Perfectly well, Cheryl Darling. I've been called kooky, even off the wall, but never that. Perhaps you were thinking of someone else?

Re: #98 from Winter My Dear Madam, I am greatly concerned with your health -- are you still suffering from this withdrawal? I have a possible remedy, at least in the short term. I tried to send you an email message which my server tells it has not yet been able to deliver. I reprint that message below: Winter: Such a cry for help; I simply cannot stand idly by. : ) I have a copy of "Fatal Inversion" which I would be most happy to lend you. Email your address to me (kelder@miworld.net at home, or my email at work is k_elder@fre.fsu.umd.edu) Your humble servant, madam, kathleen

Kathleen, could I possibly borrow it next? :)

hello all... i'm perfectly well now. now that i've escaped the confines of my apartment and schoolwork (i'm a graduate student) and have seen 'hamlet', i feel like i'm somewhat 'over' my JN withdrawl. 'hamlet' was excellent, and kenneth branagh was superb as usual. though... i have to admit, i DID think of JN during one point of the film, when i thought how well he might've done as laertes (ophelia's brother). oh well, we can'r have it all, can we? kathleen! THANK YOU for you offer! i'm surprised that living out here in l.a., not one video store i've visited carries a copy of 'fatal inversion'. i'll ry other stores, and if not, i shall email you immediately and try to borrow your copy. i have no idea how much postage will be, but i can definitely reimburse you for whatever the shipping will cost. you're very generous!

Last night's 1996 BBC adaptation of "Jane Austen's EMMA" proved the impresson of Jeremy Northam's Mr. Knightly so strong that it brew away the Mark Strong's into dust. Geez, I thought I got off from the JN addiction for a while, but this new EMMA broadcast brought back memories...

LADIES - I am most distressed and in need of help! (No, not about A&E EMMA) For some unknown reason, my Jeremy Northam board is being taken over by 13 year olds looking for dates!! Seriously!! I have no clue how or why they have chosen my site, but after talking with Amy I may have a solution. If each of you would pound my board with Jeremy drooling for the next few days, perhaps we can convince them that they are underaged and overmatched! They may have just decided that since the board is so quiet, they would borrow it - let's blow them away with Jeremy drooling! http://www.worldrch.com/northam/northamboard.html THANK YOU!!!

so someone else has noticed this really odd series of postings. kathleen, don't worry, i've posted something, and will probably add more of my drooling to get them off. we've got to get rid of these northamboard squatters... they're really bugging the s*** out of me.

I feel like I'm in the twilight zone! I just deleted over 200 bogus messages! I've changed the name of the script - which means that you can post and reply to new messages (starting with the one posted by me, titled "The New EMMA") but will get error messages if you try to reply to any older messages. What a pain!!

All I can say is THANK-YOU JN!!!!

Oh, Kaf, was it vandalism -- or just stupidity?

Okay - here's what happened. A couple of days ago I got an e-mail from someone who was unable to post to the board. It had been a few days since there had been a post, so I went and tried a test post. I got an error message. I checked the script, the permissions...then looked at the messages directory. The highest number post on my site was something like 245 - and yet there were files going all the way up to the high 300's in the messages directory! So when someone tried to post, the script tried t create file 246.html - but it already existed, so they got an error message! I was, and still am, clueless as to how this happened, but I deleted all of them, and was able to post. That's when the teen posting started. I have no idea how it could be being done, but I think that someone else is using my script! And I think that's why there were a couple of hundred bogus posts - they were all fake responses (no new text) to a real post - all with different "people" posting them. I think that whoever is using my script needed the count to be back in the high 300's - so he just created tons of fake posts. I've changed the name of the script, which will screw him up - but there's nothing to stop him from doing it again, unless I can figure out how its being done - and I don't have the slightest clue!!

Kaf you want to just move it to bluemarble for a while?

Trouble with that Matt's script is it is so widely used.

