My New BOTW

It feels like I just named Sean Astin my botw, but I told you I'd get better at keeping them closer to one week. That means I must move on. And who shall I move on to?

Liev Schreiber

Liev was born October 4, 1967. His mother was a strange hippie-type person, and he had an odd, troubled if you want to call it that, childhood. His mom did drugs, they lived this eccentric whatever type life, he rebelled - doing horribly in school and stealing thousands of dollars by the time he was 12, and who knows what else went on back then. (So he needs someone who had a normal childhood to balance him out. Hey! Guess what I just thought. I had a normal childhood! Hm...) Things got better as he got older, though, thankfully. He says he doesn't really have many specific memories about when he was younger, but he still answers to the nickname his mother gave him when he was a baby - Huggy. (About which he has said, "It's not easy being 6' 3" and being called 'Huggy." But see? He's 6'3"! He's perfect!)

While he may be one of my older boyfriends, a New Yorker article about him described him as having, "an intelligent, round face, with pudgy cheeks and a somewhat weak chin—not the angular heroic outline of conventional leading men." He has pinchable cheeks. He's not baby-faced, but he does have pinchable cheeks. The article also said, "he has the muscular athleticism of a tight end" (seriously my favorite football position - I laugh every time they say it on tv). "[That was] the position he played at Brooklyn Tech, where he was both the captain of both the junior varsity and the varsity teams in the early eighties. (“I was really quite committed to hitting people,” he says.)"

I first saw Liev, I think, in 'Ransom' (great movie, but Didder is tres scared of it). I remember not knowing who he was but thinking that the good bad guy was kinda hot. And then I saw him in 'Jakob the Liar' (good movie, but I think Didder is tres scared of it), and I remember thinking, 'Dang, that guy is tall and hot.' And then I saw him in 'The Hurricane,' (good movie - I don't know what Didder thinks about it, though) and thought, 'Hey, that guy looks familiar. He's attractive.' And then I saw him in 'Kate and Leopold' (good movie which Didder is hopefully not scared of) and figured out who he is and then fell in love with him.

The biggest most wonderful thing about him is his voice. I love his voice. I was happy to see him on CSI this week (I never watch it, just happened to be flipping channels) but I was sad that his character was a tormented soul who didn't talk much. His voice is so nice and deep. He's narrated some PBS shows, and actually a couple weeks ago my dad was flipping channels and stopped on a WW II one for a minute, and so I made him stay there so I could listen to Liev.

Liev's been in movies, directed movies, been on Broadway, and won a Tony. He enjoys sports, can fence, and can play the piano (though he would often skip piano lessons and dance class back in his rebellious days). He's so talented.

Unfortunatelies...he smokes (boys, stop!), and he goes to a psychoanalyst (or at least did a few years ago) (although maybe that's ok, I haven't been to one, so I haven't quite figured out how that makes me feel), and he has no problem yelling at his mom.

But hey, we all have our flaws. And Liev has that voice. And he's 6'3," and it's so nice to have a tall boyfriend again. I think I'll keep him (at least for a week ;) ).