{"id":1093,"date":"2006-08-28T20:04:23","date_gmt":"2006-08-29T01:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/choose-life\/"},"modified":"2006-08-28T20:04:23","modified_gmt":"2006-08-29T01:04:23","slug":"choose-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/choose-life","title":{"rendered":"Choose Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

We watched a little of the Emmy Awards last night, before the finale of Deadwood started. Unfortunately, there was a typhoon going on, so we lost the picture for a while. Amy gave up on trying to catch that episode, and we TiVo’d a later showing for her viewing this evening.<\/p>\n

So, while she finds out how things shake out with Swearengen, Hearst, et al., I’ll share the following Emmy-moment with you.<\/p>\n

(I should note that we were watching largely out of malaise. It had been a pretty dreary weekend, and Sunday was one of those days in which I engaged in so little activity I never really got hungry. Awards shows aren’t really my thang, except for goofing on how wackily everyone dresses.<\/p>\n

(It was pretty funny that Conan O’Brien spent the opening number of the show performing a song and dance about how his network is doomed. And that irony thing might just catch on. Anyway:)<\/p>\n

We were watching the “Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie” category, and marveling how the first four nominees — Ellen Burstyn, Shirley Jones, Cloris Leachman (always a hoot), and Alfre Woodard — were all on the senior circuit.<\/p>\n

“Is this the lifetime achievement award?” Amy asked.<\/p>\n

“Can’t be, unless they all have breast cancer or abusive spou — oh, wrong Lifetime.”<\/p>\n

Naturally, the award went to the fifth nominee, 30-year-old Kelly Macdonald<\/a>, who was in a TV movie about the G8 or something. It starred Bill Nighy<\/a>, who is pretty entertaining but has chosen to wear some terrible eyeglasses in his promotional pics.<\/p>\n

“Have we seen her in anything?” Amy asked.<\/p>\n

I thought she looked familiar. “She’s Scottish, so maybe she’s been in a Danny Boyle film,” I said.<\/p>\n

Amy reached for the laptop to find out and, as her bio came onscreen, I announced, “Oh, I remember: she was the underaged girl who got naked on top of Ewan Macgregor in Trainspotting<\/a>!”<\/p>\n

“And that’s why I love you,” Amy said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We watched a little of the Emmy Awards last night, before the finale of Deadwood started. Unfortunately, there was a typhoon going on, so we lost the picture for a while. Amy gave up on trying to catch that episode, and we TiVo’d a later showing for her viewing this evening. So, while she finds … <\/p>\n

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