Hottie of the Week : Matthew Bomer

Most Recent Role: Jay Burchell on Traveler (ABC)

Birthplace: Spring, Texas, USA

Birthday: October 11, 1977

Matthew, the son of former Dallas Cowboy John Bomer and his wife Sissi, is a native of Spring, Texas and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Carnegie Mellon University.

Currently, he can be seen on the new TV show "Traveler" on ABC. His previous roles include roles in the movies 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning', and 'Flightplan', and in the Tv shows 'Tru Calling', 'Guiding Light', and "All My Children'.

Favorite TV Couples

In the spirit of my last 2 posts (which were video downloads that I found on the internet), I decided to make a list of my favorite TV couples. Here they are (in no particular order):

1. Doug Ross and Carol Hathaway (ER): LOVED these two characters!They were "together" before the show began, but they didn't end up getting back together until Season 4. You always wanted these 2 to be together.

2. Sydney Bristow and Michael Vaughn (Alias): Man, did I ever love this couple!!!! I was sooooooo upset when they killed off Michael Vaughn. ABC noticed their mistake when ratings went down soon afterwards, and then.......Michael Vaughn wasn't dead after all! In the end, they lived happily ever after.

3. Brandon Walsh and Kelly Taylor (Beverly Hills, 90210): I always loved Kelly with Brandon more than when she was with Dylan McKay. Brandon and Kelly found themselves attracted to each other when he "borrowed her" to pose as his girlfriend when he was on a Task force at Cal.U. He needed her to keep Josh from finding out he was sleeping with Lucinda, a member of the Cal.U. faculty. But when Brandon and Kelly were on a retreat, they kissed. Not long afterwards, Kelly and Brandon found their way to each other. They didn't last forever though (and I was very, very, very upset when they called off their wedding!!!).

4. Ross and Rachel (Friends): He loved her when she didn't even know he existed; she loved him when he met Julie in China; he said her name at the altar when he was marrying Emily; they got drunk and married in Vegas; they got divorced; they had a baby together....yet after 10 years, they managed to find their way to one another.

5. Seth and Summer (The O.C.): Who would have thought that they would make such a cute couple???? I LOVED them together! And they even got married in the end.

6. Alex and Ellen (Family Ties): When Alex P. Keaton met Ellen Reed, he was knocking on her door to meet her roommate. Little did he know that he would fall in love with Ellen - his complete opposite! He was hearbroken when she moved away...

7. Carrie and Aidan (Sex and the City): Carrie ends up with Mr. Big in the end, but I always loved her with Aidan. Too bad she couldn't commit to him....

8. Joey Potter and Dawson Leery (Dawson's Creek): First loves, soulmates, they were so cute together! But then she ended up with Pacey in the end (they weren't a bad couple either)

9. Meredith and Derek (Grey's Anatomy): Meredith Grey and "McDreamy" - need I say more????

10. Felicity and Ben (Felicity): Who cannot forget Felicity Porter moving across the country to New York to attend college and pursue her high school crush, Ben Covington?

Obviously, not all TV couples end up staying together. For the most part, they are often broken up for TV ratings or because an actor's contract was not renewed. But for those very few scenes and episodes, they steamed up the TV screen!

Now it's your turn: who are your favorite TV couples and why???

TV´s Best Kisses Top 20 (10 to 1)

Tv´s Best Kisses Top 20 (20 to 11)

It has been a While...

Most of you probably know why I have not posted anything on my blog for a long time. Those of you who don't know, here is the answer: FACEBOOK!!! The wonderful and addictive world of Facebook!!! If you haven't checked it out yet, please do it ASAP! I have reconnected with so many people from my past: old neighbours, old classmates, friends that live far away, etc.... It is so much fun to see what everyone is doing, sending each other emails, sharing pictures of our kids,.... Register or find out more about Facebook at : http://www.facebook.com/login.php

(Taken from the website:)

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New Bon Jovi Single

Hello to all Bon Jovi fans out there! As some of you may know, Bon Jovi's new single is hitting the airwaves today. It's called (You Want To) Make a Memory. If you would like to listen to it, please visit www.bonjovi.com and click on "Listen to the New Single".

The band's new album "Lost Highway" will be hitting stores on June 19th and you know what that means...........a new tour will soon follow!!!!!

