I love that excuse!!!

Woke up this morning to the news that ’80s teen actor Corey Haim died early this morning from an apparent drug overdose. He had a history of drug addiction and it’s a shame he couldn’t beat it.

As you know, I adored Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Well, from the same genius who brought us that literary classic, we now have:

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Other great books out now or coming soon:

Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter
Robin Hood and Friar Tuck: Zombie Killers
The Undead World of Oz
The War of the Worlds Plus Blood, Guts and Zombies
Alice in Zombieland
Emma and the Werewolves

Wish I could think up a brilliant mash-up of my own.

Tonight on TV, we have Human Target (which I’m thinking of giving up), Criminal Minds, CSI: NY, Psych and Ghost Hunters.

Did more tweaking last night on the book.

Reading: Finished up Me and Mr. Darcy which was cute, though I could see why some people were dissatisfied with it. Next up is Take Me If You Dare by Candace Havens. This is a break from her fantasy/paranormal romances.

That may well be true but I’ve never used it as an excuse. *g*

We had gorgeous warm weather yesterday. Today? Not so much. But tomorrow they’re saying a high of 72. So I have hopes for another day of shorts-wearing.

It’s almost Spring and that means, horse racing! All the tracks in the States are gearing up for the beginning of Derby Season. Time to start figuring out which horses I want to cheer on.

So, tonight on TV, we have NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Lost (can you believe there are only TEN episodes left until the show is over?! ), and the season finale of White Collar.

Read through and fiddled around with fifteen pages last night. I managed to avoid killing off any of the primary characters who are supposed to live to fight another day, so that’s a plus.

Reading: Now I’m reading Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter which is quite enjoyable so far. It’s about a 29 year old New Yorker who keeps dating losers and bemoans not finding a man like Mr. Darcy. Then she goes on a literary tour of England with a bunch of elderly women and one obnoxious journalist. But at every stop they make on the tour, whenever she’s alone, Our Heroine runs into Mr. Darcy. Needless to say, she’s very confused about this. *g*

Forgot to add that I absolutely loved All About Evie and must snag copies of the next two books, pronto!

I can honestly say that’s an excuse I’ve never used.

Congratulations to Kathryn Bigelow for winning Best Director at last night’s Academy Awards! She’s the first woman to ever win the award. She directed The Hurt Locker which also won Best Picture. I’ve not seen the movie, but I’m kind of glad it won given its subject matter.

Tonight, we have new episodes of Chuck, 24 and Castle. And there was much rejoicing regarding that last one!

Got to get back into the writing groove tonight.

Reading: I’m reading All About Evie by Beth Ciotta and I’m totally loving it!!! It’s so cute and fun!

Another fun find in the land of the pharaohs! Archaeologists have unearthed the intact sarcophagus of Egypt’s Queen Behenu inside her 4,000-year-old burial chamber. How cool is that?

There is absolutely nothing on tonight except the Academy Awards which I have little to no interest in watching. The Oscars were vastly more interesting when I used to actually go to the movies. Not so much anymore. So I’ll be catching up on recorded shows. Yes, still! I have a total of 52 hours worth of stuff to watch. Granted, some of those hours are episodes of Jeopardy and some movies, so those aren’t urgent to catch up on. But I do have other shows I should watch before things kick back into high gear.

And I want to do more work on the family history stuff.

Reading: Finished up SEALed and Delivered which I enjoyed a lot. I’ve come to the conclusion I’m a complete and utter Navy SEAL groupie. *g* Next up is All About Evie by Beth Ciotta. I have a sneaking suspicion I’ll like that a lot.

Nothing like planning ahead. *g*

I absolutely loved the new show Who Do You Think You Are? which was on last night. I now have a strong urge to take up my own family history again with a vengeance. In fact, I’m going to do that this afternoon.

Tonight on TV we just have a new episode of Survivors on BBC America. Not to be confused with the U.S. reality TV show of the almost identical name.

Did a bit more tweaking last night.

Reading: Finished up Steamed last night which I adored!!! I want more!!! I can’t believe all the negative reviews the book got on Amazon. Now I’m reading SEALed and Delivered by Jill Monroe. I’ll give you three guesses as to why. *g*

Oh yeah, that even sounds like an excuse!

Celebrity birthdays today:

• Actor Rex Harrison who was born in 1908.

• Actor Jack Cassidy who was born in 1927.

And it’s Multiple Personalities Day! I wonder how Me, Myself and I will celebrate?

Tonight on TV is the debut of the new NBC show Who Do You Think You Are? which is basically a celebrity genealogy show. I’ll be watching. It sounds fun! And who knows? I might be related to somebody famous who’s still alive. LOL!

