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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:17:59 -0700

"The wrong view of science betrays itself in the craving to be right; for it is not his possession of..."

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:22:43 -0700

“The wrong view of science betrays itself in the craving to be right; for it is not his possession of knowledge, of irrefutable truth, that makes the man of science, but his persistent and recklessly critical quest for truth.”

- Sir Karl Popper

Oscars 2010

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:45:00 -0700

“the greatest promotion scheme that any industry ever devised for itself”

Legend

Probably gonna win
Might win / Maybe
If I had it my way
Better not!
Haven’t seen it / Can’t say

Best Picture

Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
James Cameron – Avatar
Lee Daniels – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

Best Actor

Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart as Bad Blake
George Clooney – Up in the Air as Ryan Bingham
Colin Firth – A Single Man as George Falconer
Morgan Freeman – Invictus as Nelson Mandela
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker as Sgt. William James

Best Actress

Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side as Leigh Anne Tuohy
Helen Mirren – The Last Station as Sofya Tolstoy
Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Miller
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire as Claireece “Precious” Jones
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia as Julia Child

Best Supporting Actor

Matt Damon – Invictus as François Pienaar
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger as Capt. Tony Stone
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station as Leo Tolstoy
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones as George Harvey
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa

Best Supporting Actress

Penélope Cruz – Nine as Carla Albanese
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air as Alex Goran
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart as Jean Craddock
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air as Natalie Keener
Mo’Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire as Mary Lee Johnston

Best Original Screenplay

The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger – Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Up – Tom McCarthy, Bob Peterson and Pete Docter

Best Adapted Screenplay

District 9 – Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell from Alive in Joburg by Blomkamp
An Education – Nick Hornby from An Education by Lynn Barber
In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche from The Thick of It created by Iannucci
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire – Geoffrey Fletcher from Push by Sapphire
Up in the Air – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner from Up in the Air by Walter Kirn

Best Animated Feature

Coraline – Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson
The Princess and the Frog – Ron Clements and John Musker
The Secret of Kells – Tomm Moore
Up – Pete Docter

Best Foreign Language Film

Ajami (Israel) in Arabic and Hebrew – Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani
El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina) in Spanish – Juan José Campanella
The Milk of Sorrow (Peru) in Spanish and Quechua – Claudia Llosa
Un Prophète (France) in French, Corsican and Arabic – Jacques Audiard
The White Ribbon (Germany) in German – Michael Haneke

Best Documentary Feature

Burma VJ – Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
The Cove – Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
Food, Inc. – Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers – Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
Which Way Home – Rebecca Cammisa

Best Documentary Short

China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province – Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner – Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant – Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
Music by Prudence – Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
Rabbit à la Berlin – Bartosz Konopka and Anna Wydra

Best Live Action Short

The Door – Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
Instead of Abracadabra – Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
Kavi – Gregg Helvey
Miracle Fish – Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
The New Tenants – Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Best Animated Short

French Roast – Fabrice O. Joubert
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty – Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
The Lady and the Reaper – Javier Recio Gracia
Logorama – Nicolas Schmerkin
A Matter of Loaf and Death – Nick Park

Best Original Score

Avatar – James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker – Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes – Hans Zimmer
Up – Michael Giacchino

Best Original Song

“Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog – Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog – Randy Newman
“Loin de Paname” from Paris 36 – Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas
“Take it All” from Nine – Maury Yeston
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from Crazy Heart – Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett

Best Sound Editing

Avatar – Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson
Inglourious Basterds – Wylie Stateman
Star Trek – Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
Up – Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Best Sound Mixing

Avatar – Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
Inglourious Basterds – Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
Star Trek – Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Best Art Direction

Avatar – Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus – Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
Nine – Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
Sherlock Holmes – Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Young Victoria – Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Best Cinematography

Avatar – Mauro Fiore
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson
The White Ribbon – Christian Berger

Best Makeup

Il Divo – Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Star Trek – Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
The Young Victoria – Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Best Costume Design

Bright Star – Janet Patterson
Coco Before Chanel – Catherine Leterrier
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus – Monique Prudhomme
Nine – Colleen Atwood
The Young Victoria – Sandy Powell

Best Film Editing

Avatar – James Cameron, John Refoua and Stephen E. Rivkin
District 9 – Julian Clarke
The Hurt Locker – Chris Innis and Bob Murawski
Inglourious Basterds – Sally Menke
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire – Joe Klotz

Best Visual Effects

Avatar – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
District 9 – Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, and Matt Aitken
Star Trek – Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

postmodernista: mudwerks: mabelmoments: Sculpture By The Sea,...

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:25:05 -0700

postmodernista:

mudwerks:

mabelmoments:

Sculpture By The Sea, Cott Beach

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Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:44:34 -0700

On a lighter note, check out this awesome short video recently...

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:04:38 -0700

On a lighter note, check out this awesome short video recently written/directed/everythinged by a friend of mine, Luke Black. He has some other swag vids kicking around his site too, if you like what you see.

The Olympics are sweet.

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:54:41 -0700

The Olympics are sweet. When else do you get to see a country blatantly foregoing its usually tactful ideological dissemination in favour of pop-y, widest-possible-appeal all-out stunts of patriotism? Well, besides war, that is. But seriously, this was certainly the most flawless Olympics I’ve ever heard of or experienced.