Kaff, is it fixed yet? :)

RE#111 -- Kaffeine: I'm so sorry this happened to you -- how very vexing. Hope you got it fixed.

Oh Honey Pie, my position is tragic - Come and show me the magic [more than show, if you please...]- Of your Hollywood song [hey wait, can you sing?]! Now Honey Pie, you were driving me frantic [still are]- Sail across the Atlantic [California's not really that bad...is it?] - To be where you belong... You became a legend of the silver screen [well, maybe not that old...], Oh, you're always on it [at least at my house...]... Now Honey Pie, you were driving me frantic - Sail across the Atlantic - To be where you belong...! Lennon/McCartney...with my own parenthetical interjections...

ROTFLOL Kal! I don't think this is what Paul had in mind when he wrote this! ;-)

I doubt he did, but it serves my purposes beautifully, don't you think? ;)

Ohh KAli! Bravo!! And I must admit the Beatles have the most appropriate lyrics. What do you think of a new Beatles movie with JN as one of the fab four? I hear he has an incredible singing voice(doesn't surprise me-that VOICE). I'd like to see him as Ringo, shaking his hair in time to the music. GREAT HAIR!!! I read somewhere that JN was considered as a possible James Bond, successor to Brosnan. The possibilities are endless!!!!!!!

JN as James Bond -- now there's a REAL Bond! Brosnan, pretty though he is, is WAY TOO SKINNY. I worry about him constantly getting hurt while I'm watching the film. Is that any way to react to Bond, James Bond? Our JN has a scrumptious bod. That photo shown earlier is SO beautiful. WHAT A MAN!

So far, so good. No mystery posts today. Let's hope its over and done with! Kali - LOL!!! You are truly warped...my favorite kind of person! Cas - Oooh, Bond...Jeremy Bond. I could indeed picture that! (Over and over again!)

And the VOICE: MY NAME IS BOND, JEREMY BOND!!!!! I confess i have never wanted to be a Bond girl so much.

I love you guys. We're all warped together...

I tend to identify with Xenia Onatopp, myself...;) She and Jack Devlin would make quite a pair, dontcha think?

Heres that lovely Cosmo pic again...thanks again, Anne... BTW, can somebody hunt up Jeremy's birthday? We know it has occurred in the last few months, but we know not exaclty when...

drool... drool...drool....and that unbuttoned shirt!!!!!

Ah ladies, will not sleep tonigh, not at all. This catches up with me and fast! To think I believe Emma 3 would have sustained me until April, I'm now in deep trouble, but thanks to this topic I can marvel and anticipating his lovely repartee aahhhhh

Well, kal, I like that pic much more than the other goatee one you showed me at PCR...I like it very much indeed...Hmmmmm.....;-)

Keep your shirt on Cheryl...;-P BTW, those of you who've been wondering about his Saks ads shouldn't hold your breath. The term DAGGY comes to mind - Jeremy ISN'T immune after all. It is nice to know, however, that Jeremy was never meant to be a male model (never trust a pretty man...)! ;) I fear I'm more in love than I ever was before...why should I expect him to look good in Prada when I don't?! ;)

I am so glad to find this "drool room." I was searching for the old P&P2 bulletin board site and finally reached the promised land. :) My major crush on JN started when I first saw him in EMMA. My Austen-ization actually started with 1995 BBC/A&E P&P; the very next day I went to see EMMA. JN's Mr. Knightly really charmed me to my core. I read all the JA's novels after that, and surprisingly the novel EMMA did not disappoint me about the film. I cruised around the net to find more about JN, and found some including Kaffeine's JN web page and the Net and EMMA promos. But at that time I couldn't find any site discussing about JN in this manner. I abandoned my search for JN for a while. I got on the net specifically for EMMA discussion purpose after the BBC/A&E version's broadcast and found so much lively discussion going on about JN!! I thank whomever started this fabulous forum.

