Stacy Horn

Finney’s all, “Don’t take my picture,” but sorry little dude. Picture taken and more to come.

I had a few things I needed to do, but now I am officially off.  I’m going to read some magazines, get caught up on my tv-backlog, and then I will return here to live blog the Oscars.

It’s gorgeous out so I’m a little insane, but there it is. This is how I want to spend my day.

Okay, on to People and More.

7:03: Buddy, who is wearing gray tonight, looks like he’s about to attack Finney, who is, as usual, in black. Guys! Guys! Who are you wearing? Okay, they’re snubbing me. Guys! Hrmph. Think they’re better than people.

7:08: So far pretty ho-hum. I don’t know a lot of people’s names, alas. Liked the lilac gown on the Black Swan address. Mila Kunis! Love Scarlett Johansson’s dress, but I don’t like her, ever since she made some really catty remarks about over-weight women. Sharon Stone, except for having on too much eye liner looks better than she has in a long time.

7:16: This is pretty dull. Maybe Sharon Stone will say something crazy.

7:25: Celine Dion is an alien. Maybe she will eat Ryan Seacrest.

7:31: Adam Shankman!! Maybe he will dance! Dance Adam! ADAM. Damnit. I love you anyway.

7:58: I love the color, the neckline, the beading on Natalie Portman’s dress!

8:01: I just switched to ABC and discovered that I’ve missed watching Tim Gunn. I am beside myself with grief and regret, and why oh why didn’t I know he was going to be on?? TIM!! Oh wait, there’s a clock that tells me there’s a half an hour left until the show start. I get a half an hour of TIM. Okay. I’m calm now.

8:15: On Echo we’re critiquing people’s teeth instead of their outfits. Natalie Portman did not do well, surprisingly.

8:42 LOVING Anne Hathaway.

I’m going to live blog my day. My day when I do NOTHING. So yes, I am going to blog about nothing. Cats. Celebrity outfits. Okay, I lied, I plan to do one useful thing, I’m going to write a new post for my blog for my book Unbelievable. But then, I will immediately commence with the slothing. And Oscars!!

Looking uptown at Hudson and Bank Street, I think.

It’s almost as delicious as a day off. Before I start working today I’m planning my day off tomorrow. Such fun. Even though I didn’t go to any movies last year, I can’t wait for the Oscars. I just find the whole thing so entertaining, the red carpet, the clothes, everything. I don’t know why! But when I’m finished working for the day I will go out and get myself a selection of healthy and not-so-healthy treats to snack on while watching, I’ll clean up the apartment and then exercise so I can be a complete and total slug tomorrow. I will be blogging my day and the Oscars.

Last night I went out to dinner with my friend Chris. We’ve know each other since we were 13! She still looks fabulous. Even though we’re not spring chickens anymore (what does that even mean? why do I use expressions I don’t really understand?) she’s managing to still look great. I can see the 13 year old in her face still. I can even still see the mischief. (She was a very mischievous young lady. As was I.)

Someone walking their dogs when we came out of the restaurant.

Although it’s rare, sometimes I forget to grab my camera before heading out the door. When this happens I’m miserable for the rest of the day. I’m sure I’m going to miss the best photographs of my life. I went to the library yesterday, and of course that’s when I saw all these shots I could have had. Like the people crowded at the door of the ice skating rink behind the library, waiting for it to open.

I had to wait a long time for the Victoria biography I ordered to be brought up from the basement. It wasn’t a problem, I went nuts on Proquest, my favorite thing. I was looking for stories about choral societies around the country. When the biography finally came it was in Spanish. “Hola Isabel, como esta? Estoy bien gracias, e tu? Bien gracias.” <——The extent of my Spanish. Finney and Buddy's post-breakfast conk-out.

Someone posted this on Echo. Why isn’t this being reported non-stop?? A group anti-immigrant vigilantes murder a nine-year-old begging for her life? Jesus Christ. This should be all over the news all the time.

WASHINGTON — Shawna Forde, whom a jury convicted last week of murdering nine-year-old Brisenia Flores and her father, Raul Flores, was sentenced to death by an Arizona jury on Tuesday. The unanimous jury ruling is binding. The court found that Forde led a group of anti-immigrant vigilantes in a March 2009 raid on the Flores home, where they posed as immigration agents and pushed their way through the door.

She and her accomplices, Albert Robert Gaxiola and Jason Eugene Bush, allegedly shot Raul Flores before turning their guns on Brisenia, who begged not to be shot. Gina Gonzalez, Brisenia’s mother, played dead and survived the attack.

The case was not designated as a hate crime, despite Forde’s long history with anti-immigrant organizations. She once maintained a Tea Party blog, was a member of Minuteman Civil Defense Corps and has presented herself as a representative of Federation for American Immigration Reform. (All three have since distanced themselves from her.) After being cast out from the Minuteman group due to erratic behavior, she formed her own vigilante group, called Minutemen American Defense, which also patrolled the United States-Mexico border trying to detect illegal immigration.

A sad, lonely violin in the window of a pawnshop. Other items inside: a couple sets of dominos and a DVD player.