oscars

i have not watched the oscars in quite some time and found it while skimming through the channels tonight as jackson was heading to bed and while i love film and the audiovisual telling of stories, my patience for the extremely long show wanes after the second or third presenter and it is challenging to return after the first commercial... sometimes i just want to see the list... this is especially true lately as i seldom go to the movies simply because i don't have the time... i miss it.. when i had a movie-loving partner for more than ten years i went to a few movies a week... i suppose i save a lot of money, but still, i miss the experience... anyway, i am leaving the oscars on in the background and just looked up to see the memorial bit... the memorial part of the oscars is always a surprise because i don't read the obituaries or watch the news so it is the first time i am hearing about a lot of these people dying in the past year... and for the living, thanks patricia...