Armitage’s (cough) gets me through election day
Just a few more hours — I hope — till the 2012 U.S. election is done. Though I feel a certain amount of fear based on things I read today, I really hope this one doesn’t end up in the courts. I managed to keep politics almost entirely off this blog for the entire campaign, which was not easy for me. If you knew me in real life, you would know about my politics addiction.
Anyway, this is the picture I’ve been looking at all day today to calm my fears. I might have also watched several kisses a few dozen times. But there is just something calming about this picture. Sort of like they give hyperactive kids Ritalin, which is actually a stimulant, to calm them down. This is just so beautiful.
If you need a bigger dosage of Armitage’s (cough), click to enlarge.
Richard Armitage, rear view, San Diego ComicCon, July 14, 2012. Photo courtesy of HeathRa designs. Source: RichardArmitageNet.com
I still don’t really want to talk about the election specifically. I’ll probably edit or delete comments on that topic.
However: If you feel the need to make a political argument, click the photo to enlarge and then feel the euphoria wash over you.
I’d much rather talk about the beauty of the photo and the subject pictured and how looking at it just makes everything so much more tolerable better.
I’m sorry…what election was that?
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Obscura said this on November 7, 2012 at 12:24 am |
That’s EXACTLY what I mean. Look at the picture and politics go out the window!
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Servetus said this on November 7, 2012 at 12:25 am |
GAH. Again, gah. You are hilarious, Servetus.
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Janine said this on November 7, 2012 at 12:30 am |
Glad i could make you laugh.
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Servetus said this on November 7, 2012 at 12:33 am |
Good Lord, that should have a warning label! I love those Euro jeans with their funky zippers and pockets…It there also some stitching behind the knees..or is that just DEEP creasing from sitting for so long?
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Obscura said this on November 7, 2012 at 12:31 am |
That’s a style feature — cloth reinforcement and stitching — Balmain jeans.
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Servetus said this on November 7, 2012 at 12:34 am |
I had to make the photo larger just to make sure 😉 Clearly, I am not up to date on my designer menswear – I only every see Levi’s around here.
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Obscura said this on November 7, 2012 at 12:39 am |
it’s always important to confirm research results. Trust, but verify.
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Servetus said this on November 7, 2012 at 12:40 am |
Dear me, I clicked to verify and somehow only a certain part showed up in my monitor. I may have passed out momentarily. Wow. Zippers and yup, stitching.
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Janine said this on November 7, 2012 at 1:00 am |
The pic is very smart and knows which part of it you want to see.
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Servetus said this on November 7, 2012 at 1:01 am |
It’s reading my mind alright. Stunned by sheer gorgeousness. Balmain, you say? Been one of my faves for decades and now here’s one more reason why.
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Leigh said this on November 7, 2012 at 8:06 am |
I usually think of them for ball gowns, but jeans will do, too.
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Servetus said this on November 8, 2012 at 6:40 pm |
It’s not the only one! I’ve been bowled over by a couple of other pics that presented me with a breathtaking *cough* perspective when I clicked to enlarge. 😀
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Mezz said this on November 7, 2012 at 10:49 pm |
Gives the whole notion of having a big (cough) a new and delightful meaning. 🙂
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Servetus said this on November 8, 2012 at 6:40 pm |
No election here but I’ll take looking at this gorgeous view over politics any day….uhmmm, and anything else for that matter….. 😀
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Mezz said this on November 7, 2012 at 12:38 am |
seriously. Just drives every other thought out of my little mind.
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Servetus said this on November 7, 2012 at 12:40 am |
Yeah, thanks…I was diligently working away – table that for the time being! I’ll have to go outside – it’s raining, that should work 🙂
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Obscura said this on November 7, 2012 at 12:47 am |
I apologize for productivity destruction. Mine was already destroyed.
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Servetus said this on November 8, 2012 at 6:41 pm |
eh (shrugging) My papers to grade pile is starting to resemble Lonely Mountain! I needed a break anyway.
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Obscura said this on November 9, 2012 at 12:21 am |
Thought, what thought? Oh, yeah, back to that maybe later.
