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Weird celebrity crushes?
« on: March 02, 2007, 12:05:34 am »
Basically the premise of this post is to discuss crushes you have on famous people who possess traits such as you usually would not be attracted to, be it insofar as looks or attitude or style or what have you.

Perhaps you find these crushes quirkily interesting? Perhaps they teach you something about yourself or shed an insight on you that you would like to share with the intersnets? Maybe there is something to learn about the human condition from who you dig on?

I'll start:

I quickly develop crushes on smart ladies with radio shows.

Sarah Vowell on "This American Life" on NPR, for example, I know in my mind is kind of plain-looking but man, am I enamoured with that weird lady. She is too much of an awesome person than to not actually be a hot nerd girl.

Terry Gross, on NPR's "Fresh Air"... she is not only completely weird looking but also way too old for me but... she is just so smart and interesting and she has such a gorgeous voice that I want to pretend that someone else just poses as her for pictures.

Liberal morning show host Stephanie Miller is... a pretty woman but also a bit out of my age bracket and totally not my kind of skinny lady but... she's just got an energy and she makes me laugh. I can't accept that she looks like that college professor you'd maybe take a spin with if she wasn't married, in my brain, she is a hot nerd girl in her early thirties.

Somewhat relatedly, I am completely convinced that Nancy Pelosi and Judy Blume were both hot when they were young and it is just that they are a lot older than me now and so I can't appreciate it.

Does anyone else have weird out-of-character crushes like these?
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Re: Weird celebrity crushes?
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2007, 02:16:20 am »
um, Scarlett Johannson? I am kind of obsessed with her. (I sadly never took a picture of the 2 additional Scarlett pictures once on my wall-- one of her looking pouty, and one Lost in Translation poster.)

I am so disappointed in her for dating Justin Timberlake. I got in a loud argument with my friend in a public place over whether it was "utterly despicable and disgusting."
I took down my pictures of her after I found that out. Except the poster.
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Re: Weird celebrity crushes?
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2007, 02:25:39 am »
Pelosi was definitely a looker. http://www.trinitydc.edu/images/pelosi/Nancy1962TrinityYearbook.jpg

She still looks good.
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Re: Weird celebrity crushes?
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2007, 02:34:26 am »
I've always had a thing for Jennifer Capriati, even though I've been told on more than one occasion that she looks "like a hoss." I just don't see it.

That's not really un-typical for me... I've always had a thing for tennis chicks. But why her, who knows.

EDIT: when did the five-letter-word-for-a-thoroughbred get the automatically-edited treatment? I know I haven't posted in a while, but damn.
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Re: Weird celebrity crushes?
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2007, 03:41:59 am »
I have a total girl-crush on Beth Ditto of The Gossip. She's ridiculously hot in an awesome nerd-girl way. Also, Christina Ricci and Janeane Garofalo are just adorable.

Oddly, I don't really have any male celebrity crushes.
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Re: Weird celebrity crushes?
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2007, 04:05:55 am »
Quote from: Golfhaus on March 02, 2007, 02:34:26 am
I've always had a thing for Jennifer Capriati, even though I've been told on more than one occasion that she looks "like a hoss." I just don't see it

I'm in that boat and paddling like the dickens. Steffi Graf, too. I remember watching another Grand Slam win and telling the room me & her could produce some kick ass athlete like kiddums.

so yeah, i've lusted after mixing genes with not explicably attactive to me tennis players.

[linnea talking about girl crushes is hawt]
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Re: Weird celebrity crushes?
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2007, 04:27:17 am »
James Gandolfini of The Sopranos. I have no idea why, but I would pretty much fall over and do almost anything he asked me to.

My Kryptonite, however, is intelligent men. A brilliant, articulate man starts talking to me, and I'm done. I pretty much become powerless to resist.
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Re: Weird celebrity crushes?
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2007, 04:28:46 am »
It is a definite fact that this message board will never oppose the idea of a girl likin' on girls.

We should have one of those needlepoint things over the digital door to the place that says: "Girls Liking On Girls Is Completely Welcome Here".

My gramma has one of those.

