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I started walking in the park two years ago on May 10, 2010. Ten days earlier I was in London, Ontario with my sister and our friend Susan to see the movie Gunless. We were walking around London and I felt awful. I didn't like that feeling. I was going to be 40. I didn't want to be like this anymore. I had done the Nutrisystem thing a couple years before. I lost ten pounds, but I had terrible gas from the food.

The most I weighed was 324 pounds. When I started walking in the park I weighed around 314 pounds. I walked four days a week once around the park. After August I walked five days a week. I lost 20 pounds by Thanksgiving. Just from walking.

By my next birthday I had to get a new drivers licence and got to put 278 pounds under weight. In December, 2011 I began walking two laps in the park. I have since lost 38 pounds and now weigh 240 pounds (according to my bathroom scale, and this is the first I've used it.)

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Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)

I will say A Separation. It has other nominations. I have not seen any of these though.

Original Score
"The Adventures of Tintin," John Williams seen
"The Artist," Ludovic Bource seen
"Hugo," Howard Shore seen
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," Alberto Iglesias seen
"War Horse," John Williams seen

I adored The Artist. I thought during the movie that I really liked the music.

Best Original Song
"Man or Muppet," The Muppets; Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie seen
"Real in Rio," Rio; Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett meh

I love the Muppets. I have no desire to see Rio much less listen to the music from it.

Best Documentary Feature
"Hell and Back Again"
"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front"
"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory"
"Pina"
"Undefeated"

Hell and Back Again.

Best Documentary Short Subject
"The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement?"
"God Is the Bigger Elvis"
"Incident in New Baghdad"
"Saving Face"
"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom"

Saving Face. My sister liked this one.

Best Animated Short Film
Dimanche/Sunday seen
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore seen
La Luna seen
A Morning Stroll seen
Wild Life seen

Dimanche/Sunday was great.

Best Live Action Short Film
"Pentecost"
"Raju"
"The Shore"
"Time Freak"
"Tuba Atlantic"

Time Freak is a great title.

The Technical Ones

Best Achievement in Art Direction
"The Artist" seen
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" seen
"Hugo" seen
"Midnight in Paris" seen
"War Horse" seen

It is a tough choice between The Artist and Hugo, but how much was real in Hugo? I will say The Artist.

Best Achievement in Cinematography
"The Artist" seen
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" meh
"Hugo" seen
"The Tree of Life" no way on earth
"War Horse" seen

Hugo. Martin Scorsese used the technology to the max for this movie.

Best Achievement in Costume Design
"Anonymous" meh
"The Artist" seen
"Hugo" seen
"Jane Eyre" seen
"W.E." meh

The Artist. Why not one more thing?

Best Achievement in Film Editing
"The Artist" seen

"The Descendants" meh
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" meh
"Hugo" seen
"Moneyball" seen

Moneyball. The movie flowed very well.

Best Achievement in Makeup
"Albert Nobbs" seen
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" seen
"The Iron Lady" meh

Harry Potter. As I said I saw Glenn Close dressed in a suit.

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
"Drive" meh
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" meh
"Hugo" seen
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" seen
"War Horse" seen

Transformers. I loved this movie.

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" meh
"Hugo" seen
"Moneyball" seen
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" seen
"War Horse" seen

Transformers.

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" seen
"Hugo" seen
"Real Steel" seen
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" seen
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" seen

Real Steel. So much of this category is for the same type of effects. I liked this best because it was a little different. We have seen the effects in Harry Potter, Transformers, and Planet of the Apes before. Hugo had little beyond the 3-D.

Best Picture
"The Artist" seen
"The Descendants" meh
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" seen
"Hugo" seen
"Midnight in Paris" seen
"The Help" seen
"Moneyball" seen
"War Horse" seen
"The Tree of Life" no way on earth

My favorites were The Artist and Moneyball. I really don't care for Brad Pitt so I will go for The Artist.

Best Actor
Demian Bichir, "A Better Life” seen
George Clooney, "The Descendants" meh
Jean Dujardin, "The Artist" seen
Gary Oldman, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" seen
Brad Pitt, "Moneyball" seen

Jean Dujardin was amazing.

Best Actress
Glenn Close, "Albert Nobbs" seen
Viola Davis, "The Help" seen
Rooney Mara, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" meh
Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady" meh
Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn" seen

Of the ones I've seen, I will go with Viola Davis. I didn't really care for Glenn Close as Albert Nobbs. I still saw Glenn Close dressed in a suit.

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, "My Week With Marilyn” seen
Jonah Hill, "Moneyball" seen
Nick Nolte, "Warrior" seen
Christopher Plummer, "Beginners" meh
Max Von Sydow, "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" seen

Jonah Hill. He acted against type. But he was still funny.

Best Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo, "The Artist" seen
Jessica Chastain, "The Help" seen
Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids" seen
Janet McTeer, "Albert Nobbs" seen
Octavia Spencer, "The Help" seen

This is the hardest category. Everyone was wonderful. I will go with Melissa McCarthy. Although Janet McTeer was a more convincing man than Glenn Close was.

Best Director
Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris" seen
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist" seen
Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life" no way on earth
Alexander Payne, "The Descendants" meh
Martin Scorsese, "Hugo" seen

Michel Hazanavivius for the Artist. If only to make everyone to have to say his name.

Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris" seen
JC Chandor, "Margin Call" meh
Asghar Farhadi, "A Separation" meh
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist" seen
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, "Bridesmaids" seen

Again for The Artist. It was such a good film.

Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxton, Jim Rash, "The Descendants" meh
John Logan, "Hugo" seen
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, "The Ides of March" meh
Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian, "Moneyball" seen
Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughn, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" seen

Moneyball. Aaron Sorkin is awesome.

Best Animated Feature
"A Cat In Paris" to see
"Chico & Rita" to see
"Kung Fu Panda 2" seen
"Puss in Boots" seen
"Rango" seen

Rango!