I have a friend here in the rain that emailed me to remind me about the Dear Diary, My Passion is contest. I told him I wasn't feeling very passionate lately, except about the usual stuff; my kids, the dog, the cat, and how many of those stories can people stand to read? He reminded me about Antonio Banderas but also reminded me that any post about him would have to be members only! I started thinking about it, and I really have many passions. My love of my children is certainly passionate. I'm passionate about fairness. I'm passionate about civil rights. I'm passionate about food and flowers and novels and friendship. I'm passionate about giving back and the responsibility we all have to share with those less fortunate than us. But I didn't want to write an entire post about any one of those things with regard to passion. I started ruminating on Antonio, as I am wont to do on occasion, and it hit me! There is something that I have been passionate about all of my life! Men and romance! I have a very romantic streak!
I have always been boy crazy. Growing up I had major crushes on so many boys and those so many boys didn't even know I existed! I had a fish tank full of fish and they were named after all of the boys in school that I had my heart set on! I didn't know a single one of them to say hello to! You see, they were all older men! I was a young graduate, finishing 12th grade at 16! So, when I arrived in 10th grade with my hormones going full blast at age 14, the seniors that I swooned over were 17 and 18. They didn't even look at me, besides being very young, I was also extremely homely! This made it easier for me to follow them home as they had no clue I was even behind them! Yep... I followed boys home when I was in middle school and high school!
With all of those rushing hormones and giant crushes, you would think that I had a lot of boyfriends. You'd be wrong about that. I had a few dates here and there with boys, but the majority of my single life was spent as a steady girl friend to 2 boys before I met and married my husband. Having a steady boyfriend did not cool my ardor for other men though... at least the unattainable ones. As a child I swooned over Cary Grant. I went crazy for Clark Gable and Frank Sinatra put me over the moon!
As a young woman, I had a major love affair with Pierce Brosnan. I'll never forget the first movie I saw him in. I think it was called the Manions of America. At that time, I thought he was truly the most beautiful man I had ever seen. I loved in him the series Remington Steele and he was hot, hot, hot in The Thomas Crowne affair!
In my early 20's, I was wild and crazy for Don Johnson. I saw him play Paul Newman's role in The Long Hot Summer, and I was lost. When he was young, he was truly a beautiful man. Those haunted eyes, those lips, yikes! I was spellbound watching him smoke a cigarette on Miami Vice.
I am a fickle person and I don't really have a type. I would have loved to run my hand across Robert Redford's brow in The Way we Were. I would have loved to kiss Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark or better yet, the yearning love affair in Witness! I would have loved to be the woman who leaves Al Pacino in The Godfather, fallen in love with Denzel Washington in the Preacher's Wife, and been just about anything to Paul Newman in any movie! Oh to be Scarlett O'Hara when Rhett picks her up and carries up the stairs to make passionate love to her, or to be Julie Roberts in the tub with Richard Gere in Pretty Woman! I would have died happily at the end of the tango with Antonio Banderas in Take the Lead. I loved Rex Harrison in my fair lady and the Ghost and Mrs. Muir... Ahh, Sexy Rexy! To be Anna to Yul Brynner's King would have made me the happiest woman on earth! To be Barbra Streisand when she got to kiss Omar Sharif in Funny Girl or Kris Kristopherson in A Star is Born. I could go on and on, really I could! I think you get the picture.
I like them tall, I like them short, I like them blond, I like them dark skinned, I like brown eyes, blue eyes, green eyes, Jude Law eyes! I like serious men, funny men, sassy men, bad boys, good boys, and everything in between!
There you have it. My dirty little secret. I am passionate about Men!! And I'll leave my music loving friends in the rain with this song.
I was the younger sister too!
mind! However, your comment: "I'm passionate about giving back and the responsibility we all have to share with those less fortunate than us." has provided me with the spark I need! Thanks and now I need to get on it because time is running out! Have a good week my friend!
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Susan, I am so proud of you on this one. It is so YOU!!! You let your hair down. You always do, and when you do you shine. BTW, that passion for MEN has NEVER left you. I personally think it has to do with that Italian blood of yours LOL. You must have nice friends that inspire you to be your best. BTW, your secret is out. You know how it goes. On the Internet, it lasts forever!! ; ) xxoo