the oscars...

normally i don't care about the oscars--maybe i'll watch to see what people are wearing. but aside from that i don't care much. but earlier today a friend informed me that glen hansard and marketa irglova of once would be performing (i was so out of the loop i didn't even realize they were nominated for best original song for a motion picture). so i decided i would actually care about the oscars this year. (and said friend and i wound up im-ing throughout the whole program)

firstly, jon stewart was pretty funny once he got into things. but if i had to see one more song from enchanted i was going to scream. finally glen and marketa come out and they're song is cut short..not like a little short. like they maybe get to perform half of it. half. after sitting through 3 elaborately staged songs, i only get to hear half of the one i want to hear? wtf? (ok fine they only cut the last minute or so..but still.)

but they won best song, as they deserved to they were both so cute during their speeches (cute was my word for the evening btw.)

so here's a clip of their acceptance



and here's their performance