to say my entire evening was devoted to the golden globes would be an understatment. starting at 4pm i tucked myself into molly's bedroom (her bed, yes), turned on E!, opened up a mountain dew and some pre-popped popcorn, and began a night's worth of enjoyment. molly and my mom were in the basement watching
inception (for the first time---crazy mofos) so i couldn't go there, and my dad was watching some sporting event in the living room so i couldn't go there (not that i would want to) so the only place left was molly's room. you maybe asking yourself now, if molly has cable in her bedroom, shouldn't meghan? well that's a very logical question to ask, considering we're both sisters and should be treated equally by our parents. alas, i'm what you call a Hall of Famer Unlucky Person, and my room doesn't have access to a cord-cable-shit-thing and upon learning this my parents just gave up and rendered the cable to my younger sister, and her alone. MOTHERFUCKERS.
ahem. just so you know however, after
inception was over molly came into her room, saw me, said only "you should have asked." and left me alone. which i have to give her props for. i was expecting a full on bitch-fight. props.
anyway, i started watching e!'s red carpet coverage at 4 and i have to say, that was the best part of the experience. it's difficult for me to watch awards shows because it's simply a plethora of awkwardness. jesse eisenberg's presence alone made me squirm in a puddle of awkward juice. celebrities...doing ridiculous things, saying stupid things, crying when they shant. ugh. well, the e! coverage was all about fashion, and i have to say...no stand-out dresses this evening. super disappointing.
then the awards started at 7, and i made sure i went down to get dinner before it started, so i could eat my all-vegetable dinner (you okay now kak? a baked potato, green beans and an assortment of steamed cauliflowers, carrots, peas...the good life. :/ ) during the opening monologue. ricky gervais was really funny. one of his jokes was about the mysterious reason as to why
the tourist was being represented. he said the only reason angelina and johnny depp were nominated for
the tourist was because the hollywood foreign press association wanted to take pictures with them, which is hilarious, BECAUSE IT'S TRUE. assholes. angelina jolie and brad pitt walked the red carpet, but didn't talk to any reporters, because you know, they're above that. they did briefly redeem themselves with me when an E! camera showed them walking down an aisle full of screaming fans, which they greeted and politely thanked. but oh no. they couldn't keep up the good behavior for long. through out the ceremony telecast, the camera shot to their table a total of 3,000 times, because for some fucking reason the producers thought the audience wanted to see angie&brad's reaction to every fucking thing that happened. my favorite was when some unknown composer won and was making his speech, and the camera shot to them and angelina had her head on brad's shoulder making the bored-est face ever, and brad had his eyebrows cocked, like he was wondering, "who the hell is this nobody...?"
ugh. they're gross.
anyway...i had to keep switching channels when anyone would start a speech, and switch back to see if it was indeed awkward, which they usually turned out to be, so i got in a little bit of "bridalplasty" and "the closer" and "iron man," which made for a well-rounded evening.
tolerable speeches: robert de niro, annette bening, colin firth.
most annoying win: glee (mostly because lea michele had to cry through out the entire evening. she cried when chris colfer won and while up on stage. how are you not used to award shows by now? it's clearly fake crying. shut the fuck up, attention-whore.)
heart-pounding moment: when
the kids are alright won for best comedy...that was suprising and i was so happy. when they were like, "the kids are alright....the tourist...." i fucking shuddered. how is it possible they are allowed to be in the same category?!
biggest laugh out of an awkward moment: chris colfer's face when he won. oh man. ohhhhhhhhh man. i predict youtube sensation y'all!
best dressed:
she is awesome and she can wear whatever the fuck she wants to award shows.
we can no longer be friends if you don't see/love the following movies
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the kids are alright
- the social network
- black swan
thank you and goodnight.