The Strangest Crushes Ever

[Ebony]

Okay, my first crushes were *weird*... a Muppet and a book character, 
respectively.

My first crush, at the tender age of almost two, was on Kermit the 
Frog.  (Shut up.)  I found a soulmate in Miss Piggy and insisted on 
having a Muppet-themed second birthday party.  I didn't fully get 
over Kermit until I was around nine... I remember my face growing 
warm whenever I saw him on "Muppet Babies".  (Again, shut up.  :-D)

I started reading at two and by four was reading Judy Blume's stuff.  
And the character that made my heart beat faster was Peter Hatcher, 
Fudge's grumpy older brother!  He just... read cute, I guess.  And he 
was all of nine... an older guy!  I used to want to move to New York 
just so I could see if he was real.  It was so bad that when me and 
my sister Danielle used to pretend after dark that we were grownup 
and married, and made up all sorts of stories about it, I was Mrs. 
Peter Hatcher for about four years after that.  (Sheesh).

During latency, I don't think I really crushed very hard.  But the 
second I hit adolescence, I crushed hard on a classmate--this guy 
named Jason.  Dani never understood why--she used to call 
him "Curious George" and "Yellow Banana" and threaten to tell.  From 
seventh to tenth grade I liked Jason... and he never knew, despite 
the fact that we attended the SAME university 1000 miles away.  Even 
then my heart would flutter a little when I saw him.  Jason's not 
married yet, far as I know... then again, not many of us are.  Have 
no idea how to get in touch with him, though.  But one day I'll 'fess 
up, I am sure.

I was never one to really crush hard over celebs, other than the 
aforementioned Kermy and Petey.  Minor crushes included Tupac, MC 
Brains, Keanu Reeves, Shemar Moore, Russell Wong, Antonio Banderas, 
and Boris Kodjoe (who I've mentioned in chat before).

Do women crush over guys who look like their fathers or their first 
loves?  I'm not so sure about that.  For me, crushes as well as loves 
have depended entirely upon the person's personality.  I'm serious--
cute guys with no aura or presence do absolutely nothing for me but 
turn me off. 

Looks-wise, my crushes and exes could form a great United Colors of 
Benetton advertisement... with a frog thrown in for good measure.  ;-)

And I'm still looking for RL Peter!

So... do I win?
 
--Ebony AKA AngieJ (who just realized as she was typing that she has 
never crushed on or dated a blond... interesting.)