oscar party!
23 march 2003
as guests arrive, ballots are distributed and pondered over.
because the ballots were printed straight from the internet, the weighted system of assigning points to each of the major categories was noted on signs placed around the apartment (now i feel like a total oscar party geek for creating these signs!).
as jamie adjusts the contrast, dan, jim & sarah get serious. (sarah also makes sure to copy dave's selections to an official ballot)
donovan, bart & chris weigh their thoughts (peter jackson? rob marshall? martin scorsese?) and wonder if it's okay to ask for a clarification of "sound editing" vs. "sound."
the crowd is fascinated by oscar host steve martin. and everyone who got a point for "best animated feature" raises hands so that score can be kept.
as the night progresses, steve arrives (only to learn that his early choices were right on the money, but not so his later ones).
alex looks to be a contender...but also thinks about giving it all up just for another handful of teddy grahams.
kip stares at the screen, hoping for bjork to make a presentation.
kaci watches (i need more synonyms if i'm going to keep taking photos of people staring at television screens) from the kitchen.
before the final awards are announced, dan declares sujan the winner of the pool - statistically speaking, no one can beat her! (so much for the weighted system keeping things exciting until the final award of the night)
sujan celebrates!
after the show, oscar party gift bags are made available. while not as much of a surprise as they were last year, the gift bags do contain a cd of original-size digital photos from balgavy.com (and this year they're presented in individually designed cd cases). email me (marc at balgavy.com) now, if you'd like one.
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