I am so glad to find this "drool room." I was searching for the old P&P2 bulletin board site and finally reached the promised land. :) My major crush on JN started when I first saw him in EMMA. My Austen-ization actually started with 1995 BBC/A&E P&P; the very next day I went to see EMMA. JN's Mr. Knightly really charmed me to my core. I read all the JA's novels after that, and surprisingly the novel EMMA did not disappoint me about the film. I cruised around the net to find more about JN, and found some including Kaffeine's JN web page and the Net and EMMA promos. But at that time I couldn't find any site discussing about JN in this manner. I abandoned my search for JN for a while. I got on the net specifically for EMMA discussion purpose after the BBC/A&E version's broadcast and found so much lively discussion going on about JN!! I thank whomever started this fabulous forum.

Gee, I don't mean to post twice the same thing. Sorry. This browser posts several times for some reason with one hit on the submit button. Any solutions? And I am sorry if this appears in multiples.

Whatever you do, don't hit RELOAD!!! ;) Welcome home, Sage. In whichever order you discovered Jeremy and Mr. Knightley, it all equals the same. I've been an Emma person for years, and I must say that Jeremy's boofull (a term I borrow regularly from Ralph Ellison) portrayal of my beloved George Knightley really endeared him to me. They have become one in the same. Words cannot express my appreciation. But you guys already knew that.

Or are the catfights yet to come? I think we're fine, unless Mr. Northam himself should drop by here - then its every woman for herself!! ;)

I couldn't agree more-JN is MR KNightley!! The two have become one in my mind. He portrayed MR KNightley as I always imagined him-strength, honor, vulnerability, chivalry...I too cannot be more thankful. Inspired by KAli's lovely Beatles contribution and a certain awe-inspring pic above, I feel compelled once again to break out into song. This board is becoming a regular MGM-style musical. Long Ago and FAr away, I dreamed a dream And NOw that DReam is near, beside me(that is whenever MIramax finally releases it) LOng ago-the skies were overcast. But, now they're clear-at laaaaaaaaast Chills run up and Down my spine Aladdin's Lamp is mine The dream I dreamed is not denied me Just one look(last August) and I kneeeeew That all I longed for LOng ago WAs YOUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuu

BTW-I read that Jeremy is a Calvin Klein man. Supposedly, one of his favorite places is NY is the CK Store on Madison Avenue. I wonder if GP introduced him to it???

Mine's better. ;) Calvin Klein, huh? Not bad. I'm a Ralph Lauren girl myself.

Mine's Better-Agreed! And I'm sure your voice is too. My voice's closest equivalent is Mary In P&P2. My Dad has made me promise never to sing or cook. My singing gives him migraine headaches and as for my cooking-I did it once and let's just say I have never seen anyone run so fast for the bathroom. BAck to JN: Comeon ladies let's make 200. Have any of you ever seen Jeremy on those chat shows-Regis, Letterman, ET....???? I vaguely remember him promoting the NET on some entertainemt show-they called him this classically, trained handsome British theatre actor. How banal can you get! The only other time-a brief tv soundbite on the Today show regarding Emma-once again handsome was used to describe him. I do recall JN saying in that lilting voice that playing Mr Knightley was a "lovely" thing for him to o. Sigh. In a way, I'm glad he doesn't appear on those shows, although I would love to see him. It's very dignified, Knightley-esque.....YES-SB-WHAT A MAN!!!

oh that picture above!!!!!!! I think that seals it for me; I've got it all figured out. It's Darcy that does it for CF, but JN's skills have nothing to do with Knightley, they're all his own!!!! ohhhh

Right, Cindy...that's what's so dangerous! I'm afriad I'll never get over it. *SIGH!* I have a Jeremy shrine above my computer...this is getting scary...Becky, you're wrong! I'm not being sane about this at all!!! :) BTW, their are some cool quicktime films over at the Carrington site... http://spider.media.philips.com/PFE/carrington/bio-northam.html

YES! DEFINITELY YES!!! He has spoiled me for other men and as I've told Cheryl-I don't want to be cured. Seeing him as the Mr KNightley I have always loved and dreamed about clinched it for me. And the more I read about him, the more enamoured of his charms and wit I become. IT's a hopeless case, is it not? KAff coined it-he is Jeremy KNightley. I'm still swooning over that Cosmo pic. As my granny would say-he has bedroom eyes, don't you think???

