I've seen High School Musical 3 a couple times in the past few weeks, and now Zefron is invading my dreams. I tell you, dream-Vanessa Hudgens is a wildcat herself when it comes to standing by her man.

In literary news, I'm peeing my pants over the next and (allegedly) final installment to the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. The proposed title is An Echo in the Bone, and the proposed release date is September 2009. Ohhhh, I will be pulling hair and kicking shins to get my copy - the Amazon in me is coming out to play.

In movie news, it looks like my SSLP went to the movie show without me and saw I Love You, Man. Without me. (not her fault - her psycho moocher niece was in town and she had to entertain the beast) She said it was really good and she was shocked at how hot and chill Jason Segel could portray after his madcap sad sack portrayal in Forgetting Sarah Marshall (the song over the closing credits makes me howl with laughter - I laughed as much during that as I did through the whole movie. And I laughed a lot then, too).

In news news, I read on Yahoo! that Mrs. Obama charmed the Queen of England so much that Her Majesty hugged Mrs. O, and then I saw it again on MSN with the angle that Michelle Obama OVERSTEPPED cultural and political boundaries by putting hands on Her Majesty. Hmmm. Could that MSN be owned by a right-wing Republican media mogul? Mebbe. I actually don't know - is it??? But really, people - let's be sure about who touched whom first, because I think if the Queen hugged Michelle first, it's free game, yo. Let the Queen be a human being for once. Sheesh.

In music news, Auntie Sister has made me three kick-ass CDs in mix-tape style. I can't stop listening to them. Also, I was browsing through Barnes & Noble the other day and I heard some fabulous tracks off Bare Bones, the latest from Madeleine Peyroux. It's beautiful and fabulous, so get it. If not for yourself, get it for me. Really. I'll be watching the mail.

In animal news, here's a shocker: I'm a big fan of animals. And now I've found, in one video, two of my favorite species living together in blissful harmony. I will look at this once a day forever, because how could I ever be unhappy knowing that love like this exists in the world?

Bulldog Kisses Orangutan @ Yahoo! Video