And he takes, and he takes, and he takes

Oct 14, 2008 by Rochelle

That’s a line from one of my favorite songs, “Casimir Pulaski Day” by Sufjan Stevens. He’s talking about God and death actually, which isn’t terribly uplifting, but I do really love it!

If you have never heard Sufjan Steves’ work, you are seriously missing out. His album “Illinois” came out like three years ago and I still listen to it all the time. So good.

Speaking of new albums coming out…Snow Patrol (another big favorite of mine) has a new album coming out at the end of this month. It’s called “A Hundred Million Suns”. I do love Snow Patrol, so I’m pretty excited. But let’s be honest, I love bands that have that sound. If I type “Snow Patrol” into Pandora it basically creates a playlist of music I already own. It’s that whole English/Scottish/Irish thing that gets me going.

Speaking of things that are British (and Irish….and Scottish, but I guess that’s British, although I’m sure they would disagree), I’ve just about had it with liking those kind of boys. Not too long ago my sister and I were having a conversation about our celebrity crushes. We decided to do a top five. Five that we would ultimately cheat on our mates with if given the opportunity. I’m not kidding, not one of my guys is American.

My five, in no particular order are:

James Scott

Bono

Gerard Butler

Jim Sturgess

Colin Firth

And I have a ton of runner ups (Ewan McGregor, Clive Owen, Jude Law). I got a thing for boys with accents like that. I know that doesn’t make me unusual or special, because a lot of American ladies melt at that accent. I don’t know why it just gets under my skin. What’s funny is that I’ve had a few encounters with British boys in my time. They weren’t particularly attractive or anything, but I seriously had zero chemistry of any sort with them. In fact, I literally became enemies with one of them, but that’s another story for a different day.

You may be wondering what the point of this all is. Well, I’ll tell you a little story. I’m just sitting back enjoying the new Twilight trailer for the millionth time and I’m starting to crush on the actor who plays Edward.

Not another one!

I’m not overly obsessed with all this like a lot of fan girls and boys are, so I don’t know him. I feel like he looks familiar but I don’t have a clue. If you watch the trailer, and you’re unfamiliar with him, it’s seems to be an American kid playing the role. My “I fancy him!” meter begins to rise and I actually think to myself, wow…for once an American guy. Hooray!

Yeah, not so much. Did a quick google search on the actor, and sure enough, he’s British. It never ever fails. And in case you didn’t know, he’s Cedric in Harry Potter.

So now I’m wondering if I just have crushed on so many hotties from across the pond that I just know their look and I’m instinctively aware of their kind. Like maybe I have some sort of uncircumcised, potentially bad teeth, likes malt salt vinegar detector? I mean seriously, if you take a look at the five guys in my list, they all have physical similarities. Maybe it’s something about their look matched with their voice? I don’t know.

I’m beginning to doubt that I will ever land another foreign man (Martin being the last, from Luxembourg) in my lifetime, but a girl can dream right?