Memory Lane

I JUST posted an entry, but some other stuff that I've been thinking about just occurred to me so here's another one, haha. Hey, it's my blog, I'll do what I want!

I'm sure many people who realize they have other-than-normal attractions think back to try to figure out where they began. Well, I can definitely remember a couple of examples.

Going way back to elementary school, there weren't too many individuals that "did it" for me. But I do remember a couple of celebrity crushes. Not that I thought of them as crushes then, but in retrospect they kinda were. They're kind of embarrassing, hehe . . .

Number one: Jonathan Taylor Thomas from Home Improvement. He was around my age. I remember really wishing he lived next door to me so we could be best friends. An innocent enough crush, I suppose.

Number two: Tommy the Green Ranger.

I looked up a "Where Are They Now?" type website about the Power Rangers, and Jason David Frank still looks really good. Jason the Red Ranger was good looking too, but he really let himself go (and no, the rumors of him doing gay porn are not true, sorry).

Billy the Blue Ranger recently came out as gay, and says that he left the show due to harassment about his sexuality. I actually watched an interview with him, it was really interesting. I guess he actually went into a "Pray the Gay Away" ministry and ended up having a nervous breakdown. Poor guy. Society can really screw people up. He seems to be doing much better now.

Those are the only celebrity crushes I can think of from back then, but there were some others in my life. One guy in middle school I can remember being attracted to. In high school there were two upperclassmen and one substitute teacher that I thought were hot (though only realized this in retrospect . . . at the time I thought it was just admiration or jealousy). The sub was the son of one of the coaches, and now he teaches full time at the school. I saw his picture on the school website. Still hot. Of course, there were several girls that I had crushes on during middle school and high school too (but not usually due to looks, more personality), so I didn't quite catch that something was up.

Hindsight is in 20/20, or so they say.