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Leigh said this on November 7, 2012 at 8:21 am |
An excellent resolution.
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Servetus said this on November 8, 2012 at 6:41 pm |
I can’t tell if there is an erection or not as he has his back to me. What’s that? Election? Oh, I thought……never mind. Hee hhe 😉
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jeanniegisborne said this on November 7, 2012 at 12:51 am |
Nice 🙂 but yes, let’s not think about the e… whatsis.
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Servetus said this on November 7, 2012 at 12:54 am |
Even our news is full of your election, but that picture fortunately makes everything else unimportant ;o)
Thank you, Servetus!
What beautiful and slim arms! What I could not figure out in this picture, is there a microphone equipment or something else at the back of his shirt? Light falls quite in a strange way onto that lower part of his shirt.
You see, I tried not to look too closely at your mentioned (cough) part. I am much too shy for that to even do that with a picture ;o)
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cdoart said this on November 7, 2012 at 1:10 am |
As a German friend said to me a few years ago, he’s the president of the whole world, we just don’t get to vote for him 😦
arms!!! arms????
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Servetus said this on November 7, 2012 at 1:13 am |
are his arms in that pic? Oh yeah, there they are! I was just distracted the the zipper pulls and missed them – I’ve suddenly become very interested in men’s jean styling 😉
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Obscura said this on November 7, 2012 at 1:18 am |
Yes, how true. Our news certainly gives that impression.
Arms, you did not recognize them? 😉
I especially like his right arm and the dynamic way he holds it.
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cdoart said this on November 7, 2012 at 1:19 am |
There’s another variant on this pic (w/o a watermark) circling where you can see his hand in the aperture between his legs. Very dynamic.
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Servetus said this on November 7, 2012 at 1:22 am |
LMAO – you are KILLING me!
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Obscura said this on November 7, 2012 at 1:23 am |
yeah, couldn’t figure out when I saw what the deal was, and then I was like, oh, yeah.
Just as well we could only see him from the back here and that he is fully clothed.
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Servetus said this on November 7, 2012 at 1:25 am |
No kidding…mass hysteria (of the female variety) ensues!
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Obscura said this on November 7, 2012 at 1:30 am |
Servetus, are you serious here? I went on search of the picture you mentioned ;o) No chance 😉
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cdoart said this on November 7, 2012 at 1:44 am |
did you find it? I didn’t….
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Obscura said this on November 7, 2012 at 1:56 am |
No, I didn’t find it either. Sorry, can’t help here ;(
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cdoart said this on November 7, 2012 at 2:04 am |
I have a sudden, nigh irresistible impulse to play with those zipper pulls . . . LOVE that stance. Uber-masculine. Mmmmmmmmm.
OK, the fact I am miffed I don’t have my Hobbit books yet due to my husband’s boss’s daughter not bothering to pick up the frackin’ mail today at the dealership (never know if Amazon is going to send stuff by mail or UPS anymore and I attempt to save them a trip out here, but—) is mollified by this sight.
The jeans on that bod, the rolled up sleeves baring the always delectable forearms, the watch (LOVE it he wears a watch), the hand, the breadth of the shoulders, the tempting glimpse of the back of his neck, the hair tufting up on top and inviting you to ruffle it some more, that ever so nibbleworthy elfin ear . . .
Ah, Mr. Armitage. Do you know what the sight of you–coming OR going–can do for a girl?
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fedoralady said this on November 7, 2012 at 1:48 am |
deep breaths dear 🙂
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Obscura said this on November 7, 2012 at 1:57 am |
Not that I paid much attention to the photo or anything, of course. Always so serious-minded, I am. *clears throat, tries to look as innocent as her three-legged tuxedo cat*
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fedoralady said this on November 7, 2012 at 2:12 am |
“No dear, it’s not about his looks at all, yes dear, it’s all about the intensity and the talent.” hee – hee
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Obscura said this on November 7, 2012 at 2:15 am |
I think dear hubby caught my true feelings when he handed me the package with my Empire Magazine yesterday and my face lit up like a kid at Christmas in anticipation. And then of course, once the dear boy was safely out of the room, I murmured to Thorin up close and personal, “Oh, you sexy, sexy beast, you!” and kissed him. *thud*
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fedoralady said this on November 7, 2012 at 2:41 am |
I’m sure Benny would grow his hair for you if you needed him to.