Grey's Anatomy

I finished watching the first season of Grey's Anatomy this week. Oh my gosh! I am so completely hooked! It is a fantastic show. And once you watch an episode, you just want to watch the next one. It took me 2 days to watch the first full season of 9 episodes. I started to watch and then I couldn't stop myself - I just kept going and going and going...and the next thing I knew, the season was over. That's the thing about buying sets on DVD - they become very addictive because you have every episode at your fingertips.

The show reminds me a lot of ER when it first started airing over 10 years ago. I really liked that show as well. But I think I enjoy Grey's Anatomy so much more. The characters are so unique and the show is so well written. You get more of a glimpse of each character's personal lives, something that I felt was always missing on ER. I mean, it took forever before we found out about the relationship between Dr. Ross and Nurse Hathaway. And it also took some time before we knew that Dr. Carter was rich. This is simply not the case in Grey's Anatomy.

In case you have been living under a rock and haven't heard of the show yet, here is a summary I found on the internet that explains what the show is about: Grey's Anatomy is a drama about the intensity of medical training mixed with the funny, sexy, and sometimes painful lives of people who are about to discover that neither medicine nor relationships can be defined in black and white. Real life only comes in shades of grey.

Maternity Leave

Can you believe that I am already on Maternity Leave??? It seems like yesterday that we announced to everyone that we were expecting Baby #2.

The last month of work was very stressful. With the end of the pregnancy getting closer and closer, it is inevidable that the tiredness started to settle in. Trying to get as much done as possible at work and trying to train a replacement in a 5 day span just didn't add up to the mix very well. I managed to get through it, although I was quite exhausted when it was all over on Friday night. Now I can actually try and have some "me" time before the baby arrives.

My Top 5

A friend of mine had posted on her blog a while back a list of her Top 5. I never got around to posting my top 5 on my own blog until now. I must say, my friend and I used to make these lists constantly and I remember having a tough time cutting it down to 10!! I actually had a hard time coming up with five!

I don't really have a particular order for my Top 5. They are : Tom Cruise, Michael Vartan, Jon Bon Jovi, Jason Priestley, and Matthew McConaughey. I find them all appealing in their own way.

I starting liking Tom Cruise years ago (maybe about 1986??) when I saw Top Gun. I have loved him ever since. My other favorite Tom Cruise movies are Cocktail, A Few Good Men, Days of Thunder and Jerry Maguire. I don't particularly like this whole Scientology stuff, but whatever. I still find he's a great actor.

I spotted Michael Vartan when I started to watch the TV show Alias about 5 years ago. I don't know why I like him so much - I just do! Daisylixx always tells me that I like him because he looks like my hubby. ;-) I also loved him in the movies Never Been Kissed and Monster-in-Law.

My love affair with Jon Bon Jovi started when Slippery When Wet came out. I was in the 6th grade. We used to sing Livin' on a Prayer on the school bus on the way to school. I have seen the band 3 times in concert and plan to see them again the next time they are in town. I have all of their CDs and even have several concerts on video. I can watch Jon Bon Jovi perform all day long!!

Brandon Walsh anyone? Everyone knows that I love Jason Priestley (no need to explain- just look at one of my previous posts!!)

And finally, there is Matthew McConaughey. Loved him in A Time to Kill. and U571. Also loved him in several romantic comedies (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, A Wedding Planner, Failure to Launch, etc). He is very cool and very sexy.

Hope you enjoyed reading about my Top 5. Give me a shout and let me know about your Top 5!!! (Of course, guys are welcome to tell me about their 5 gals...)

5 Things People Don't Know About Me

Okay, so Giddy asked me to tackle this task on her blog and I must say, it isn't easy to do! Let's see...what can I tell people that they might not know about me?

1) I was born prematurely (my Mom had me at 28 weeks which is quite early and I am 100% healthy....quite amazing since I was born 32 years ago....). I spent 3 months in an incubator at the hospital.

2) I have 492 CDs (yup.... I just counted them....I didn't think I had that many!!! And that's not counting all of the ones I burned and downloaded from the internet...) I was going to count all of my movies, but I'm too tired- but the number is quite high as well....

3) I have never had a cavity. (Now that I have said that, I hope I haven't jinxed myself!!!)

