My Good Luck Charms

Just a few days left!!!  So these guys came over to wish me luck ;)

Ok, end of silliness. I gotta get back to work.

Top 10: Reasons I Can't Wait For Finals To Be Over

Ok, I'll admit the is a bit of a cheap post, but I'm stress and need to vent a little!

1.  I can read romance novels again!!! I cannot even say how much I miss my babies :(  I knew how much work I had to do, so with the exception of Lover Unleashed I packed up ALL my books in a box, taped it up, and put it under my bed.  Ugh.
2.  I can blog again.  Once I start reading again I'll actually have something to blog about.
3.  I can read other people's blog's again.  My RSS feeds are currently piled sky high.
4.  I can sleep without feeling guilty.  I haven't given up sleeping, but yea, I wake up feeling bad about doing it.
5.  I can start making some moolah.  My summer job (which is working for the college) starts less than two weeks after exams, and I'm actually pretty excited.  The house I'm living in is decent (which is nice since they're paying for it!), the people I'm working with are cool, and a few of my good friends live nearby.  Score!  The one downside is that it's a lot of physical labor and I'll have some pretty strange hours.
6.  I can watch more TV.  True summer activity there!
7.  I can go swimming.  I don't know if I'll get to go to the beach this year, but I'm sure I'll get to hit the local pool a few times.
8.  I can work on my tan.  I tan pretty quickly, so this should be an easy on to knock off.
9.  I can eat better food.  The downside of working for the college is that I'll still be eating at the dining hall, but you know people will be throwing picnics and bbqs from time to time!
10.  I can go to summer parties.  Love these the best.  Tend to be more laid back, relaxed, and chill then parties during the rest of the year when people are stress out.

In conclusion- bring on the summer, the sun, and the fun little drink umbrellas!

April Wrap-Up

Sorry everyone, April was definitely a sloooow reading month for me, so almost nothing to report here.

1. Top Book of the Month: He's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo

I know it's not a romance novel (and therefore not the sort of thing I'd normally review) but I loved it! Review here.

2. The Royal Wedding!
I didn't watch the whole thing, but I did watch snippits of it over breakfast. There's been so much speculation over Kate's dress (I guess now we have to call her Catherine). I liked it.

The shorter train (heck, it's still long!) and modern touches fit her signature style much more than say Princess Diana's fairy tale wedding dress would have.

I didn't like her dress for the reception as much. What's with the fuzzy sweater? Please don't say those are making a comeback...

3. Glee!

Back for the second half of the season and making me happy again :)

Top 10: Royal Wedding Mania!

Ever since the Royal Engagement was announced, memorabilia has been popping up left and right.  For the most part it's the smiling couple's faces on pieces of china, coins, and stamps.  But of course, there are those few pieces that are a bit more... out there.  Add in the internet, where we can now make videos either honoring or spoofing the royal couple and you're bound to get some interesting odds and ends.  In honor of Prince William and Kate Middleton's nupitals tomorrow, here's a list of my Top 10 favorite crazy knick-knacks and videos that have been spawned from the Royal Wedding Mania!

1. The T-Mobile Royal Wedding.  Remember that fun dancing down the aisle video that went viral?  T-Mobile did a spoof using Will and Kate as models.

2. Royal Romance- TheTheOtherGuys.  This is by far my favorite video made for the royal couple.  It's a parody of Bad Romance made by some of the guys who went to St. Andrew's with Will and Kate.  If you haven't seen it yet, take a minute to watch it.

3. PEZ Dispensers

4. Beer.  While not exactly high brow, I love the name.

5. Royal Couple Nails

6. Ash Trays

7. Toilet Seat Cover.  Is this supposed to be one of those sitting-on-a-throne references?

8. The Royal Refridgerator.  Is this just in case you ever forgot who your future monarchs are?

9. Heritage Condoms.  I thought royals wanted heirs?

10. Sick Bags.  After everything I've just showed you, do I really need to explain?

Marines Making My Day

How is it that men in uniform can make any day better?

Top 10: Favorite Heroes

Last week I did my Top 10 Favorite Romance Novels, so this week I thought I'd add my Top 10 Favorite Heroes.  It's also based off my list at DIK- I had eight heroes listed there, so I only had to pick two more, though I changed one on the list so I guess that makes three additions total.  Once again these are in no particular order.

Favorite Heroes:

1. Marc “Hunt” Hunter from Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare

2. Hardy Cates from Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas

3. Matthew Swift from Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas.  Originally I had Kev Merripen on my list (omg Barbara, look, another LK I'll-love-you-from-afar-but-do-nothing-about-it hero!), but that was mostly because I wanted some diversity between my "Favorite Books" list and "Favorite Heroes" list.  Matthew Swift holds a special place in my heart and just might be my all time favorite hero.  If I met him on the street today I would be his Daisy in a heartbeat.

4. David Masters from Wed Him Before You Bed Him by Sabrina Jeffries.  I think this book made a great finale to the Heiress series.

5. Spike from A Man in a Million by Jessica Bird.  He's a BDB Brother in disguise.  I swear his real name is Spihke.

6. Nick Romeo from Romeo Romeo by Robin Kaye.

7. Julian Sinclair from The Duke of Shadows by Meredith Duran

8. Devin Freedman from What the Librarian Did by Karina Bliss.

9. John Matthew from Lover Mine by JR Ward.  I wanted him with me on the Island, but it wasn't too bad since I did get Lover Mine on my list of books.

10. Lloyd Dobler from Say Anything.  If you have not seen this movie, go watch it- now!  Seriously, I'll wait.

Milking The Cash Cow

I don't have anything against Taylor Lautner.  Anyone who can go from this...

to that...

seriously gets some credit.  (Give me a call, kid, when you hit twenty-five.)  But, despite his ability to harness puberty better than 99.9% of the population, he's not the best actor out there.  I mean there's a reason we've got meme's like this one popping up:

So I wasn't quite sure whether to laugh or cry when I saw this trailer:

Milking the cash cow are we?  No, Taylor Lautner isn't the best actor, but casting him in action/thriller films that blatantly bank on the Twilight crowd wanting to see them isn't going to help his career.  There's a reason actors like Jason Statham and Bruce Willis usually take those roles- because when a nineteen year old does it, it looks kind of dumb.