So while you were watching the Academy Awards show, waiting for host Jon Stewart to bomb or drop a bomb, what was everyone else thinking? The Washington Post offered a window into this scary territory with live blogging by movie editor Jan Cheney. On the left coast, the Los Angeles Times offered its own real-time blog.

At the Post, Cheney took dozens of questions from viewers from around the world, and from a few mavericks who refused to watch. Here are some of the questions, in chronological order. For the answers you will have to go to www.washingtonpost.com.

Indianapolis, Ind.: I'm SO pleased that Ryan Seacrest learned the word "vintage" tonight ... now he's ready to work the red carpet on a regular basis. Maybe next year he'll try to pronounce "Cavalli"!!

Adams Morgan, Washington, D.C.: My husband says the only way he can get through the Oscars is with a good Oscars drinking game. Any suggestions??

Follow-up re: cool kids: Why will I be the only guy at my office tomorrow who knows everything that happened at the Oscars tonight, and the other guys will get the scoop from girls in the office? And why do I care? Why can't I just be happy knowing what I know?

Smithtown, N.Y.: I know nobody ever talks about 'men's' fashion on the red carpet, but how did it come about that the actors are all wearing long neckties with their tuxes and the journalists are still almost all in bowties?

Arlington, Va.: I hate to sound catty but I will. Why does Jennifer Aniston change her dress and designer each year but still manage to have the same darn look?!

Sunnyvale, Calif.: I can't look at William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman without thinking about how Steven Colbert, in the spirit of Bennifer, has dubbed them Filliam H. Muffman.

Anonymous: Felicity Huffman is out of character with the dress she's wearing tonight ... no self-respecting drag queen would ever be caught dead in it!

North Bethesda, Md.: Like many women, I think George Clooney is adorable, but is it me or in the past year has he become just plain annoying? And it's not neccessarily his politics, since I tend to agree with them. Maybe it's over-exposure, but I'm honestly routing against the guy tonight!

Washington, D.C.: The movies seem pretty lame this year. It looks like a film about homosexual cowboys might actually win Best Picture, which is a really odd outcome in my opinion.

Arlington, Va.: Looks like we're in for another night of predictable camera cutaways. Every time there's a gay cowboy reference, we see Heath.

Chapel Hill, N.C.: Why is Jennifer Aniston there? Neither she nor that empty suit she's dating ever came remotely close to being in anything that might get an Oscar nod. Not that I'm not always happy to see her, but still ...

Toronto, Canada: Jon Stewart so far reminds me of David Letterman eleven years ago. Very funny to me and probably a lot of other people, but the room isn't laughing that hard. Which is a shame.

Indianapolis, Ind.: Oooh. Jon Stewart seems a little out of place. He's funny, but something's missing. And I hate how they cut to a close-up of him and telegraph that he's about to say a punchline. Bring back ... Chris Rock maybe?

Paris, France: Name drop: Ran into Angelina Jolie in the grocery store day before yesterday and she asked me to hand her some toilet paper (in French!) Did you know she was here in Paris? I'm NOT lying!

Washington, D.C.: How does Charlize Theron balance that dead cat on her shoulder? Is it tied down? Glued on? She's not going to be any fun to be around at the after parties.

Takoma Park, Md.: Finally someone wears enough low-cut to make up for the rest of a staid evening. I guess Hillary Swank didn't want us to look at her hair.

Gaithersburg, Md.: Is anyone else just bored with these Oscars? I don't think I've ever been so bored watching the Oscars. The only highlight so far was Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin.

Arlington, Va.: I miss the really awful outfits of the past. The giant bow on Charlize does not measure up to the backwards suit of Celine Dion or anything ever worn by Cher.

This is cache, read story here