Friday food

Or not.

Not that there hasn't been food (and, blessedly, none of it has been pizza), there's just been nothing worth commenting on. So what to post on Friday?

Well, hey--I realized I missed my third blogiversary a couple of weeks ago. That seems to call for a contest, don't you think?

Hmm, what kind of contest?

I know.

A heart list contest.

This is not a bucket list. Currently I do not plan to kick the bucket, therefore I have no need for a bucket list. My plans are already set--I shall live in decadence until I am many, many years old, ending up in a ramshackle farmhouse somewhere with 114 dogs, all named Jasper. I will not wear purple, nor a red hat. And don't even think of trespassing on my property. Jasper will get you.

But I digress. After I listed some of those actors whom I heart, I heard from many of you who also have hearts (and some of you are misguided in your notion that John Cusack belongs to you--sorry, Kristi, it just had to be said).

So here's the deal. I'm going to recap my heart list. I'll list my favorite actors (based on general sex appeal--my preference, of course) and one movie or TV show that caused them to land on this vaulted list. To enter the contest, you have to add to my list. Leave me a comment with your heart list addition and what role you liked that actor in. You can use one of the same actors I do, but you have to list a different performance.

Here's my heart list:

Colin Firth—Pride and Prejudice

John Cusack—High Fidelity

Hugh Grant—About a Boy

Clive Owen—Shoot ‘Em Up

Anthony Stewart Head—Buffy

James Marsters—Buffy

Johnny Depp—Pirates of the Caribbean (the first one)

The guys who play Sayid and Sawyer on Lost (sorry, I’m too lazy to look up their real names)

George Clooney—Michael Clayton

James McAvoy--The Last King of Scotland (I have Atonement from Netflix, just haven't watched it yet)

I might add that no amount of persuasion will convince me to include Harrison Ford (because of Calista Flockhart) or, sadly, Jake Gyllenhaal (because of Reese Witherspoon). C'mon, guys, you can do better.

The prizes? Well, let's see. This is a knitting blog, so there will be a fibery goodness prize. But it's Friday Food, so there'll also be a foody goodness prize. And because a dog caused me to spend so much time reflecting on this heart list (which I realize is terribly short, but I'm counting on y'all to remind me of what I've forgotten), there'll be a dog prize too. Make sure to note in your comment if you are not a knitter or not a dog owner. I'm assuming everyone's OK with a food prize of some sort.

Oh, and the deadline for this is one week from today, April 4.

Bring it on!

Comments

[trek]

Hugh Jackman - X-Men
Patrick Stewart - in almost anything
Sean Connery - but not as Bond

Happy blogiversary!

[EverydaySuperGoddess]

I concur on these two:

Colin Firth—Pride and Prejudice

John Cusack—High Fidelity

"And, only in this one movie, Kevin Costner in Bull Durham." (For me it's that moment when he thumbs open the garter belt. Oh, MY...)

And add the following:

Robert Redford--Out of Africa (***)
Brad Pitt--Legends of the Fall
Ray Liotta--Corinna, Corninna
Johnny Depp--Chocolat
Hugh Grant--Sense and Sensibility and Notting Hill
Ewan McGregor--Moulin Rouge
Cary Elwes--Princess Bride
Humphrey Bogart--Casablanca
Clark Gable--Gone With The Wind
And Cary Grant in any damn thing.

Also:

Johan Santana--Last August's 17-strikeout performance (http://wanna-cookie.blogspot.com/2007/08/supernatural.html)

And, yes, Nick Blackburn in last Wednesday's game.

[Eve]

Heath Ledger was the first to get on my heart list, because of ROAR. And I second the James McAvoy. Hamana hamana! Atonement pretty much blows though :(

[debra]

Happy belated..... I also will not wear purple or a red hat, and I will not take tours through the country on a Blue Bird bus. I will, however, bring pocketsful of biscuits for the Jaspers :-)
Welcome back from concussionville.
I do heart:
Johnny D--Benny and Joon, Chocolat
Richard Gere-Shall We Dance
Antonio Banderas in anything
Ben Kingsly (because he is classy)
Brad Pitt--Mr and Mrs Smith
Cary Grant --To Kill a Mockingbird

[Anne]

Yumm...
Robert Redford in Great Gatsby
James Marsters on Buffy (drool...)
Matthew Macfayden and Rupert Penry-Jones on MI-5
Hugh Laurie in anything
Matt Damon in Bourne series and Sarah Silverman video
Jesse Spencer (Chase) on House
Vin Diesel in XXX
And somehow... Philip Seymour Hoffman.

[Kenyetta]

My heart lists includes George Clooney from ER
Antonio Banderas in anything except Spy Kids(desperados was taken)

I am a knitter and dog owner
Happy Blogiversary!

