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This is where you stick random tidbits of information about yourself.
Age 23, living in sin in Twickenham with Cheesy
Likes
Movies
Books
Writing
Theatre
Hugs
Kittens
Chess
Scrabble (mostly beating Cheesy's butt)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Dislikes
Vegetables
Arguments
Cleaning
Trashy TV
Pretensions
Public Transport
Pets
Rabbits-Bambi, Fern, Sooty, Pippa-all deceased
Dog-Sammy-deceased :(
Fish-CatFlap-recently (and finally!) deceased
Cat-Tiggy-still scratching
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Technically Rachel
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Saturday, February 04, 2006
Soooooo, stuff stuff stuff. Let's see...
Work is kicking off spectacularly manically - as expected. We start filming on Thursday, and it's all gone crazy. The HODs are all great on this pic though, which helps massively. Also the head caterer I knew from another production called in to say hello since he's on this picture too - it's nice to see old faces. Starts making me feel like I'm getting somewhere, when I come across folks I've worked with before.
Still, am gonna be mega busy now for February and March. And then I have to panic and find another job. Eep!
And speaking of Eep! type things - the house hunt continues. Nearly got carried away and put in an offer for a flat, even though it looks like it has a damp problem from its roof. But we've slowed it down a bit and narrowed our search - hopefully going to find somewhere that needs some work doing to it. I hate going into these places that are all done up - it's like buying someone else's home (which I know, technically, is the case - but you get what I mean). I want somewhere we can make our own. Not something we can't do anything to cause it's already decorated to the max.
Technically Rachel - Fire Fighter!
Well, technically Fire Goes-To-Get-Help-And-Watches-While-It's-Put-Out Fighter. Popped out to my car this evening, and when I was climbing back up our fire escape to get into our kitchen, I smelled smoke. I nearly dismissed it, attributing it to an over vigoursly cooked supper, but I noticed there was quite a lot of smoke coming from the kitchen window in the flat below ours. And there didn't seem to be a light on in that kitchen. So, I nipped back down and look into the kitchen to see a whole hob on fire on the stove. Panic? Just a tad. Ran over to the porters house and got him on the case - lots of yelling and banging of doors, and the weird old guy who lived there initially tried to put it out and somehow made it worse. Eventually a fire extinguisher was thrown at the things and the day was saved. All with me stood watching, concerned expression on my face. Weird old guy got a good telling off. Left me concerned though. This is the guy who watches episodes of Countdown at 4am at full volume. Crap knows how bad the fire would have got if I hadn't spotted it. In a flat below ours. Swell. Not that I did much. I'm less of a fire fighter, more of a Lassie type.
And the Oscar goes to...
Oscar noms are in, and I thought I'd give me tuppence on them. A fairly predictable bunch this year.
Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain - Bound to win. The Oscars just drool over any film focussed on "minority/issue" groups. Plus it is actually supposed to be rather good.
Capote - Heard rather little about it, except that it's good.
Crash - Mixed opinions on this one. Token nomination, methinks.
Good Night, and Good Luck - Who would've thought five years ago that a film directed/written/acted by George Clooney would be an Oscar contender. Tv heart-throb done good.
Munich - Nice and political, but probably too political for most of the delicate Academy Members.
Rachel says Brokeback Mountain
Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote" - Always a brillantly talented actor, but I don't think they're quite ready to acknowledge him.
Terrence Howard, "Hustle & Flow" - Not seen the film or much of him - but I feel he may be the token nomination in this category.
Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain" - Good potential to win as there's been a lot of talk about his performance - but personally I don't think anyone can get past the fact that it's still Heath Ledger.
Joaquin Phoenix, "Walk the Line" - After winning the Golden Globe he's probably the most likely. By all accounts his performance is quite something.
David Strathairn, "Good Night, and Good Luck." - Bound to be a great performance - could be the dark horse.
Rachel says Joaquin Phoenix
Actress
Judi Dench, "Mrs. Henderson Presents" - An old favourite, and this will probably work against her. Plus Mrs Henderson was hardly a challenging role for her.
Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica" - Could take it, though I reckon only a limited bunch will have even seen the movie.
Keira Knightley, "Pride & Prejudice" - Good God what were they thinking?! What is it with the Americans and their drooly ass kissing over that scrawny talentless thing just cause she's got a British accent? Yes, it's her best performance in any movie, but that's not saying much. If she wins I'll never watch the Oscars again.
Charlize Theron, "North Country" - Probably very good, but she won too recently. Bound to work against her.
Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line." - An unlikely candidate a year ago, but I think she might take it.
Rachel says Reese Witherspoon (Kick Keira's ass!)
Supporting Actor
George Clooney, "Syriana" - Could swing his way - they're going to want to award him something on the night, and I think this is the most likely.
Matt Dillon, "Crash" - Nah, no one will get past the fact it's Matt Dillon.
Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man" - Great actor. Only major nomination for this film though, so I think it'll be unlikely.
Jake Gyllenhaal, "Brokeback Mountain" - Jake has mostly been ignored in reviews in favour of Heath Ledger. So probably no, though his ass should get an Oscar.
William Hurt, "A History of Violence." - Dark horse, I reckon. Could steal it from the sidelines.
Rachel says George Clooney
Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, "Junebug" - Who? What?
Catherine Keener, "Capote" - Maybe. Just seems a little... boring.
Frances McDormand, "North Country" - Frances is fantastic, but for some reason I don't see her winning for this.
Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener" - Most likely candidate. Would be great to see her win it.
Michelle Williams, "Brokeback Mountain." - She was in Dawson's Creek. It can't happen.
Rachel says Rachel Weisz
Director
Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain" - Since I predicted Brokeback to win best film, this seems the likely winner. Not that I'm that much of a fan.
Bennett Miller, "Capote" - Unlikey
Paul Haggis, "Crash" - Even more unlikely. Then again, it has been a lot more popular in the States. But probably been around to long. They like they're winners fresh.
George Clooney, "Good Night, and Good Luck." - Could be an outside contender. Strong possibility they'll give Brokeback the Film award, and settle for Clooney as director.
Steven Spielberg, "Munich." - Nah. Not the year for beardy man.
Rachel says close call betweenAng Lee/George Clooney
That's all I'll go into for now. Consider it a travesty that Sin City isn't in the Special Effects nominations. Glad to see King Kong being snubbed - it was popcorn and nothing more.
8:42 pm
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