Almost Classy since 1959

I'd HEARD about Goodreads.com and I think, many moons ago, I had an account but I just set up another account today. And at first, I was all about adding some really meaningful books to my list, like A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin, Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer and The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger, the latter of which are truly two of my favorite books in the wide world.

But then (purely by accident. Well, maybe not PURELY) I happened upon the Bodice Rippers Anonymous group and since then, I've been clicking away, rediscovering all the wonderful (occasionally tacky, always guilty pleasure-y) historical romance novels that I was so devoted to back in the day. And as almost everyone who was a romance fan in their 20s, I still have an unfinished (handwritten!) historical romance tucked into the back of the shelves of my study.

I get a fiendish glee imagining the looks on my family's faces if I should kick the bucket and they discover the adventures of exquisitely beautiful young Moira, the Texas rancher's daughter and the studly Galveston ship's captain, Casey, who she is forced to marry when they are caught in a compromising position!

Let me tell you, friends. Her bodice was ripped mightily!

I have had an exceptionally great Christmas this year and I hope the rest of y'all do, too. Happy Holidays!

And Alex, Australian GQ Man of the year.

Just watched David Hewlett's epic, Rage of the Yeti.

Did they, like, film that in someone's garage?

When I said epic, I meant epic levels of BAD.

Give me some more Ferocious Planet.

But you can probably figure out.

I can't stop thinking about HER





WITH HIM. And apparently, it's gonna happen in Metal Hurlant. Her name is Kelly Brook and she is a bikini model/actress from the UK. Geez Louise. Just kill me now.

...I wanted to make an observation about one of my favorite shows (last year) H50. I know it's only been two episodes of this new season, but thus far, I'm disappointed and growing more so as I hear what's planned for future episodes.

( cut for possible spoilers )

Happy birthday to my very first friend in fandom and my very first LJ friend. Hope you have a wonderful day, Anne!

I went to VanCon this past weekend and really, I swear, this time, I mean it when I say I'm done with cons. I never have any money anymore and I think I've pretty much accomplished all that I can (legally )at these conventions. I've taken pictures with Joe with his arm around me, with both his arms around me and for this very last time, I posed to look like I was about to give him a kiss on the cheek (his skin is amazingly clear for all the stubble). As for DavidH, he is hilarious and wonderful to stand next to for a photo op and as usual, David and Joe together on stage is a massive fangirl delight. I will miss them as Sheppard and McKay sooooo very much.

Here are a few pictures from Saturday. David looked fit and gorgeous and Joe was wearing this sorta pink, sorta orchid colored shirt and a puffy, impossibly soft black down jacket. *sigh* Really, pillowy soft.
( Farewell to babes )

At the private meet and greet, we learned that Joe is planning to have surgery this week, depending on what he learns at his next doctor's visit. They were waiting for the swelling to go down before making the decision on a time. His mom has had the same surgery.

He got 16 stitches in his finger, unrelated to the accident that caused his shoulder injury. He and his friend were riding on some mountain bike trails and they were wearing these helmut cams (oh, boys) so they caught the whole thing on video.

His new project, Spore, isn't in production yet so his surgery won't effect/interrupt filming.

He had recently gotten a phone call from Jason, who is in Hawaii.

He hasn't seen Rachel lately and hasn't been to David's new house in Santa Monica yet. He was pretty busy with work and travel from August to December.

Upon returning from one of his travels, he found that his wife had adopted a fifth dog. His wife thinks the dog looks like Joe (it's a black dog with a brown muzzle and some of his hair sticks up on his head).

He said he was offered (the lead?) male role in the SyFy movie Red. But he turned it down because of the timing and location of the filming.

He watched Ferocious Planet with his boys and his three nephews and said the next couple of days, the boys played Ferocious Planet, with each boy saying, I'm Daddy. No, I'm Daddy, back and forth, pretending they were shooting monsters.

Today is my last day of shock-and-awe house cleaning. Tomorrow morning is my pedicure/manicure appt. (at 930am, but I probably won't be able to sleep late anyway) then the wedding rehearsal at 5pm followed by the rehearsal dinner at 630pm. *breathes deep*

So I need some opinions. These are the favor boxes for the wedding guests (they are filled with pink M&Ms with my son and his fiancee's name, the wedding date and two little hearts on them!) but I can't decide -- do the ribbons on the boxes add anything to the overall look? Do they look better plain? I'd appreciate any suggestions.





[Poll #1716206]

I couldn't decide whether I wanted to taint my opinion of Alex O'Loughlin's smoldering sexiness and intense bad-assness with a terrible Jennifer Lopez movie so instead, I bought the entire season of Moonlight.

( 2 Examples of Alex leaving his sexiness all over the place )

Umm. Yeah. That'll work better.