Guys I Would Love To Find Under My Tree

A few days ago there was a post on HelloGiggles about well, guys the author wouldn't mind finding under her tree.  The author, Heather, wrote to Santa about 10 guys who are pretty yummy.

If I could get Santa to place a handsome guy under my tree, then I would be a pretty happy girl. I don't have any gifts wrapped under my tree at all, so a guy may scare the bejesus out of me.  But he would have to wrapped, and what guy would allow himself to be wrapped in pretty wrapping paper and placed on cold linoleum?  And an unconscious guy who was drugged or bludgeoned and probably bleeding isn't something I really wanna find in my kitchen.  (My tree is setup in my kitchen because that's where I had the most room and best windows.)

Don't get me wrong - Santa if you are reading this - I would still like a cute guy as a gift, just don't put him under my tree.  Maybe slip him my address, have him bring coffee and a cranberry-orange scone to me one morning. It maybe a hard feat, but come on Santa, you can work some miracles.  While I know it's far fetched to believe one of the guys I would accept with no argument would just show up on my doorstep, I'm gonna throw it out there.

Ryan Gosling

It is no secret I find him attractive beyond normal standards.  He's handsome as all get out, a fantastic actor, can play piano and guitar, oh and he has abs that you could do laundry on.  I could just image him making coffee every morning, serving it to me in bed, then grabbing the guitar we keep beside the bed to serenade the dogs (his and mine) and me. Oh, he likes magic.  He goes to this restaurant in LA called the Magic Castle, a members only restaurant.  It sounds like an awesome date night. Are you listening Ryan, I would enjoy this place more than any other girl!

Jason Segel

Like the above guy, Jason can play the piano and even composes songs.  He's handsome and wonderfully hilarious. Every night I watch How I Met Your Mother and swoon.  Yeah, he's that good at his job.  If you've seen Forgetting Sarah Marshall, well then you've seen him naked and that's not a bad site.  Full frontal and I was impressed.  Although, I'm not sure he has much of a tushy, but I can deal with that.  Oh, and he not only starred in Sarah Marshall and The Muppets, HE WROTE THEM!  The music in the movies...yeah he had a hand in composing the songs.  And rewind on that one, he BROUGHT BACK THE MUPPETS!  I grew up watching the Muppet movies and The Muppet Babies.  One drawback may be that he has a puppet room at home.  I'm ok with this, except the door would need to be locked at night and have those motion sensor security lights that also come on when power goes out.  I'm not going to get scared one night when he's off shooting HIMYM or his next film and there is a storm causing a tree to scratch on the windows.  Yeah, I've thought about this in great detail.  I truly think he's one of those perfect guys. He's Marshall Eriksen for goodness sakes.  I can name a few other reasons.  He cried when he met Kermit.  He's been 6'4" since he was twelve.  He's a good Jewish boy.  On Thanksgiving he tweeted a pic of himself and his little sister.  And he tweets about his favorite food items (kinda won me over with his top five sandwiches).  Despite being tall, he's afraid of heights;  both of which I suffer from also.  Lastly, he and I could procreate our own basketball team!


Jorma Taccone

Not only is he one third of the awesomely cool rap trio The Lonely Island, but he writes for a load of NBC shows.  He wrote, directed, and starred in an episode of Up All Night with Maya Rudolph and Christina Applegate, not to mention all his SNL appearances.  Jorma is a very small fellow, so it's slightly weird that I find him so attractive. But he's just so darn cute and funny I can't help myself.  And while I'm at it, just throw in that equally adorable friend Andy Samberg while you're at it.

John Cusack

Ok, so he's forty-six, but he's John-freaking-Cusack!  He's just...yeah, I've been in love with him since I first watched Say Anything as a preteen.

Young Kevin Costner

Honestly, any Kevin Costner. First actor love. He was Robin Hood and in about 8 baseball movies - ok that may be an exaggeration. 

Finn Hud - I mean - Cory Monteith

Tall, Canadian, and loves hockey. Enough for me, but add in that he can sing and play the drums, sold.

Timmy Tebow

Not because he looks like that or is a sensation this year.  I've adored Tim since he first started for the Gators.  And when you learn of what an amazing person he is, it trumps all other things.  He's a good Christian boy who's family raised him going on yearly mission trips in the Philippines and he still makes time to give back.  I am a Tebow fan for more than just the arm.  Ok, well the arms are very, very nice.  And those thighs and butt.  Gotta move on...