Also tonight we have a new episode of Caprica which I’m woefully behind in watching. And there’s an old episode of Ghost Adventures that I’m about 90% sure I haven’t seen. That show is always good for a big laugh.

I wrote a little bit last night. Some actual new sentences not just rewording stuff!

Reading: I’m reading Steamed by Katie MacAlister and I’m thoroughly loving it! I love steampunk so much!

I don’t think I’ve ever used this excuse. Not that I recall, anyway.

Not a lot going on here and I don’t know why my day seems to have gotten away from me. Again.

Tonight on TV, we have new episodes of The Mentalist and Burn Notice (the season finale already?!). I’ll be recording both since I’m still trying to catch up on older episodes.

Worked through more of the manuscript last night.

Reading: Last night I read The Kitchen Witch by Annette Blair which was a very cute book. Tonight I’ll be starting Steamed by Katie MacAlister. Looking very forward to that!

So let’s all jump off a bridge! Or do something equally stupid. *g*

Today in history:

• In 1890, silent film actor Edmund Lowe was born. He’s virtually unknown today. In fact, even with all my research into silent movies, I’d never heard of him. Or I’d forgotten him. Which is a shame because he was apparently very prolific.

• In 1904, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording using Edison’s phonograph cylinder.

• In 1911, actress Jean Harlow was born.

• In 1920, actor James Doohan was born. He’s most famous for portraying Chief Engineer Montgomery “Scotty” Scott on the original Star Trek.

• In 1923, TIME magazine is published for the first time.

• In 1931, The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United State’s national anthem.

Tonight on TV, it’s all about the 100th episode of Ghost Hunters which will have live portions hosted by the dishy Josh Gates. We also have new episodes of Criminal Minds and CSI: NY but those will get recorded because I’ll be busy drooling over ogling enjoying Josh’s fun sense of humor. And hoping for lots of ghostly appearances at Alcatraz.

Did some more tweaking last night. Having a hard time getting back into the groove, though. I’m still kind of burnt out on this story.

Reading: Finished up Hot Stuff which I adored! Wish we had more books from Flo Fitzpatrick. Her Ghost of a Chance is fun too. Tonight i’ll be starting The Kitchen Witch by Annette Blair who is a new-to-me author.

Hey, an excuse I’ve actually used myself! Early and often.

Did you hear that the Chilean earthquake may have shifted the earth on its axis and shorted our days by three minutes? Wild!

I would just like to say, if you’re going to call yourself Dancing with the Stars, it would be nice if you actually had some. This time around, we have Buzz Aldrin (Retired Astronaut), Pamela Anderson (Former Playboy Playmate & Actress), Erin Andrews (ESPN Sportscaster), Shannen Doherty (Actress), Kate Gosselin (Former Reality TV Star), Evan Lysacek (Olympic Champion Figure Skater), Niecy Nash (Reno 911 Star), Chad Ochocinco (NFL Wide receiver), Jake Pavelka (The Bachelor Star), Nicole Scherzinger (Lead vocalist of the Pussycat Dolls), and Aiden Turner (All My Children Star). So, in other words, with the exception of Evan Lysacek, a bunch of non-stars and has-beens. I’m almost tempted to not even bother watching. Of course, since I’m thoroughly unimpressed with most of the “stars”, it could be ripe for loads of snarky comments on my part. And as we all know, I’m all about the snark. *g*

Tonight on TV, we have new episodes of NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Lost and White Collar.

Did some revising/tweaking last night on the Greek gods book.

Reading: Finished up the Robin Paige book I was reading. Now I’m reading Hot Stuff by Flo Fitzpatrick which is very cute and funny.

There’s a good all-purpose excuse!

Well, my horoscope for today has basically told me to quit slacking off and get to work on my creative projects. Guess that means I need to start writing more. And not use today’s excuse no matter how much I want to! LOL!

Now that the Olympics are over, I’m not quite sure how to act. Time to get back into the swing of other things. Tonight on TV, we have new episodes of Chuck and 24. I’ll be recording both so I can catch up on other things. Yes, I know it’s like robbing Peter to pay Paul but I don’t have enough hours in the day to do all I need to do today.

As promised from yesterday, here are a couple of pictures of the dishy Norwegian curler, Thomas Ulsrud. It’s not the dishiest pic but you can see the pants. *g* Here’s another shot of him.

Oh, and from the world of archaeology, the head from a “colossal” statue of Amenhotep III (King Tut’s granddaddy *g*) has been found in Egypt.

Reading: I’m not quite finished with Death at Bishop’s Keep yet, but I’m loving it and definitely plan to get the rest of the books in the series.