Celebrity Crushes

Every human being has a celebrity crush.  Whether you're married, straight, gay, old, young, I guarantee that there is one movie star that you swoon over every time you see he or she cross the television screen or appear on the cover of a magazine.  I am a hard crush-er and I have had several silver screen loves over the years.

The first celebrity crush that I recall was my love for Elvis Presley when I was about 3-4 years old.  I was familiar with his music, but even more familiar with his sleek wardrobe and killer smile.  I remember seeing photos or video of him on TV and I would imagine him as more of a playmate than boyfriend, granted I was still a tot.  Since I was a child of the 90's I had no idea that Elvis was dead, but I didn't care. That guy on TV was cute.

I slowly got over Elvis and moved on to a man closer to my age.  He looked dashing in green and really knew how to, "wag his tail,".  Yep, I'm talking about Steve from Blues Clues. He was so energetic, so smooth, so good at solving mysteries.  As I assembled my stuffed animals and Barbies next to me to watch Steve and Blue rock my world with songs and mail, I secretly wished that the 26 year old playing an 8 year old was sitting next to me...

I'm sure I had a love in between, but I remember my next significant crush was on singer/song writer Ryan Cabrera when I was about 12.  I remember being in my 6th grade word processing class and secretly Googling photos of him and commenting on his fan site.  My love for him was probably the strongest of all of these crushes.  I remember his album Take it All Away like the back of my hand.  I was one of those dorky girls that imagined that I could relate to ever song, and it felt like every cord, every string he struck for me.  ME, an overweight, glasses wearing 12 year old.  I cut up the album artwork of that CD and plastered it all over my desk in my bedroom.  When I go home, I still see his scrawny legs and spiky hair.

These days, I still have a crush or two, but it was nothing like my admiration of the past.  I am addicted to the Aussie accent, bod and overall presence of Chris Hemsworth in today's society.  I even went as for to dress as Thor at a conference I was at a couple weeks back.  I also love, love, LOVE Robert Kardashian Jr.  My friends always judge me because I have a tendency to tweet at him periodically, but you know what? WHO CARES.

I miss those days of shameless crushes on the unattainable.  Kate Middleton once had a shameless crush on a boy, THEN SHE BECAME A  FREAKING PRINCESS. Granted, Kate Middleton is extremely attractive, but still, her dreams came true.  I can love George Clooney, Zach Galifinakis and all those glamorous movie stars if I want to.  In fact, is love for them more rewarding because they never have the opportunity to let you down?

In any state, our love for these men and women will live on, even if it is between the pages of US Magazine and E! The True Hollywood Story.  We love you stars, we love you.