blog<\/a> which included a number of my comments. Over all it was not a bad show. I am glad that John Stewart let Marketa Irglova have her say. I think it was one of the best speeches of the night.<\/p>\n“Hi everyone. I just want to thank you so much.<\/p>\n
This is such a big deal, not only for us, but for all other independent musicians and artists that spend most of their time struggling, and this, the fact that we’re standing here tonight, the fact that we’re able to hold this, it’s just to prove no matter how far out your dreams are, it’s possible.<\/p>\n
And, you know, fair play to those who dare to dream and don’t give up. And this song was written from a perspective of hope, and hope at the end of the day connects us all, no matter how different we are.<\/p>\n
And so thank you so much, who helped us along the way. Thank you.”<\/i> Marketa Irglova at the Oscars after winning Best Song for “Falling Slowly”<\/p>\n
We still have snow outside on the grass but I think by the end of today most of that will be gone too. Caroline got to go crunch some snow this morning. I can remember how much I loved as a kid to walk on snow and hear the sound that my boots made on the snow. I still like it.<\/p>\n
Today I need to return library books, restock the larder, and do some laundry. If I have time I want to work on my secret experiment for LunaCon. Mwaahaahaaahaaaaaaa! Sorry my inner mad scientist just came out.<\/p>\n
I am grateful that we watched the Oscars and had a lot of fun doing so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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