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If Hugh Jackman hosts the Oscars forever, I will watch forever.

Seriously, I wish to marry this man immediately. And also whoever came up with the idea of this stage where he can just step off to harrass all the A-list stars which he is doing fabulously.

I'm so looking forward to the next four hours with Hugh Jackman. :DDDD


edit: Okay, so I'll admit that I haven't seen Slumdog Millionnaire so I'm not qualified to comment on how good it may be. It could have the most amazing sound and music in the world.

But I'm really bitter that Wall-e didn't win any of the sound or music Oscars (they're showing Best Song right now and love the end-credits song from Wall-e passionately but I have no faith that it'll win). Wall-e is a film that's told so much through sound rather than speech, told beautifully and it's not just a case of them having "recreated" the sounds of a culture or place; they've actually created the sounds of the past and the future and thought about what sounds things that don't even exist would make. Wall-e is a character that needs to win the audience over with sound because he doesn't even speak for such a long time at the beginning; I seriously doubt Slumdog had to rely so much on speech-free audience persuasion.

Oh oh look, Slumdog Millionnaire won for the song that I can't even remember after watching it a twenty seconds ago. I cry at Wall-e's credits *everytime*. The song tells a story, it illustrates the film, and Wall-e really deserves more recognition than it's had tonight for it's outstanding sound and music.

I hope Slumdog doesn't win Best Picture now. Thanks Academy, for making me hate a film I haven't even seen.

On a side note, I remember watching the Oscars a few years back during the LotR years and there being five staggering beautiful songs from FotR, Cold Mountain etc. I couldn't decide which I wanted to win, they were all so incredible. How come this year we had one cute little heartfelt song from Wall- and two from Slumdog? What happened to all those songs that break your heart and you can't stop playing on repeat?

Edit: But on a totally unbitter note, I'm staggered by how many people I just recognised in that tribute to people from the movie industry who died last year. Half of them I didn't even know'd died.

I- I really am stunned. Usually I recognise maybe one or two names. Um. Yeah.

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I really wish I hadn't just doublechecked the Emirates site just to see the flight prices... because mine is now £100 cheaper.

Kind of speechless. AREN'T THINGS SUPPOSED TO GET MORE EXPENSIVE, NOT LESS? Okay so the times going are less convenient by like, an hour but £100. Ngh.

I think this is one of those lessons you learn about travelling that makes you Do It Differently Next Time. And all of a sudden all the prices seem to have plummeted across the board on sites that I swear had nothing cheaper than £717 last week. WTF universe? What did I *do*?

Books glorious books! With a sprinkle of Jamie Bamber on top.

Last night I picked a book at random off my bookcase and ended up rereading The House of Many Ways. This morning my new iPod shuffle arrived, looking ridiculously cute and dinky and adorable.

You would think these two things are unconnected and you'd be right... until you asked what I've named my iPod shuffle.

It's not like Twinkle isn't a perfectly respectable name. No, really. ...Sort of.

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I desperately want to buy the third series of BSG. I've held out for months and months and didn't get it for Christmas but I know there's no point because even if I did have time to watch mini-series and three seasons back-to-back before I go, I certainly can't afford/won't have time for the fourth so I'd just have to rewatch them all anyway when I get back and buy it. Argh. I blame Jamie Bamber for being in Law and Order: UK and looking so utterly delicious, especially with the totally unexpected accent.

I also shouldn't buy it because I just bought a second copy of American Gods to take on the flight to Oz (actually a third copy; I already own both the original and extended paperbacks but I wanted the extended one for the flight and since I'm planning to abandon it in Oz somewhere, I didn't want to take my dissertation copy) and I should be thinking of buying something I haven't read to take too but if I pick something I don't like... I wish Bloodhound was out now. Maybe when I buy it in Oz, I should save it for the flight back. Hm. Or The Demon's Lexicon if it's out in Oz then. Or both. And more! (Wait, didn't I decide something about buying books in Australia...?)

At the moment I'm hovering between Wicked Lovely and Knife. Maybe I'll just buy both and give them away in Oz. I still need to read The Modern World too but I don't know if I'm up to a half-crazy flying drug addict narrator on a twenty-plus hour flight. There are things to be raved over when it comes to Steph Swainston but she's not exactly a calming read.

Planes should come equipped with libraries, just like trains should come equipped with Starbucks. This would solve many, many problems.


edit: Alright assuming that release date also applies to Oz, I'm not going to be able to sit on Bloodhound for a whole extra two weeks. Buggere alle this for a larke, I'll be reading it soon as I get my grubby travelled-worn fingers on it (I need to sort out my itinerary so I can be near a bookstore around then and have time to read. Mmmm.(