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Friday Eye Candy: The Sexy Soldier Edition
I’m posting this early because I am heading out for a weekend of Fourth of July fun at the beach. I hope you don’t mind. Somehow I hardly think you will. Beautiful men showing up early….aahhhh, what more can a girl ask for?
Since I missed the opportunity on Memorial weekend, I thought it was my patriotic duty to pay tribute to the sexiest soldiers to ever grace the screen.
Here is my list of the Top 10 Sexiest Soldiers As Seen in Movies and on TV
(because we all know that the actual soldiers that defend or have defended our freedom are the sexiest soldiers of them all):
Richard Gere in An Officer and a Gentlemen
Jesse Bradford and Ryan Phillippe in Flags of Our Fathers
Josh Hartnett in Black Hawk Down
Heath Ledger and Mel Gibson in The Patriot
Denzel Washington in Glory
Channing Tatum in Stop Loss
Tom Cruise in Top Gun
Ron Livingston in Band of Brothers
And because it was so hard to stop at just ten, here are some honorable mentions:
Charlie Sheen in Platoon
James Marsden in The Notebook
Matt Damon in Saving Private Ryan
Who is your favorite sexy soldier from the list above?
Did I leave anyone out that should be included in the list?
Other than sexy soldiers, what is your favorite thing about the 4th of July (if you are American)?
Head over to An Island Life blog for more Aloha Friday fun.
A Favor:
I just found out that my blog was nominated for a BlogLuxe Award for Best Eye Candy. While I know that I have no chance of winning, I would really appreciate if you could go over to the site and vote for me if you have a minute. Just click the button and then go to the Best Eye Candy category to vote. You can vote once per day.
(The funny part of the whole thing is that I have been over to the site a few times to vote for Beth and I had no idea that I was nominated. It would have been nice if someone let you know. LOL!)
An Open Letter on Behalf of Michael Jackson
Dear C and D-List Celebrities Paying Tribute to Michael Jackson,
It has been about a week now and I think the window for dressing up in a signature MJ outfit to “memorialize” the King of Pop is now officially closed.
Ok, we get it. You are sad about him being dead and wanted to do your part to be media whores pay tribute.
But really, the end result is you looking pretty silly and embarrassing yourself in the process.
Yes, Fred Durst, I’m talking about you.
Oh Corey Feldman, you crack me up.
However, if you choose to proceed with your photo, please take the time to put on pants, remove the empty buckets of beer and the guy that looks like he is about to poop on the bed from the background of your tribute photo.
I think that is the least you can do for Michael. May he rest in peace.
Thanks,
Jen
PS. Heidi and Spencer, I am talking to you. Especially you.
If you like writing letters to people that will surely never read them, head over to Jenni’s blog at Jiggety Jigg to play along.
Against My Better Judgement
When I was seven I dreamed of owning a pair of Dr. Scholl’s wooden sandals. I also dreamed of having perfectly feathered hair like Farrah and kissing Jack Tripper, but that is a whole other post.
Anyway, I’m sure you remember them.
My mom, the shoe Nazi, absolutely refused to buy me a pair no matter how much I begged her. She said they were dangerous and I would most likely fall and crack my head open the first time I wore them.
(Sidenote: My mom often used the term “crack your head open” as a scare tactic and it worked quite well. I mean the visual of cracking one’s head open is pretty darn frightening for a child after hearing all about the demise of Jack and Jill. I use the phrase now with my own kids and I find it to be very effective.)
I guess the fact I still feel a little bitter about being unable to join in on the wooden clog trend is why I caved at the shoe store the other day when my daughter begged me to let her have a pair of these:
I swore I would never succomb to the Crocs fad, and I guess technically I didn’t since these are actually a copycat version of the original (they are made by Skechers and have jewels on them which completely add to the yuck factor). It still pained me greatly to spend my hard earned money on such hideous shoes.
I just don’t see the appeal. I hear they are very comfortable, but as far as fashion goes they just FAIL miserably.