Kali - Thanks for the welcome and "reload" warning. I do recall reloading the document.... As for JN being a CK man, he doesn't look like he's wearing them in different magazine photos. Giorgio Armani or Ferre might suit him better, but I hope he's not one of those men who are obsessed with fashion. He is just fine with a white T-shirt and blue jean. :) :) I for one thing want to see JN plugging his upcoming project on TV. To promote Emma, G. Paltrow went around quite a few talk shows, and I know Toni Corrette (sp?) did Conan O'Brien show. But I don't remember JN appearing any. I thought JN is pretty much unknown to the US audience so the shows booked the more recognized faces. ( Toni Corrette did Muriel's Wedding. Although JN did the NET, a box office success, the movie itself was relying on Sandra Bullock's charm. BTW I read he had difficult time u derstanding the character and motivation. ) But then I do have mixed feelings; I hope JN succeed in his career but I don't want him to be so popular that he is the first spot on Jay Leno or Letterman. I want to keep him confined to a relatively small circle. Yeah, I know it's selfish. Does JN work out regularly? And where ? :) :)

Yeah, that's my fear too, Sage. Wouldn't want him to become an infamous bastard or anything, would we now? ;) I, too, read that Jeremy was at loggerheads with others - and himself - over Jack. I know he's tried to defend Jack on occasion, saying that he was this tragic psycho at odds with himself over his love for Angela, but somehow, I just can't believe that. There's a little part of me deep-down that is attracted to the pure evil of the character (I guess that's the Xenia in me, Cass!). As far as Jeremy's natural sartorial instincts, I think they're quite good. He dresses himself very flatteringly...he's one of the few people who can dress youthfully and carelessly and get away with it. He's not one who can wear trendy little outfits, however, which is fine with me. Simple and/or classic seem to suit him best. Yes, Cass...he's hotter'n a pistol! But we already knew that. I'm sure there are plenty of real-life Mr. Knightleys out there, but for some reason, I never meet them. Until then, Jeremy is a safe point of obsession... ;)

Will fame spoil Jeremy?: I certainly hope not. BUt, from what I've read he seems pretty grounded-he likes to act, he's not in it for the bucks or to be the next HUgh Grant. "THERE are better parts to play". CAn't you just hear him say that in that VOICE??? THis self-confidence, of course, just makes him even hotter! Most men don't have a clue who they are. ANd as for the NET, I thought he was brilliant/sexy/even funny in a twisted way as JAck(yes XENA AND JD would make quite the pair)-loved the scarf arou d the waist touch. Maybe the JAck Devlin role was one of the reasons he didn't want to play Willoughby in S&S. HE didn't want to be typecast as the suave seducer. ANd SAge-I remember reading that JN was afraid they were going to fire him from the NET. SO he worked out before the filming of the "boat scene". HE think's he's an "ugly bastard". Perhaps, he should visit this board.. HAndsome, charming, witty, suave, self-assured and even modest. The man is not just hot, HE SIZZLES!!!

Those interested in viewing the Saks pages I scanned from DETAILS can find them here: No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6

JN seems to get off on a lot of boats, does he not? ;)

Those interested in viewing the Saks pages I scanned from DETAILS can find them here: No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6

AAAARRRGGGGGHHHH! I HATE Netscape sometimes!

Here's my favorite Jeremy pic, tied perhaps with the Cosmo and Knightley images above...oh, and those wedding shots from Emma...oh, hell! Here it is anyway...

Isn't he cute? :)

Woo-hoo! Messages number 150 and 151!!! We make catch that Firth guy yet...

