The Bachelor Finale

Friday night it snowed here again. One last snow. I hope. It is still on the ground but is supposed to warm up to 72 or so by Thursday. This is good since I am leaving Sunday for Seattle. Right now it is very cold. Did you think Seattle had up-and-down weather? Kansas City is a good contender.

I am so excited to see the Bachelor tonight. I am sure it will be Melissa whom he proposes to. I cannot see Molly with him at all. I guess the excitement is to see the Deanna wrench they are going to throw into the works and how that all goes down. I think that is a really bad nasty they are doing to sweet Jason. I think they are doing it for ratings, not for him. Obviously.

Idol Season 8 Faves

I already have my faves for American Idol. One didn't make it last week and one from this week didn't make it but the judges may get them in during the Wild Card selection they get in a couple of weeks. Danny Gokey was an early favorite. And Adam has become a huge favorite too. He is ready to make CDs right now. I like Megan, the blonde who did her little twisty thing this week but didn't make it in the top three. I really felt that the women outsang the men this week and that there would be two women and one guy chosen. Instead they selected two guys and one girl. At least the girl was Alison, the red haired girl with the black dress. She is very good.

I do think it will be between Danny Gokey and Adam Lambert. The Alison chick may be a contender too. It will be so fun to watch them grow over the weeks.

Best Actor indeed

Every time I see Sean Penn in a movie I wonder how anyone can be better than he is. He absolutely loses himself in any role he takes on. And that allows us, the audience, to lose ourselves in the character and the movie itself. You forget he is Sean Penn.

Today I saw the one movie I had not seen before the Awards ceremony, Milk. But having seen Mr. Penn before I was not at all surprised he won the Oscar for best actor in a leading role. Today I was once again impressed and very emotionally affected by his portrayal of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to government office in the country, in this case San Francisco. He was shot dead in City Hall by an opponent Dan White, played by Josh Brolin. This was about access to civil rights for all. He fought for rights for everyone, so people cannot be fired or excluded from certain jobs or from renting or buying homes. The sad thing is I look around 35 years or so later and there are still those who want to prevent equal rights for everyone. California just passed a proposition to ban gay marriage. That to me is a right that should be granted to all. It amazes me that 35 years later we have not come so far in this area.

Going Home, going home!!

Finally I am driving home, plans are to start the drive on the morning of the 8th. It will take three days at least. I am going to Devon and Annie's and will be there a week or two while getting my apartment all set to move into. I am so excited to see my family, those little kids and Max, growing huge in Annie's belly. It will be so good to be home and to see the mountains and lakes and the ocean/sound again. Never before have I appreciated Washington state more.

I will drive almost 2000 miles with my mini poodle Nikki and stop as we need to.

I'm So in Love with You....Justin and Al

Here it is, Justin and Al singing whatever the song is called that I just love. Check it out if you missed the Grammy's or if you just want to hear it one more time.