It’s funny how my actual life and my online life are so different. The person I become when I blog about the Oscars over at Awards Daily is so far from the person I am in actual life, when I walk away from the computer. The truth is that I don’t really care all that much except within the confines of this little world I dwell in when I sit down at my computer. My daughter calls it “role playing.” She does it with some of her friends and I was asking her about it. As she explained it to me I began to realize that that is what I do online – I role play this movie/Oscars person. And it seems all fine and well until I take it too far, as I probably did this year with The Social Network vs. The King’s Speech. And then I typically get the letters and tweets all worried about my emotional health.

I think they think that I’m walking around and pulling my hair out and screaming and crying about the Oscar race – when in fact, I’m not really. I recognize it as a game. Do I care about the outcome? Sure. It would be great if a wonderful film won Best Picture. But if you choose to spend your time meditating on the Oscars you have to accept the kinds of tastes of people you are writing about. You can’t really change them.

At any rate, I just thought it was funny to think about the differences between playing a role as a blogger and actually living one’s life: very different.