Mistakes were made!

Now: preparing to slay some critters in BG: Dark Alliance 2

Work was dull and mindless, so that's nice. Kinda floundered my way through without any major scarring.

Trip and I got into a discussion about the Oscars. He believes that they are wrong because art should be appreciated not judged...i.e. art isn't about competition. On one hand I agree, on the other (the highly argumentative and devil's advocate type hand) everything is a competition. The whole point of these awards shows is to promote movies...and the public is only going to pay attention to something with a winner.

I later broadened this argument into everything is a competition, even art. While it's not as easy to score as a football game, it's certainly competitive. Each artist is looking to make a work that will attract attention and make them great. The competition is them trying to express a feeling and making other people get it. It's an abstract concept I admit, but I genuinely believe competition is hardwired into the genetic code of every person. It all stems from sexual competition...but that's the topic of a whole different post.

Watched Underworld today and really, it was not impressive. Pretty blah, actually. I could actually see movie execs pitching the movie. "It's got vampires and werewolves battling each other for some reason. And there is a hot vampire chick in vinyl, who tracks the werewolves. Oh and one of the vamps betrays his people for power..." It could have been a lot better if the writing didn't blow so much. Plus while Kate Beckinsdale was adequate (and looked good in the form fitting clothes) she never sold me on the idea of her as a aggressive hunter type.