Bonus Round: Good Boiz + A Special Announcement!
Just a quickie from me today friends! There a big (in a relative sense) announcement at the end of this post, but I couldn’t send you an email without featuring a couple of pretty celebrities.
Let’s get to it!
So, I can’t stop thinking about the latest episode of The Good Place.
At the risk of spoiling things for those incomprehensible humans who are not caught up on this incredible show, it’s all about Chidi Anagonye, the hottest, sweetest, most anxious nerd in the afterlife.
It fucked me up in the best possible way. I want to talk about it so bad.
But, for the sake of the incomprehensible people mentioned above, I’ll keep quiet.
Though I will just say - and this is relevant to the blog - I LOVE how much the show recognises Chidi is simultaneously portrayed as an anxious, afraid-of-moving-at-an-angle, overthinking nerd and a totally hot object of desire for multiple female characters. As an anxious, afraid-of-moving-at-an-angle, overthinking nerd, I appreciate it.
However, if Chidi is hot, William Jackson Harper, the actor playing him, is a STONE COLD FOX!
Photo credit: Alex Reside, GQ
Look at this man. The beard, the hair, the anxious but casual adjusting of cuffs, the eyes peering into your soul. Goddamn!
As per usual, I’m not the only one who is attracted to this man! As the following video proves:
If you’re too lazy to watch a four-minute video of a man be simultaneously flattered, embarrassed and terrified by the collective lust of The Internet, make sure you at least watch this:
“I’m… using it".
I mean, can we blame them? This is a gorgeous, gorgeous man.
Photo-Illustration: Maya Robinson/Vulture and Photo by Getty Images. From this excellent Vulture profile.
Now go watch The Good Place season 4, episode 9, “The Answer”. And then go watch Paterson.
You simply can’t talk about handsome Good Place men without talking about Manny Jacinto. I mean, come on!
(I’m just kidding. His cheekbones are perfect.)
This man is currently setting the Internet on fiiiiire.
Firstly: A dance tribute to one of the most gloriously sexy scenes ever committed to celluloid.
Secondly: A photoshoot so gorgeous it nearly broke the internet.
Lastly (but bestly): PROTESTING CLIMATE CHANGE WITH LITERAL GODDESS JANE FUCKING FONDA
IF HE HAS JANE’S SEAL OF APPROVAL THEN HE HAS MY SEAL OF APPROVAL.
We stan a series of extremely hot people putting their attractive good looks towards saving the planet. (You can find out more about the “Fire Drill Fridays” on the Goddess Jane’s blog.)
I’m running out of time to get this out the door, so can’t talk about how much I love Jason Mendoza (a lot), but that’s all good because you’re going to go and watch The Good Place and we’re all going to get together and discuss how amazing he is in person, right? Right???
Excellent!
Okay, now that you’ve been sated with your dose of beautiful people, here’s my big announcement:
I will be writing a Best of the Decade post, all about celebrity crushes, with the help of you, my lovely friends and subscribers!
That’s right, the first ever ~collaborative~ post on this crush blog/newsletter/whatever you want to call it!
If you want to participate, here’s how it will work: I want you to choose your top celebrity crush of the decade - however you define that - and send me between 50 - 500 words on them, accompanied by up to 5 images/gifs/videos. If you can’t choose just one crush, write about two, or three. Or four! There are really no rules!
You can send your contribution to me however you like - Google Doc, email, twitter message. If you don’t know me in real life, you can reply to this email and it’ll find it’s way back to me.
On Boxing Day (the chillest day of the year) I will collate your submissions into one giant mega post and send it out. Should be some excellent post-Christmas reading.
Can’t wait to hear from you all <3
‘Til then,
L x
P.S. I hope you’ve all seen this!
