Last night I went to Anna's roommates birthday party. I was watching the news when the first guests arrived and we learned about a marine (an engineer actually) stationed in Kuwait who through a live grenade into a tent filled with other Marines. The blast injured about 13 people and killed at least one. Apparently the Marines had had some problems with this guy and were planning on leaving him in Kuwait when it was time to move into Iraq. What a crazy world we live in.

Another interesting article I read this morning explains that many Iraqies would rather kill their own officers than fight the US.

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It looks like my trip to Calgary has been cancelled because Anna is not going down to the States with her parents after all. I'm going to work on my animation instead.

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It's Oscar night and I'm sure Anna-Maria and I will be tuning in. Steve Martin is hosting and I read an article about where he's getting his jokes from, which I thought was interesting.

So with the nominees list open in my other window here are my predictions:

BEST PICTURE - The Hours
MUSIC (SONG) - Chicago
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE - Jack Nicholson (About Schmidt)
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - Ed Harris (The Hours)
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE - Renée Zellweger (Chicago)
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - Julianne Moore (The Hours)
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM - Ice Age
COSTUME DESIGN - Chicago
DIRECTING - Chicago
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - Bowling for Columbine
FILM EDITING - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
VISUAL EFFECTS - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) - The Hours
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) - Gangs of New York