march 7

the 82nd annual academy awards were tonight. i only got to see about 3/4 of them because i had to get zak from work at 9. i love watching things like this, they've always interested me, and tonight's awards were history making. one of the nominee's for 'best director' was african american and the other was a woman. if either would have one they would have been the first in film history to win for that demographic. kathryn bigelow, who directed 'the hurt locker' won, which is amazing. the first woman director to ever win an oscar in film history. it's so encouraging to witness something like that. to see that women are progressing in what is a mainly male-dominated field, and that society is growing to see that it's okay to recognize women for their accomplishments. if lee daniels would have won, who directed 'precious: based on the novel push by sapphire' would have won i would have thought the same thing and it would have been equally encouraging. after watching the oscars i have a new dream, to write an academy award winning screenplay...pretty lofty dream, huh?