4) It's no secret that I had braces to fix up my teeth, but did you know I got them twice???

5) I can't eat peaches without putting salt on them. Yummy! Go ahead and try it- I bet you're gonna love it too!

That was hard.......Did you learn anything new about me??

Passe Partout

The time has finally arrived - Passe Partout is coming out on DVD! Episodes 1 to 25 of Passe Partout will be available in a DVD box set at a reasonable price (under $40). I am so excited! Guess what my daughter will have under her Christmas tree this year????

My sister and I watched that show religiously every day. I think it even played twice a day (around 10 am and 4:30 pm?? I could be wrong...). I still remember some of the songs from the show:

"Brosse brosse brosse, j'me brosse les dents, celles dans arrière, celles dans avant....."

"Les poissons gigottes, les poissons barbottes, les poissons vivent dans l'eau....."

I can't wait!!!!

What About Brian

Do any of you watch the TV show "What About Brian?". It's a show that started last year for a few episodes and was picked up for a second season this year. It currently airs on ABC at 10:00pm and stars Barry Watson (from 7th Heaven fame- and a hottie!). The creator is JJ Abrams - the same guy that had created Felicity and Alias (two of my favorite shows). It is a really good show, and I urge you to take a peek....

http://abc.go.com/primetime/whataboutbrian/index.html

Reading Survey

I was tagged by a good friend of mine to complete this reading survey that has been making its rounds around several blogs. So, here I go..........

1) A book that changed your life: "Only Love is Real: A Story of Soulmates Reunited" by Brian L. Weiss, MD. This book really makes me believe in soulmates and destiny.

2) A book you've read more than once: I think I read "Tiger Eyes" by Judy Blume about 20 times. For some reason, there was something about it that made me read it over and over again.


3) A book you'd want on a desert island: I guess one of those "how to" books so that I can figure out how to get off that island!!

4) A book that made you giddy: The Gossip Girl books I am reading right now are hysterical!

5) A book you wish had been written: Does Julie Andrews have a biography out there? I would read that if it were available.

6) A book that wracked you with sobs: "A Time For Dancing" by Davida Wills Hurwin. My friend lent me this book and I remember crying a lot! A very emotional book and great story. Definitely a book to read when you are by yourself (not a book to read when you are on vacation with your family and they keep asking why you're crying....)

7) A book you wish had never been written: "My Sweet Audrina" by V.C. Andrews. I remember having a really difficult time reading it and had to start over and over again before I finally managed to get through the entire book.

8) A book you are currently reading: "What to Expect While you're Expecting"- for obvious reasons!!!!

9) A book you've been meaning to read: I really want to tackle "Down Came the Rain" by Brooke Sheilds. It's about postpartum depression. I didn't experience this after my first pregnancy but would like to read up on it in case it does happen after the birth of my second child.

10) Tag: Daisylixxx- you're next!!!!!!

What I did on my Summer Vacation

It has been a long time since I have posted a blog and I apologize for that. I went to Myrtle Beach with my family during the first two weeks of July and we had an amazing time. Here are just a few of the many things we did while we were there.....

Had a blast at the pavilion!!!! There was almost no one there that night and we barely waited at all to get on any of the rides so we definitely got our money's worth that night. I wasn't too keen on going on the roller coaster again (after I cried on it last year) and everyone made me go on it again - this time it was the first ride of the night!! Last year I had cried on the way up that first hill. This time I wasn't even sitting on the train yet and I was crying. Hey- I'm telling you: rides feel completely different after you have kids!!!!!! The best part of the night was finally going on the Hydro Surge. Every time we had gone to the pavilion in the past, this ride was always closed for some reason. Finally we got the chance to go on it. Except, we had no idea that we would have gotten soaked to the bone!!! The funniest part of the night was when my hubby got on one ride too many and threw up in the garbage can a few times. It was really funny! Too bad that he threw up the amazing steak dinner we ate at the LoneStar Grill....

