I'm back! (Sorta) & Academy Award Ballots Go Out

I hope everyone had a great Christmas! I recently just got in to Orlando, FL where I'm staying for the next week. After being trapped in a car for 2 days disconnected from any sort of internet, it's nice to be back.

Oscar ballots went out today, which means voting has begun! Yes, we're in that weird purgatory where we pretty much know how things are going to turn out but we're all still holding out for some surprises/goodwill for our favorites. There's still time for some surprises (as we learned last year, most notably in the Directing category...), and in a year filled with such amazing films, I ask the Academy to consider some things: