Either Or

Last night, four nights after the Oscars and tucked in her bed, KR finally decided to admit that she still could not differentiate between 'No Country For Old Men' and 'There Will Be Blood'.

It came up because we had discussed the relative merits of the Some E-Cards website we have all recently frequented and circulated amongst our coworkers. They recently posted cards regarding Oscar favorites, and one said something about how the recipient should have won an award for pretending to understand the ending of the 'There Will Be Blood'... or maybe it was 'No Country For Old Men'. At one point KR even tried to blend them together and convince us they were the same movie.

Either way, clearly we did not see either.

There was enough press on both movies to warrant knowledge of the general subject matter of both movies, but they still seemed to be running together, so we came up with a way to distinguish them from one another:

'No Country for Old Men':
- Chili-bowl haircut
- Tommy Lee Jones (it helps everyone remember actors when they have three names)

'There Will Be Blood':
- Yelling about a milkshake
- Yelling about a boy
(AV tried to suggest "period piece on the oil industry", but it wasn't ringing any bells)

I know what you're thinking: it's a miracle we graduated college.

I should also mention that seeing Will Ferrell dressed as Ron Burgundy, interviewing Tom Brokaw at his comedy show on Sunday night was the highlight of my week. That or watching him sing Alicia Keys' "No One" while wearing Capezio dance pants and Uggs.

It was much more entertaining than the two award-winning movies we didn't bother to see.

"I must learn to love the fool in me- the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled, masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of human aliveness, humility, and dignity but for my fool."
-Theodore I. Rubin, MD