Even Carlisle Cullen and his adorable non-vampire family are unable to pull off the look without looking ridiculous:
People, if Jennie Garth looks hideous in Crocs, then you know that you will too. It is law.
As I was standing at the checkout line waiting to pay, I nearly started having a panic attack. What was I doing? Why was I buying these horrid, plastic demon shoes for my daughter’s feet? I started suggesting alternative sandal options. She wasn’t budging. She wanted her mock-Crocs and there was no changing her mind. Trust me, I tried every possible argument.
In the end, we brought them home and my daughter loves them. They are the first thing she puts on in the morning and the last thing she takes off before going to bed.
While, I’m still not a fan and I pretty much despise them (not as much as this guy, but definitely a lot) I’m glad to have made her little seven year old shoe dreams come true.
I will say that this morning I saw a shoe that is even uglier than the Croc and that makes me feel just a little bit better about my purchase.
I just want to warn you that these things are really bad.
So if you are eating something, you may not want to view the photo.
Seriously, don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Don’t blame me if you are scarred for life.
Last chance to look away.
Ok, if you are sure.
Blech!
In case you’ve never met the newest shoe to give you nightmares, let me introduce you to the Vibram FiveFingers. Even the name is frightening.
Listen up America, I don’t care how “comfortable” these shoes are, please just say no. Do not buy them. Do not wear them. Do not make them a new fad. I am begging you to just DON’T.
Please sign in the comments as a petition that you will boycott these terrible “fivefinger” shoes and while you are at it, let me know how you feel about Crocs. Love them? Hate them? Own them? Burn them?
Close Encounters of the Celebrity Kind: The All-Nighter Edition
On Friday, I mentioned that there was a movie filming in DC and that we might be going to try to catch a glimpse and photo with the stars. I also made a vision board with Paul Rudd’s photo on it so that I would increase my chances of meeting him.
I am here to tell you that I am now a firm believer in the power of the vision board. It totally works!!
Let me tell you how the night unfolded. It was long and crazy, but in the end we had a really fun time.
After dropping the kids off at my mom’s, we set out to go stalking the movie set around 7pm. We drove through torrential downpours and hail and finally got down to DC about 8ish. When we arrived on set we found out that they wouldn’t be filming until 1am.
Now most sane people would turn around and drive home. We did debate a little about whether or not to stick around. I mean even if we did watch the filming there was no guarantee we were going to get up close and personal with the stars. As I’ve learned from past experience, filming is a long and tedious process. It takes hours to set up for a scene that is only a few minutes long and then they film that same scene over and over and over again. We decided to eat dinner and then do some investigating to see whether or not it would be worth it to stick around.
After eating dinner, we stopped in a Starbuck’s right down the street from where they were going to be filming to kind of just hang out for a bit. While we were in there, I asked if anyone had heard anything about who would be filming tonight and the guy working there pointed to these two very official looking ladies carrying very official looking clipboards and said, “This is who you want to talk to.” So I asked and they said that it would be Jack Nicholson and Paul Rudd filming a scene. Then the other lady chimed in that Reese Witherspoon and Owen Wilson would also be there. Once I heard that they would all be there I knew we had to stay.
We sat outside of the Starbuck’s and started chatting with these two girls sitting next to us. Well, it ended up that the one girl was the girl that I had been talking to on Twitter earlier that day. She was the one who had given me the information about the location for filming. There were so many people there to see the stars that I thought it was so strange that we ended up meeting. It is such a small world! By the end of the night we had all become great friends.
We met so many interesting people that night. There was a girl there who had went to high school with Reese. Then we met another girl who was madly in love with Paul Rudd and had been dragging her husband around all day to stalk him (and let me just say he didn’t seem very excited to be there). The cast and crew were so friendly, as were the bodyguards to the stars. There were some real freaks out too, but overall everyone was so warm and friendly.
