Andy Richter speaks his mind

just a little something

I had my ECON 320 Intermediate Micro Analysis midterm yesterday. The professor wasn't there; instead, there were two proctors. [His message to us: "There will be two proctors in class, be nice to them..."] One of them said, before the period begins, "there are two parts on this exam. Part 1 is multiple choice, part 2 is open-ended questions. You have to do either part 1 or part 2, not both! If you do both parts, the professor won't grade your exam!" So basically we have to choose to do either the 30 multiple choice questions, or the 3 open-ended questions. It was pretty nerve-wrecking, for me, since I wasn't quite ready for the exam (didn't really study for it). But since I do better in calculations than theory, I did the open-ended questions. Luckily, they're basically all calculations, except for a little part of one of the questions.

Nothing special, but I just thought it was an interesting way to give us an exam.

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards

This year's ceremony was held last night. All the winners have been predicted beforehand, though. At least for the top categories. The Hurt Locker was a big winner. Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock won in Leading Role categories, while Christoph Waltz and Mo'Nique won the Supporting Roles.

One thing I have to say, during the red carpets, George Clooney pulled up in his limo with his Italian girlfriend, and unlike other celebrities who goes straight to the red carpet, George ran across the street from the Kodak Theatre to greet fans who are waiting at the other side of a fence. He ran all the way down to greet everyone there, which I thought was very sweet of him. He seemed to be in a good mood all night long and played along with one of the hosts Alec Baldwin's stare-downs.
And I think I now know why Matt Damon was laughing on his way out to the stage to present an award:

[Screen capture from @iamBenLyons Twitter page]

The awesomeness of Sandy Bullock

This year has been such a great year for Sandra Bullock, with movies like The Proposal, with its huge blockbuster success, and The Blind Side, which gave her an Oscar nomination for Best Lead Actress (and the movie itself is nominated for Best Picture).

But the movie that she did with Bradley Cooper (who I love) All About Steve didn't do as well as the other two. Her role in it actually won her a Razzie, the same year when she's the front runner for the Oscar. She showed up to receive the awards and give an acceptance speech:



How could you not love Sandy?!

Today: Oscars!

Tonight is the biggest night of the movie industry: The 82nd Annual Academy Awards. It's quite interesting this year because they're changing it up a bit. They have 2 hosts for the night, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. Instead of 5 nominations, the Best Picture category has 10 (even though, basically, the real race is only between Avatar and The Hurt Locker). The race for the Best Director category is also between those two movies, with James Cameron for Avatar and his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker.