Oscar Picks

For whatever reason, making Oscar predictions really hasn't been that exciting this year. I'll definitely watch tonight, and I'm sort of excited about Jon Stewart hosting, but there just aren't many categories that I had a difficult time with. So I'm posting my picks here, with the usual disclaimer that I reserve the right to change my picks until the start of the Awards broadcast. However, I don't really anticipate changing any of my choices.

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
Best Actress: Julie Christie
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem
Best Director: The Coen brothers
Original Screenplay: Juno
Adapted Screenplay: No Country for Old Men
Foreign Language Film: The Counterfeiters
Animated Picture: Ratatouille
Art Direction: There Will be Blood
Cinematography: No Country for Old Men
Costumes: Atonement
Documentary Feature: No End in Sight
Documentary Short Subject: Sari's Mother
Editing: No Country for Old Men
Makeup: Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End
Original Score: Atonement
Original Song: "Falling Slowly" from Once
Animated Short: I Met the Walrus
Live Action Short: Tanghi Argentini
Sound Editing: Transformers
Sound Mixing: Transformers
Visual Effects: Transformers

Angel Oak

This morning, we drove out to John's Island to visit the Angel Oak. The Angel Oak is one of the oldest living things east of the Mississippi, estimated to be 1400 years old. The limbs are so old and heavy that they rest on the ground. It's really quite impressive.