He was cast in the first Lara Croft movie with Angelina Jolie.  I didn’t even realize he was in Elizabeth with Cate Blanchette.  Wow.  Look at him now.  He’s on my list of top ten actors.  Might even be my number one.

What I find most interesting about Daniel Craig is the progression of a career.  A real career.  Not an add water get a giant dinosaur sponge type insta-celebrity career like say… the now nearly invisible Paris Hilton.  You know, being famous for being famous.  Although I have to admit I really enjoyed the Paris for President video during the last election.  That was funny.

Writing is kind of like that.  A career progresses in increments, yet the occasional author jumps to the front of the line, sometimes for very good reasons, sometimes the reasons aren’t readily apparent.

This is life, boys and girls.  Some interesting discussions this week about authors, reviews and how we behave, or don’t.

J W Manus.

Mystery Writing is Murder.

Penny Romance.

Kinda feel like we can’t win for losin’ so we might as well take a lesson from Paris and laugh at ourselves.

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I’m at Erin Quinn’s blog on Wednesday, talking about the inspiration for my award winning work of science fiction romance, Captured.  Please stop by and say hello.

It seems to me this is the perfect time to talk about Cowboys and Aliens – which hubby and I saw on Sunday night.

I knew the moment I spotted the very first ad for the movie I’d have to see it in the theater, for a few reasons:  Daniel Craig, Daniel Craig on a horse, Harrison Ford, cowboys, aliens and Daniel Craig’s bare chest.  I have a thing about Daniel Craig.  Rachel Weisz is one lucky woman.

Okay, so anyway, yeah, the movie’s fun and all that, real entertaining, worth your dollar, but a couple things bothered me – and here’s where Captured comes in.  In film these days, aliens are portrayed as super villains.  If I’m going to watch villainous aliens, I’d much prefer the aliens in Independence Day because while their technology was far superior to ours, their bodies were just as fragile.

In Captured, Ekkatt’s people, the Atun, are somewhat bigger and stronger, but they are humanoid, and in truth, their concerns are similar to ours.  Unlike the aliens in Cowboys and Aliens, they can’t run at 60-70 mph, they can’t take down a horse and rider with a sweep of their arm, they can’t fight with ten arrows sticking out of their backs and five blasts to the chest with a six-shooter.

I’m going to go out on a limb here (not really) – if an alien species ever does visit us, I suspect they won’t need to probe us or laser us to learn about our bodies because if they have the technology to get here in the first place, they’ll have scanners of some sort.  Think the predator in Predator (I love love love that movie).  Or something far more advanced.  I mean c’mon, we have all sorts of scanners – infrared, magnetic resonance imaging scanners, all sort of nuclear and x-ray scanners and we’re pretty primitive.

I also found it amusing that the few humans in the posse kept getting killed by the massive numbers of aliens, but somehow the number of humans never diminished and in fact, seemed to increase.  Ah, suspension of disbelief…

I had a few other issues with the movie, but you know, watching Daniel Craig ride a horse as though he was born to it, made all those issues fade to black.

By the way, Charlie over at Smart Girls Love Scifi has a great discussion going on about Cowboys and Aliens if you want to talk more about the movie.

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Every year People Magazine puts out their sexiest man of the year issue.  I agree with many of their choices, but these are mine.  You’ll probably notice a pattern. 

My number one pick, and in all seriousness, this man makes me weak in the knees:  Gerard Butler.

Number two:  Daniel Craig.  Must be that pouty lower lip.

Number three, in all his Aussie glory, Hugh Jackman:

Number four – not always a hero, but always a hottie, Sean Bean.

Number five, but not the least among them, Viggo Mortensen.

Runners up – Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, LL Cool J, and Mark Wahlberg.

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So Cindy Spencer Pape tagged me and now I have to figure out how to do this boyfriend blog!  Like Cindy, it’s tough because I am so stuck on my one and only, but…that doesn’t mean I can’t fantasize!

We all have our favorite book boyfriends and now you have the chance to create one just for yourself and your fantasies! How do you play? Fill out the quiz bellow, post a picture of sexy man and tag five (5) other book addicts to do the same. Don’t forget to pop to their blogs as let them know they have been tagged!
Once tagged… you have to do the same, grab the button, answer the questions, and keep it rolling! But don’t forget the picture of the sexy man! It doesn’t have to match your fantasy man, just a little eye candy for the rest of us… heheheee!

1.  Hair style and color:

I likes ‘em dark and handsome!  Gerard Butler is one who does it for me despite his short hair – love long hair on a guy too.  Anything I can thread my fingers through is okay with me!

2.  Eye color and facial features:

Oh…be still my heart!  Daniel Craig, a manly man!  ‘Nuff said!

3.  Height and body type:

Sean Connery.  Long, lean and athletic.  The perfect man.

4.  Visible age:

Gorgeous at any age!  Thank you Mr. Pitt.

5.  Bangability:  OMG!  My husband might have a fit!  Any of the above plus:

Clive Owen.  Yummo!

6.  Human or other:

Go Wesley Snipes!  Too hot to handle.  Blade….

7.  Paranormal skills:

Take me…take me now, Wolverine!

8.  Interests:

Love horses, love men on horses, love Tom Selleck.

9.  Habitat:

Sorry, Angelina.  Here we go again – Brad, in A River Runs Through It.  Montana, fly fishing, wilderness, love and loss.

10.  Special skills:

Must look good in a kilt!

And because I’m a sucker for him, I’ll add one more man just for the hell of it:

Oh Eric…

So, I’m tagging Fran Lee, Mia Watts, Stacy Espino, Katalina Leon, and C.J. Black.

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