Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Linda Hamilton


I was watching Frasier the other day and was surprised by the presence of one Linda Hamilton towards the end of the episode. Hilariously (or pathetically) I found myself sitting up straighter in my chair and squaring my shoulders… I had to stop myself from reaching up to check my hair. My reaction that woman is almost chemical. I can’t control it. She is just so unbelievably beautiful to me. And no, it’s not just her iconic turn as Sarah Conner in the Terminator movies, although she was spectacular in that role – and yes, her physique was… wow. I mean, watch that movie. Check out her arms, her back, her… everything. I told my trainer today that I want Sarah Conner in T2 arms. (I’ve got a really, really long way to go before that happens. But one day maybe…)

But, awesome and drool worthy as she was in those movies, my love for Linda Hamilton stretches back to before I ever saw them (and I didn’t see the first Terminator movie until about 5 years ago), back to her role as Catherine Chandler in Beauty and the Beast.

Now I didn’t have cable growing up, and up until about grade 10 or 11 I was only allowed to watch an hour of TV a day (which was reserved in my younger years for Little House on the Prairie and then as I got older for Star Trek: The Next Generation) so I honestly haven’t seen very many episodes of Beauty and the Beast, but I remember the ones I saw, and I remember the impact they had on me. But mostly, I remember Catherine Chandler – or rather, Linda Hamilton. I remember concocting these elaborate fantasies that would somehow end up with her hugging me, or brushing my hair or (if I was feeling particularly bold) kissing me (chastely, on the forehead or cheek… I was young and innocent and didn’t really understand what I felt at all), and would get butterflies and goosebumps at the thought of it.

Of course, it doesn’t hurt that I actually think she’s really good at what she does. I don’t really know how to describe what I’m thinking here, but her face… she’s so good with it. I watch scenes where she’s emoting (and, man, can she emote!), and to me it seem that there isn’t a point on her face you could focus on and not be incredibly aware of what she’s feeling. Although, I suppose it’s entirely possible that the fact that whenever she’s on screen all I can really focus on is her could be tainting my opinion.

For the most part I try to not pay attention to celebrity news – although I do remember about a year back when I had another chance encounter with her on my TV and I found myself googling her, there was rumour (ie: it was a part of her bio on her Wikipedia page) that she had at one point had a relationship with her stunt double from Dante’s Peak (a thought that makes me grin uncontrollably – could she possible be a ‘friend of the family’?). That particular juicy bit of info is no longer part of her Wiki-bio, though, so who knows how true it is. (Yes, I googled her again after this more recent encounter). Anyway, all of that is to say that I don’t know much about her as a person. I’d like to think that she’s smart, funny, awesome… and possibly not averse to the idea of making out with a chick. Who knows. And considering that the chances of my ever meeting her are practically nil, I kinda don’t care. She’s gorgeous. So, yeah, Linda Hamilton is on my “like list”… my “really-really-like-a-whole-hell-of-a-lot-list”