Is it not blatantly obvious that I'm bullshitting? I'm going to bed now...beat me to death the next time I do this, okay? :)

favorite Jeremy pic, tied perhaps with the Cosmo pic and the KNightley images above..... It's hard to chose, is it not, in the face of such perfection? I agree-the Cosmo pic completely blew me away, and YES! YES!! I love the proposal scene shot above-he has that vulnerability in his eyes(Well, perhaps you are wise) and that hair. OOH BAby! I also love the shot from the Miramax book-he's about to kiss GP. LOve all of his profile shots. Doesn't our Jeremy KNightley have the most classically perfect features? I like his eyebrows. And the nose and the strong chin. IT denotes strength of characte . KAl-you KNow what pic I wish I had? The pianoforte scene-especially that devilish twinkle in his eyes when he catches GP's glance. And that smile! OOHHH!!!

Let's keep drooling. We may make it to 200, yet. Many thanks to KAli, Grand Duchess of Northamland, for the peak at the Saks pics. Personally, I'm relieved he will never make it as one of those blank-slate models; He's his own MAN, possessing far too much wit and expression!!! I agree-I think he looks best simple, classic, like in the Cosmo PIC. REgarding the Saks pics, I especially like numbers one and six. HE looks GOOD in white. Can't you just see him, those dark, swarthy good looks, in an Armani, Gats y-esque, cream-coloured suit?

REgarding Boats-yes, they do seem to play quite the prominent role in his career. I think he's amused by it. Don't you love his eyes? They are like mocking, vulnerable, twinkling, devilish all at once. So expressive!

Yep, he's a little devil, he is. He's dark, and his features are sharp...and yep, those eyes throw sparks. And you wonder why Persephone was sad to leave her mother for life as Queen of the Underworld...silly girl! Cass, you know full well that my favorite Jeremy Moment is the expression during that pianoforte scene! That smirk, the snap in his eyes...the position in which he's sitting...the amused, jealous, disapproving, smitten, helpless expressions of both face and form. He really made me feel the gamut of emotions tearing up and down the poor man's body...yow! It was at once agonizing and hilarous to watch.

Hey, check out Susan's super-spiffy, hormone-packed story downstairs in fanfic! Ooh baby...that George Knightley is sex maniac, and Emma a closet nymphomaniac! ;)

Thanks for the tip, KAli! Susan-I loved it!!! You've inspired me too-I think I know how I'm going to continue Emma: DEja-vu. ANd KAli-the pianoforte scene is sheer brilliance!!! I felt every expression, range of emotions-He made me FEEL!!!!!! I love the way he looks when Frank Churchill gets up-so concerned, hurt, disaproving. He looked like he wanted to strangle him and the way he sinks down in the chair, and holds on to the armrests. OOOHHH!!! Best of all-the romantic way he looks at Emma before the duet starts-kinda like Gatsby. Just like Jordan, wE all want such a man to look at us like that, someday. OH and his body language-again so expressive. I love the way he slides over to Emma(such animal grace) and the way he said-you're playing was lovely. VERy Elegant! That VOICE! Another favorite Jeremy Knightley moment: the sexy, devilish, knowing look on his face when Elton sits between them and tells Mr KNightley that he will look after his dear sister-in-law.

Kali, I like picture no. 1 the best. RED Hot!!!!

Can we now call this the Cass/Kali thread? Girls, you are far gone!

We know. Shoot us now.

I don't think those of us in the Firth Drool are in much better shape, but what a fun addiction this is!

Just found this drool site..What a find..there's more than the JN web forum to look forward to. Love the Knightley side-pose from contributions way-above. Have not seen that one in any of the EMMA or JN web pages. Is this contributing towards the 200 mark??

winter is back! i was gone for JUST 2 1/2 days this past weekend for a family reunion up in canada, and what do i find waiting at home for me?!? JEREMY DROOLING IS ALIVE AND WELL! Spring's just around the corner, baby, and you can definitely tell from this conference! i bought the details and cosmo magazines before i left this weekend, and completely forgot to take them along with me for portable drooling. and now, i've come home and my bofriend flew into town for the weekend, leaving me to drool in secret as he sleeps in the other room!!! the guilt! i have so much to catch up on, especially the fanfic! argh!

