{"id":1344,"date":"2005-02-27T21:41:59","date_gmt":"2005-02-27T21:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/2005\/02\/27\/hello_oscar\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T21:11:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T02:11:14","slug":"hello_oscar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/2005\/02\/27\/hello_oscar\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello? Oscar?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ho. Lee. Shit.<\/strong> I didn\u2019t get to the movies much this year, so I\u2019ve paid even less attention to the Oscars hoopla than usual. The show is on, though, and I\u2019m here on the couch doing some work, so some of the details are sinking in. Like the fact that my oldest pal Eddie<\/a> almost won an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wha…!?<\/p>\n

I was barely paying attention as they read off the nominees, who were all standing on stage behind Leonardo DiCaprio, until I suddenly hear the name of Eddie and his partner, Kirby Dick<\/a>. I was flabbergasted, and convinced for half a second that I heard wrong. When I visited Eddie this summer, they were still working on the film, so I didn\u2019t even think it had been released yet. Sure enough, though, there they were standing on stage, smiling politely as the eventual winner\u2019s name was announced.<\/p>\n

Now, it\u2019s a little disappointing that someone else won the award, but you have to admit that it\u2019s pretty goddamn impressive for a goofy kid from Staten Island (and later Connecticut) to get farther than anyone else I know is likely to get. (No offense, everybody, but you can correct me when you get your Oscar nomination.) I\u2019ve never been so happy to feel like such a wayward slacker.<\/p>\n

Eddie, old cock, you continue to impress the living hell out of me. In case you check this before we have out next long-overdue chat, I love you to pieces. Woo-hoo!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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