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WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK

What happened with the Oscar nominations? I mean seriously, what happened?

Bigelow and Affleck both get snubbed in Direction.
I mean the Director lineup just in general. Fuck David O'Russell.
Moonrise Kingdom doesn't get a Picture nomination.
No Looper in Screenplay.
No John Hawkes in Actor.
Where the actual fuck did Jacki Weaver come from? I didn't really think Ann Dowd would get in, but no Ann Dowd and Jacki Weaver instead?
This isn't a surprise, because everyone knew Alan Arkin would get in, but he would have been the third most interesting supporting performance in Argo, under Bryan Cranston and John Goodman.
I literally cannot with Editing.
No Hobbit for Costume? (But Mirror Mirror and Snow White and the Huntsman make it in.) Or for Sound Editing? Or Sound Mixing? (Lincoln for Mixing? Really? Really.) No nomination for "Song of the Lonely Mountain?"
And where are The Avengers' Sound nominations? Oh right, there are none.
I literally cannot with Documentary Feature, but I knew that when the first short-list was announced.
Hitchcock for Makeup over Lincoln? Anthony Hopkins literally looked like he was melting.
I fundamentally do not understand Life of Pi getting nominated for Production Design.

Bright spots:

Christoph Waltz.

I have seriously like been seething this whole morning. These are the worst. THE WORST.

In conclusion, GPOY:

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The Drafthouse, yay! Where are you guys gonna be? We actually went to the Drafthouse today to see Django Unchained - I had a Royale with Cheese and a Chocolate Espresso milkshake. Eight hours later, I'm still stuffed.

Yeah, I kinda want to do the Back to the Future marathon, but I'll have to see (a) how much tickets are and (b) if anyone will go with me.

We're staying in downtown Austin, a few blocks from the Ritz Drafthouse next weekend. There are a few things going on, but nothing that really interests me. There's a live event with Joel Hodgson on Friday, but it's sold out. Oh, well. I pretty much just want the movie experience.

Oh, and I was going to ask - do you have any recommendations for fun places to eat/go/see?

There's a couple good pubs. Opal Divine's on 6th street, between Lavaca and Lamar, has a really nice ambiance; that's where we usually went out for drinks. Just a little further on down the road is the big Whole Foods that's like the biggest one in the country or something? I like to stop there because they usually have a great selection on the big blocks of chocolate, hee. And across the street from Opal's is Wahoo Fish Tacos. Good and cheap! And that whole area along 6th street is pretty great - lots of little bars and restaurants, shops, tons of live music.

There's also The Dog and Duck, on Guadalupe and 17th, just south of the UT campus. Best fish and chips ever. I don't know if you guys are renting a car or not; that's a bit of a hike from downtown. But if you do have a car, there's also The Noble Pig up north of Austin in Red Rock - great sandwiches.

I wish I had more recs for things to do, but we basically just ate, drank, and went to the Drafthouse.

Ha; one of my colleagues who went to UT was raving about the milkshakes in Austin, especially the ones from P. Terry's. Eh, I don't mind paying five dollars. It will give it that Tarantino vibe, like driving down Congress Ave.

Yay! Thanks! I now officially have way more recommendations than time (we'll just be there Fri night-Sun afternoon), but at least we have choices. I feel like most things that we do are going to involve eating or drinking.

P. Terry's! That's on South Lamar. Lots of stuff up and down Lamar. P. Terry's does have really good milkshakes, and like REALLY cheap burgers.

And also, if you head just south of where you are on Congress, there are a ton of cool antique-y shops and like a whole empty lot filled with food trucks. South, over the river, down to the 1200-1400 block.

Hopefully it'll be nice and cool when you're down there - we lucked out the first two days of our trip, it was in the 70s, but the last three days it was back in the 80s and lower 90s. End of October, sigh.

I know you're going to think five dollars is a lot for a milkshake, but they are really good milkshakes. Just FYI. Chocolate espresso is my go-to.

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