We decided to walk around a bit to see if we could find the “base camp” with the trailers. We found two trailers, but we had no idea who they belonged to. We asked a guy outside the trailer who looked like a bodyguard and apparently the one belonged to the director and the other one was Jack Nicholson’s. It became our mission to hang out near Jack’s trailer to catch a glimpse. Unfortunately, when the bodyguards got word that he would be coming out they made us leave so we didn’t get a good opportunity to ask him for a pic.
As the night went on we saw Paul Rudd. He appeared a lot shorter and smaller in stature than I would have thought he would be. I know that a lot of Hollywood is small but it caught me off-guard. He did look cute but just not how I expected.
After Paul and Jack finished filming their scene, Jack walked by and waved to everyone. He was guarded by three security guys so there was no way we were going to get a pic but he looked really cool. He was wearing his signature shades (at night) and he did this two handed wave that just looked very….well… Jack-like if you know what I mean.
Reese finally came on the set and we did get a great glimpse of her as she was walking to her car to leave. Now I know we all have seen her in movies and it is common knowledge that she is very pretty, but she is actually even more beautiful in person. I mean she looked absolutely STUNNING. It was exactly how you would expect a movie star to look but even better. She was wearing this bright red dress and her hair was all done up and blowing in the wind. I couldn’t believe how breathtaking she was.
Supposedly, Jake Gyllenhaal was on the set the night before to watch Reese filming, but he never showed up on Friday. That was a bit of a bummer. Unfortunately, we also didn’t get a good glimpse of Owen either.
As the night wore on, it was becoming more and more obvious that we may not meet any stars. We once again debated about whether or not to leave. In the end we stayed all night which was kind of crazy, but also really fun. We stayed for two reasons. One, we ended up sitting at a table that was in the background of the background actors, so we were hoping that we might be in the scene. For whatever reason this made my husband happy, so I agreed to stay. We also had so much fun talking and laughing with our new friends (the girls from Twitter) that we didn’t really want to leave.
Then we got word from one of the crew that Paul would be leaving and getting into a car that was parked right where we were sitting so we kept waiting and waiting for him. Well, he ended up filming another scene so by the time he left it was dawn. We were so exhausted but the end result was that we did get to meet him and take a picture (notice the sun coming up in the background):
He was really tired from filming all night so we were so grateful that he took the time to come over and meet us. He seemed like a very down to earth guy and all of the crew that we spoke with said that he was so easy-going and nice to them.
It was a really long night. After we left we went down to the White House which was a few blocks away and took some photos in front of it.
Here’s a little known fact…at 6:30 in the morning there is no one in front of the White House taking pictures so you can have the whole place to yourself. You could moonwalk up and down Pennsylvania Ave and no one would blink an eye at you. We were way too tired to moonwalk but we got a few photos before heading home.
Me and my celebrity stalker partner in crime….
My new celebrity stalker buddies from Twitter…
It is law that you must end all long and crazy nights with a trip to Denny’s so that is exactly what we did.
I’m so excited to have a new photo to add to my collection. I wonder who we will meet next. Hopefully the vision board will make all of my celebrity stalking dreams come true!
Friday Eye Candy: The Wish List
I’ve enjoyed looking back at my own past celebrity encounters, as well as reading your stories. Thanks to everyone who shared their links.
As most of you know, I’m a big believer in The Secret so I thought I’d create a little vision board of the celebs that I most want to meet.
What is a vision board you ask? Well, it is a visualization tool (kind of like a collage) where you post pictures to help you attract what you are most wanting to bring into your life.
I’ve never made one before so I can’t say whether or not it works, but I figure I’ve got nothing to lose so I’ll give it a try.
