As a teenager of the early ’80′s, you might expect that my first celebrity crush was a member of this musical group:
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Great debates were held in our Grade 7 class about Duran Duran, and who was hotter: Simon, John or Nick? (None of the above, if you would have asked me at the time).
The Brat Pack guys made many-a-young-heart swoon (Justin Bieber?? Please.). The Outsiders movie was the biggest thing to sweep the nation since PacMan.
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Just for the record: no one was cuter than Rob Lowe. (Tangent: he’s aged very well – like cheese).
As a sports fanatic at that time, I could have luvvved Mark Spitz:
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Seven Olympic gold medals and a swimmer’s physique? Doesn’t get much more impressive!
But, no. The celebrity who stole my heart for the very first time was Steve Sax:
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I know – who??? Well, between the ages of 11-14, I was the biggest sports fan, ever. I avidly followed NHL Hockey, NFL Football, Major League Baseball, Wide World of Sports - heck, if they had televised Poker back then, I probably would have enjoyed that.
Steve Sax came to my attention when he won Rookie of the Year honours in 1982. I cut out his picture from the newspaper, and literally, it was push-pinned to my bedroom bulletin board for a good four years. I would write out the Los Angeles Dodgers season schedule of games so that I would know what city he was playing in. The time he made a guest appearance on Square Pegs (hello, Sarah Jessica Parker!) – I almost couldn’t eat supper, so great was my anticipation of watching the show that evening.
Today, ♥ ♥ ♥ Heartthrob #1 ♥ ♥ ♥ turns 51. He, too, still looks mighty fine, if you ask me:
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As I’ve mentioned, birthdays stick in my head for some reason…and I’ve never forgotten that January 29th is Steve Sax’s special day. (Always loved that he is also a January baby). I almost had a heart attack this morning when I realized 1982 wasTWENTY-NINE YEARS AGO. Gulp. In my head, I was thinking TWENTY.
I have no clue what my sweetie pie my first flame is up to these days…but I DO know I’ve never forgotten that fluttery-heart feeling I got from adoring-from-afar my very first love interest.
Who was your first celebrity crush??
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LAST KNITTING RANT, I PROMISE!
I’m losing my mind over the mindless knitting project.
This morning I figured out how to keep my lace pattern straight:
each safety pin marks the start of the 18 st lace repeat - so now i know where stitch #1 is to go!
Awesome, right? A few minutes after I snapped this shot, I held the sleeve up to my arm. Unless my mom’s arms hang down past her kneecaps, there is NO. WAY. the sleeves are going to be the right length. So I ripped out all that lace at the top, there, and ripped out some of the plain knitting below that (note: I already had ripped out MORE of the plain knitting YESTERDAY when I realized the sleeves were looking long…).
stitches back on the needles...
So this is now Attempt #4 at getting the sleeve length correct, and about Round #14 (I lie not) for the lace decreases. I will prevail, darn it!!!
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Rob Lowe has aged like FINE WINE – not cheese!
haha, yes, i would expect that comparison to come from you, my wine expert friend!
he’s of great vintage!
Ah, Steve Sax is a sweetheart! Even though I wasn’t a sports fan like you I knew who he was and thought he was oh, so cute! However, I can REALLY relate to The Outsiders movie memory! I LOVED that movie and all the characters in it. Ironically, I had Rob Lowe, Ralph Macchio, and C. Thomas Howell ALL pinned up on my closet doors during junior high (and high school maybe too?) I was IN LOVE with them all! Too funny!
And also funny that you mention Rob Lowe aging so well. I was JUST saying that to Jeff when we saw him on a TV ad the other day and I reminisced about my “romance” with him!
ah yes, pictures pinned on closet doors…remember how it was the “big thing” to tape up photos on your locker at school, too?! funny how some of the “brat pack” have stuck around and others you don’t hear about any more!…
I’m afraid I was one of those Durannies. I was a Simon, and my two best friends were Nick and John. . .we *finally* saw them in concert a few years ago and it was awesome. I know Simon’s birthday is October 27 and thought the fact that he was a Scorpio meant he was *intense*. Cue mortification.
Good luck with your knitting frustration. I haven’t moved beyond scarves yet. I basically put aside a project for a year because I was spending hours trying to untangle the yarn!
that’s so fun that you saw them in concert! i do remember reading that they were doing a reunion tour… oh, winding skeins of yarn…a big source of frustration if you get a “messy” one! and i DID finish that sleeve today! the second should go more quickly!!