[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.]
It’s that time of year again!
[You mean it’s almost time for March Madness? -ed.]
Well, yes, that too. But I don’t do a pool for that anymore. I do, however, still do an Oscar Pool – your one & only chance to earn official, Living Room Times-certified ETERNAL GLORY* in 2017!
*LEGAL DISCLAIMER: “Eternal” nature of “glory” is not guaranteed if President Trump plunges us into a nuclear holocaust or turns America into an authoritarian hellscape in which my Internet presence is deleted & I am sent to a Siberian work camp for being insufficiently loyal to Dear Leader Trump and Lord Emperor Putin.
*cough* Anyway…
The Oscars are Sunday (i.e., the day after tomorrow), so it’s time to GET IN THE POOL!!! Specifically: the 13th annual Living Room Times Oscar Pool!!! (Password: eternalglory)
If you entered my Oscar Pool last year, you’ll be prompted to sign in using the same username and password. (Don’t worry, there’s an I forgot my username and/or password page.)
As always, the pool is free to enter, and there’s no monetary prize – just a shot at bragging rights and…well, you know.
The deadline to enter the pool is Sunday at 6:30 PM Mountain Time (8:30 Eastern, 5:30 Pacific). Because, like, that’s when the Oscars start, and stuff.
Speaking of which, you’ll want to come back here for SNARKNADO 2017, a.k.a. Becky’s and my annual Live-Blog / Live-Chat / Live-Snark, during which we’ll mock the show mercilessly and
discuss the live Oscar Pool results… and probably make fun of dumb political speeches, while simultaneously despairing over the state of the nation, and wondering if there’ll even be an America, Pippin, by the time the 2018 Oscars roll around. So yeah, umm, it’ll be fun!!
The Snarknado will start at (or around) 6:00 PM Mountain Time
Sunday. Bookmark this Tumblr and check back then!
Okay, anyway, back to the pool. As in prior years, the scoring system is 12
points for Best Picture, 9 apiece for the directing and lead acting
categories, 6 each for the supporting acting categories, 4 each for the
screenplay categories, 2 each for documentary feature, animated feature,
foreign film, cinematography and original score, and 1 per award for
everything else.
As always, contestants are urged to enter using their full name, a
Twitter handle, or some other readily recognizable partial name or
nickname/pseudonym. (After all, what’s the point of “bragging rights” –
never mind “eternal glory” – if we don’t know who you are?) However, if you work in the execuutive branch of the federal government, you are encouraged to conceal your true identity, and instead use a nickname that mocks Donald Trump’s tiny hands and/or penis.
Anyway, get in the pool!!! (Once more with feeling: the password is eternalglory.)