Oscar season. It begins in December and ends in March, and what a wild three months it is. This early in the season it is difficult to single out definite winners, but of course the buzz is flying and I have locked in on some definite possibilities. The lists go in order of the Academy's most likely contenders (of course swayed by my opinion) with a stadenoting my personal favorite.

BEST PICTURE
Nine
Up in the Air
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
The Lovely Bones (*)
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
Precious
Brothers
An Education

The Road
Up
A Serious Man
The Last Station
The Messenger

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I think that's official spinster age. Thus I am official spinster. And I am totally ok with it, seriously. :) Ooo, better yet, I'm officially a crazy dog lady spinster! Cool. :)

I move into a new survey age bracket. Instead of "19-34," I'll now check "35-49."

I'm listening to less "new" music and I think much of it is crap. Make your own old fogie music statement. *g* "The best music is from my decade!" "This crap isn't music, it's just loud noise!"

According to Stacey and Clinton, I should no longer wear miniskirts. (Not that I ever did that I can remember. Maybe for a larp or costume.)

I can run for president now.

I've seriously considered writing a will and need to do that this year. (*adds to new year's resolutions*)

Hmm, what else?

I actually did start a bucket list a couple months ago. So far it has:
- Travel to all 50 states, Canada, basically travel everywhere I can
- Learn ASL
- Learn CPR for humans and animals
- Go horseback riding
- Go to New Orleans during Mardi Gras (I lived there when I was in middle school and therefore never got to celebrate it appropriately.)
- Road trip across the US
- Volunteer at Best Friend's Animal Sanctuary

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Hi, I'm looking for a few suggestions, for my movie knowledge isn't near as advanced as some of the members of this community. :)

I want to know your recommendations of movies that have to do with gay rights. I have a limited knowledge of gay cinema and am really interested in learning more. But just to clarify, I don't necessarily want movies about gays, lesbians, etc, but more so about fighting for the rights of those groups of people. So far I've seen Milk, and I loved it. But I want more. :)

Thank you in advance for all of your help!

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whole set here.

What? I get bored when I have too many days off in a row. This is the shameless guilty pleasure trip I was hoping to be taken on when I saw Ninja Assassin last week. Stylish, sexy, predictable, and violent, this was every bit as much fun as The Covenant--with all the "Wait, what?" and "Oh, you've got to be kidding me," and "Hello, homoerotic subtext!" that that implies. Just melodramatic enough to keep the plot rolling, yet it doesn't take itself so seriously that it falls into unintentional self-parody. All good things. This is going on my Christmas list. (Warning: Major spoilers.)

Title: Blood: The Last Vampire
IMDB Page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0806027/
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV5ukdJFGJQ
Genre: fantasy, horror, drama
Rating: R

( I don't investigate. I kill. )

Cross-posted on Halloween Candy.

I saw the new George Clooney movie, "Up in the Air," on Friday at the AMC Georgetown 14. The movie opened in limited release (15 theaters) this weekend, and averaged $79,000 per theater. It will expand to wide release Dec. 25.

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I try to take everything people say at face value. It's just makes life so much easier not having to dissect statements for their sarcasm.

I'm not getting comments on my LJ emailed to me right now. At least on anything I posted today.

So if I don't respond to your comments immediately, that is why.

Anyone else having this problem?

Of course, if you are and you reply, I won't know immediately. :D

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