Journaling, shirts, etc

Today was another errands day, this time the grocery store. It was about the usual amount of crowded for a Sunday. I did see another person who apparently had a wrist injury, which makes me ever so slightly more paranoid that my own wrist(s) will get broken or injured somehow. There was a guy with his wife and small child looking at the live lobsters in the tank and I thought that he looked sort of like John Green, but with longer hair. He was kind of short but really not bad looking. Then there was another guy who was minutely reminiscent to Peter Sarsgaard, from the short glance I got at him. If I'd been able to look at him more/better, I probably could say with more certainty how much he really looked or didn't look like Peter. He was drumming on the watermelons to see which ones sounded better, which is how you're supposed to tell which ones are good. In addition to these two men, I saw a few other men who had really tiny ankles and bird legs. 

I was looking at some other pictures of Jake Gyllenhaal, and in one of them he's wearing another interesting graphic t shirt. This one said "good looking revolutionaries wanted" and the one I mentioned previously said "Democrats make better lovers." These both are sayings that I wouldn't mind having on shirts of my own, in addition to "future starving linguist" and/or "future starving copy editor". 

Somewhat against my better judgement, I'm contemplating using the online dating website yet again. I... don't see how this time will turn out any different than all the other times, but I just can't seem to stay away. I need to update my profile information a little bit though. 

Now on to a little more about one of the things (people) that is more guaranteed to bring me joy, rather than the hit or (mostly) miss-ness of online dating. My newest favorite actor, Peter Sarsgaard. There are a few pictures of him I'd like to comment on. 

Firstly, this one: 

I have no idea at all of the context of this picture. Honestly, I'm not even completely sure that it's him in the picture. It looks pretty much like him, but I can't be completely sure. It probably is a pretty old picture (90s, I'm guessing) since he looks pretty young and I can't find any information about it. Only tonight did I figure out how the shirt is on him in this picture. Previously, it had really puzzled me and I thought that it was a shirt that buttoned in the back and he was wearing it partly unbuttoned. I've seen a few women's shirts or cardigans like that, that have buttons on the back instead to be unique. I thought about it and realized that the buttons are on the right side of the shirt, which means it's a men's shirt and I got out one of my own buttoned shirts to try and recreate how the shirt is on him in this picture. Usually, I put on buttoned shirts or jackets, things that open in the front, both arms at the same time. A written description of my technique: hold the shirt in front of you, inside facing you. Cross your arms (right over left) a little bit and turn them a little to the (left) side so they go in the correct sleeves. Slide the left arm fully into the sleeve and bring the rest of the shirt around your back with your other arm/hand, in the process put the right arm fully into that sleeve. Adjust the shirt and pull your hair out. There you have it. In this picture, it looks like he was in the process of putting on (taking off??) a shirt, but one arm at a time. In this picture, the left arm is in the sleeve and the collar is draped over his shoulder, and the right side of the shirt with the buttons is draped over his back. Due to this revelation, I'm going to try to remember to pay extra attention in the things I watch for people putting on shirts or jackets so I can see if their technique is like mine or not. 

I also like this picture because it shows his spine a little bit and I have a thing for spines. I have this interesting little glass, heart shaped picture frame that currently just has the sample picture in it because I haven't gotten a picture of my own to put in it. The sample picture is of a bride and groom, and the bride looks kind of like Madonna. I think this particular picture of Peter could certainly be interesting to print out a copy of and put in the frame, but to other people it would probably just be weird to have a picture of him in that frame. I think a black and white picture would go nicely in that frame, and it wouldn't waste the colored printer ink.

Secondly, this one: 

This is from when he played a death row inmate in the show The Killing. It was quite a role and he did a really good job. I like this picture because it's just nice and/although he really doesn't look very murderous at all here. Perhaps that was on purpose to add a bit more dimension to the character. The thing I really noticed in this picture was the well manicured fingernails. To me, that's pleasing to see on people of any gender. For some reason I feel like prisoners don't usually have such nicely groomed fingernails. Those are some unusually well kept fingernails on Peter's prisoner character there. I bet in prison, things like nail clippers and other manicure tools probably are restricted because they could be used as weapons. (Speaking of which, I need to trim/file my nails soon.) I wouldn't know for sure though since I've never been in prison. Maybe I could find out by watching Orange is the New Black (which, for whatever reason, actually doesn't really interest me). I just realized that both of these pictures have him sort of looking to the side/over his shoulder, like he was in the middle of something and something/someone else caught his attention for a moment. 

I was also thinking about going back through at least some of the actors I evaluated the appearances of in a past post so I can attempt to pin down specific features that I consider attractive. That... could be interesting. In general, I'd say on the delicate side, but what exactly constitutes 'on the delicate side'? 

Since I mostly write about actors here, it might not hurt to comment a little on actresses. I don't exactly have any particularly favorite actresses, but Chloe Sevigny might be a candidate. I've actually seen more things that she's been in than I realize. Somewhere I read someone writing that she looked sort of similar to Peter, incidentally, and I can kind of see it. They have similar eye shapes. Particularly in this picture, which I think emphasizes it due to lighting and/or makeup. I think her and Peter have actually been in 3 different movies together.

This one too. I think it shows best when she's more lightly made up.

P.S.: Some people might think that I put way too much effort into this blog that probably very few people read. So, am I pleased with the amount of effort I put into this blog? Yes.