Dancing With The Stars

Kristi Yamaguchi will probably win in spite of Cristian de la Fuente's spectacular performance last night. Cheryl Burke did a marvelous job of choreographing. I was amazed. Cristian is performing with a torn biceps muscle, and last night was the first time they were actually allowed to do lifts. But you would never have known he was injured because the choreography limited use of his left arm without making it obvious he was injured.

The world loves a never-give-up kind of guy. Besides Cristian is handsome, hunky, lovely biceps (torn or not)and lets not forget his deep dimples. So it's very likely that Cristian could win the final popularity part of the contest if his arm and Cheryl's choreography hold out.

I'm still POd because Mario Lopez was screwed out of winning the season he was on. Emmit was good but not that much better than Mario who was also hunky, Latin, intense and had deep dimples. Seeing a trend here?

Back to the bat cave.

Marie-Nicole

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Daytime Emmy Finalists Announced

What a disappointment! ABC soaps were almost completely shut out from any of the positions. Am I supposed to believe that I watch the worst soaps on the air? I've been watching them for years, and I'm not about to switch to CBS soaps for love nor money. And I won't be watching the Daytime Emmys either.

Best Younger actor and actress: complete shut out for ABC (Bradford Anderson (Spinelli-GH) should have finaled, IMHO)

Best Supporting Actress: complete shut out for ABC (Should've been Sabine Singh (Greenlee--AMC)

Best Supporting Actor: Brian Kerwin (Charlie (Banks) Balsom. OLTL, His nomination is well-deserved.

Best Actor: David Canary AMC, Anthony Geary, GH--Both of these actors are superb and multi-EMMY winners.

Best Actress: Complete shut out for ABC, all for CBS (WTF?)

Best Daytime Drama: GH, OLTL--Maybe they can tie. How can these two dramas be nominated for Best DTD when so few of their actors are finalists? The actors bring these shows and the writers' words to life.

Nearly every category's finalist were CBS. What a sucky thing.

Why don't they just call it the CBS Daytime EMMY Awards?

Marie-Nicole

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Things that Don't Work...

It's been rumored through the soap opera sites that the Nash Brennen character (OLTL), who's played by Forbes March, isn't long for the this world. Now that's a darn shame because back in the heyday of the Tess/Jess arc, he was hot. But now that Jessica is integrated, his romance with Jess isn't nearly so hot or fun. In other words, it's not working and TPTB are going to get rid of him. I understand he's being killed off, too. Ouch!

It has to be something to do with his new partners in the vineyard. If he thought Jared was a bad partner, I'm guessing he'd rather have Jared back than be dead.

I have another reason for hating to see him fired/let go--whatever you want to call it. He's the "image" for the hero of one of my upcoming books. Book Three in my Music City Investigations series will be Justin's book. Justin is the little bit nerdy computer specialist in the family's small detective agency. That is it'll be the third book once I complete and sell the first book and the second. :-)

Something else that doesn't work (and the impetus for this post) is a crock pot if it isn't plugged in. Yes, that's right. At noon I set up the crockpot with an Italian Pot Roast (Weight Watcher's recipe) and plugged in the toaster instead of the crockpot. Luckily at two-thirty I decided to check it's progress.

Cold. Very cold.

Now I'll have a late dinner.

Marie-Nicole

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What are you?

I'm a Talent!

You're a risk-taker, and you follow your passions. You're determined to take on the world and succeed on your own terms. Whether in the arts, science, engineering, business, or politics, you fearlessly express your own vision of the world. You're not afraid of a fight, and you're not afraid to bet your future on your own abilities. If you find a job boring or stifling, you're already preparing your resume. You believe in doing what you love, and you're not willing to settle for an ordinary life.

Talent: 62%
Lifer: 38%
Mandarin: 46%

Take the Talent, Lifer, or Mandarin quiz.

Eye Candy

I've had a lazy kind of week, did a little reorganization in my bedroom--not nearly as much as I need to do.

I'm at a point in my current WIP that I'm dragging my feet. I'm at the end, more or less. It's a much revised book and I just need to pull the end together and get my h/h back together. They're on the verge. Maybe since I've sort of taken the week off from writing that I'll be refreshed enough come Monday morning to attack that sucker and weave the end into a part of the whole.

Eye candy today is Aiden Turner who plays Aidan Devane on All My Children. He's in a heck of a mess. Back in the fall he engaged in comfort sex with his friend's wife. He thought his girlfriend, Greenlee, was dead and she thought her husband (played by Thorsten Kaye) was dead. But they weren't. They were imprisoned in an old bomb shelter and nearly died.

Kendall, the adulterous wife, has been guilt-ridden for months and has finally confessed to her husband. In the meantime, Aidan has tried to put it behind him and asked his galpal to marry him. And now, he just went to his friend Zach and asked him for a job so that he can keep his fiancee in the style to which she's only too accustomed.

Aidan doesn't know Kendall blabbed and that Zach knows all the dirt. Zach manfully has forgiven his wife, sorta, and refrains from killing Aidan in the job interview...he hires him, even as he launches a jibe or two at the man who comforted his wife with his body!

I see danger ahead, especially when Greenlee discovers Aidan's infidelity as she lay dying! She never suffers in silence.

Marie-Nicole

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Spring in Tennessee

Yes, it's spring here in Tennessee. My dogwood (the part that's still alive) is blooming for all it's worth. And so is my apple tree. I didn't think it was going to bloom this year, but one morning it was covered in pink buds, then by afternoon they were all open and lovely.

Once spring truly arrives I always feel so much better. More energy. More desire to reclaim my life and clean my house. I actually accomplished something I've been dreading for months: cleaning out my chest and dresser drawers. Yea! I donated three bags of clothes to AMVETS and along with a bag of shoes.

Once more I tackled my bedroom closet. It's only fallen TWICE. Now I've learned my lesson, I'm only hanging half my wardrobe in that closet. The closet in the guest room will hold all my winter stuff, so my bedroom closet won't be overburdened with the all stuff I never wear anyway.

I might even repaint the hall bath...but only if I don't lose the momentum I now feel.

Marie-Nicole

http://marienicoleryan.com

Spring Showers at Coffee Time Romance

I'll be participating at the Spring Showers (of excerpts) at Coffee Time Romance this week. I think my excerpts will be up toward the last part of the week, but be sure to stop by all week and read all the wonderful Samhain authors' excerpts.

Back to the bat cave.

Marie-Nicole

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