We had a great idea of going to see the fireworks
at Broadway on the Beach on July 4th. (Broadway
at the Beach is my most favorite place
in Myrtle Beach- there is nothing else like it
anywhere else we have ever visited). As my
daughter had never seen fireworks before, we
figured it would be a great night out. Little did we know that my daughter HATES the fireworks!!!!! As soon as it started, she started saying "I wanna go home! I don't like fireworks!". She was also crying her eyes out. For the remainder of the week, I kept taking out that same outfit that she wore that night (as she had only had it on for barely 45 minutes) and she absolutely refused to put it on. Why you may ask? Because "That's for when we go to the fireworks."

We had an amazing 11 days straight of going to the beach, fantastic weather, and great company. Can't wait to go there again.... maybe next year???????

Jason Priestley / Brandon Walsh

Everyone who has known me for a long time knows that I was (and still am) a major Beverly Hills, 90210 fan. I was so in love with Jason Priestley and even now, when I see Jason on TV (it can be a TV movie, an interview, a commercial, a 90210 rerun, or whatever), I will stop and stare at the TV. You know what I mean? I have the same reaction when I see Jon Bon Jovi or Tom Cruise. Yes, I still like Tom after the whole TomKat ordeal, but that's a topic for another post... Back to Jason/Brandon.... Those who know me very well get the general idea.... I always loved the name Brandon and would love to name my son Brandon (if my hubby and I were to have a boy next- we already have a little girl). Alas, my hubby has already vetoed the name. I wonder why ;-) Hee Hee! And no, our girl is not named Kelly (but that would be pretty cool though because Brandon and Kelly were my all-time favorite couple on the show and I was REALLY upset when the characters didn't get married......


Time for a picture to reminisce... There, that's better!


I even had a Brandon poster that was given to me by an old boyfriend (for my b-day I think) and he had it laminated for my wall. One time I got the Brandon doll (like the Ken doll) for my b-day or x-mas (I can't remember anymore). And I still have it! My little girl will eventually play with it when she is old enough to play with Barbies... That's how much I was (and still am) a Jason Priestley fan!

Imagine my surprise when I finally found Jason Priestley's Official Website!!! It hasn't been up and running yet for very long, but I find it very cool because he seems to have done most of it himself. He even has a spot where we can read upcoming blogs (I imagine he will most probably post something very soon in the wake of Aaron Spelling's death...). I urge all of you 90210 fans to check out his website and go to the Beverly Hills 90210 Trivia game and see if you can beat my score!!!!

http://www.officialjasonpriestley.com/

Save Screech's House!

Don't ask me how I found this site. I actually stumbled upon it accidentally and was like "WHOA!" when I checked it out!

I don't have any idea if it's actually true, but it is quite an interesting site.

Happy reading!

http://www.getdshirts.com/

Stars are Blind

Why is it that certain people who are literally born into the limelight feel the need to record a CD? Paris Hilton? Are you reading this? I heard your song on the mix the other day. I hope you got the copyrights to that UB40 song from the late 80s. It sounds just like it except for different lyrics. And I just checked out your video online. Do you have to be frolicking around the beach with that guy? I don't get the relationship with the song, but whatever.

If anyone is interested, you can check out Paris Hilton's video for "Stars are Blind" on her website:

http://www.parishilton.com/

Still Listening to INXS.....

I was listening to Stabilo's new CD for a while. They opened up for INXS at the concert and were pretty good. Their songs often play on Mix 96. Anyhow, if you're interested, their website is:

http://stabilomusic.com/

But tonight, when I was driving back from doing groceries, I put back my INXS "Switch" CD again and had flashes of the concert in my head again. I managed to find a picture of JD on the internet from the Montreal show (HOORAY!!!!!!).


Here is JD singing the opening song of the concert: Suicide Blonde
Montreal Concert date: May 11th 2006 at the Bell Centre


Here is another pic I found which is pretty cool. It's not from the concert- but it's a great picture!!!

J.D.!! J.D.!!

I have been listening to my INXS CDs non stop since the INXS concert. Man- was it ever amazing! JD Fortune is soooooooooo hot! I truly enjoyed every minute of the show. I cannot wait to see them live again (if they ever come back to Montreal)..... I was so sad when Michael Hutchence had died because I was such a huge fan. J.D. has really filled in his shoes. Great job!

Bad News

I just found out that my friend's dad is in the hospital. He's been sick for 2 weeks and they don't know what's wrong. I am truly shocked! He seemed to be in such good shape. I guess you just never know when something will happen to you.