Well, I have no willpower, so I read all the Oscar news in the paper yesterday morning and as it seemed to be a rather underwhelming event, I didn’t feel compelled to watch it. However, that doesn’t hold true for the E! pre-show I TiFauxed. Mostly because, am I the only one who thinks watching Isaac Mizrahi interviewing stars is like watching two cars swerve toward each other at high speeds? You want to cover your eyes and flinch at the potential distastrous impact, but you can’t help peeking all the same. In Isaac’s World, we’re all divine, darling. I want to live in Isaac’s World.

So…mostly the women looked quite glam and stunning. Loved Keira Knightly’s necklace. So nice to see something other than diamonds (and possibly more valuable!) I just watched her in Pride and Prejudice. Loved the movie. Perhaps my most favorite telling of that book yet. MacFayden has the most soulful eyes, does he not? Anyway, where was I? Oh yes, fashion do’s. Lots of stunners. As for the What WAS Her Stylist Thinking? dresses, there weren’t that many, at least that I saw in my limited viewing. But the one I did see was the Bjork Swan Dress of the evening for me. (Okay, so maybe that’s an overstatement, but still…) And no, I’m not talking about Naomi Watts’ tangerine dream muppet dress, though it was an iffy choice for me. I’m talking about, yes, the Bow That Ate Charlize Theron! And she’s usually such a dependable glam goddess, too. I guess we all have to take our chances, but honestly, Charlize, you had that flown in special? You needed a second seat just for that bow. The dress itself was lovely…gorgeous construction. But if Santino had put that giant shoulderpiece on one of his dresses Michael and Nina would have bodily carried him off the runway as having finally lost it for certain.

Speaking of Project Runway (nice segue, doncha think?) this is the final week. So I’ll admit up front that I went online and found sites with pics of the lines the final three showed at Olympus Fashion Week. (Four if you count Kara, who had to show a dummy line so no one would know the exact final three.) I was really underwhelmed by all of the lines (Kara’s actually had the most focused point of view - I know, go figure - tho it still had some head scratching pieces.) But it’s taken the edge off my excitement over the finale. I know, serves me right for peeking. I’ll never learn.

Tonight though? More Raaaaaaaaaace! And more Phil and his Amazing Eyebrow. Can’t wait.

Oh…and a Miss Lemon update. She’s had a few panicky moments adapting to all new faces, but she’s had a lot to adjust to in a single 24 hour period and has done remarkably well. By last evening, she was quite calm and making conversational noises at Zazu, who responded like all males do to attention from a pretty girl and immediately showed off by climbing all the way to the top of his hanging play gym and swinging upside down by one foot. Some things are not species specific. She was marginally impressed.

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