Another year, another time when I watched exactly zero seconds of the Golden Globes, but I know some people are curious to see who won what.

The award show covers both movies AND television, so you have the potential to get doubly pissed when your favorites don’t win things.

Surprises? For me, it was how weak the Best Dramatic Motion Picture category was, though I suppose I really should see The Descendants now. Also, the fact that Homeland and Claire Danes both won awards for Best Show and Best Actress in the drama category for TV. Granted, I still have to watch the last three episodes of the season, but I thought what started off promising got derailed by an increasingly crazy plotline that was too far fetched to make sense, and I truly hate Claire Danes’ character on that show. In fact I hate most of the characters. And now I hate it further because it beat out Game of Thrones.

Anyway, check out the full list below, and now prepare yourself for the REAL awards, the Oscars, coming up in a month or so.

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She’s been something of a staple of this site for the last two years, between inspiring various articles and showing off her Halloween costumes, but now my girlfriend is going to eventually be Mrs. Unreality.

You may not have noticed due to the fact I had about 100 posts prewritten for the last two weeks, but I was out of town on vacation over the holidays, and I ended up proposing to my girlfriend on New Year’s. No, it wasn’t anything fabulously geeky (no Pokeball ring box and I did not say “I choose you!”), but it was still pretty cool and she did somehow say yes, and was nowhere near as bummed as she is in this picture.

So yeah, just a bit of a personal note as I like the site to actually be a reflection of who I am and what’s going on in my life, and this was a pretty big deal. Now, back to business as usual!

Hope everyone is having a good holiday! I’m heading out of town, but my spirit will be with you in all the posts I pre-wrote for next week. Take care.

As you all know, our “Write for Unreality” contest entry deadline was a few days ago. I thought this was going to mean less work for me before I left on my trip as I wouldn’t be writing as much, but whoops! I didn’t expect to be reading through FIFTY different full length submissions before I left.

As there were so many applicants, I can’t feature everybody, and though I’ve increased the total amount of winners being featured from 5 to 8, there are going to be a lot of you who didn’t quite make the cut. But I really appreciate everyone who applied, and I’m glad you took the time. We’ll probably do this again in the future, so never fear!

The winners’ posts will be going online every day at noon EST starting the 27th and ending the 6th, even though I’ll be back by the 4th. Some winners have been contacted, some haven’t, so tune in every day to see who’s being featured, along with my brief description of why I chose their piece.

A lot of great stuff came in, and it was awesome to see you guys so passionate. Even if you didn’t win, I promise I read every word you all wrote. If at the end of all this, you want me to give you some specific criticisms, re-email me and I’ll do my best. Thanks!

Since many of you keep asking me when this contest ends and how long you have to get your pieces written for consideration, the answer is 5PM EST WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 21ST. The reason being is I have a million other things to prep before I take my leave, and I want to have this done a bit ahead of time as I have to edit and format all the winning pieces.

We’ve received MANY great entries so far, but it’s still an open field and if you apply before the deadline, you have as good a chance as any of getting published. And keep in mind we might be looking for more regular contributions in the future…

Not to go all affirmative action here, but ladies, feel free to try your luck writing something up if you’re  fan. I know our audience is 90% male, but it might be nice to have a female perspective on pop culture for a change. You won’t get special consideration when applying, but if your stuff is good enough, you can win like anyone else, so definitely give it a shot!

And to recap: Stick with Unreality content meaning TV, movies, video games or comics. Make it over 800 words and under 2000. Once again, the new deadline is dinner time Wednesday.

Alright, time for a….different sort of contest on the site here. Normally we’re offering free DVDs or Halloween costumes or such, but I’ve concocted a different prize today that I think might be interesting to some of you.

I’m heading out of town between Christmas and New Years. Normally, that would entail me writing about 40 odd posts for Unreality ahead of time to make sure you have something to read while I’m away. But I thought it might be nice to only write 35, and so I’m recruiting five readers to write five posts (one each) to be published on Unreality while I’m away.

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Are you a hot girl that’s been cosplaying for years just for the hell of it? Well you’re in luck, now you might actually get paid to do it! Gearbox, makers of Borderlands, is looking for a real life Lilith to be featured in the second game. How the hell is that going to work? Well, remember how the “Guardian Angel” was sort of a real person? Turns out as a Siren Lilith can communicate the same way.

The details of what you need to qualify are below. Pretty much it’s “look like Lilith.”

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As you can tell judging by the sheer volume of Skyrim posts this week, I’m currently in love with the game, and judging by the responses, many of you are too. But there’s a limit to enthusiasm, and mine would top about nine steps before naming my firstborn child after the game.

But not for some. Meet Dovahkiin Tom Kellermeyer, born on 11/11/11 who was named after the Dragon language translation of “Dragonborn.” Bethesda heard about this folly, and decided to reward him with free versions of any Bethesda games he could ever want over the course of his life, and I think the same goes for his parents.

Judging by the fact that his middle name is “Tom” and no one on earth can correctly pronounce “Dovahkiin,” I’m guessing this kid will be Tom Kellermeyer his whole life until he goes to apply for his drivers license and is in for a nasty surprise. On the plus side, maybe he’ll discover he has the ability to shoot fire out of his mouth or turn ethereal and immune from damage.

Today’s segment of “living in the future,” where I detail notable tech advances that are straight out of science fiction, focuses on the recent breakthrough in hologram technology.

The new tech (from Japan, obviously) allows a three dimensional holographic image to be displayed WITHOUT the use of any sort of screen. Rather, it’s all lasers that are lit up on different points of the light beam to create an image. Something about ions. I don’t know, watch the video.

But yeah, it’s easy to see that we could be seeing mainstream use of this in ten or twenty years when all the kinks are worked out. And that, my friends, makes me feel like we’re living in the future.

As much as I love the Harry Potter universe as a whole, I think JK Rowling dropped the story ball a few times in the series. The first was pairing up Ron and Hermoine and Harry and Ginny as couples, which never made any goddamn sense, and the second was killing no one terribly important in the grand finale of the book. But both of those problems could have been solved if she had followed through with something she was considering. Speaking to Telegraph, she revealed a brief temptation:

When asked if she had anticipated any of the main characters dying in the series, she said: “Funnily enough, I planned from the start that none of them would die.

“Then midway through, which I think is a reflection of the fact that I wasn’t in a very happy place, I started thinking I might polish one of them off. Out of sheer spite. ‘There, now you definitely can’t have him any more.

“But I think in my absolute heart of heart of hearts, although I did seriously consider killing Ron, I wouldn’t have done it.”

But then all the little kids would have been bawling their eyes out at the end of the books instead of focusing on the messages of true love and friendship that bludgeon you to death in the final pages. That’s now Star Wars AND Harry Potter that have been tainted trying to appease little kids. Why can’t adults have an epic fantasy series where shit actually goes down and nothing is off limits.

Annnd I just remembered why I love Game of Thrones so much.

[via Geekologie]