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Matthew 3:7-10

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

And do not think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.


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There was only one civilian casualty during the three-day Battle of Gettysburg

24 February, 2007
One Day More
Clock is ticking, people.

Luke and I are locked in.

Here's me:

ACTOR-LEADING: Forest Whitaker
ACTOR-SUPPORTING: Eddie Murphy
ACTRESS-LEADING: Helen Mirren
ACTRESS-SUPPORTING: Cate Blanchett
ANIMATED FEATURE: Cars
ART DIRECTION: Dreamgirls
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Pan's Labyrinth
COSTUME DESIGN: Dreamgirls
DIRECTING: The Departed (Scorcese)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: An Inconvenient Truth
FILM EDITING: Babel
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Pan's Labyrinth
MAKEUP: Pan's Labyrinth
ORIGINAL SCORE: Notes on a Scandal (Philip Glass)
ORIGINAL SONG: "Listen"-Dreamgirls
BEST PICTURE: Babel
SCREENPLAY-ADAPTED: The Departed
SCREENPLAY ORIGINAL: Babel
SOUND EDITING: Letters From Iwo Jima
SOUND MIXING: Dreamgirls
VISUAL EFFECTS: Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
DOCUMENTARY SHORT: The Blood of the Yingzhou District
SHORT FILM-ANIMATED: The Danish Poet
SHORT FILM-LIVE ACTION: West Bank Story

Luke and I differ on all of four categories (excluding the tie-breakers)... should be a tight race. And since I'm pretty sure I've shot myself in the foot with the whole not voting for Jeniffer Hudson thing (which, even still, I'm not going back on), I've really gotta make up some ground in the remaining 3 categories... and since I only picked my boy Philip Glass to win Original score because, well, he's the man and deserves one, I'm not feeling real confident about that one either... which means I've only got 2 categories to gain ground... maybe it'll come down to the tie-breaker... in which case I have to pray that the voters won't fall for the sentimental favorite Match Girl, and go with the greater work, namely, Poet.... Not real confident of that, either...

oh well... as long as I beat the Cathey, all will be well... more on that later.

18 hours and counting.

Bring it, slackers.
posted by Rockel @ 7:35 PM  
2 Comments:
  • At 25/2/07 8:33 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Just doing a little cross postage... im bored.
    You need to post the speech i must declare if you win.

    Main Categories
    BEST ACTOR - FOREST WHITAKER: the last king of scotland
    BEST ACTRESS - HELEN MIRREN: the queen
    SUPPORTING ACTOR - EDDIE MURPHY: dreamgirls
    SUPPORTING ACTRESS - JENNIFER HUDSON: dreamgirls
    ANIMATED FEATURE - CARS
    ART DIRECTION - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: dead man's chest
    CINEMATOGRAPHY - CHILDREN OF MEN
    COSTUME DESIGN - MARIE ANTOINETTE
    DIRECTING - THE DEPARTED
    DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - INCONVIENT TRUTH
    FILM EDITING - BABEL
    FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - PAN'S LABYRINTH
    MAKEUP - PAN'S LABYRINTH
    ORIGINAL SCORE - THE QUEEN
    ORIGINAL SONG - LISTEN: dreamgirls
    BEST FEATURE - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
    SOUND EDITING - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: dead man's chest
    SOUND MIXING - DREAMGIRLS
    VISUAL EFFECTS - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: dead man's chest
    SCREENPLAY:ADAPTED - THE DEPARTED
    SCREENPLAY:ORIGINAL - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

    Tie Breakers
    DOCUMENTARY SHORT - THE BLOOD OF THE YINGZHOU DISTRICT
    SHORT FILM: ANIMATED - THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL
    SHORT FILM: LIVE ACTION - ERAMOS POCOS

     
  • At 25/2/07 11:54 AM, Blogger The Cobra said…

    BEST ACTOR - PETER O'TOOLE
    BEST ACTRESS - HELEN MIRREN
    SUPPORTING ACTOR - EDDIE MURPHY
    SUPPORTING ACTRESS - CATE BLANCHETT
    ANIMATED FEATURE - CARS
    ART DIRECTION - DREAMGIRLS
    CINEMATOGRAPHY - CHILDREN OF MEN
    COSTUME DESIGN - DREAMGIRLS
    DIRECTING - THE DEPARTED
    DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - FRAGMENTS OF IRAQ
    FILM EDITING - UNITED 93
    FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - PAN'S LABYRINTH
    MAKEUP - PAN'S LABYRINTH
    ORIGINAL SCORE - PAN'S LABYRINTH
    ORIGINAL SONG - LISTEN
    BEST FEATURE - LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
    SOUND EDITING - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: dead man's chest
    SOUND MIXING - DREAMGIRLS
    VISUAL EFFECTS - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: dead man's chest
    SCREENPLAY:ADAPTED - BORAT
    SCREENPLAY:ORIGINAL - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

    Tie Breakers
    DOCUMENTARY SHORT - RECYCLED LIFE
    SHORT FILM: ANIMATED - THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL
    SHORT FILM: LIVE ACTION - WEST BANK STORY

     
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ON THE NICKEL
by Tom Waits

("I'd like to do a new song here. This is eh, it's about downtown Los Angeles on 5th Street. And eh all the winos affectionately refer to it as The Nickel. So this is kind of a hobo's lullaby.")

sticks and stones will break my bones,
but i always will be true, and when
your mama is dead and gone,
i'll sing this lullabye just for you,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never comb their hair,
well they're lined up all around the block,
on the nickel over there.

so you better bring a bucket,
there is a hole in the pail,
and if you don't get my letter,
then you'll know that i'm in jail,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never say their prayers,
well they're sleepin' like a baby,
on the nickel over there.

and if you chew tobacco, and wish upon a star,
well you'll find out where the scarecrows sit,
just like punchlines between the cars,
and i know a place where a royal flush,
can never beat a pair, and even thomas jefferson,
is on the nickel over there.

so ring around the rosie, you're sleepin' in the rain,
and you're always late for supper,
and man you let me down again,
i thought i heard a mockingbird, roosevelt knows where,
you can skip the light, with grady tuck,
on the nickel over there.

so what becomes of all the little boys,
who run away from home,
well the world just keeps gettin' bigger,
once you get out on your own,
so here's to all the little boys,
the sandman takes you where,
you'll be sleepin' with a pillowman,
on the nickel over there.

so let's climb up through that button hole,
and we'll fall right up the stairs,
and i'll show you where the short dogs grow,
on the nickel over there.

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