…and so I had to tear myself away from my Spanish channel movie marathon on Sunday to flip over to the Oscars, which is now currently unfolding in front of me on my X-Box 360 & PC Samsung monitor. As luck would have it, I’m just in time to catch the winner for best set design / best newcomer / best use of a meat product or some such other irregular Oscar category when it dawns on me that I’m wasting my time watching this uninspiring, self-congratulatory love fest. Just as the musical act of the month breaks into their rap “It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp” (prime-time parents, are you prepared to explain what a ‘pimp’ is?), I nudge over a few inches and power up my widescreen Macintosh, Google “2006 Oscar results” and there, in real time, are the results. Nice…now I can stop subjecting myself to the constant advertising this awards show is pushing on to me and use my monitor for something more constructive…playing Dungeons & Dragons online.

Maybe I’m being a bit shallow…a bit condescending. Perhaps I can blame my behavior on the fact that I’m currently training people whose skill-sets are woefully inadequate for the position to replace me before I move on up to my new admin position. Perhaps my dissatisfaction in the Oscars stems from not having seen the girlfriend in over three weeks due to conflicting schedules. Maybe, just maybe, I’m venting because I haven’t had anything to write about in over a week. So much anger in me ;)

I guess what I’m trying to say, and what I want everyone to understand and come away with from this long diatribe, is the fact that the word “Google” has become a verb.

The English Language: 1
My Personal Life: nil / naught / nada

Wait a moment…Keira Knightly is up for an award. I think I’ll stick around to watch the Oscars for just a little bit longer.