In defense of the Oscars

[mellicious]

columbina was trashing the Oscars earlier (don't go looking for the entry, this was in GuildWars chat) and I was defending them, and he didn't seem to understand why. But I love the Oscars. I certainly don't get as excited about the whole thing as I used to but I still enjoy them. I think maybe it's because they're really about movies, not about celebrities. I know it becomes as much about the celebrities as the movies, but I still give it a pass. I can't really defend my fondness for the whole big ridiculous monstrosity in any really coherent way, but darnit, it's just the Oscars. They're an institution.

Also, there's a really odd liveblog going on oscar.com - I haven't quite figured out who's writing it, but I'm guessing it's not a publicist or anything.

(There will probably be another entry later about jewelry, but I will make that a separate thing.)