Vindication

Martin Scorsese has finally won an Oscar!!!! I was nearly at the brink of tears watching him step up there and hold the statue in his hand.

If it hadn't been for the fact that I was at work, I would have cried. I still may.

My wife called me as Marty took the stage.

TONYA: Are you watching?
ME: Yes.
TONYA: When I heard them say his name, I thought, 'Oh, my God, he's going to be so excited.'

And I was. I am.

And while I know that it wasn't an Oscar for Gangs of New York, Goodfellas, Casino, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver or any of the other wonderful films this man has given to the world, the Oscar is well deserved.

If they had tried to play him off stage, I would have been forced to catch a red eye down to LA and personally beat the crap out of every one of the musicians in the orchestra pit. But I think Jack Nicholson, MarkWahlberg and Leonardo DiCaprio would have already jumped in there to defend Marty's honor.

I'll post a picture of Marty with his Oscar just as soon as I can. I know it will be around the net, but damn it, it's gonna be on my blog!!!

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