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ALMAs and randomness
Sep. 16th, 2008 04:30 pmOn Friday they aired the ALMA awards on TV. Now usually, I could care less for any awards show that isn't the Oscars, Golden Globes or Primetime Emmys. But for some reason I decided these were important this year and I taped them. So I watched it Sunday morning, and I have to say I felt pretty proud. With the way society is still focused on white vs. black (and with good reason) in Hollywood, I tend to forget just how many Latinos there are in entertainment. I'd heard people say the reason Cane failed is because America wasn't ready to watch a show about a Latino family. But yet, Ugly Betty seems to be going strongly into their third season. There's not a lot of Latinos on the shows that I watch (by my count: James Roday, Jorge Garcia, Cristian De La Fuente, Dania Ramirez). But then I factor in all the other shows I'm not watching and-- well, you can make a two hour awards show with four nominees in each category, obviously. So there's a lot.
I also totally didn't realize Linda Ronstadt had Mexican roots, what. I love mariachi music, haha. I need to get that album.
Meanwhile, the film we watched last night in Latin American Cinema had SO MANY GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN THE SUBTITLES I WANTED TO SHOOT THE TV. Just... no. I don't even know what they were saying, but hell, what's the point of subtitles when you can't understand them either?
And some random tidbits from my brain over the last few days:
- My connecting bus stop usually has HBO ads on it, (Sopranos, Entourage, John Adams, the Sex and the City movie-- now it's True Blood) so I'm suddenly really excited to start seeing Bored to Death ads.
- I think Jack Black has hazel eyes. I have never seen his eyes look green, but it seems like too much of a coincidence for both Lenny and Po to randomly have green eyes. CONSPIRACY!
- The restroom at my school reminds me of the restroom in one of the Tenacious D short films (this one-- NSFW, like any of the three are), so I can't stop laughing every time I pass the men's room (which I assume has the same style as the ladies') now. Which must look really mature, you know?
Lia
I also totally didn't realize Linda Ronstadt had Mexican roots, what. I love mariachi music, haha. I need to get that album.
Meanwhile, the film we watched last night in Latin American Cinema had SO MANY GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN THE SUBTITLES I WANTED TO SHOOT THE TV. Just... no. I don't even know what they were saying, but hell, what's the point of subtitles when you can't understand them either?
And some random tidbits from my brain over the last few days:
- My connecting bus stop usually has HBO ads on it, (Sopranos, Entourage, John Adams, the Sex and the City movie-- now it's True Blood) so I'm suddenly really excited to start seeing Bored to Death ads.
- I think Jack Black has hazel eyes. I have never seen his eyes look green, but it seems like too much of a coincidence for both Lenny and Po to randomly have green eyes. CONSPIRACY!
- The restroom at my school reminds me of the restroom in one of the Tenacious D short films (this one-- NSFW, like any of the three are), so I can't stop laughing every time I pass the men's room (which I assume has the same style as the ladies') now. Which must look really mature, you know?
Lia
