Michael Giacchino's Oscars acceptance speech

Read it: http://oscar.go.com/nominations/nominees/up/3335 (you'll want to check out the video via the Oscars website too).

Where the heck was this guy when I was younger?

I'll move on though and take his advice and run with it now.

Thoughts at the moment

I wanna fly
And never come down
And live my life
And have friends around

-"We Never Change" by Coldplay

The score to the movie (in my head)

I want to do so many things in my life. I'm committed to achieving all of those things. It's a matter of what am I going to do to help get me there.

Temporary hopefulness.

For a brief moment, I feel as though I can conquer the world again. Or that I'll be able to reach new heights and awaken my potential that has been dormant for so long.

I'm dreaming big.

Going in a direction, finally!

Can't wait for the fresh start to begin. It can't come soon enough.

Lost? (Yes, I'm kind of thinking of Coldplay)

I just want to stop feeling lost already. It's driving me nuts.

A feeling of hope...

I feel a sense of euphoria this afternoon. More like hope...that things are going to get better. I'm going to find myself in a better place in my life, and that I'm going to do a lot of positive learning.

It's been SO long since I've felt anything like this before. I'm going to hold on to it while it lasts.