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Actually, it’s more of an equal opportunity sin, invading every part of my life. Yep, I’m talking about PROCRASTINATION.

It goes something like this:

I should organize my office…

But, let me check email first.

I should vacuum…

But, I haven’t visited my favorite sites today.

I should work on my WIP…

But, that movie is calling my name.

I could go on and on, but you get the picture.  It’s not a productive way to run my life, and frankly, the lure of procrastination is beginning to wear out its welcome. So, I’m making a vow–I’m SHOUTING it from my blog–I WILL PROCRASTINATE NO LONGER. From this day forward, let it be known that procrastination will no longer be a welcome visitor in my household. I will divide and conquer this bad habit.

But, first, let me just check my email one last time…  ;-)

My agent requests are out (2 partials, 1 full)–hooray–so I’m taking some time to relax. My husband and I rarely ever get the chance to go to the movie theater these days, but we do rent an occasional DVD. In an effort to keep this blog somewhat interesting and entertaining (please, don’t groan! I CAN be interesting and…er…somewhat entertaining, I think), I’m going to start blogging about my opinions to some of these movies.

Starting with a fun, fluff movie that I saw a few weeks ago:

First off, let me say that I am not a big Hugh Grant fan. I have never really understood his appeal. However, in this movie, he comes across as a very charming hero and I found myself drawn into his portrayal of a has-been pop music star. I loved his humor in the movie, as well.

In case you are not familiar with this movie, here is a synopsis from Amazon.com:

First you’re hot, then you’re not…and then you’re Alex Fletcher (HUGH GRANT). So when the sizzlingest tween-queen on the charts asks the has-been ’80s pop sensation to write her a song, he grabs for another chance at stardom. Problem: Alex can say it with music, but he sure can’t say it with words. Enter Sophie Fisher (DREW BARRYMORE), his beguiling if quirky plant lady, who has a green thumb for lyrics. Together, they go after songwriting success — and discover that if you want to write the perfect love song, it helps to fall in love.

The cool thing about this movie is it has the perfect romance novel setup. You can pick out the GMCs for both Alex & Sophie, watch them barreling toward the black moment and finally, witness their HEA. Sophie makes a comment to Alex about his lyrics, saying he’s written “dessert” when he really needs to write “dinner”. This embodies Alex’s conflict–his fear of writing ‘dinner’, only to fail miserably at something he’s put his heart and soul into. Sophie, on the other hand, hides behinds her own fears, until Alex encourages her to help him write the perfect love song.

With great chemistry between Grant and Barrymore, awesome music with catchy lyrics–seriously, these songs will stick in your head and they are fun to sing, a great script, and a poignant and wonderful ending, MUSIC & LYRICS has become one of my favorite romantic comedies.