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I’ve been suffering from blogger’s block lately. It’s like writer’s block for bloggers. I don;t really consider what I’m doing here to be REAL writing. It’s just crap that rolls around in my head at times. Sort of mucus of opinions and observations. I try to do these blog entries without stopping. Just let the mucus flow. So that’s why there are typos and grammatical errors. I know it doesn;t look like it but I’m actually a very good speller. Just a bad typer. In fact I spell better than some friends who are actual writers. I think sometimes I should go back and edit the errors, but I know that then I would start editing what I had to say too, so screw it. Mucus is a messy thing. Am I spelling mucus right? It doesn;t look right.

I want those of you who visit the blog to have something more interesting to read than “Today, I ate oatmeal for breakfast…” Especialy since you’d have to read that every day. I guess I could spice it up by saying, “Today, I ate oatmeal and an apple.” But that’s essentially the same story. So with nothing particularly interesting to talk about lately, I have been suffering from a block. The mucus has not wanted to flow. I needed something to remove the clog…an antibiotic for the brain.

I was talking to a friend about celebrity crushes a little while back. You know, who’s famous that turns your crank? I find so many types of guys attractive that I always have trouble deciding. I mean, like everyone else, I like insanely hot guys like Antonio Saboto but also rough and ready guys like Chris Meloni or fast-talking good ol boys like Dale Earnhart, Jr. or Nubian princes like Taye(sp?) Diggs. So, given my broad tastes, it’s hard to pick just one celebrity. I realized my celebrity crush would have to be some mutt or a chameleon. That’s when I thought of just the man to make my mucus flow. British actor Jude Law.

There’s a phrase we use down in the south. Not sure how to spell it cause it’s mostly a sound. It’s sort of a combination of Whew-wee! and “Oh, Lord” It comes out like “Shew-law! It roughly translates to somthing like “Damn! Look at that!” or “Ain’t that something!” And when I see Jude Law, I think “Shew-law!”

I can’t pinpoint what it is, but he is pure sex. You’d never expect it. He’s not physically imposing, his features are not what you usually think of when you think of beauty. And he’s got sort a retreating manner, but it all adds up to a weird wildly sexual energy. And it comes through whether he’s just being himself in an interview or being the chameleon actor that he is. Just look at the transformation of characters below:

The first is as Dickie Greenleaf, the millionaire playboy that Matt Damon falls in love with in “Talented Mr. Ripley.” This was my first exposure to Jude Law, and there is no question as to how sexy he was in this film. The character is sort of driven by sex and and a cavalier lifestyle and he completely carried it off. How could anyone not want a piece of Dickie Greenleaf? I was also impressed by his acting here too. Maybe that’s what it easy. Even though he may not be conventionally sexy like Brad Pitt or some others, he totally makes you believe he is. You could soft focus and glamor light Brad Pitt all day and I’d still push him aside to get to Jude Law. Then in the really horrible “A.I”, Jude plays a sex robot named Gigolo Joe. (I’ll take one, please!) and even with his features and expressions all plasticized (is that a word? perhaps plastic-y) he was hot. I haven’t seen “Cold Mountain,” just clips and trailers. But he plays a guy who sort of this cute young redneck (third pic) who then spends months trudging through the mountains, ungroomed, and nasty, and he STILL makes your nuts jump. Even his clean-up version of that look (the fourth picture) has the sense of a raw mountain man who’s expecting you to serve him up some lovin’.
The other thing “Cold Mountain” proves does is support what a fantastic actor he is. Just like in “Mr. Ripley,” here is this British guy who plays Americans better than most American actors. And I’ll bet that Sky Captain movie is no different.

He’s got like 75 movies coming out right now, so he’s all over the TV. Every other movie trailer that comes on, he’s in it. He was on that Acting Studio show on Bravo ( on which he showed how amazingly SMART he is too.) And I heard he hosted Saturday Night Live this weekend. I didn’t see it because I quit watching that show a while back for “Mad TV.” Would have loved to see him do comedy like that.

I think the movie to see though is the remake of “Alfie” He’s a complete dreamboat in every clip and photo I have seen (the last two on the strip are from “Alfie”.) I never saw the original movie, but I understand that its about a guy who is sort of a player. Perfect guy for the role. Cause he is nothing but charm. I think Jude Law could charm a straight man if he wanted to.

So that’s my celebrity crush: sexy, talented, smart, charming Jude Law. Can you blame me?

Now, there are others that could qualify for the top spot, but they’re not famous…YET. Shew-law!

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