From the Ledge

Payback is hell, as they say.  So after living a normal 9 to 5 work life for the past six months (the first time it happened, I may add, in the seven years I have been with this consulting firm, so I don’t really feel guilty about it) due to the unique business circumstances of my last client, I got thrown into a crazy role late last week, where I am managing work and resources 14 hours ahead of me in the central timezone. The first casualty of the heinously sucky life I will be living the next four weeks is the Golden Globes press conference.  Yes, it was a press conference with, ahmm, Mary Hart in one of her trademark matronly sack dresses, versus a dazzling, couture-studded awards show with Angeline Jolie, but I still felt bad missing it due to being stuck on a two hour conference call Sunday night.  It’s still the Golden Globes- the playoffs to the Oscars!  So I hungrily searched for video clips this morning of last night’s press conference, and I nearly gagged on my chocolate croissant.  There was the Beverly Hills Hilton ballroom, with the forlorn-looking white linen-covered banquet tables with their classy floral arrangements….and sitting in some of them were butch-looking women with (gasp) stringy, non-conditioner using hair, and (swoon) wearing corduroy pantsuits, and (what the hell) big-ass nametags! These were journalists?  I thought I was viewing a hidden camera at The Closet after a lesbian softball tournament game!  Where was Helen Thomas when you needed her?  (Thanks Divine Ms. Jennifer M for the reference).  I needed Angelina…and Katherine Heigl…and Amy Adams….hell, I’ll even take Sally Kirkland!!! I felt a pang of sadness for the Golden Globes of old.  Good choice though in the movie categories.  I think Daniel Day Lewis, Johnny Depp, Julie Christie, and Marion Cotillard, who won in the acting categories, are locks for Oscar nominations.  Javier Bardem might as well be drafting a speech for Oscar night (well, if it doesn’t turn into a press conference).  My greatest delight though was in the win of Cate Blanchett as Best Supporting Actress as one of the Bob Dylans in I’m Not There.  I think it is one of the most sensational performances from recent memory, and I’m glad she finally got some love after Gone Baby Gone’s Amy Ryan’s unstoppable grand slam with the critics’ awards.  For the complete list of Golden Globe winners, click here.