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Christian Vs. Keanu

  • Posted on February 6, 2010 at 3:32 am

Keanu

I’m ashamed to admit this now, but my first celebrity crush was on a crazy Scientologist. Granted, I didn’t know when I was in third grade and watching “Top Gun” what a complete freak show Tom Cruise would turn out to be; all I saw was a cute guy with a great smile named Maverick. My crush on Tommy boy lived all the way through grade school until junior high, when I discovered a little hottie named Christian Slater.

Oh, Christian! He was always the rebel. The bad boy. I lusted after his prepubescent body in “The Legend of Billy Jean” and “Gleaming The Cube.” Then, he grew into full-blown hotness in “Pump Up The Volume,” “Young Guns,” and “Heathers.” LOVED him in “Heathers!” He was channeling a creepy, Jack Nicholson-esque vibe and I dug it. He even starred with Patrick Dempsey in “Mobsters.” Patrick was my secret crush because he was still pretty dorky back then (who the hell knew he would turn into McDreamy?!), but according to my Seventeen magazine, he and Christian did not get along on set. Patrick found Christian to be very temperamental, but that only made me like him more.

As I matured into a high schooler, my tasted in men changed as well. That’s when I saw “Point Break” starring one Mr. Keanu Reeves and I was instantly taken by him. OH MY GOD he was HOOOOOT! And he still is! Sadly, Christian’s hairline has seen better days, but Keanu looks almost exactly the same after all these years. I think this just proves the fact that stoners age quite well :)

Sure, he sounds like a surfer when he speaks, but I was willing to over look that one tiny flaw. He was just too beautiful. “Speed” really sealed the deal for me. I had a snow day at school, so my mom and I rented that movie and watched it to pass the time. I think even though my mom can’t pronounce his name to save her life, that she had a bit of a crush on him, too.

I distinctly remember cutting out pictures of Christian and Keanu from all my teeny bopper magazines and taping them to the full length mirror in my bedroom. It was like a shrine of hotness. I fully believed I was going to grow up and marry one of them. And you know what? I do believe they are both single at the moment…

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