song
"In the Deep"

Best Art Direction
Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Cinematography
The New World

Best Costume Design
Pride and Prejudice

Best Documentary
March of the Penquins

Best Documentary Short Subject
The Mushroom Club

Best Editing
Crash

Best Foreign Language Film
Don't Tell

Best Make-up
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith

Best Sound Editing
King Kong

Best Sound Mixing
War of the Worlds

Best Visual Effects
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

*sigh*

I didn't do very well picking out this year's Oscar winners. :( I only got six right for Art Direction, Directing, Documentary Feature, Film Editing, Sound Editing, and Adapted Screenplay. For the longest time, I didn't think I would get any at all. It was well into the show before I finally got one right (Documentary Feature).

Oh, well, at least I managed to beat Mom. She only got three right. :P

Anyway, the Oscars were good. I thought Jon Stewart did a great job hosting. Man, those fake ads were hilarious!

The fashion was a bit disappointing, though, especially since everybody was saying that the trend would be to dress in old Hollywood glamour to complement the theme of the show, which I didn't really see much of. What was Naomi Watts thinking when she decided on that dress? *gags* I predict it'll be showing up on the Worst Dressed lists for sure. And I don't get why everybody was raving about Michelle Williams' gown. I guess the style was okay, although I could have done without the large ruffles, but that color was ugly. (Granted, I'm not a fan of orange or orange-y yellow, so I'm admittedly biased.) As for best dressed, my favorite was definitely Sandra Bullock's dress, with Keira Knightley and Ziyi Zhang coming in at second and third, respectively. I also rather liked Meryl Streep's gown. It would have been better in a different color -- she wore brown -- but the style was nice. (Edit: Oops, it was purple, which is infinitely better than brown.)