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Servetus said this on November 7, 2012 at 3:03 am |
LOL His sweet curls are growing out again. He certainly doesn’t have to worry about lack of hair, my Samson. 😉
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fedoralady said this on November 7, 2012 at 3:10 am |
well that is one very intense (cough).
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Servetus said this on November 7, 2012 at 3:02 am |
It’s all in how you pitch it 🙂 (and how fast you can close a window 🙂 )
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Obscura said this on November 7, 2012 at 3:16 am |
of course not.
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Servetus said this on November 7, 2012 at 3:02 am |
as I tweeted — gives one the tantalizing prospect of opening a very sweet package.
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Servetus said this on November 7, 2012 at 3:02 am |
Boy, does it.
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fedoralady said this on November 7, 2012 at 3:11 am |
You forgot to mention the thumb!!! 😀
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Judit said this on November 7, 2012 at 7:26 am |
oh, man, falling down on the job here!!!
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Servetus said this on November 8, 2012 at 6:42 pm |
Glad I voted before gazing at this … *thud*
The stance, aside from evoking the obvious reactions lol, reminds me quite a lot of some of the moves he does in the Cats videos. Not that I’ve watched them much. No, not me. Really. *cough*
😉
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zan said this on November 7, 2012 at 2:26 am |
Now, all we need is a nice thigh twitch or two. *gulp*
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fedoralady said this on November 7, 2012 at 2:43 am |
that would be THE END.
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Servetus said this on November 7, 2012 at 3:03 am |
Swooning en masse would take place, I fear.
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fedoralady said this on November 7, 2012 at 3:13 am |
*inarticulate noises of anticipation and appreciation as desire shifts into overdrive*
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Leigh said this on November 7, 2012 at 8:18 am |
president? what president? 🙂
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Servetus said this on November 8, 2012 at 6:43 pm |
Now there’s an image to start the day with … Armitage thigh twitching a la Cats. In costume. Because, well, the imagination doesn’t have to work quite so hard. *what Leigh said*
My colleagues are going to wonder about this smile plastered on my face at this hour of the morning … 😉
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zan said this on November 7, 2012 at 1:19 pm |
you couldn’t use it as motivation to vote? 🙂
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Servetus said this on November 7, 2012 at 3:02 am |
Voting to save the right to ogle to our heart’s content? There’s a platform to inspire 🙂
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Obscura said this on November 7, 2012 at 3:14 am |
talk about a reason to need to move to Canada … if Armitage ogling were forbidden.
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Servetus said this on November 7, 2012 at 3:31 am |
Motivation, sure. *AFTER* I pick myself up off the floor. Again. 😉
Actually, it’s more like a reward for being a good little citizen. 😀
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zan said this on November 7, 2012 at 1:10 pm |
what, the sticker wasn’t enough for you? 🙂
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Servetus said this on November 8, 2012 at 6:44 pm |
Sticker? We didn’t get a sticker. 😦
Guess that’s what happens when voting out in the sticks. 😉
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zan said this on November 8, 2012 at 7:19 pm |
That is a MAJOR bummer. I actually have a collection of the “I voted” stickers I’ve received. Not sure what I’d do if I went into the polling place and didn’t find a sticker.
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Servetus said this on November 8, 2012 at 7:22 pm |
I offered my students a bit of extra credit if they could show me their sticker and many of them reported to me that there were no stickers to be had at their polling place…WHAT?! (I also had to grant amnesty to my Canadian and under 18 students in the spirit of fair play)
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Obscura said this on November 8, 2012 at 9:41 pm |
Those of us who must vote by absentee ballots never get stickers.
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Leigh said this on November 8, 2012 at 9:47 pm |
They should put on on the ballot – I’m writing my congressman!
