When I was growing up, my big male crush was Richard Gere. Just watch the first couple minutes of this truly terrible movie, and you might see why:
Now, I see this photo of Gere:
And I realize: Years have gone by. Poo.
liz | 12:27 PM | random
Liz Spikol was born in Philadelphia sometime in the 20th century. She started writing about her experience as a person with mental illness in 1999, while employed at Philadelphia Weekly as the paper’s managing editor. Aside from serving as that paper’s web editor, music editor, staff writer, senior editor, executive editor and a host of other random roles that she couldn’t make up her mind about, she has also worked as a Spanish teacher, as a Certified Peer Specialist during Philly’s system-wide transformation and as a communications specialist for a prison reform organization. Currently, she works at the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania and writes book reviews for PW. This blog — named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 and 2008 by PsychCentral — is about medications, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, OCD, PTSD, SAD (and many other acronyms), mad pride, Big Pharma, celebrities, hospitals, stigma and the recovery movement. And other stuff.
Another is I make a sound-grunt when getting up. The sound somehow helps in the getting up process. Children/young just get up without effort.
Another is I still call my Ipod a “walkman” in my mind, even though I know it’s an Ipod.
“You sing along with the elevator music.” is another definite sign.
I’m often reminded of my own aging and mortality as reflected in the aging and mortality experienced by others with a special focus on actors and other notables. I recently watched “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” – how apropos – which I originally saw as a child. I couldn’t help saying to myself as well known actors of an earlier era appeared, “This one is dead; that one is gone; gosh, I am growing old.”
Another sign of aging: As a child I couldn’t figure out why anyone would want to buy LP sets containing hits of the 1940s advertised on TV. After all, this was old music when for the same price one could buy new music. Now that I find commercials for “The Greatest Hits of the 80’s” more then a little interesting, I understand the desire to buy old music all too well.
i had the hots for macguyver. what ever happened to him anyway? he was so svelt!
re:macguyver
the character or the actor?
did you miss the 9 years of Stargate SG-1 ? Richard dean anderson
Reminds me of Jean-Paul Belmondo without the broken nose. Maybe it’s just the cigarette.
Hi Liz, I remember feeling the same about this movie but then I found out it was an homage of sorts to Robert Bresson’s Pickpocket and I have wanted to see it again. Anyway, Days of Heaven would be the better choice. Actually, he doesn’t look all that bad. Gravity seems to be making inroads. Part of the human experience. My main female crush was Diana Rigg in the Avengers. She turned 70 last year. Oh my goodness, Dave
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