in which colin firth scores big time

did you watch the oscars? aside from the lackluster, disjointed hosting (not necessarily james franco), i'm pretty happy with the awards.

highlights included kirk douglas' presentation (he should have hosted), trent reznor winning best soundtrack, some quality time with billy crystal, and colin firth winning best actor. did you know i love colin firth? i do and have since i was 13, so it's a deep and real love, obviously.

because i don't have cable and my parents have a high-definition plasma television with surround sound, i went to their house. in return for letting me invade their sunday evening to gorge on celebrity fashion, i brought ingredients to make homemade pizzas.

i used the pioneer woman's pizza dough recipe, which i really like because it makes enough for two pizzas. the first pizza was a delicious layering of thinly sliced red potatoes, kosher salt, fresh mozzarella, sauteed leeks, pancetta, and shredded parmesan.

the second pizza was mainly for my dad and had fresh mozzarella, sliced vine tomatoes, canadian bacon, purple onion, shredded parmesan, and pizza sauce. the trick with this type of pizza, i have learned, is to layer pesto between the dough and the pizza sauce. it adds an extra special flavor sensation in your mouth. so good.

while we watched the show, we played a friendly game of oscar bingo, courtesy of how about orange.

my mom has an awesome vintage button collection, so we used colorful buttons as the bingo markers.

i was hoping the winner would get to keep the buttons, but no such luck. it didn't really matter, though. everybody bingo'd (multiple times) before i got my first five-in-a-row.

did any of your favorites win?