Ooh baby! Welcome, Serena. I recognize you from Kaff's (kathleen's) BB... I have a little collection of JN photos (including the profile shot) at http://www.spring.com/~dxiechkn/jeremy They're not laid out yet, but they're all in one place...;)

Kali, I just returned from viewing your collection of JN photos. How fun was it also to get a look at the SAKS photos. High fashion most often strikes me as just plain ugly, and to be honest, I much prefer our Jeremy in casual clothes and tossled hair. Some of my favorite pics of JN are those taken from THE NET. I couldn't believe the bad guy (I drooled over him when I saw the movie in theatre -- how often do you get a guy that turns you on at first sighting of him??!) was Mr. Knightly?! After seeing Emma, I dashed out to rent the video of THE NET and replayed my favorite moments over and over again. He's so incredibly seductive. I think he could talk me into just about anything and I consider myself pretty darn tough. He melts me.

REG 160: BECKS: IT's a hopeless case. I've always been susceptible to crushes(the Cyrano factor). A certain MR Brosnan comes to mind and a few years ago I thought I was madly in love with Arthur Kent, swashbuckling journalist. Usually, I get over it(discover some imperfection like Anthony Patch in the Beautiful and the Damned) and/or get bored. BUt JEREMY!!!!! Sweet Buckles-I agree. He is incredibly seductive. I fear if I ever did meet the man(and what's the probability of that?) I would fall even more m dly in love with him!

One right after another, eh Cass? I hate to admit it, but that's me too...;} SB - you mean the first glimpse as in the back of his head at the airport? ;) Though I jest, I have to admit that Jeremy has the nicest reverse 3/4 view in existence...or at least in film!

Nice collection Kali. It's a nice touch, the occasional photo as I scroll down to this reply box. How difficult is it to 'paste' a photo here?? Had a great wallpaper, head- shot of JN in Fatal ..but it bothered the hubby and he vendalised it..so that's gone from the sceen. Anyone knows any news about who Jeremy is might currently be seeing??

Welcome, Serena. See Ann's tag tutorial for information on how to put up pictures here, and do other tricks. http://www.spring.com/~anneh/tagsaaaa.html

Last we heard, he'd broken up with his steady of nine years. Who knows what he's up to nowadays. Might be interesting to find out. Sorry about your wallpaper!

Cass, I love your list. I forgot about dear Arthur. My younger bro was in Saudi, but watching CNN really got to be too much fun

Hi y'all -- do any of you know where I can get a copy of DETAILS which carried the Saks ads? Is it a magazine? When did it come out? DANKE!

Been unable to post here for ages but try to check in as often I can anyway.. I'm desperatly waiting for Mimic.. I mean who isn't? But in the mean time.. could anyone pleaze tell me from what number of Cosmo (is it the American edition?) that indeed VERY nice pic is from?? Hope to be able to find it here in Lund but if it's an old one that might be difficult... sigh..

Sweet - Details is a magazine. The Saks ad is in the current issue (March 97) with Jared Leto on the cover. Look through it before you buy it, though - the ad isn't in all the copies. I bought the magazine, and the ad isn't running in SE Michigan! :( Gabriella - The Cosmo issue is also the current issue (March 97), the American edition.

Kaff, did you get the Saks catalog? I had to reorder cuz they only sent me the Folio, housewares, and women's apparel catalogs...:( Oh well. At least I have the DETAILS ads...:)

People...we're approaching 200...though the Firth topic is forever iterating to the nth power, we may yet catch up!

This is my FAVORITE pic! I'm new at this tag thing, so forgive me if this attempt is a complete flop!

That is a lovely picture of people in love, Sweet. Sad.

