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No new misadventures after the insanity that was this weekend. So dear Constant Reader, here's some insight to what's going on in the world and other people's blogs. Enjoy! Marcellas is discussing a debate over 'Brokeback Moutain': BROKEBACK VS. CRASH PT. 2 So the controversy continues. There are 2 camps: the pro-BBM* camp that say it was robbed and the Crash camp that says, "Sorry superior movie, thanks for the trophy." There are a few others, real people who have lives, who don't give a crap what movie wins Best Picture @ the Oscars because they have lives and families to feed and...well you get the idea. Now I liked BBM. I thought it was pretty okay. I had some basic problems with it: Heath's mumbling, Jake's quirky, uneven performance, it being set in the 60's through 80's. But this movie has become so much more than a movie. What I love most about BBM is that it became an event. I love movies. The whole process. I love to know who was up for what part and who turned down which role. Like did you know that originally Sean Connery and Cathy Moriarty were up for Pretty Woman? Totally different movie. Or that Gwyneth passed on Titanic? Kate should send her roses everyday for the rest of her life. Or that The Bodyguard was originally a vehicle for Diana Ross? I love that BBM has spawned so many parodies. I love that it's jumped the shark and it's become part of the larger public consciousness. Click Here to read more! Dan Renzi is talking about a Random Trick, he calls 'Austin Guy': Mom, Do Not Read This. I'm going to write this story in installments, over several days. It's too long to do all at once, and Queerty is wearing me out anyway. But it's a good story. So play along. ~~ There is this phone number I have saved under the name "Austin Guy." The guy it belongs to, I've known for several months; but I could never remember his name, and at this point it's been too long to ask him again. I tried calling his phone to hear voice mail, but all he says is "Hey, it's me, leave a message" or something inocuous of the sort. So his identity remains a mystery. It doesn't matter. I do know he's a student, because sometimes he has to run off to class. And I know he drives a black truck, which he parks in my driveway. Ring, ring goes the phone. "Austin Guy" on the ID. Click Here to read more! The Surreal Life 6 premiered this past Sunday. Scott Long from BB5 didn't make the cut, neither did Ace from The Real World: Paris. A recap of day one of South by Southwest: And so it begins… South By Southwest 2006, the 20th year of musical madness in Austin, Texas, the self-proclaimed "music capital of the USA!" Eight billion bands play in any available nook and cranny, some already massively popular, some hoping to catch the ears of radio programmers, media, and honest-to-goodness music fans. (And sometimes all three.) The A.V. Club ventured down south to join in the delicious melee. We humbly offer this minute-by-minute report. Click here to read more! Check out the new Shakira video, "The Hips Don't Lie", it's hot as hell...I think I'm straight(not). Well Happy Hump Day!