Jen’s Most Wanted Celebrity Encounter Vision Board
Ryan Gosling (well, duh…you knew he was going to be #1)
James McAvoy
Rachel McAdams (Preferably with the aforementioned Gosling)
Leonardo DiCaprio
Kate Winslet
Robert Pattinson
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson (my current favorite celeb couple)
Paul Rudd
Now Paul Rudd is a recent addition. I’ve added him because he is filming a movie in DC (with Reese Witherspoon and Owen Wilson) and I am planning to do a little stalking this weekend. Hopefully, I will come back with a new photo to add to my collection.
- If you had the opportunity to have a dinner party and invite 3 famous people (living or dead) who would be your guests?
And because I really want to do something to pay tribute to Michael Jackson, I’d love to know–
- What is your favorite MJ song or memory?
For more Aloha Friday fun, head over to An Island Life blog.
Close Encounters of the Celebrity Kind: Day #4
My favorite celebrity encounter happened at the premiere for the movie Ladder 49.
I originally went because I wanted to see John Travolta. It wasn’t like I was a huge fan (Note: I prefer Grease 2 to the original anyday) but I thought why not? He’s a celebrity. I’m a celebrity stalker. It seemed like the thing to do.
Unlike the Matt Damon premiere, it was a total mob scene at the theater. It was a warm summer evening and the event must have been highly publicized because everybody and their brother was trying to catch a glimpse of the stars.
I show you this photo for two reasons. 1.) I think my butt looks good in those jeans and 2.) I want give a proper illustration of the crowd I had to fight through to see the stars.
Sadly, this was as close as I got to John Travolta:
He did not stop to sign autographs or pose for pictures with the fans. Pretty lame, don’t you think?
Now before going on with the story, I really must digress for a minute and tell you just how strange I thought John Travolta looked in person. The best way I could describe it was that he looked like a walking corpse. I mean his face was a weird shade of green/gray but it looked like someone tried to hide it by caking on a bunch of makeup. It was so odd and actually a bit frightening, which could explain why he didn’t want to get up close and personal with the fans.
Well, after Zombie Travolta made his way into the building, another car pulled up and the celebrity who got out was….
Joaquin Phoenix!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now this was pre-crazy lumberjack rapper Joaquin that we have all come to know and not love. I contemplated putting a picture of the new and unimproved Joaquin, but I just can’t bring myself to do it. I’d much rather remember him this way, before he went off the deep end.
As he made his way down the red carpet, I looked for a good spot to stand so that I’d be close enough to get a photo. I pushed my way through the crowd but it was packed and there were so many people yelling his name at one time that I was beginning to lose hope of getting my chance with him. I decided that I would just get my husband to take this picture to document the occasion.
Right after this photo was taken, I tried one more time to get his attention and JACKPOT!! He looked up and acknowledged me. I asked if he would pose for a photo and he said, “Sure, as soon as I’m done signing this.”
Now this is where the story gets good.
Right before my husband was about to snap the photo of us together Joaquin said, “Hold on a second.” Out of nowhere, he reached over and put his hand up on to my face and said, “Do you mind? I just want to get this eyelash off your nose.”
HOLY CRAP!!! Did Joaquin Phoenix just pick an eyelash off my face?!?!?!? I was stunned. Do I look stunned in this photo? Because trust me, I was totally ready to PASS OUT!!
Now, I do realize that this is a horrendous picture. My face is cut off, my hair looks atrocious, and Joaquin isn’t even smiling but I really don’t care. I love it!
I left that premiere on cloud nine!
Thank you Joaquin for this really unique celebrity encounter. I will never forget it. (I really do hope that you get over this whole rapping phase and go back to making movies, though.)
There is still time to add your story. If you’ve ever had a brush with fame, write a post and link up below.
Close Encounters of the Celebrity Kind: Day #3
When I heard that Matt Damon would be in Baltimore for the premiere of his 2003 movie, Stuck on You, I knew that I was definitely going to be there.
I mean we’re talking about MATT DAMON for crying out loud!!!
When the day of the premiere arrived, it was bitter cold and it had recently snowed so the roads were a mess. I wasn’t going to let that stop me from this stalking expedition. I put on my goose down jacket and parked myself outside the theater. My husband went with me this time, but it took a lot of begging since there was a football game on tv.