[Betty]

Mark Harmon - NCIS
Nathon Fillion - FireFly
Lee Majors - The Big Valley (long ago! he played youngest brother Heath Cartwright)
Tom Selleck - Quigley Down Under
Adrian Paul - Highlander
Paul Gross - Due South
George Clooney - Batman & Robin
Brad Pitt - Meet Joe Black
Richard Gere - Shall We Dance

[heide]

I don't watch many movies, so my list won't be long.
Of course Colin Firth in P&P,
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson... I don't really know the names of the movies he's been in, they've been mostly forgettable, but he's not. Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel. This last one may seem strange, but I find something appealing about a man who isn't too "big" to get dirty or do manual work. This is very important should your toilet back up, etc.!

[Celia]

My heart list: Ciaran Hinds, Persuasion; Alan Bates, King of Hearts; Alan Rickman, Sense and Sensibility; Nicolas Cage, Moonstruck; Daniel Day Lewis, The Last of the Mohicans; Jimmy Smits, NYPD Blue; Viggo Mortensen, Return of the King; Cary Grant, Charade; George Clooney, Out of Sight; Gregory Peck, Roman Holiday; Rossano Brazzi, Summertime; Denzel Washington, Mississippi Masala; Armand Assante, The Mambo Kings; William Holden, Sabrina; I could go on and on and on. Knitter with a dog and many dietary restrictions.

[marie]

Antonio Banderas - Desperado (and pretty much anything!)
Christopher Reeve - Somewhere in Time
Frank Langella - Dracula (1979)

And I second George Clooney in From Dusk Til Dawn

[Nicole]

This is tough because I don't watch all that many movies, but I've been watching a bunch of James Bond movies with a friend lately so I think I'll have to say Sean Connery. In any of the James Bond movies he was in, but Dr. No if you want a specific one.

And very, very definitely then, not now (I am way too young to have seen any of those movies when they were new).

I don't have a dog.

[Gladys]

I'll agree with David Tennant and add John Barrowman from Torchwood, the Dr. Who spinoff. He also has a few hot scenes with James Marsters in a couple of episodes of Torchwood.

[Linda L.]

Showing my age here, but hey, I was 16...

Richard Gere in An Officer And A Gentleman.

[Kelly]

Vin Diesel - Fast and Furious
Joaquin Phoenix - Ladder 49
Richard Gere in anything :)

[Tygher Knits]

Christian Slater - Pump Up the Volume
James Marsters - Torchwood
George Clooney - From Duck Til Dawn
Johnny Depp - Chocolat

[Heidi]

Sebastian Koch in The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen). Yay! He hasn't been mentioned by anyone else! Mine, ALL MINE!!!

I'll also take Daniel Day Lewis in The Unbearable Lightness of Being while I'm at it.

Knit, no dog, no meat raffles.

[ikisti]

Ewan McGregor- for Big Fish, I have always thought he was a cute, but I just fell in love with him in Big Fish.

I dont own a dog, but i do enjoy playing with them. :)

[Lynne]

Sam Elliott - 'Gettysburg'
Hugh Grant - 'Notting Hill'
Jeff Daniels - ' Fly Away Home'
Tom Berenger - 'Gods and Generals'
Alan Rickman - that "blue baby" thing I can't remember the name of, or anything else he's ever done except Harry Potter, in which he is distinctly NON-sexy, though great.
Patrick Swayze - 'Dirty Dancing' has already been named, drat it!
Matthew Modine - 'Wind'

That's a pretty eclectic list, I think...

[5elementknitr]

Steve Martin - Parenthood

Cary Grant - The Philadelphia Story

because you gotta love the guys who are not only good looking but can make you laugh when you need it most.

I do knit, but only obsessively. No dog, just a cat and a couple of monkey-boys.

[Barbara]

I got to see Armand Assante live on stage in Hamlet as Laertes when I was in 8th grade, (mumble) years ago. Sigh.

[BunnyQueen]

Nora, I am so with you on John Barrowman. Yum! And, since I apparently also have a thing for rugged cowboys, John Wayne. Oh... in True Grit (if I have to choose). And, only in this one movie, Kevin Costner in Bull Durham. That line about "I believe in" gets me every time.

As for possible prizes: I knit and I eat, but I am currently dogless (but have cats and rabbits *grin*).

[Diane]

George Clooney in anything.

[Tanya]

Hmmm, an interesting one!

Branden Frasier- School Ties
Mathew McConahey-any seriously!
Christian Slater-Pump up the volume (his voice is what puts him on my list)

[olga]

Ok, I have to be perverse- everyone listed pretty boys and I think I'll be the freak-
Here's me choice-
STEVE BUSCEMI!!!
Oh man, you gotta love a guy with such bad teeth! And his performance in Fargo? Classic.

[Marsha]

John Cusack in "Say Anything" needs to be on that list, too!

(Happy birthday to your blog!)