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Obscura said this on November 8, 2012 at 9:49 pm |
WHAT CATS VIDEOS?? WHERE???
Incidentally, what does it say about him, about us, that his arse is instantly recognisable?
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wydville said this on November 7, 2012 at 1:20 pm |
It says that he has one of the finest backsides in creation, and we have the good taste to appreciate fine when we see it.
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Leigh said this on November 7, 2012 at 1:37 pm |
Wydville, I won’t put the link in here because the whole video always shows up when I do, but here’s the search results:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cats+west+end+1994&oq=cats+west+end+1994&gs_l=youtube.12…1916.9292.0.11647.18.14.0.4.4.0.237.2355.4j5j5.14.0…0.0…1ac.1.-E5tQdpWO-s
The ones with Richard in the rehearsals are 4th/9th.
He is in a dark blue singlet, grey sweatpants with a top tied around his waist, and his hair is tied back in a ponytail.
Once you get an idea of where he is on stage in the rehearsals (and believe me, you will, if you watch as often as I and many others have!) you won’t have any trouble finding him in the dress rehearsals which are 5th/6th.
He’s the big cat in the pas-de-deux about 3 minutes into the 6th one.
My apologies for being so long-winded with my directions!
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Mezz said this on November 7, 2012 at 10:38 pm |
Thanks for sharing these. You are also always welcome to have the vid show up in the comments.
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Servetus said this on November 8, 2012 at 6:44 pm |
Thanks serv, if it had been only the one vid, I wouldn’t have worried about it too much, but four – I thought that was pushing it a bit! 😉
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Mezz said this on November 8, 2012 at 9:46 pm |
You can keep your (insert political platform here)…if I can’t ogle Armitage, I’m out of here! (not sure about the husband and kids 🙂 )
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Obscura said this on November 7, 2012 at 3:35 am |
One reason to petition for political asylum. The right to ogle Armitage is an undeniable, inalienable human right.
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Leigh said this on November 7, 2012 at 8:15 am |
I wasn’t wild about these jeans from the front, but what a difference a change in perspective makes!
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Northern gal said this on November 7, 2012 at 3:51 am |
I thought the same thing 🙂
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Obscura said this on November 7, 2012 at 5:16 am |
oh, yes.
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Servetus said this on November 8, 2012 at 6:44 pm |
Oh Servetus you can’t imagine how much this gorgeous view brightened up my gloomy morning. As someone said on twitter Mr. A is a ‘living poetry of a man’..very true. *Sigh*
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Judit said this on November 7, 2012 at 6:38 am |
Glad I could help.
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Servetus said this on November 8, 2012 at 6:45 pm |
Hello Servetus, I tried to comment from my smartphone but mistyped my email address. 🙂 RA is glorious to behold from any angle, as someone said on Twitter he’s a “living poetry of a man”! Can’t thank you enough for brightening the early morning gloom! The trip to our site office never seemed shorter! If only I could master using that tiny QWERTY keyboard!
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Judit said this on November 7, 2012 at 7:25 am |
I don’t know, but I think what gets me about this pic is that this big, strong man with the magnificent physique is looking down.
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Jane said this on November 7, 2012 at 8:27 am |
One the one hand, he’d almost have to be to talk to anyone standing around him, but I do remember being struck by how tired he looked at Comic Con – no small wonder given where he’d been and what he’d been doing I suppose.
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obscura said this on November 7, 2012 at 2:01 pm |
Interesting note, Jane. I agree with you. The pose also seems to suggest some sort of reconciliation between strength and strength held back.
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Servetus said this on November 8, 2012 at 6:45 pm |
Day after election-I no longer “need” to study this picture, but yet I remain transfixed. This must means I NEED to check out our man. BTW, is that the outline of a cellphone? No worries, darling, I’ll handle that call for you….
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Northern gal said this on November 7, 2012 at 1:15 pm |
I might need to study it further, election or no election.
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Servetus said this on November 8, 2012 at 6:46 pm |
I can’t stop studying…does it come in a poster?
