"The Suspence is terrible... I hope it lasts"

I'm bored out of my mind. Winter sucks. Being sick sucks! I couldn't get to the cinema this weekend to see "Letters from Iwo Jima," so I stayed home and watched all six Star Wars films in order. And still I'm bored, bored, bored.

Two weeks til' the big show and all I can do is keep changing my mind on who will win best pictrue. Is this as boring as I think or is it just me? Here's what I've got now.

BEST PICTURE
My Predicted Winner: Little Miss Sunshine
My Alternate: The Departed
The Dark Horse: Babel

BEST DIRECTOR
My Predicted Winner: Scorsese
My Alternate: Eastwood
The Dark Horse: Frears

BEST ACTOR
My Predicted Winner: Whitaker
My Alternate: O’Toole
Who Will Win: Whitaker
Who Should Win: O’Toole
The Dark Horse: O’Toole

BEST ACTRESS
My Predicted Winner: Mirren
My Alternate: Streep
Who Will Win: Mirren
The Dark Horse: Dench

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
My Predicted Winner: Murphy
My Alternate: Alan Arkin
Who Should Win: Jackie Earle Haley
The Dark Horse: Walhberg

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
My Predicted Winner: Hudson
My Alternate: Kikuchi
Who Should Win: Kikuchi
The Dark Horse: Breslin

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
My Predicted Winner: The Departed
My Alternate: Notes on a Scandal
Who Should Win: Children of Men
The Dark Horse: Children of Men

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
My Predicted Winner: Little Miss Sunshine
My Alternate: The Queen
Who Should Win: Babel
The Dark Horse: Babel

ANIMATED FEATURE
My Predicted Winner: Cars
My Alternate: Happy Feet
Who Should Win: Happy Feet
The Dark Horse: Happy Feet

BEST FOREIGN FILM
My Predicted Winner: Pan’s Labyrinth
My Alternate: The Lives of Others
The Dark Horse: Days of Glory

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
My Predicted Winner: An Inconvenient Truth
My Alternate: Deliver Us from Evili
The Dark Horse: Jesus Camp

CINEMATOGRAPHY
My Predicted Winner: Children of Men
My Alternate: Pan’s Labyrinth
The Dark Horse: The Illusionist

FILM EDITING
My Predicted Winner: The Departed
My Alternate: Babel
The Dark Horse: Children of Men

ART DIRECTION/SET DECORATION
My Predicted Winner: Dreamgirls
My Alternate: Pan’s Labyrinth
The Dark Horse: Pirates of the Caribbean 2

COSTUME DESIGN
My Predicted Winner: Marie Antoinette
My Alternate: Dreamgirls
The Dark Horse: The Devil Wears Prada

MAKEUP
My Predicted Winner: Pan’s Labyrinth
My Alternate: Apocalypto

VISUAL EFFECTS
My Predicted Winner: Pirates of the Caribbean 2
My Alternate:

SOUND MIXING/DESIGN
My Predicted Winner: Dreamgirls
My Alternate: Pirates of the Caribbean 2

SOUND EDITING/EFFECTS
My Predicted Winner: Letters from Iwo Jima
My Alternate: Pirates of the Caribbean 2

ORIGINAL SONG
My Predicted Winner: “Listen” from “Dreamgirls”
My Alternate: An Inconvenient Truth

ORIGINAL SCORE
My Predicted Winner: Notes on a Scandal
My Alternate: Pan’s Labyrinth
The Dark Horse: Babel

SHORT SUBJECT
My Predicted Winner: “The Blood of Yingzhou District”
My Alternate: “Recycled Life”

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
My Predicted Winner: The Little Matchgirl
My Alternate: The Danish Poet

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
My Predicted Winner: West Bank Story
My Alternate: Binta and the Great Idea
The Dark Horse: The Savior