100th Blog Post Spectacular

This is the 100th post for the “The Oscar Project” and I have been able to cover 37 different Oscar movies. It has been tough to get through some of these. A lot of these were made during the early years of Hollywood when the movie business was still trying figure out the best way to make a buck and the Academy was still trying to figure out what exactly they were rewarding. It has been interesting watching these in the order that they won as patterns are definitely starting to emerge for me. I’m sure to go over them once I get to the end of the line. That still leaves 62 other posts that didn’t cover Oscar winning movies, well unless the movie won that year. My frequent readers no doubt realize that my love of pop culture extends far beyond just movies. I’ve covered music, television, comics, books and video games. Coming up this year will be more than just that though as I am starting a new project as my first child is due next week.

Besides figuring out a name, how to decorate the room and how we handle the added pressure of trying to take care of a baby, the wife and I have also discussed how to introduce him to our favorite segments of pop culture. We have had what I consider deep discussions on what order to show him the Star Wars movies, pro-Kirk or pro-Picard, Marvel or DC, force him to play the old school Zelda games or let him jump in with whatever is new and how can I prevent him from ever seeing “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”? The possibilities are mind-boggling. Besides these basic questions we also have to figure out what is the appropriate age to introduce him to all the stuff that we love and how do we keep him away from the mind numbing cartoons of today like Bubble Guppies and Dora the Explorer. I want my kid raised on Pixar cartoons, not Open Season 4. It will be a challenge to guide him on the right path so that together, we can rule the galaxy as Father and son.

With this new project starting I still plan on finding a way to get through my movie list, after all I have to do something during late night feedings, but I also plan on blogging about how I am raising my little geek and hopefully someday this will be looked at as a way to raise (or if things go wrong, how not to raise) a little geek that any geek Father would be proud of. Thanks for reading and here’s to another 100 posts.