Sorry for the slow posting this week. Work is kinda kicking my ass right now.

Just saw the episode of Survivor where Shawna was voted off. That was the greatest, grossest immunity challenge of all time. Snookums almost snorted beer out his nose when Deena got whacked in the head with the side of beef as time expired.

Ask Yahoo tries to define the difference between rap and hip-hop. Me, I still don’t get it. I’m loving this “Mundian To Bachke (Knight Rider Remix)” by Punjabi MC though. It’s from Bend It Like Beckham and it’s kinda like Indian rap. I heard it on the radio the other day and immediately started bopping like I was in a Bollywood film.

Oscar Contest 2003 Winners: With a total of 7 out of 10 correct predictions, Luis is the clear winner and will soon be in possession of Oscar the Sock Monkey. Second place was a ten-way tie, which was decided using both the tiebreaker and date of entry. Thus second place went to Sara and third place to photogjunkie. Unfortunately somebody has to get the wooden spoon, and this year that honor fell to Jai, who didn’t get a single point. Thanks to everyone who played though! I’ll have full results and rankings available soon. See you next year!

Oscar Contest Scoring Update: We have a clear winner with seven correct, but there’s a ten-way tie for second place with six correct. Time for the tiebreaker to come into effect!

As I’m not too busy today, I’m managing to keep up with the Awards online. I was worried at first, as we had a 38-way tie after the first two awards. Luckily Adrien Brody has seriously shaken things up. Never bet against a guy in a Holocaust movie!

Woohoo! Australia have won the Cricket World Cup in devastating fashion. The top order finally managed to kick some ass and the bowlers took out India’s top batsman in the first over. I love what this article has to say about Gilchrist: “Nor did the presence of a packed field prevent him cutting through and over point with the sort of flashing blade more commonly associated with wielders of the epee.” I think some purple prose is indeed in order.

Dude, what is up with everyone mentioning me in their answers this week?

1. If you had the chance to meet someone you’ve never met, from the past or present, who would it be?
Contrary to popular belief, I don’t think I’d pick Roald Dahl. He could be a pretty unpleasant guy and he’d probably not like me and then I’d just feel like I’d wasted my life, or something. No, I’m going to go with the old standby: Roger Ebert. I figure since I like his writing so much we’d get along swimmingly, and maybe if we got to be friends he’d take me to the Oscars and Sundance and stuff. Or I could be his co-host! (Screw that Roeper guy.) Yeah, that’d rule.

2. If you had to live in a different century, past or future, which would it be?
Ooh, I’m going to be in the minority on this one: the past. Pretty much any past, as long as I get to be a rich princess and don’t have to deal with muck and plague and stuff. Regency England would be pretty good. I could be Elizabeth Bennet and win myself a rich husband with my quick wit and “fine eyes”. Things were simpler back then.

3. If you had to move anywhere else on Earth, where would it be?
This is going to sound totally conceited, but I don’t think I’d want to move right now. Sydney has everything I want. We’ve got the cultural opportunities of a large city but without all the problems you get in London or New York. We have better weather than Chicago. You don’t need a car, like you do in LA. It’s pretty much perfect (with the exception of constantly missing, like, everyone I’ve ever met in the US and UK).

4. If you had to be a fictional character, who would it be?
I think I already kinda answered this one. Yeah, Elizabeth Bennet. Totally.

5. If you had to live with having someone else’s face as your own for the rest of your life, whose would it be?
Well, the Snook does have that Allyson Hannigan fixation… She kinda annoys me though. I’m thinking more Natalie Portman, except I’d be more vivacious and approachable with her looks than she is.

Happy birthday to Australia’s own orangecat! Hope you’re having a purr-fect weekend! (I couldn’t resist.)