Why my Monday feels like a Friday

Sources say that Lance Armstrong will be coming out of retirement to ride in the 2009 Tour. If it's true, that might just put him back on my list.

I'm starting to take this personally

I don't want to keep bringing this up, but one more thing about Heath Ledger. The Mary Kate Olsen connection? I'm beginning to think that the Olsen girls are going after My List, one by one.

Opening Available

I'm unreasonably upset about the death of Heath Ledger. (Actually, the Hubster says that "any level of upset about his death qualifies as 'unreasonable'.") I'm not as upset as I was at the sudden death of Phil Hartman*, but the feeling of shock at learning of his death was the same. It just came out of nowhere.

I'm not much of a celebrity-watcher, but I always have a few favorites. I've enjoyed Ledger's performances in movies (with, perhaps, the exception of A Knight's Tale). I've even used the movie The Patriot in my Revolutionary War unit several times (although it's flawed, it has its merits). Brokeback Mountain broke my heart. It also doesn't hurt that, day-um, Heath Ledger was hot (that's with a capital-H-a-w-t). On a personal level, I can't stop thinking about the fact that his daughter was born only a few days before the Monkeyboy, so he's one of several celebrities with whom I shared a pregnancy. It's an odd association, I know, but I remember those who were pregnant when I was. It originally came to my attention back when another woman on a pregnancy forum I frequent posted that Ledger and Michelle Williams had been in the group that took the hospital tour when she and her husband did. I just can't stop thinking about his little girl. I think that if something happened to me, the Monkeyboy is just too young to remember me at all.

When I told the Hubster that he had died, his immediate response was, "Wow. Well, that opens up a spot in your Bottom Five, now doesn't it?" And as usual, he really gets right to the heart of the matter.


*You may remember his character Troy McClure from such educational films as "Designated Drivers: Lifesaving Nerds" and "Locker Room Towel Fight: The Blinding of Larry Driscoll."

All I can say is... Eeeeww.

Lance Armstrong has been spotted out (dating?) with Ashley Olsen.

Because of these reports, Lance has been suspended from The List, pending an investigation. I've been toying with the idea of adding Rob Lowe to the Bottom Five, since that commercial for California he's in came out. As of now, Rob is officially the Top Five alternate replacing Lance until his suspension is up, or he is dropped from the list permanently.

This is why The List is fluid.

I just need to say that I'm a little disappointed in Dave Grohl. Based on the video for The Pretender, he's let his hair grow again and his beard fill out and so, to me, he's just not as hot as he once was.


We'll call this picture, Old Hot Dave.

He's not off The List yet, but I'm keeping my eyes (and options) open.

My List, Revisited

You know My List?

Well, it turns out that John Corbett has a band. The John Corbett Band. And they tour. And they're coming to a city near me. Tomorrow.

Frieda and I are going to go.

My List

There are so many types of lists I could be referring to, but this one is the Friends-inspired list of celebrities you're allowed to sleep with and no one can get mad, even if you're already in a relationship. I personally have spun off that theme into two levels, Top 5 and Bottom 5 based on different qualifications. I have some very specific requirements, but this is my fantasy, after all.

Top 5
My Top 5 are celebrities that I think are really smart, cool and interesting:

• Lance Armstrong
  
• Dave Grohl (with the short hair and stubbly beard he's had since around 2002 when One by One came out)
• John Corbett (circa Northern Exposure, or even his second round as Aiden on Sex and the City)
  
• Edward Norton
• Keanu Reeves (Yes, I know, there's all the "Is he really gay? controversy, but ever since Point Break, I've had this thing for him. He must have short hair, though, if he's going to git wit me.)
  

Bottom 5
This is sort of the "alternates" list. For The Hubster, I always tell him it's where he should put women who can substitute in case one of his Top 5 is unable to fulfill her duties (for example, if she's pregnant). For me, these are celebrities that I'd like to sleep with, but that aren't allowed to talk because they'd probably annoy me. You know what I mean, they have to come over after 9 p.m. and aren't allowed to still be there in the morning (definitely must qualify as hot to make this list):

• Ryan Reynolds (with the body he had in Blade III)
• Taye Diggs (Did you know his real first name is Scott and that "Taye" is a shortened form of the nickname "Scottaye?")
• Heath Ledger
  

(That's all I can think of right now for my Bottom 5. I'm just too damn picky.)

A third list, just for fun, is my "Fictional Characters" list. These are fictional characters that I'd like to date. Not the actors that play them, just the characters they play (but I guess in that case, I'd have to be a fictional character, too).

• Dr. John Carter (ER)
• Josh Lyman (The West Wing)

One additional note. Unlike the traditional "laminated list" (which cannot be changed), The Hubster and I frequently change our list (especially our Bottom 5, which pretty much has a revolving door). However, any changes must be announced well in advance. I've already told him that it won't work to walk in somewhere and say "Hey-there's-Eva-Longoria-oh-yeah-she's-on-my-list" if it's the first time you've mentioned her. It goes against the whole essence of the list.