...not one encouraging lesbian conversation, of course.

Hers said "In this house, everyone is nervous" in Italian.

Gramma is... kind of a weirdo.
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Re: Weird celebrity crushes?
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2007, 04:33:53 am »
The lesbian one would be weirder for her to have. Though not really sexier.

I totally have the same taste in girls as Linnea it seems. I also had a big teenage crush on Brooke Satchwell who no one will probably know (unless Judy is one of the english folks who like australian soapies).
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Re: Weird celebrity crushes?
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2007, 04:41:34 am »
I seem to get crushes on semi-obscure TV character actresses, most notably Cynthia Stevenson and Vicki Lewis.

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« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2007, 04:43:17 am »
Oh also: I know it's a pretty stereotypical one but my girlfriend and I agreed around the time we watched once upon a time in mexico that if either of us got the chance to do johnny depp then no harm, no foul.

AW: Damn, Vicki lewis, I haven't seen her in anything for ages. She is indeed a cutie.

I figured out a while ago my preference for the ladies often seems to boil down to (and I think this might be a general trend among geek guys) geeky and assertive, but not actually big enough to hurt me. That kind of makes me feel hypocritical and chauvinistic but tiny fiesty girls need love too damnit.
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« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2007, 04:52:27 am »
Quote from: Doc
Oh also: I know it's a pretty stereotypical one but my girlfriend and I agreed around the time we watched once upon a time in mexico that if either of us got the chance to do johnny depp then no harm, no foul.

My lady and I have the exact same deal, except with Kate Winslet.
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Re: Weird celebrity crushes?
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2007, 08:18:16 am »
Quote from: theinevitable on March 02, 2007, 02:16:20 am
um, Scarlett Johannson? I am kind of obsessed with her. (I sadly never took a picture of the 2 additional Scarlett pictures once on my wall-- one of her looking pouty, and one Lost in Translation poster.)

I am so disappointed in her for dating Justin Timberlake. I got in a loud argument with my friend in a public place over whether it was "utterly despicable and disgusting."
I took down my pictures of her after I found that out. Except the poster.

Dude, you are being crazy.  Justin Timberlake is the man and I am willing to get into a loud argument about him with you.  He is an excellent singer, and, dare I say, underrated as an excellent pop-musician.  He is a funny and likeable dude (above-average SNL episode).  He has said this in an interview:

“The drugs that I do have been done in my own private time. I’ve never been arrested… though that’s not to say I won’t... I’ve done way too many drugs already. I’ve already inhaled and I’ve already - who knows…?...  I’m just like everyone else - I get completely plastered, I’ve done my fair share of drugs and been caught places with my ##### down. It’s just that I make sure there are no cameras around.”

Now I'm not just saying he is cool because he is a drug addict, but he said that in a public interview and that is gold.

I will admit, he has made some bad moves.  Dating Cameron Diaz?  Yuck.  I don't understand the appeal of that woman.  Also, Sexy Back kind of hurts my argument, but I blame his producers for that one.  But he popped Britney's cherry and he bangs Scarlett Johannson.  All of these things more than qualifies someone to be the man.  Which segues into my next point.

When I found out that Scarlett and I are basically the exact same age, born in almost the same place, well... man...  Never more than on that day have I felt like I have completely wasted my life.  MAN FUCK, TO THINK SHE COULD HAVE BEEN MINE.  FUCK.

Anyway, there is nothing weird about having a crush on her, she is a goddess.  Also, Justin Timberlake is cool.  Slick Miles poster, by the way.





The closest thing I have to a weird celebrity crush is that I think a young Paul Newman is an attractive man.
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Re: Weird celebrity crushes?
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2007, 10:56:30 am »
I was really weird when I found out Scarlett Johansen is basically my age too. She just looks a lot older than I envision myself to be.
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Re: Weird celebrity crushes?
« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2007, 02:28:06 pm »
When I was in high school I dug on Jeanne Garafolo (sp?). Later I discovered Stacy Kiebler and Kari from Mythbusters.
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 never cared enough about a celebrity to go looking for pictures of them online or anything, though.
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