I am bad. I get hooked on TV shows when I should be packing up my apartment and getting ready for my move.

I started watching "Manor House", and now I can't help it. I have to see it all the way to the end. The last episode is tonight, thank goodness.

My favorite character is Kenny the cute young hall boy. The boy says the funniest things. He's got a thing going with the scullery maid, and here's what he said about her.

"She's a stunner, a real fetching (sounded like catching) bird." At first I thought he said "catching bird", and I'm like driving to work thinking "what the heck is a catching bird". Now I think he really said "fetching bird", and that makes more sense. "Bird" is cockney for girl.

I like the kitchen maid as well, although I can't rememer her name. She said if she was alive during Edwardian times, she would have chosen to be prostitute because at least she'd be on her back all the time and her feet and body wouldn't hurt.

I'm watching American Idol again. Man oh man, I love Simon Cowell. He is so witty, honest and cute! He's the only really honest judge on the whole panel.

I think I want Ruben to win. He's got the best voice, but I don't honestly don't know if he's pop star material. I liked the marine guy Josh, but he was tense tonight and his voice just wasn't up to par. I think Clay and Kimberly have great voices, but Ruben totally outshines them.

Neil Sedaka has written so many hits, it's amazing. He also seems to be such a nice person, and that was unexpected after all his success and fame.

I'm not a voter though, I'm just a watcher. I don't know, I just can't bring myself to vote.

My church is offering a seminar next Sunday entitled, "The Moral Education of Children". I wasn't even thinking of attending but I do someday want to write children's books and I guess I should see what this seminar is about.

The seminar will be taught by Professor Steve Johnson, director of education programs at Santa Clara University's Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. He comes to my church services on Sundays and Wednesdays, and I always see him, although he' s not a member. I hear he's still trying to decide on whether to join my church, so it's interesting to see that he will be leading a seminar. I am very curious to see what he has to say.

I've been thinking about the guys I've been in love with since 1999, and they've all been strawberry blondie boys with brown eyes. I'm a on red-headed boy kick. Steve was strawberrry blondie with brown eyes, Brian was brown/red-headed boy with hazel green eyes, and now I have a crush on some guy from church, and guess what, he'sa strawberry blondie boy with brown eyes.

The only exception was Chris, the screenwriting cutie, but he possessed my other favorite look for guys, dark hair and blue eyes. I'm a sucker for that look.

What is going on? Strawberry blondie boys? What's up with that?