March 28, 2022

Monday - Cloudy and windy

F woke me up again this morning. It was before 7 am, before the time that he usually gets up, so I’m not sure why he did it. All I heard was he was calling his office to say he wasn’t coming in. Argh. It was Academy Award Day and I didn’t really want him around for it!

The Academy Awards also started an hour earlier here than usual, so there was that. I watched it all. It was better than last year, but last year was so awful, how could it not be better?  Well, last year there wasn’t violence from the participants, so maybe it wasn’t better this year. At first, I thought that Will Smith was being funny by coming up on stage. When he started swearing (not beeped by Japanese TV) I knew it wasn’t a joke. 

On to the awards…I was pleased that Kenneth Branagh finally got a statue…but I can’t help wondering if Emma is lording it over him that she has two! I’m sure she wouldn’t do that. Jessica Chastain was an interesting choice as Best Actress. I hadn’t seen any of the Best Actor or Best Actress films.  I tried to tell F that I would occasionally see Tammy Faye on TV in Canada on Sunday mornings. I never watched for long. The perks of being in a not religious family I guess. I hoped that Ciaran Hinds would win as he’s my Captain Wentworth, but am quite happy for Troy Kotsur to get the award. 

That took up all of the morning and part of the afternoon. After the awards finished, I ate lunch and then took a nap. I was tired. F had been snoozing on and off all day, so didn’t feel bad about it.

I went down to cook dinner and we had a nice meal I think. I made “Buta-Tama-Kimchi” or pork-egg-kimchi stirfry that was actually rather good. I also made some okra and some mushrooms on the side. F and K had rice and we all had some salad, and it was good.

Dishes didn’t take too long to do tonight and then I went upstairs for a bit. I took a shower and then watched the rebroadcast of the Oscars because there were a few moments I had missed. The In Memoriam was terrible today. I wasn’t impressed by the Gospel choir and the people they left off the list. 

I’ve spent the last little bit blogging and trying to prepare mentally for my class tomorrow. It’s my last one. I’ll miss my students, but need a break. I’m not able to do in-person this time due to Covid. Sigh.

And that’s it for today. Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….