Just Asking
T reminded me of something that Tef and I do all the time. (And if I've mentioned this before, forgive me.)
Secret "crushes". And no, this is not a personal, perved-out, adulterous kind of thing. It's people of the opposite sex whom you admire that are celebrities (in whatever shape or form) that you have no chance of ever meeting. No other rules apply. It can be someone from another time, someone from a specific time in their life, someone present or even future.
I'll go first. For instance, Bono. 'Kay, that's enough in itself. But Bono has become a bit grating lately, what with all the Nobel Peace Prize talk that swirls about him constantly. And if I didn't think that he is just as big a politician as the people he heckles, I'd like him still. Don't get me wrong, Bono has his place... just not anywhere near me. He bugs the hell out of me.
But Bono... circa 1985... Yeh. *Mmm*... Sweaty Bono. Irish, iconoclastic, soldier-poet Bono. Hoo, Mama.
And on like that.
My top 5:
5) Paul McCartney ca. 1970's (Riding his horses, playing, writing. Big brown eyes, sensitive pout. Sing me a love song, Paul. Title it after me.)
4) The aforementioned Bono, ca. 1985
3) Brit Hume (He just looks bothered and exasperated to have to prove -- again! -- how much smarter he is than everyone else on The Panel. I love that.)
2) George Bush (Tough, smart, direct, funny, no BS. Don't always agree with his policy -- in fact, I think we'd have shouting matches about some of the blunders he's made -- but I'm sure in the end he could convince me. Either that or he'd just lay down the law. Which is even better.)
1) C.S. Lewis (I'd go jelly-fied just to talk to him about Narnia or the concept of human imagination or... *flutter* God. Wow. To have his undivided attention over a cup of tea and cakes. Wow. I don't think I would be able to speak. I think I would just gush like a big bowl of goo and make gurgling noises instead of words.)
I know Tef's already but won't spoil the fun.
Anyone else?
Secret "crushes". And no, this is not a personal, perved-out, adulterous kind of thing. It's people of the opposite sex whom you admire that are celebrities (in whatever shape or form) that you have no chance of ever meeting. No other rules apply. It can be someone from another time, someone from a specific time in their life, someone present or even future.
I'll go first. For instance, Bono. 'Kay, that's enough in itself. But Bono has become a bit grating lately, what with all the Nobel Peace Prize talk that swirls about him constantly. And if I didn't think that he is just as big a politician as the people he heckles, I'd like him still. Don't get me wrong, Bono has his place... just not anywhere near me. He bugs the hell out of me.
But Bono... circa 1985... Yeh. *Mmm*... Sweaty Bono. Irish, iconoclastic, soldier-poet Bono. Hoo, Mama.
And on like that.
My top 5:
5) Paul McCartney ca. 1970's (Riding his horses, playing, writing. Big brown eyes, sensitive pout. Sing me a love song, Paul. Title it after me.)
4) The aforementioned Bono, ca. 1985
3) Brit Hume (He just looks bothered and exasperated to have to prove -- again! -- how much smarter he is than everyone else on The Panel. I love that.)
2) George Bush (Tough, smart, direct, funny, no BS. Don't always agree with his policy -- in fact, I think we'd have shouting matches about some of the blunders he's made -- but I'm sure in the end he could convince me. Either that or he'd just lay down the law. Which is even better.)
1) C.S. Lewis (I'd go jelly-fied just to talk to him about Narnia or the concept of human imagination or... *flutter* God. Wow. To have his undivided attention over a cup of tea and cakes. Wow. I don't think I would be able to speak. I think I would just gush like a big bowl of goo and make gurgling noises instead of words.)
I know Tef's already but won't spoil the fun.
Anyone else?
posted by WordGirl at 11:39 AM
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You must go and rent (or buy) "Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer". WHOO! Yowsa. You get the whole inside scoop on his background, personality and career. Makes you love him even more. Fierce, I tell ya'. That man was fierce!
Good call.
WG
No particular order:
-Steve McQueen: So we could talk cars.
-Norah Jones: So she could sing us all to sleep every night. What a voice.
-Carroll Shelby: The ultimate car guy. He has seen and done it all. And he beat Ferrari at their own game at Le Mans. He seems like he would spin a good yarn over coffee.
-Don Mattingly: Because he is Donnie Baseball. I mean, come on.
-Eric Clapton: he's been through so much, he is a real bluesman.
The stories he must have...especially from the Dominos era.
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