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Since the only reason people seem to look at my blog is for pictures of hot babes, there's a couple at the top of this blog. I don't think Scarlett Johansson is the hottest babe in the world, but she's looking pretty good as a redhead in "Iron Man 2". (Thanks to Zap 2 It.) I can't go wrong with Jessica Alba. This is just after she had a baby. Amazing! (Thanks to trendstoday.com) For Rachel McAdams, thanks to dailystab.com.

My excitement is growing for Season 9 of "American Idol" to begin. January 12th we'll begin on another journey, hopefully this one will be more exciting than last season. That had to be the most boring, least interesting Top 3 of all-time. Now there is nowhere to go but up. If you want to get a preview of some of this year's potential candidates go to mjsbigblog.com.

With Christmas just pass it has been a very busy time. I had to work 8 hours on Christmas Day, a very frustrating time at my job. There has been all the other usual things in life that take up time, like housework responsibilities. There are also all the parties and related functions to go to. Yesterday my family went out and ate at Olive Garden and went to the movies. (Thanks Mom and Dad for the gift cards.) Our middle boy and I went and saw the new Robert Dowey Jr. movie "Sherlock Holmes". I honestly had no desire to see this movie, but my boy wanted to see it. I went with him and it was actually pretty cool. Robert Downey Jr. is kind of a weird guy, but he's a great actor. Jude Law also is fantastic in this movie. Rachel McAdams was stunning as usual. The end is obviously set up to have a sequel. When I got home last night I read that this is suppose to be a franchise, the ending made a lot more sense. While this was a good movie, themusicaddict's favorite part was seeing the previews for "Iron Man 2", that movie looks very cool. The rest of my family saw "The Princess and The Frog".

Here's the "Iron Man 2" trailer if you haven't seen it:



My family and I also watched "Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian". That was about as I expected to be, okay. It's always good to see Amy Adams. I usually like the movies she's in.

I stopped at Barnes and Noble on the way home to look at some of the original Sherlock Holmes mysteries. They are only about 200 pages long, so not very substantial. I did pick up Charles Dickens' "The Mystery of Edwin Drood". I thought that book would dovetail nicely with the Dan Simmons book "Drood" I'm currently reading now. "Mystery" is an incomplete novel, as Dickens died about halfway through writing it. I read about the first 20 pages yesterday and frankly so far it's boring. Simmons "Drood" on the other hand is very good. Stephen King called it one of his Top Ten books of 2009.

Speaking of boring, and I hate to write this, but the Pearl Jam show in SLC was semi-boring. I bought the official bootleg for that show. Pearl Jam played great that night, Eddie Vedder was at the top of his game vocally. It wasn't that, it was just a very uninspired setlist. Songs such as "Severed Hand", "Low Light", "Unthought Known", "Blood" and "Bee Girl" shut down any momentum Pearl Jam had going. For those of you wondering, the marriage proposal did not make the cut of the bootleg CD.

Sports: What is going on with BYU basketball player Jimmer Fredette, he went off last night on 6-6 Arizona. BYU improved to 13-1 by throttling the Arizona Wildcats 99-69. Oh by the way this game was at Arizona. This was suppose to be a test for BYU, but didn't turn out that way. Fredette was the spearhead for BYU's attack. He scored 49 points on 16 of 23 shooting and 9 of 13 behind the three point line. He also had 7 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals. Maybe BYU can actually get their first first round in the NCAA Men's Tourney in something like 25 years. It has been a great year for BYU sports so far.

For me the most surprising sports development is Dallas winning a couple of games in December. Although they haven't overwhelmed anybody this season and have a terrible head coach they still have a chance to win the NFC East. That's amazing! Still if it was up to me and I was Jerry Jones the only way I would keep Wade Phillips is if the Cowboys at least make it to the NFC Championship game.

themusicaddict