Today we are celebrating a special couple who has been married for 54 years. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Mami and Daddy!! My parents have one of those harrowing stories of survival and separation due to impending death and reunion and intrigue and success and struggle and more success. You know, typical love story. Join us in wishing them a very happy 54th Wedding Anniversary and many blessings of health, joy and love.
It’s that time of year again! A time when CoupleDumb rolls out the couch and brings in the movie seats to share our OSCAR PREDICTIONS!!!
We have been doing this for years now and nowadays we are actually watching the movies! So before you start arguing that some is not all, here are our predictions!
Best Picture Nominees: “Amour”, “Argo”, “Beasts Of The Southern Wild”, “Django Unchained”, “Les Misérables”,”Life Of Pi”, “Lincoln”, “Silver Linings Playbook”, “Zero Dark Thirty”- We saw 7 of the 9 nominees (not bad considering one year we saw 0 out of 5). Lots of great movies this year. We loved most of these but will have to say that Lincoln was fascinating only in that the current political climate resembles that time. The only thing missing was Boehner crying. We will have to go with Argo for the win on this one. It was exciting, fast paced and the acting was superb!
Actor In A Leading Role Nominees: Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook”, Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”, Hugh Jackman, “Les Misérables”, Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”, Denzel Washington, “Flight”- The only performance we didn’t watch was Joaquin Phoenix but we did see “I’m still here” and after that we pray for him every night. I think Bradley Cooper or Hugh Jackman should win because they were great and they are my secret boyfriends. Unfortunately, the Academy tends to reward English Actors who play historical figures so Daniel Day Lewis will win.
Actress In A Leading Role Nominees: Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”,Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”, Emmanuelle Riva, “Amour”, Quvenzhané Wallis, “Beasts Of The Southern Wild”, Naomi Watts, “The Impossible”- This one is really easy. Jennifer Lawrence for the win! I saw her eat a squirrel in Winter’s Bone so give her the Oscar for dancing badly.
Actor In A Supporting Role Nominees: Alan Arkin, “Argo”, Robert De Niro, “Silver Linings Playbook”, Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Master”, Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”, Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained”- Look, this is the toughest category this year. Forget what you heard. DeNiro was O.K. but Arkin, Jones and Waltz KILLED! If I had my druthers I would split it with all three. I think Jones will win but Waltz deserves it more.
Actress In A Supporting Role Nominees: Amy Adams, “The Master”, Sally Field, “Lincoln”, Anne Hathaway, “Les Misérables”, Helen Hunt, “The Sessions”, Jacki Weaver, “Silver Linings Playbook”- Yeah, this one is way easy. Anne Hathaway for the win with a side of fries and a chocolate shake because Oh dear God woman you need a sandwich!
Animated Feature Film Nominees: “Brave”, “Frankenweenie”, “ParaNorman”, “The Pirates! Band Of Misfits”, “Wreck-It Ralph”- I liked Paranorman but I think Brave will take the prize this year. I am a sucker for Scottish accents.
Cinematography Nominees: Seamus McGarvey, “Anna Karenina”, Robert Richardson, “Django Unchained”, Claudio Miranda, “Life Of Pi”, Janusz Kaminski, “Lincoln”, Roger Deakins, “Skyfall”- Easy one, too! Life of Pi was beautiful. Richard Parker is a badass kitty.
Directing Nominees: Michael Haneke, “Amour”, Benh Zeitlin, “Beasts Of The Southern Wild”, Ang Lee, “Life Of Pi”, Steven Spielberg, “Lincoln”, David O. Russell, “Silver Linings Playbook”- Yeah, Affleck was screwed. I would be predicting Affleck on this one if he hadn’t been royally shafted. I will say David O Russell because I don’t think Spielberg deserved it.
Music (Original Song) – Easy- Skyfall- Adele- Need I say more.
Writing (Adapted Screenplay) -David O. Russell, “Silver Linings Playbook”- Funny, smart!
Writing (Original Screenplay) – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, “Moonrise Kingdom”- If you haven’t seen this movie, do it now. It was amazing, funny, great, uncomfortable, wild and all together awesome!
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Real Relationship Advice
Lee was asked for her answers to the Linky for a Leap Day questions. Here they are:
1. My childhood nickname was Lee. Whatever you do, don’t call me Liz. My Mom named me Elizabeth because she loved Elizabeth Taylor. In Spanish Liz is pronounced, Lee-s. My sister was lazy and dropped the ‘s’ ,thus, Lee was born. Kids in school use to call me Lizzy the Lezzy and, as an innocent little girl, I had no clue what that meant. My sister (yes she has a lot to do with my name issues) explained that that was not nice.
2. If you want to spoil me rotten, buy me a LUGGAGE! I have a thing about luggage and bags and purses. Buy me a nice piece of luggage and I would do just about anything.
3. The television character I most identify with is Mindy Cohen/Natalie from ‘The Facts of Life’. I was always told I looked like her then she went on to semi-stalk me by attending the same University and studying Sociology instead of Psychology.
4. If I had a whole day to go shopping and money to spend, I would go to Ikea. Ikea is the most awesomest store in the world. I have lots of happy memories there. Dropping my daughter off in the ball pit…eating meatballs with the kids….buying a malm and micke.
5. The most wild and crazy thing I have ever done (that I can admit to publicly) is mud wrestling.
6. The one thing on my bucket list that I am most eager to do is spend time at an ashram studying Hinduism.
7. My family will always be loyal to each other.
8. If I could spend a day with a celebrity I would choose right now I would say Adele. I like her style, singing and I am pretty sure she is a foul-mouthed chick like me.
9. In my opinion, the best invention in the history of the world is the sandwich. I can live without a lot of things but my life would be sad without sandwiches.
10. When life hands me lemons, I demand some avocados to make guacamole.
Real Relationship Advice
We are excited to announce that YesVideo is hosting a Twitter Party on
Tuesday, February 28th at 8:00 PM CST.
To join in on the fun tweet using the hashtag #YesMemory and follow
@YesVideo on Twitter. The best way to follow the party conversation
is to use the TweetChat room assigned to #YesMemory. There will be
some fun prizes given away during the one hour party as well!
Prizes include:
DOOR PRIZE – Sony BluRay Player {must fill out door prize form to be eligible}
2 – $75 Value Video Transfer Coupon to be redeemed at
Direct.YesVideo.com with 60 day MemorySafe membership
1 – $75 Value Video Transfer Coupon to be redeemed at
Direct.YesVideo.com with ONE YEAR MemorySafe membership
1 – $100 Value Video Transfer Coupon to be redeemed at
Direct.YesVideo.com with 60 day MemorySafe membership
1 – $100 Value Video Transfer Coupon to be redeemed at
Direct.YesVideo.com with ONE YEAR MemorySafe membership
1 – $50 Gift Certificate to TracerPix.com
Surprise Final Giveaway!
*prizes will be given away randomly during the Twitter Party to people
tweeting with the hashtag.
Twitter Party Panelists:
@RachelFerrucci
@LisaSamples
@CherylBudge
@jonbonjovious
@StacieinAtlanta
@Zipporahs
*follow all the panelists on Twitter to keep up with the party
conversation and see important tweets during the party
During the Twitter Party we will share favorite Spring memories,
discuss Spring cleaning and Spring Break travel plans. We hope you
come join the party fun and tweet with us. Good luck in winning some
of the awesome prizes!
YesVideo has a custom TweetGrid setup for this Twitter Party. It’s a
great way to join the fun!
Must be in attendance of the Twitter Party using hashtag #YesMemory to
be eligible to win prizes.
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