Random TV Crush List: The Under-40s
I warned you that this might happen. Of course, I'm not so sick anymore, so I shouldn't be bored. This is really more about procrastination. Well, that and the fact that I still haven't acquired a taste for coffee and I need SOMETHING to keep me awake.
1. Simon Baker (Patrick Jane, The Mentalist)
Dang, he's pretty! Oh wait, I need to say more than that. Tiff and I got into The Mentalist this fall because there was nothing else on in between House and SVU, and wouldn't you know, it's actually pretty good! It doesn't hurt that in addition to his character's uncanny powers of observation, Simon Baker is...well, just LOOK at those lips! I'm just not a huge fan of the ever-present vest.
2. Jason Sudeikis (Saturday Night Live)
Unfortunately I couldn't find a good version of this photo without Fred Armisen, but oh well. The roomie maintains that Andy Samberg and Seth Meyers are cuter than Jason, but I think that's just because she'd be more likely to find Samberg in a local dive bar wearing a weird knit hat, ripped up jeans, and a sportcoat from a thrift store layered over a logo T-shirt. Meyers, I have no idea. He's totally not her type. At any rate...cute and funny are always a good combination. Yum.
3. Eric Szmanda (CSI Greg Sanders, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
He was always cute, but has only gotten more so now that he's out of the lab and has a quieter 'do. And who could forget that time he totally failed his field test by using the bathroom at that club before he checked the toilets for evidence? Dude, bummer. But he even made being a bonehead look totally adorable.
4. Kevin McKidd (Dr. Owen Hunt, Grey's Anatomy)
This one is probably just a manifestation of my recurring "entirely physical crush on some guy I couldn't tolerate in real life but would totally get with because he's so friggin' ALPHA" pattern. Wait, did I say probably? It TOTALLY is. He's emotionally repressed and kind of bossy and he'd annoy the crap out of me. But he also realizes the importance, sometimes, of skipping over all that talk and just getting right to the getting. Hells yeah.
5. Enrique Murciano (Agent Danny Taylor, Without A Trace)
Without a Trace is certainly not short on hot people. I have always thought that it was incredibly misleading to have that many ridiculously attractive people in the same damn FBI unit. And while I also have a special place in my heart for Martin and his recovering-drug-addict angst, I have to say, this man looks at the camera in such a way that I could imagine talking to him and feeling like he was assessing our compatability for a roll in the hay, even if we were just discussing the weather. Someone open a window.
6. John Krasinski (Jim Halpert, The Office)
OK, this is kind of like Chris Meloni in my over-40 list. Too obvious. But seriously, if I had someone at my job who would be my co-conspirator in pranks and who also looked like that, I'd marry him. No question.
1. Simon Baker (Patrick Jane, The Mentalist)
Dang, he's pretty! Oh wait, I need to say more than that. Tiff and I got into The Mentalist this fall because there was nothing else on in between House and SVU, and wouldn't you know, it's actually pretty good! It doesn't hurt that in addition to his character's uncanny powers of observation, Simon Baker is...well, just LOOK at those lips! I'm just not a huge fan of the ever-present vest.
2. Jason Sudeikis (Saturday Night Live)
Unfortunately I couldn't find a good version of this photo without Fred Armisen, but oh well. The roomie maintains that Andy Samberg and Seth Meyers are cuter than Jason, but I think that's just because she'd be more likely to find Samberg in a local dive bar wearing a weird knit hat, ripped up jeans, and a sportcoat from a thrift store layered over a logo T-shirt. Meyers, I have no idea. He's totally not her type. At any rate...cute and funny are always a good combination. Yum.
3. Eric Szmanda (CSI Greg Sanders, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
He was always cute, but has only gotten more so now that he's out of the lab and has a quieter 'do. And who could forget that time he totally failed his field test by using the bathroom at that club before he checked the toilets for evidence? Dude, bummer. But he even made being a bonehead look totally adorable.
4. Kevin McKidd (Dr. Owen Hunt, Grey's Anatomy)
This one is probably just a manifestation of my recurring "entirely physical crush on some guy I couldn't tolerate in real life but would totally get with because he's so friggin' ALPHA" pattern. Wait, did I say probably? It TOTALLY is. He's emotionally repressed and kind of bossy and he'd annoy the crap out of me. But he also realizes the importance, sometimes, of skipping over all that talk and just getting right to the getting. Hells yeah.
5. Enrique Murciano (Agent Danny Taylor, Without A Trace)
Without a Trace is certainly not short on hot people. I have always thought that it was incredibly misleading to have that many ridiculously attractive people in the same damn FBI unit. And while I also have a special place in my heart for Martin and his recovering-drug-addict angst, I have to say, this man looks at the camera in such a way that I could imagine talking to him and feeling like he was assessing our compatability for a roll in the hay, even if we were just discussing the weather. Someone open a window.
6. John Krasinski (Jim Halpert, The Office)
OK, this is kind of like Chris Meloni in my over-40 list. Too obvious. But seriously, if I had someone at my job who would be my co-conspirator in pranks and who also looked like that, I'd marry him. No question.