Hey Amy - I like your Sweet followed by Sad. It is rather sad, isn't it? I have this darn pic pasted around my apartement, my cube at work and even in my Franklin Planner. This is my romantic goal, but let's be honest: what are the odds here? It's hard enough just finding a straight guy in NYC, let alone an available, sexy, charming, honest one! So -- my hunt continues. At least I'll recognize him when I find him -- he will, in many ways, resemble my Mr. Knightly. Does anyone know what kind of role JN plays in Mimic? Bad guy again? Is there any romance? (If not, what a WASTE!)

He plays some sort of scientist. Apparently, there is some sort of romance. --- I like that picture very much, as well. I have the archery scene and the non-touchy version of the proposal on the cork board above my desk. Emma is indeed a bittersweet story. Sweet becuase it ends so perfectly, and bitter because I doubt I'll ever be that lucky. Oh well...why aspire to relationships and marriage when no one so charming as Mr. Knightley ever finds me sufficienty charming myself? ;)

Wow! Talk about delusional! ;)

After seeing Jeremy in Emma, there was no comparison to A&E's Mr. Knightly. When is his Emma coming on video so I can slow motion the good parts? sbuckley, thanks so much for that picture! It will hold me over until the video comes out.

SB: THANK-YOU!!!!!!! That is the exact picture that I have on my bedroom wall. Doesn't he have the most tender arms and kissable lips??? I adore that pose-so so protective, so warm. It's my goal too. I call it the "forehead/nose- Astaire/Rogers Carioca dance embrace". This REALLY IS SAD! I admit I've gone out with lesser beings. It's bad enough comparing them to Mr KNightley or Mr Darcy, but now I also compare them to Jeremy KNightley! I try to think optimistically, like Kali. There MUST be real life Mr K ightley's out there, although I too have yet to meet any. Sigh. Cindy and Kali: I really am a heartless guttersnipe-a regular la donna e mobile. And yes-Cindy watching CNN did become way too much fun! He will always be dear Arthur to me too. That leather jacket and fearless expression in his eye:"Patriot missiles-FOCUS! Focus! He has great dark hair and a sexy, resonant,deep voice-two of my basic requirements.

Does anyone know what kind of role JN plays in Mimic? Bad guy again? Is there any romance? From Cosmo: "...Not that the 35-year-old thespian doesn't have a tender side. In fact, he considers MIMIC to be first and foremost a love story. 'Well, its a modern apocalyptic-horror-sci-fi-thriller-love story, ' he says with a laugh. 'Use as many hyphens as you like.'"

SB: "What a waste!" No kidding! And I read somewhere that he's never been more unemployed as an actor. Those brainless, Hollywood twits.... My dear sister subscribes to a lot of Brit magazines. This week she sent me a review of Emma, together with a very charming pic of JN-proposal scene again! Anyways, they called Jeremy "this GORGE BIT OF STUFF-the suave, dashing Mr Knightley. And when Emma finally realizes that she's in love with him....Ooh, it makes you go all warm inside!" I couldn't have said it better.

with a laugh, "Use as many hypens as you like...." OH God! The more I read, the more I'm in love with this MAN!!!!!

Someone hit me with his address or email quick!! Who, if any, is this man seen with?? Someone in the other Bulletin B. said ages ago, that she had met Jereny in a theather class in London and she found him intelligent and nice in person. Don't think I could have been in a class with him and still walked out looking respectable or sounding that sober.

No kidding, Serena.

Oops...try again...

Re: the Cosmo snippets: Isn't this guy the most lovable goofball you've ever witnessed?

It's nice to keep on witnessing

Woo-hoo! Just seven more messages, and we're at the magic 200 mark! Keep posting, ladies... BTW, Cass...what is a "guttersnipe"? ;}

oh yes, please! Who IS this person who had a class with JN in London? I'm dying to know more! He does strike me as a very charming and intelligent person, and having read the latest interview in Cosmo makes me love him even more! The little snippet about him having to sell his flat in London has got me day-dreaming again: I'd gladly house-sit for him if he needed someone to look after his flat!!!!! and what a homecoming he should after after his exhausting schedule... let ME recharge those batteries for you, baby!!!!