I expected there to be tons of people waiting outside, but I guess the weather and the game on that day kept people away. But seriously, people, it is Matt FREAKIN’ Damon. I don’t care if they were predicting tornadoes, hail, or giant balls of fire to rain from the sky, there was nothing that was keeping me from this premiere!!
When Matt’s car pulled up, they let him off in a spot that he had to climb over snow drifts to get to the red carpet which I thought was kind of rude. He didn’t seem to mind though.
When he reached the small group of fans gathered outside the theater, he gladly signed autographs and posed for pictures. He was so friendly and down to earth. He kept saying how he couldn’t believe that we had waited outside in the cold for him. He seemed genuinely appreciative of us being there.
Here is the photo that we took together:
Ahhh, Matt Damon… I would happily stand outside in the freezing cold for you anytime. (And that says a lot because I really can’t stand being cold.)
For more Wordful Wednesday posts, head over to Angie’s blog.
In case you missed it:
Day 1: My Ace Young Encounter
Day 2: My Sean Astin Encounter
…Stay tuned tomorrow for my final (and absolute favorite) celebrity encounter story!
Also, don’t miss these fun celebrity encounter posts:
Mrs. Soup met David Copperfield.
Amy met Rick Springfield (several times!).
There is still time for you to share your story. Link up below!
Close Encounters of the Celebrity Kind: Day #2
Thanks to everyone who has posted a link. I’m having so much fun reading them.
You don’t want to miss out on these great celebrity encounter stories:
- Katelin met Pacey (Joshua Jackson). I swear this girl has a celebrity magnet attached to her! She also met Ryan Gosling, in case you missed it. Lucky duck!
- Angie met one of my other crushes, River Phoenix.
- Julie met Cam Giganget and some other members of the Twilight cast.
- Shannon didn’t exactly meet Justin Timberlake but she has an awesome story about how he followed her on Twitter. MUST READ!!
- Shannon got up close and personal with the guys from NKOTB.
- Keely possesses an anti-celebrity aura. Her story of NOT meeting David Duchovny is probably funnier than if she actually had met him.
Hopefully more people will join in on the fun. If you’ve got a story to share, make sure you post your link below.
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Today’s celeb encounter is one of my favorites. The celebrity in question isn’t the biggest star on the planet but it was really exciting to see him for two reasons.
First of all, it was a chance encounter. For once, I wasn’t hunting down my famous prey. This time he came to me. Well, not exactly, but he was staying at the same hotel we were staying in and I didn’t even know it when I booked it.
We were in New York for the weekend in the fall of 2003. We were doing a self-guided tour of all the sights in the movie Serendipity (yes, I know I’m a huge dork). We hit the Waldorf Astoria, Central Park and of course the restaurant itself.
I thought for sure we were going to run into either Kate Beckinsale, or better yet John Cusack. Alas, we had a totally unrelated sighting that weekend.
We had just checked into our hotel and were walking through the lobby when we noticed a very familiar face walk up to the front desk.
It was none other than Rudy/Goonie/Hobbit boy himself: Sean Astin!!! I had a little crush on him way back in the day and I thought he was absolutely HILARIOUS in 50 First Dates.
Of course I started freaking out because it was a completely unexpected sighting. I was almost hyperventilating I was so excited. Luckily, my friend Kate was more calm, cool and collected. I’m guessing she probably said something like, “Girl, get it together.” I don’t remember the specifics, but the important thing is that she went up to him and asked if he would mind taking a picture with me.
He was really sweet from what I remember. There wasn’t a ton of conversation but I ended up with this photo that I will always cherish:
If you have a celebrity encounter story that you would like to share, add your link below:
Close Encounters of the Celebrity Kind: Day 1
It’s celebrity encounter week at Daily Mish Mash!!!
