in my cd player... The Wedding Present Saturnalia Dave Gedge sounds so good with B's teeny-tiny, but killer speakers.   in my mug... Columbian Supreme from Central Market   atop the fireplace mantle... six mercury tea light holders (which light the room in red, magenta, orange, green, turquoise, and indigo) and five very quirky white tulips.   todd's list of Oscar oddities/moments that were missing from whirlygirl on Monday... nothing about Gwenyth; nothing about that prancing violin dude; nothing about movies you hated or loved; nothing about Halle Berry's reaction; nothing about my Julia; nothing about Will Smith-- clearly there at the beginning, but gone before his category came up so they had to show a still image of his head; nothing about the fact that Sharon Stone and John Travolta were giggly and freakish, like they'd never been on stage before; nothing about the theme song from Jaws These almost entirely coincided with my list of Oscar oddities and moments-- though we completely missed the prancing violin dude as we missed the first half of the show because I'm a loser when it comes to converting real life into Central Time   kristen's list of Oscar oddities/moments that were missing from todd's list... Renée Zellweger's freakishly shiny face-- almost shinier than Ron Howard and Ben Kingsley's heads put together; how I want to join the Cirque de Soleil; Uma Thurman's breasts; the very cool Kodak Theatre; Monsters, Inc. being robbed by that stupid Shrek movie; the distinct lack of seat fillers this year; the lack of Amélie winningness; the fact that John Lasseter (Producer, Monsters, Inc.) was not wearing a Hawiian shirt under his tuxedo; how I can't believe I missed Woody Allen's ONE appearance at the Academy Awards because of my Central Time Zone loserness-- does ANYONE have this on tape? Please?   puzzled... B and I use the same laundry detergent and fabric softener, and yet our laundry smells completely different. How can this be?   the best presents... B bought us giraffe and elephant t-shirts. When they came in the mail on Monday while B was at work and the two of us were talking on the telephone, he told me to open them-- and said what followed was a series of squeals and laughter and what he thought to be words but couldn't understand to save his life. Needless to say, I love them.