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Fuck you too, jon. Rachael Ray could neither write nor cook her way out of one of those little bags the bodega gives you for your beer. She is fake from top to bottom.
(Except the real boobs are probably real. But that tan? Never!)
I discovered Rachel during my last period of convalescence. Every time she loaded up her arms with ingredients, I would wish she would drop something just so she would bend over.
"Hello, I'm Rachael Ray. I cook. I have foodgasms every single time I put any food in my mouth. Honestly, everything tastes so gosh darn good! I'm cute, too, aren't I? Look at this photo of me taking a bath in my kitchen sink, and pretend that the soap suds on my chin are ejaculate. Fun!! Pretend that it's not chocolate on the spoon I'm licking...it's YOU!"
"Oh hi, I'm Alicia Keys. Please take me seriously as an artist. But while you do, please enjoy these shots of my cleavage and my thinly-veiled crotch, ok?"
"Hey there, I'm Sheryl Crow, and while I used to want to be taken seriously as an artist, now I'm approaching middle age, but since my ass is still really high and tight, won't you please enjoy these photographs of it? See how good I still look in a bikini? I work out!"
Haha. I never see these people you guys are talking about. (But don't feel too happy for me - I live in Greece, where every other girl on the street looks like a drop-dead-gorgeous fashion model... well, in Thessaloniki, at least. Hiss.)
Jealous? Not so much, really. Part of my husband's job requires him him to place and tape body mics under clothing of beautiful actresses. ...And when they clear the set for those hot nude scenes? He's one of the few crew members who are required to remain. Plus, he's teh hot. If I were actually a jealous person, I would have a miserable, miserable existence. (and so would he!)
Odd thing about Rachel (and Alyson Hannigan, too, come to think of it) is that while they're both very sexy, my fantasies about them aren't kinky like the parodies ico posted, but sappily romantic, like picking flowers for them or going on a date to a drive-in movie. In Rachel's case this would be especially appropriate since she probably knows which drive-ins have the best snack bars.
Well, yeah, they're world class pretty, both of them, but they don't seem unapproachable. They seem like they'd actually talk to me if I met them in a bar, whereas most pretty female celebrities don't give off that vibe. For all I know, this may be carefully constructed personae tailored to appeal to guys like me. And if it is, it succeeded nicely.
"Kind eyes" is how I'd put it jon. I have to confess, I didn't d/l the music and only came into the thread because I saw the pictures iconomy posted -- not avoiding music so much as, you know, the random linky clicking thing.
Although I don't always agree with your tastes in women (that I've seen, anyway), I definitely agree on Rachel (and I've never seen her outside of MeChat), AlySIN (not all our fantasies need be pure ;-) and Salma. But I applaud many varieties of beauty and am glad that tastes crossover and diverge, or we'd all be on the sidelines watching Clooney clean-up.
I confess: I'm a fan of Rachel, much to my surprise. It's a weird love-hate thing -- I hate her TV personna, but I've found her to be much calmer and very down to earth in interviews and non-show clips I've seen of her.
Regarding "30 Minute Meals," did anyone watch the "Next Food Network Star" reality series? Rachel takes the contestant through the paces of her show, and everything about it is scripted -- including that armload of ingredients thing. She came off as very professional, very self-aware and very genuine.
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