And the Oscar goes to....

AP News, Hollywood, California:

This news just in, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has added a late breaking Oscar to the already announced winners from the award show last Sunday.

Meghan Smith, has been awarded the Oscar for the "Best Performance by an Exhausted Middle-Class Mother"

Said a representative from the Academy

After long consideration, the Academy felt it was time to right the wrong that
was so obvious to the viewing members of the public. In the last week, Ms. Smith
has shown incredible range in pulling off this role and we felt that the
oversight in not giving this award was tantamount to a creative slap in the
face.

Ms. Smith, who did not attend Sunday's award ceremony did make a statement through her agent:

I am deeply honored by this recognition on behalf of the Academy. There are
a few people that I do need to thank publicly for without them, this wouldn't
have been possible. First, my special effects team -- the one person department
of L'Oreal. I know that women have strived for years to accomplish that beaten
down, worn look -- without your help, I couldn't have gained that look of a
woman whose bags under her eyes have reached mammoth proportions and then tried
to cover it up with make-up.

See pictures of Ms. Smith before and after:

Ms. Smith at a 2010 engagement

Ms. Smith on-set for her award winning performance:



She went on to say,

while there is a whole crew of people behind me that have made this possible, I do need to specifically thank two individuals. To Joe, my fiancee and love of my life, your commitment to my success has always been a stronghold of support. Your ability to sleep through anything, take over the middle half of the bed and snore like a logger on a warm day, truly made this performance possible. And to our son, Finn; your undying devotion to me and my work has been a joy to behold. The fact that you would be willing to get up 5 days in row between the hours of 3-4:30 AM to ensure that I did achieve the look of a haggard working mom is nothing short of personal sacrifice. Especially from a 13 month old.

(ed. note: agents for Finn McConville have made it know that he no longer is going by his given birth name, and would like to be referred to by his new stage name, FJ Crusier. )

Ms Smith continued in her accolades only to be played off by the band

There had been some criticism in recent weeks about the authenticity of her performance. This controversy stemmed from her apparent lack of commitment to her role when she dyed her hair 2 weeks ago. At the time of the event, Ms. Smith had gone on record with the following statement,

hours of research with working, middle-class moms indicated that every one of them had at one point, attempted to mask the colony of gray hairs with a trip to the salon. All of the women I have met with had indicated that they had gone as long as 6-8 months in between trips to the hair-dresser. I went 4 months. Even for my craft, there is only so much a person can take. Method acting or not.

The Academy has indicated that this category of award will not be allowed in each years awards.

is there a timeline for compability?

In case you missed the memo, I am getting married.
You didn't know that? Really?
Surprise, surprise.
But we are. And of course, we are having a big, fat, Irish, catholic wedding.
Which means we had to meet with the priest before they would commit the date to us. So we did. Now - let me lay this out for you.
Catholic = old school.
Catholic = guilt laden.
Catholic does NOT = living together with your one year old and another kid on the way.
All those things aside, we still wanted to get married in a church because its a big deal. And our parents would collectively go ballistic if we didn't.
So here we were, meeting with the priest, getting this whole Sunday school lesson on how we should be focused on bringing God into our lives. Meanwhile you know that he was just thinking in his celibate, theological noggin what huge sinners we are.
The last part of the encounter is our "compatibility" test. 80+ questions with only three answers:
Agree
Disagree
Undecided

With questions like
"the idea of seeing my partner naked makes me uncomfortable"
"I struggle with the idea of my partner working outside the home"
and my personal favorite:
"I understand the Catholic Churches stance on why couples shouldn't live together prior to entering the sacrament of marriage"

Then after answering all these questions, the results are scored and there is a group of married couples that will serve as sponsor couples. Between now and the time of the wedding we have to meet with the sponsor couple 4-5 times. They will then make a recommendation to the priest as to whether or not we are suitable for each other.
Keeping in mind, all this happened like a month ago.
We still haven't heard back from the church.
Did they have to go the Vatican to find a couple for us? Perhaps a papal decree absolving us from our sins? Maybe the Pope has God on 1-800-Save-the-Sinner speed-dial to confirm with the man upstairs and St. Peter that in fact we are good for each other?
I know, I know -- probably not that big of a deal. But it just strikes me as odd.
Stay tuned. Hopefully there is a couple out there that can give us the green light.

Now Watching: "24" on the dvr.

Another goodbye

We had to put Boris to sleep tonight.


My transgendered, confused, overweight, feisty, and hilarious little munchkin.
She just got really sick, really fast and it was really the only choice.

She will be missed.