If you’ve ever met a celebrity leave the link to your post in the comments and also with Mr. Linky. It doesn’t have to be a new post. Feel free to link back to an older post. The only thing that I ask is that you leave just link to the specific post and not your main blog url. I can’t wait to read about everyone’s celebrity encounters!
I thought I’d kick off the week with my most recent of celeb meetings and I am dismayed to learn that it isn’t very recent at all. It has been over 2 years!! I’m really slacking on my stalker skills as of late.
Anyway, it was a rainy morning in April of 2007. My husband (my celeb stalking partner in crime) called me to tell me that one of my favorite Idol contestants of all time, Ace Young, was in town and doing a meet and greet.
Please tell me you remember Ace. If not, let me remind you:
Ok, so clearly I liked him for reasons other than his singing voice. I thought he was really talented in the vocal department as well as being very easy on the eyes.
I know everyone was so shocked when Chris Daughtry got voted off Season 5 of Idol but I have to say I was more upset when Ace got the boot. I really thought he had a chance to go all the way. It was a travesty that he only made it to seventh place. I really expected people to take to the streets in the same fashion as the Iranian protesters, but sadly there was no show of solidarity.
When my husband called me to tell me that Ace was going to be at a nearby grocery store promoting something or another, it only took me about 2 seconds to decide that I was definitely going to be there. I jumped in my car, took my preschooler to my mom’s house and headed over to the store to see him.
When I got to the event, there were about 50 other people in line. Now, I say people, but in all honesty it was mainly girls. And when I say girls I really do mean grown women like myself who haven’t lost their inner fangirl.
As I approached the table, I started to feel really nervous. I had nothing relevant to say to the guy and I felt a little silly for being there by myself. The lady in front of me was talking about how she had met him once before and he was really nice. I watched him sign autographs and take photos and he really did seem genuinely appreciative of all the fans that showed up for him, but I still felt really awkward.
When it was finally my turn to meet him, the only words that I could manage to string together in a semi-coherent sentence was , “Um, wow, you are much taller in person.”
I’m 5 foot 6 so you can see that he really is pretty tall in the photo that they took of us:
He was really nice and I’m glad that I went to meet him. I also left with a nifty autographed photo that I have framed and hanging over my mantle. (Not true at all because I do not have a mantle.) 
(Of course if Ace is reading this, it is actually on my nightstand so I can kiss him every night before going to bed.)
Now it is your turn. If you have a celeb encounter story to share, link up below and feel free to leave your link in the comments as well.
Friday Eye Candy: Sexy Dads (Part 2)
Last week, I brought you a sampling of sexy celebrity dads and I asked you to vote on who you would like to see this week by leaving me a comment. There were certain names that appeared again and again, so I picked them to feature today.
This time, I picked photos of the dads in action (not necessarily recent), because I don’t know about you, but I think there is nothing sexier than a guy who loves spending time with his kids.
Hands-on dads are HOT!!!
Here are a few more sexy dads for you on this Father’s Day weekend:
Brad Pitt
Patrick Dempsey
Matt Damon
David Beckham
Ryan Philippe
Johnny Depp
And finally, the sexiest Dad of them all (to me, of course)-my husband (teaching my daughter how to ride her bike without training wheels:
Happy Father’s Day!
Aloha Friday:
Looking at the list above, if you could pick one of the dads above (minus my husband because he is off limits, of course) to be your baby-daddy, who would you choose?
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Reminder: If you’ve ever met a celebrity, we want to hear your story. Get your posts ready to link up for next weeks Celebrity Encounters carnival.
NOTE: If you are one of the freaks who has attacked Robert Pattinson on the street and almost caused him to get hit by a taxi, you are banned from my blog. You should be ashamed of yourselves!!
Enough is enough already!! Let’s give the guy some space so he doesn’t lose his mind. Plus, we need him to stay totally safe and sound for the filming of the last two Twilight movies- Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. Come on, people. Let’s keep our eyes on the prize and leave the poor guy alone!
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