The shot of Alexandre Bilodeau during that (embarassingly-bad-French’d) speech got to my emotions more than any other simply because it seemed, to me, to be totally spontaneous, humbling and sincere. Surely there’s no greater way than video (of an actual event) to instantly inspire an emotional experience in distant viewers. I mean, when Crosby scored—I kid you not—my whole family jumped in unison! Stephen Harper would be so damned proud. And I can’t help but think he is: Vancouver 2010 went off virtually without a hitch—with Canada on top. A broken record here, a touching personal story there, world attention in between, and a spotlight on our Indigenous righteousness whereever possible. Maybe the closing ceremonies could have been a little more tongue-in-cheek—sure the announcers made a strong point of it throughout—but I’m not so sure I would’ve picked up on that had the TV been on another network, or had I been from another country, for that matter.

I’m still perplexed by Lloyd Robinson’s (twice repeated) comment that the Olympics are so great because “no one”, not the “government” and not any “big companies” told us to watch them, so we just do it ourselves, more than any other TV event, obviously because we are so passionate about the athletes (whose names we only just learned (and will soon forget)) and this great country we call home. This might strike you as conspiracy theory, but if you think the Olympics (via TV) is (just) about sports, then you’re either watching all your footage as downloaded from torrents, with the commericals removed, or you’re too fucking excited to care. I digress: I can already see myself starting to give up on my hardcore moral values in favour of ones that are more socially appealing—I’ll look back on myself at 21, this blog post even, as being naïve, no doubt—but fuck I wish I could figure out why I have to do this. Here’s to hoping this will give my future self a good shock back into reality, if need be.

"I think that’s what I love about my life. There’s no maniacal master plan. It’s just unfolding..."

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:17:32 -0700

“I think that’s what I love about my life. There’s no maniacal master plan. It’s just unfolding before me.”

- Cate Blanchett

An interesting question, I think. About 2 min in.

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:14:44 -0700

An interesting question, I think. About 2 min in.

I just had MSN sex

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:28:14 -0700

Shasta: hi
Murray: hey
Shasta: hi how are you today?
Murray: (who is this, btw? i never go on msn anymore, so im kinda out of the loop)
Shasta: my name is kaylee I'm doing great today I'm 21 yrs old how old are you?
Murray: same
Shasta: listen hun, I am just about to start my webcam show with jen, come chat me there in my chat room? We can cyber, I will get naked if u do..lol!
Murray: OMFG SOUNDSSS LIKE A PARTYYY!!!!!!! !!!!1111
Shasta: I can show u how to watch free if u promise not to tell anyone else how to do it???PLEASE:-$
Murray: LOLZ I CANT WAIT TO HOOK UP WITH YOU KAYLEEEEEE
Murray: SHOW ME THE MONEY!!
Shasta: well since its free the law that u gotta be 18 (nudity involved), u have to sign up with a credit card for age verification! BUT .. Once you are inside, just clikc on "Webcams" let me know what name you use to sign in with so I know it is you babe! http://www.localchatroomchicks.com/sue fill out the bottom of the page then fill out the next page as well and u can see me live for free!
Murray: ok ill do that right away, but only if your name is kaylee, sue
Shasta: Please dont mention anything about that in the chatroom once u get in ok?:-$
Murray: ARE you the good kind or robot, or shold i wear my special pants??
Shasta: OH SHIT.. k I am late to start my show, I gotta get off msn...I will see ya inside my chatroom babe.. remember not to mention that I am upgrading u for free... You can use your msn name to sign in so i know it is you..
Murray: no, i have another one in mind
Shasta: AUTO-RESPONSE: hey just in the middle of my free webcam show if you want to watch click the link http://www.localchatroomchicks.com/sue
Murray: ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!
Shasta: AUTO-RESPONSE: hey just in the middle of my free webcam show if you want to watch click the link http://www.localchatroomchicks.com/sue
Murray: I WAS GETTING SO HORNY!!!!!!!!??
Shasta: AUTO-RESPONSE: hey just in the middle of my free webcam show if you want to watch click the link http://www.localchatroomchicks.com/sue
Murray: bitch

Because I Got It Like That (Ultimate Mix) – Fatboy Slim This is...

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:14:27 -0700

Because I Got It Like That (Ultimate Mix) – Fatboy Slim

This is totally my pump-up song for Vegas.

For all you crazies out there (like me) who enjoy having their...

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:13:49 -0700

For all you crazies out there (like me) who enjoy having their brains explode via 2 and a half hour barrages of intelligent, critical information, promptly obtain a copy of Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media.

WARNING: If you like the Olympics, please don’t watch this...

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:12:00 -0700

WARNING: If you like the Olympics, please don’t watch this video.

Posting this kind of shit on tumblr kills my potential social life.

My rebuttal: Play sports.

Colin Mochrie FTW.

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:26:20 -0700

Colin Mochrie FTW.

From a series of 30 examples of urban decay photography,...

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:51:00 -0700

From a series of 30 examples of urban decay photography, viewable here.

Original content for the day: My cake-making warmup from a few...

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:39:40 -0700

Original content for the day:

My cake-making warmup from a few weeks ago. This is what happens when mom leaves cake mix sitting invitingly on counter for many days…

Millionaire ditches capitalism in favour of intelligent charity. - A headline I'd love to read more often.

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:20:23 -0700

Millionaire ditches capitalism in favour of intelligent charity. - A headline I'd love to read more often.

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Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:19:01 -0700

Neat.

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:15:32 -0700

Neat.

Howdy from Rotterdam

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:35:56 -0700

Howdy from Rotterdam:

A good read about the beauty and importance of talking about movies at the theatre, penned by a friend currently at the film fest in Rotterdam!