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Obscura said this on November 8, 2012 at 9:47 pm |
Now that I’ve gotten over my initial OMG at this image (well mostly) it put me in mind of that line from Keats, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever…” it works for the pieces parts but for the whole as well- inside and out! Thank you Richard Armitage for having a glorious (cough) and thanks for just being you!
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obscura said this on November 7, 2012 at 1:55 pm |
These are not mutually exclusive, either.
I might, if pressured, cop to having looked a little closely at Strike Back 1.3 and capped some beautiful pictures of thigh and buttocks.
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Servetus said this on November 8, 2012 at 6:54 pm |
*Under pressure* 😉
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zan said this on November 8, 2012 at 7:24 pm |
ok, ok 🙂
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Servetus said this on November 8, 2012 at 7:26 pm |
I have to laugh at myself when I look and then look away really quickly – as if he can see me staring at his (cough) on the computer or the TV, or he’s getting some sort of telepathic message: *zing* “Obscura’s staring at my (cough) again!”
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Obscura said this on November 8, 2012 at 9:47 pm |
I do that all the time 🙂
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Servetus said this on November 10, 2012 at 1:42 am |
OMC, I am so hopelessly behind everything, if you pardon the buns, eh, pun. Jeepers, what the man is doing to us… I definitely was not prepared for the enlarged version. Not complaining…
Oh, and congrats on the election. Had to go to bed at 1 am because I couldn’t stick the suspense any longer…
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guylty said this on November 7, 2012 at 3:54 pm |
behind? me too 🙂
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Servetus said this on November 8, 2012 at 6:54 pm |
*Click* Bless you, (((Servetus))):*
I would like to thank Lech Walensa and Sir Timothy Bernes-Lee that I may gape at Richard Armitage from all possible (and impossible) angles whenever I want to 🙂
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Joanna said this on November 7, 2012 at 5:17 pm |
I wonder if Lech would ever have thought he’d have been the beneficiary of thank yous like this 🙂
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Servetus said this on November 8, 2012 at 6:55 pm |
😀 highly unlikely!
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Joanna said this on November 8, 2012 at 9:16 pm |
When a while ago, I saw this picture for the first time, it really knocked me off my feet. Never had a picture of somebody’s backview ever had effected me so heavily that it literally set my whole body astir. For me this shot is so extremely powerful and sexy and my instantaneously intense reactions and my longings haven’t waned a bit yet. Blimey! Look at that posture! Thanks Serv for blowing my mind today!!! …or just like you’ve said: drives every other thought out of my little mind 😉 Oh, and before I forget… what was it with prospects and opening a very sweet package??? *Cough* (mind reels)
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linda60 said this on November 7, 2012 at 10:38 pm |
I agree, the effect is inexplicably stunning 🙂
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Servetus said this on November 8, 2012 at 6:55 pm |
Crikey, somehow this just downloaded to my phone. How could that have happened?
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Janine said this on November 9, 2012 at 1:09 am |
Wow, sounds like a really dangerous bug in your software.
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Servetus said this on November 10, 2012 at 1:43 am |
hmm .. i m sort of missing the lucas jeans. they seemed to show off the peaches to their full effect (or is it affect always get those confused) but in any event those shoulders and those thighs. yum …
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@Rob said this on November 9, 2012 at 2:18 am |
I do not miss the Lucas jeans. But to each her own 🙂
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Servetus said this on November 10, 2012 at 1:43 am |
peachs for prez ? 🙂
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@Rob said this on November 9, 2012 at 2:20 am |
a girl can dream 🙂
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Servetus said this on November 10, 2012 at 1:43 am |
Geez I’m slow to catch on, finally realised I can reblog your posts over at mine on Tumblr! Better late than never! 😀
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Mezz said this on November 10, 2012 at 3:45 am |
Thanks for the reblog; I have a tumblr but I don’t customarily reblog.
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Servetus said this on November 11, 2012 at 12:29 am |
You have no idea my reaction every time I see Armitage’s (cough) in my mailbox.
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Janine said this on November 11, 2012 at 1:20 am |
you’re totally worried he’s getting tuberculosis, I bet.
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Servetus said this on November 12, 2012 at 2:14 am |