I can't believe I'm stuck with her all summer.

I completely sympathize with anyone harmed by suicide, be it the victims or the people they leave behind. But seriously, you must have such a fucking grudge against the world if your choice method of suicide is jumping in front of a train. Not only do you leave behind a terrible mess for Dr. Jan Itor, you fuck up the entire timetable for trains within about 100 miles, maybe more. You also run the risk of severely damaging the psyche of the poor sod driving the train. Hence why my journey from Chalont, which should take about half an hour, took three-and-a-half hours today. Which really, really annoyed me. And you know what album I was listening to on my iPod? As opposed to listening to cheery music in an attempt to calm my sorrows? You guessed it, OK Computer. I'll never learn.

Before I talk about the Oscar nominations, my mum just made a direct reference to the band Lostprophets. How does she know about Lostprophets?

Anyway, the Oscar nominations have been announced. Here's the list of the ones people care about.

Best Film
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Director
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - David Fincher
Frost/Nixon - Ron Howard
Milk - Gus Van Sant
The Reader - Stephen Daldry
Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle

Actor In A Leading Role
The Visitor - Richard Jenkins
Frost/Nixon - Frank Langella
Milk - Sean Penn
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -
Brad Pitt
The Wrestler - Mickey Rourke

Actor In A Supporting Role
Milk - Josh Brolin
Tropic Thunder - Robert Downey Jr.
Doubt - Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Dark Knight - Heath Ledger
Revolutionary Road - Michael Shannon

Actress In A Leading Role
Rachel Getting Married - Anne Hathaway
Changeling - Angelina Jolie
Frozen River - Melissa Leo
Doubt - Meryl Streep
The Reader - Kate Winslet

Actress In A Supporting Role
Doubt - Amy Adams
Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Penélope Cruz
Doubt - Viola Davis
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Taraji P. Henson
The Wrestler - Marisa Tomei

Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Doubt - John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan
The Reader - David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy

Original Screenplay
Frozen River - Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky - Mike Leigh
In Bruges - Martin McDonagh
Milk - Dustin Lance Black
WALL-E - Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter

Animated Feature
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E

The full list is nyah.

So, basically, Heath Ledger is up for Supporting Actor, which pleases me. What also pleases me is the nod in the direction of Robert Downey, Jr, for his dark role in Tropic Thunder. One that pleasantly surprises me, because I never really considered the possibility of it happening, is the nomination for In Bruges in the Best Original Screenplay category. Whilst I've only also seen Wall-E from that list, I would love to see In Bruges emerge victorious, though I imagine the gong will go to Milk, as I don't think it will win any of the other awards it's been nominated for. There's no point discussing what will win Best Animated Feature, but Best Film should be interesting. If it goes to Slumdog Millionaire, that would mean Dev Patel went straight from Skins to an Academy Award-winning motion picture that's doing very well in the box office. A winrar is him.