Hollywoodland

Time for another DWTS report! Two new dances last night. The Argentine Tango and the Lindy Hop.

David Alan Grier & Kym Johnson (Lindy hop) – Well, he looked like he was having fun, but I didn’t think it was all that good. The judges thought it was fairly good, though. Whatever. *g* They scored 22/30.

Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas (Lindy Hop) – Awesome!!! Her gymnastics skills really worked for her in this dance. The judges thought there were too many gymnastics tricks and not enough dancing which I guess is a valid argument. They scored 25/30.

Lil’ Kim & Derek Hough (Argentine Tango) – I thought it looked really good but it didn’t really sizzle for me. Not sure why, though. I thought Bruno was going to vault across the desk and molest her, though. *g* Gosh, for once Len (aka Mr. Crankypants) and I agreed! Wow. They scored 27/30. They got the first ten of the season (from Bruno *g*)!

Holly Madison & Dmitry Chaplin (Argentine Tango) – She needs to go. She’s really not good at all and she doesn’t have The Woz’s entertainment value. They scored 16/30.

Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke (Argentine Tango) – Now that was a sizzling tango!!! *fanning self* The judges agreed. They scored 30/30. The first perfect score of the season!

Ty Murray & Chelsie Hightower (Lindy Hop) – Great job!!! Even the judges loved it!!! They scored 25/30. I think Ty is moving into my top picks.

Steve-O & Lacey Schwimmer (Lindy Hop) – Well, it was better than some people’s, but that’s not saying much. I think his back is still bothering him. They scored 15/30.

Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani (Lindy Hop) – It totally rocked! She’s definitely a contender. They scored 29/30.

Lawrence Taylor & Edyta Sliwinska (Argentine Tango) – It didn’t really sizzle for me either. But I wonder if I wasn’t distracted to some extent by the music. It sounded like a stuck record. *g* The judges were split on their opinions. What else is new? They scored 19/30.

Chuck Wicks & Julianne Hough (Lindy Hop) – I loved it!!! The judges were a tad pickier than I was. What a shocker. *g* They scored 22/30.

Steve Wozniak & Karina Smirnoff (Argentine Tango) – Well, I love the Woz, but it really wasn’t very good. Karina did all the work. Bruno was REALLY rough. Yikes! They scored 12/30.

I didn’t get to sleep until 5:00 this morning. I hate days (nights?) like that! In other news, my hands are still bugging the daylights (and where did that phrase come from anyway?) out of me, so I’m reading but not replying. I’ll be back eventually, I promise.

Tonight on TV, we have new episodes of NCIS, The Mentalist, the DWTS results show (with a double elimination!), and the new (or revamped) show Cupid.

Wrote one page last night.

Reading: I’m about halfway through Dial M for Mischief which I’m enjoying immensely.

Such was the opening line for the first season of the original Dark Shadows. To my extreme annoyance, I discovered quite by accident yesterday that the 1991 remake (all 12 episodes) was being aired on Chiller. *grumble* I found this out in the middle of episode 11. I guess I’ll have to fall back on the plan to buy the DVD set. The remake was so awesome and so totally screwed by the Gulf War that year. Then I discovered another cool-sounding mini-series that was being aired on Ovation. It’s called Lost in Austen and it’s about a modern day London girl named Amanda who one day comes face to face with Elizabeth Bennett from Pride & Prejudice in her bathroom. Amanda ends up inside the book and apparently many amusing antics ensue. But I found that in the middle too! It just wasn’t my day for seeing stuff. *g*

Tonight, we have the usual Monday night fare. DWTS, Chuck, Heroes, 24, and Castle.

Reading: Last night I started reading Dial M for Mischief by Kasey Michaels. This is the first of the Sunshine sisters series. The sisters’ father has “officially” committed suicide after killing a mayoral candidates wife. The sisters don’t believe he killed anyone, including himself and set out to prove it.

I am sick to death of this wacky weather. Mother Nature needs to be drop-kicked into next year. Then put in a headlock, and have a piledriver done on her. (My, I’m feeling awfully violent this peaceful Sunday morning…)

Last night, I caught up on a couple of episodes each of Chuck and Heroes and one episode of Criminal Minds. I came very close to skipping all those and watching some early episodes of The Avengers instead, though. Still got last week’s episodes of Chuck and Heroes to watch. Maybe I’ll do that tonight since the only thing on is Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Then again, EMHE is on for two hours tonight. So maybe I’ll watch an episode of The Avengers. I’m in the mood to watch Mrs. Peel kick the bad guys’ collective butts. I can pretend she’s doing it to Mother Nature.

Reading: Last night I read Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich. This book had me howling! Loved Carl and the monkeys. Loved Tank actually talking and the subject he talked about. And I love Diesel almost as much as I love Ranger. I still find Joe kind of dull. *g*

Now I’m re-reading one my old books, Mathemagics by Margaret Ball. Riva Konneva is your typical suburban single mom. She has a cute live-in boyfriend who’s tutoring her in math, a feud with the school district about her daughter, and a job as a sword-wielding warrior in another dimension. But when an enemy from her home dimension shows up in this one threatening the life of her child, Riva has to use every talent she’s got to keep them all alive.