I'm really finding it hard to make it to ten guys.  I have some Honorable Mentions though:  

Ben Affleck - I can't take him from his lady. They are just too cute and she's a fellow West Virginia girl.

Mat Kearney - That voice, those eyes, yeah.

Timmy Thomas - He's a beast on the ice.

Edit - Forgot about one Honorable Mention.  Prince Harry - He's just so handsome. He could be my Prince Charming. 

Buying For People Who Are Hard to Shop For

This year I have found myself struggling to come up with awesome gifts to give my loved ones.  I set the bar pretty high with my stepdad's gift last year.  He keeps saying when they add on to their house there will be a huge media room.  He will have a awesome record player, his awesome keyboard my mom got for him two years ago, and musical/movie themed art.  So I framed some awesome albums for the walls.  He was absolutely thrilled with them; I believe he said "best gift ever".   I have spent hours online window shopping for everyone on my list (mom, stepdad, brother, stepsister, brother-in-law, ect.) and I can not come up with something awesome to purchase and gift for my mom and brother.  What do you buy a mother with everything or the ability to purchase it for herself? As for my brother, well he's just so damn picky, claiming he just wants a Visa gift card, nothing really tangible, except the plastic card and outer wrapper. But we'll get to that later.

My mom is my best friend.  I know her likes and dislikes.  I know her have's and have not's. She just has the capability to purchase anything for herself.  My stepdad is very successful and my mom could be on the Real Housewives of South Florida or something like that. I think I have finally decided on something Adele or Lady Gaga related. She's a huge fan of both and we jam out all the time.  My stepsister got them vintage vinyl this year, but lets face it, it's kinda copying my gift from last year.

Now my brother and I had a huge disagreement over his gift. He asks for Visa gift cards from everyone so he can waste his money on something stupid he'll use once and never use again.  I have a problem with that because I don't want to know he's pawned the item he purchased with the money.  He does that pretty often.  So this year when I pretty much demanded he chose a gift under $200, he wasn't happy.  When he asked for a gift card, I let him know the gift card would be for substantially less.  Is that wrong of me?  I don't think so.  I want to hand something to someone rather than money or a card.  Especially him, because he will waste it on something he doesn't need.  He is a jobless man-child who lives with our grandfather.  He has things he really needs, but he won't spend money the correct way.   He ended up asking for something for the entire amount, go figure.  First he wanted me to buy him a PS3.  Finally, I bought him a crazy expensive coffee maker for him and my grandpa.  My coffee maker cost $60. I spent $190 on this Keurig maker for them.

I wanted to buy my aunt something nice, but she only wants money also.  She took in my Golden Retriever when I lost the time to take care of her. She has done A LOT for me over the years.  She's my second mom.  She works really hard, and is a care giver to my grandpa.

As for me, I say I'm pretty easy to buy for.  I love the Red Sox, Bruins, Mountaineers, pretty dresses, nice shoes, Fiesta ware, movies, books, and music, in no specific order.  Oh, and sea turtles; I like sea turtle trinkets.  My stepsis got me two of those things with her gifts for me doing her hair for her wedding and my Christmas gift.  She got me this really cute sea turtle bracelet and Bruins earrings.  I adore both of them.  My parents, however, gave me money.

Money, after I sent them lists of things I find amazing.  The lists had probably a thousand things to chose from.  Now the decision for what to purchase for myself is up to me.  When I don't need anything, it's hard to decide what I need the most of my wants.  When it comes down to it, I don't need any of it.  My mom will tell me to get something for my apartment.  There's a problem with that, I've lived on my own for 6 years, I have all those things.  I purchased the last of the needs last year, a new dining table and chairs.  I really want a record player, but I have no albums to play on it.  I left all of them at my dad's and have no way to get them.

My mom's sisters are giving me gift cards also.  They don't have to, they just chose to be lazy.  One basically told me I can only have a gift card from two places: The Gap, or American Eagle.  I don't shop at either store.  I saved the gift cards from AE from last Christmas until July this year.  I had $60 and got a bunch of tops on sale.  A few of them, I haven't worn.  I told her the stores I like shopping at, and she could have one of her sisters get the gift card for her or order online.  I don't feel like if someone is going to give me a gift, it's in bad taste for me to tell them what I like or that I won't like it.  I also told my family to donate the money to one of my charities.  And NO ONE has done so.  My stepdad was going to, but my mom told him not to.

What does an adult buy when they have money to spare?  Do tell please.