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Thank you to the two people who gave me virtual gifts! Mucho appreciated.

Not a fan of Valentine's Day. Bad things happen to me on Valentine's Day.

( bad things )

This morning they named the top three favorite Valentine's Day movies. I can't remember the third one. But one and two were: The Notebook (which I've never seen)
and Pretty Woman (which I *cough*like*cough* but everyone else I know outside of the Momster despises because well, we've already had this conversation, I'm not in the mood for a repeat.).

What I'd like? A list of favorite romantic novels, preferably written after the 19th Century and Early 20th. I ask people online for a list and I get clobbered with the Brontes, Jane Austen, Edith Wharton, and Henry James. Bleargh. Outside of Austen, most of these are just depressing or like watching The Way We Were fifty times.

Modern Romantic Novels - post 1950. Got any???

Ponders. I'm drawing a blank. Lots of romance novels...but nothing of a literary vibe.
I know I've read a few. So why is my mind a blank?

* Bridget Jones Diary (Pride and Prejudice satire)
* Sunshine by Robin McKinely...okay maybe not a romantic novel, felt romantic to me
* Time Traveler's Wife - which I admittedly have yet to read
* Night Train to Memphis by Elizabeth Peters - more lame mystery/adventure with romance
* Checkmate by Dorothy Dunnet...romance by way of Alexander Dumas

I don't know you got any? No Edith Wharton allowed! Also nothing by Nicholas Sparks or the guy who wrote Bridges of Madison County ( I did read the later book). And no, Stephanie Meyer! Other than that...

Kitchen Sink Post: Smash Review, Glee, TV, Music and personal news..

1)So far I adore the new tv series Smash - this week's episode was better than last week's. ( Smash review, vague spoilers, also referencing tonight's Glee, which wasn't quite as good. )

2) There's another mid-season replacement that I'm excited about - Jason Issacs (you know him as Draco Malfoy's Dad in the Harry Potter films) portrays a man who's split his consciousness in two - and isn't sure which world is real. He has had a car crash with his wife and son. In one reality his wife survives. In the other his son survives. He closes his eyes and he is in the other reality. He doesn't know which reality is real. He's a detective. So it is episodic in that sense, with a mystery to solve each week but the catch is - the man is living two lives and is aware of both. What innovative idea. It's called AWAKE and premiers in March. Definitely one to watch out for.

3)In personal news?( Read more... )

4) Mark Watches...I'm still reading, but close to giving up. ( my issues with Mark Watches )

5) After downloading both Adelle 's album 21 and Florence and The Machine's Lung's last night and listening to them at work today, came to the conclusion that Florence and The Machine is a lot more interesting and was robbed. Adelle got old fast. She has three good songs on her album, Somebody to Love, Rolling in the Deep and Rumor has it. But everything else feels repetitive. Reminds me a lot of Amy Whinehouse and Christina Aguilerra vocally - that deep multi-layered voice. Lady Gaga's voice is similar. Goes up and down the scales, yet tends to be a deep alto. I love altos and bass, not a fan of high soprano. Meanwhile...Paul McCartney's Wings Greatest Hits is also quite good, diverse and not repetitive. It doesn't sound the same. My hunt for a perfect mix is music that does not sound the same.

Florence and the Machine does remind me a great deal of The Cranberries though sound wise, has that same psuedo British/Irish Gaillic sound, not that they are, really have no idea, but they have that lyrical feel...and the lyrics haunt in the same way. Not a bad thing, I rather liked the Cranberries.

( my weird eclectic music tastes )