Get in line, Honey.

the more I read about him the better it sounds.. Jeremy Jeremy.. does he even know what he does to us all?? thanx for the info Kaffeine! I'm off to invest in a copy of Cosmo now..66Skr (about 6 dollars I think??)..luckily I got my studentsgrant today :)

Wendy posted a blurb in the Ramble topic which I think is important for us to remember whilst singing the praises of our Jeremy: "Small minds discuss persons. Average minds discuss events. Great minds discuss ideas." Not to throw a wet blanket on the drooling, but it got me contemplating our direction here (that and a recent discussion with my dearest Cassandra). If all we do is post "He's so cute." and "Yeah, isn't he?" we'll run out of stuff to talk about, and we'll get bored! At this point, then, it might be helpful to discuss more about WHY we like him so much...to delve into what lurks in our minds and hearts (after all, the Shadow knows, so why can't the rest of us?)...are we bored, obsessive, desperate, hor y, what? And on his part...is it just becuase he's a good-looking, seemingly nice guy, or is there really a divine spark in his acting which draws us to him? Maybe I'm asking for a solution to a question of the ages, but I've always wondered...what is the anatomy of a crush? Is it similar for everyone?

Since I brought it up, I'll go first (unless some Speedemon has beaten me to the punch)...but this is nothing new. My fondness for Jeremy springs mainly from his excellent portrayal of my Mr. Knightley. Before I saw Emma last fall, I didn't even know who he was. After seeing the film, I was overcome with a sense of gratitude and respect, as the guy breathed life into this most beloved character...it was almost a cosmic-channeling thing! Of course, I thought he was incredibly attractive, b t I assumed that it was the character (he is an ACTOR, after all). After I saw him in The Net soon after, I realized that even then there was still something there...an aura? I don't know, but I found myself admitting some sort of subsurface similarities between my attraction for Mr. Knightley and my fascination with Jack Devlin. I know what you're thinking...could that similarity be...Jeremy Northam?! Yes and no, because at that point, pragmatist that I am, I wan't even thinking about the real person behind the portrayals. There was just this strange attraction to Jeremy's roles coupled with a nagging sensation in my gut that I was going to have to displace Colin Firth as my favorite actor. I think it was the Fiennes-Binoche Wuthering Heights, along with additional viewings of Emma and The Net (with my eighteen-year-old brother, who laughed through the whole thing), which actually put me over the edge. When Jeremy's portrayal forced me to appreciate even Hindley Earnshaw, it was over. But for each of those three roles, the appreciation is different...I'm completely in love with Mr. Knightley (who isn't? Who never has been?), perversely attracted to Jack, and Hind ey - well, I had a tremendous respect for the performance (imagine that!), and that was the clinker. Since, I've also learned that he has character, which doesn't hurt. He's a classically-trained ACTOR, who's been around onstage for quite awhile, and he hates LA. Those two facts speak volumes to a Californian! And the awkwardness of the Saks ads I found particularly endearing. As Cass often says, "He IS Mr. Knightley!" Well, not exactly, but he will be for somebody, I've no doubt...unle s fame changes him, but that's another story. As most of you already know, I HATE fawning over famous people - esp. actors. It gives me the willies. I know I'm an obsessive personality, and perhaps it's the fear that I'll actually develop a useless devotion when there are so many real people out there to care about. But in this case, I have made an exception for Jeremy. But it's not one of those "Oh-my-God-I-have-to-marry-this-man" crushes, it's more cosmic...he's a guy I can appreciate on so many different levels. Just knowing that people like eremy Northam exist in this world...and in the film industry...is a comfort.

Good idea, Kal. Anatomy of a crush. A good topic for our band, it seems.

Shall we give it it's own topic? ;) Yay! Message 200!