Because I wasn't feeling well yesterday and a Thanksgiving dinner with some college friends tonight, I technically have only thirty minutes to write this blog post. Fuck. (Also, dear college friends: Thanksgiving dinner? Now? In December? Really?) So I apologize if this blog post seems rushed, because it totally is.
"Share with us who you think is the Hottest Guy on Planet Earth. Go all out to convince us."
You know, this isn't going to help the impression that people think I'm not gay, but I've never really thought about it. Don't get me wrong, I think a lot of guys are hot, but it's not like I keep a running Billboard 100 chart of hot guys running in my head. Physically, I'm more attracted to huskier, stockier or more muscular guys. As far as porn stars, there's Waus Heston, but now he's dead and that would just be the biggest buzzkill if I blogged about a dead guy. Jim from popular gay blog Jockohomo is ridiculously hot, both in terms of his big arms and design aesthetic. (I do find myself wanting to hang myself after reading his blog, though, mostly because I'm not cool as him. Or as hot.)
That being said, a sense of humor and instant geek or pop culture credibility go for for me. I've had crushes on a straight former co-worker after we made fun of each other for three hours, then told me about his hacked Nintendo DS. (Hi Matt, if you ever read this.)
So, with tongue kind-of-but-not-really planted in cheek, I think the Hottest Guy on Planet Earth is Alex Albrecht, formerly of The Screen Savers and host the podcast show Diggnation. (Yes, that image above WOULD be of Alex, stolen from ValleyWag. Yes, he does look like Jason Bateman with LA hair and a double chin.) Why? Well, for the reasons posted above: previously worked in a tech company, has a slightly off-kilter sense of humor, and from all the time doing live television I'm sure we could conversate about something. (He even had a podcast about Star Wars Galaxies! Although that could be a minus.) Sure, hey maybe not porn hot, but - who am I kidding - I'd probably still hit it, even if he didn't have the geek background.
I realize that the four gay geeks reading this website are falling out of their chairs right now, and everyone else has no idea who or what I'm talking about. The editors of QueerClick will be thrilled about this blog post inevitably be posted on digg.com, then horrified when they find the sheer number of "lol fag" comments.
Everyone wins! Except for my credibility.
Conversate? Give us a fucking break. Go learn real words.
Alex Albrecht! I have my diggnation shirt on right now! hahah One vote for you!
Well, that's not nice, Bob. One of our former presidents made up the word "normalcy", so I think we can allow Ernie to use "conversate" for fun. Anyways, to throw in my geek crush, I'd say Peter Rojas.
Oy, commenters are so bitchy! Ernie this was great, I love "conversate", and I'm totally going to borrow and use it from now on, if you don't mind! Thumbs up from me.
Sorry, Jason Bateman... Alex Albrecht is definitely hotter!
Hey Bob, I'd argue that the suffix "-ate" derived from the Latin "-atus" can be to act in a particular X way or to be characterized by X. Add that to "converse" which means to talk or interact socially, then the word still makes sense. Or do you read the Webster's dictionary so literally that you can't even be reasonable with a more open-minded interpretation of language?