Who will win at the Oscars?

I could go on for at least 36 more posts on “what do I blog?……………” But, enough of that for the nonce. Although I have a feeling I will be back to it soon. However, I do have variations on that theme. Like, why do I blog? A fairly important question meriting a few posts. Now, I have a real post for a change.

We have to discuss the Oscars. We are big fans of the films. Actually, I don’t quite watch movies as read the reviews. I am big fan of film criticism. Once I am done with NY times, salon and the Roger Eberts and Anthony Lanes, I know so much about a film that I don’t quite feel the need to actually go and see it. But, I do know my movies and we have to discuss the Oscars.

G: Stephen Holden thinks MDB will win!! He prefers Sideways though
M: I am inclined to think MDB, Jamie Foxx, Swank
M: And maybe Scorcese not Eastwood though.
G: God, not MDB.
M: you would prefer aviator?
G: It's better than MDB, for sure.
M: Not that I have seen any thing. I am just taking averages from globes , Sag, bafta and what not
G: At 72, CE has an eight year old daughter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
M: what's surprising?
G: How weird would it be for you to be eight and your dad to be 72?!?!?
M: Enrique Iglesisas’ grandpa is to be a father at 89!!!!!!
G: Just as weird, just as weird.
M: So, what do you think?
M: about Oscars and not old age parenting
G Don’t know about Best Pic.
G: MS for director, JF for actor, IS for actress...although I'm less sure about the last.
M: I am inclined to think HS definitely. Just try elimination. The other performances just did not get as much attention. Although Imelda got best actress at Cannes.

I have to add that my friend has seen all the movies bandied about in the conversation. So, if you are going to place any bets, look at his picks. But, it does look like you can put your shirt on Jamie Foxx.

MDB-Million dollar baby
MS- Martin Scorcese
JF-Jamie Foxx
HS-Hillary Swank
IS-Imelda Staunton

What do I blog?............

I have been contemplating this blog thing for quite a while and almost always I have been concerned about being able to post quality material on it. Of course, not that it is going read by any one other than me. I won’t seek to give it any publicity and what are the odds of someone typing http://Meerakrishnaswamy.blogspot.com by design or by accident in an attempt to reach something else. But, if there is material authored by me lying out there that can be read by any one, I want it to be ripe stuff. And being fully cognizant that I cannot do that, I have refrained.

Anyway, I mentioned the latest bright idea to my friend and you might wonder why I keep running my ideas by him and to be quite frank, so do I. I should figure that out one day but in the meanwhile he said…….
G: Rooted firmly in reality, I see
G: Yeah, I think we are going to shoot this down too, more's the pity.
M: c’mon mate. why?
G: ... the blog is supposed to be more about what you think and so on...so even if you do use our conversations as a starting point to get a topic, everything on it should really be about you and not about me at all.
M: It won't be about you at all
M: It is just a device really
G: Hmmm, true, yes. But all I'm saying is - don't make the device JUST our conversations. there's so much else out there to think about and write about that we don't discuss...so it seems silly to limit yourself at the outset to just this.
M: point is we do discuss a lot of things and bigger point is what you have really missed
G: Bigger point is what?
M: I am lazy!!
M: This I can do fast and it might be interesting.
G: Okay, in which case, forge right ahead.
I was somewhat surprised to get a yes with so little work. This was an unexpected development. When I first thought of the idea, it was merely a lighthearted repartee to his query about when I was going to start blogging. But, by now the idea is beginning to appeal to me…………….reality blogging….I could be on to some thing.

Now, I also had the approval to work on it although it came with the admonishment “I also want to know what you think about stuff we DON'T chat about, post about other stuff as well”. I agreed to spew my 2 cents on pop culture for what it is worth ……….and now I actually have to do something.

I do not know if I can post any “quality” material or not. But, one thing is quite clear to me. I do have a flair for writing endlessly about “nothing”!

What do I blog?.............

I think that half the trouble in the world is created by people making offhanded casual remarks like “When are you going to start your own blog?” The other half happens when people listen to these OC remarks. A friend of mine asked me the above question. Of course, I could have said, “never mate” and forgotten the whole thing. But, I have been contemplating joining the blogwagon and this question is pushing me over the edge as it were.

Anyway, I don’t want to do one of those I-got-up-at -7:00 am-today -and-brushed –my- teeth blogs. (Of course with me it is closer to 9:30 am). I want something special, like a “theme”, something that will keep the readers (both of them) coming back for more of the same.

The obvious idea is to write about one’s profession. (I am an "Assistant Marketing Manager" in a “software company”). I put this suggestion to said friend and while he did not quite say that it was the most boring thing he had heard in his life, it was implied all too clearly in the pregnant pause that ensued. Besides, he had just been reading a profession related blog as it were, about a call girl and I can quite see why “life as an AMM’ was not interesting enough. I did toss a few other suggestions at him but they were received with a similar coldness.

As I write this I am thinking, may be I should just write a blog about my conversations with my friend. I do spend time talking to him anyway. Now, I have to tell you this. I am a biggish Seinfeld fan and this idea of making some thing out of “nothing” really appeals to me. I must also tell you that I am quite lazy. So, this idea works well for me.

Besides a conversation between two intelligent, well-read, cultured people with their pulse on all that is hip and happening, should throw up some thing interesting. Ok, I can’t say two such people, but I can vouch that he is all of the above. So, fifty per cent of the blog should be worth reading. Now, all I have to do is toss this idea at him…………………..I have a feeling he will shoot it down. The way he always does.