My GHM

Got this from Ad Libber who got it from Doubletake, Doublethink.

Quoting Doubletake, Doublethink: "I'm starting a meme (muahahhaha). Anyone who has ever fallen in love with her version of the GHM, I tag you. Write a post, it doesn't have to be very big, about that person – literary character, comic book hero, some guy in a movie, a random person you'll never meet – we’ll start a list that will probably never end."

I strolled past teenagedom and the days of Mills and Boons, Barbara Cartland, and daily crushes ages ago. Those were the days when Tom Cruise was every girl's dream. I fell in and out of love a million times everyday, but some crushes never went away.

Like the handsome senior who played Judas (the only truly handsome guy that I have seen up close) in a school play. My day was made each day as I saw his class fill in the seats many rows ahead of ours. I sought eye contact; wished silently for it; but it never happened. I didn't mind. Just seeing him during assembly was enough. We were different, he and I. He was a handsome senior in class 12 while I was a gawky, skinny, hairy-legged kid in class 8. Too different to ever get together.
I never ever got to talk to him,
And I hope I never ever do.
He was a skinny 13-year-old's dream
That I wouldn't want coming true.
[The rhyme was unintentional at first :D]

Yet, he isn't my GHM (Georgette Heyer Man) -- defined by Ad Libber as being "a one of a kind lover an impressionable girl can easily be obsessed with". That place has long been usurped by Baloo the Bear from Disney's "The Jungle Book". I can't say that I was ever obsessed by Baloo the Bear in my impressionable days, but he comes closest to my GHM -- the ideal guy that I'd want to spend my happily-ever-after with.

Imagine how wonderful it must be to be bearhugged by a bear. And Baloo is no ordinary bear. He hangs out with a man cub, has no qualms in crossdressing to fool the MonkeyKing, bravely defends his homo sapien protege against the sharp claws and teeth of the much-feared Sher Khan, lives the life hippies only dream about, sings like a dream, and dances like a dear.



That's him on the right jazzing it up with the bunch of bananas. Handsome ain't he? And he's a philosopher too as the video and the lyrics of "The Bear Necessities" reveal:

Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
Old Mother Nature's recipes
That brings the bare necessities of life

Wherever I wander, wherever I roam
I couldn't be fonder of my big home
The bees are buzzin' in the tree
To make some honey just for me
When you look under the rocks and plants
And take a glance at the fancy ants
Then maybe try a few

The bare necessities of life will come to you
They'll come to you!

Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
That's why a bear can rest at ease
With just the bare necessities of life

Now when you pick a pawpaw
Or a prickly pear
And you prick a raw paw
Next time beware
Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw
When you pick a pear
Try to use the claw
But you don't need to use the claw
When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw
Have I given you a clue ?

The bare necessities of life will come to you
They'll come to you!

So just try and relax, yeah cool it
Fall apart in my backyard
'Cause let me tell you something little britches
If you act like that bee acts, uh uh
You're working too hard

And don't spend your time lookin' around
For something you want that can't be found
When you find out you can live without it
And go along not thinkin' about it
I'll tell you something true

The bare necessities of life will come to you

With a big smile and a sense of rhythm, Baloo spouts existentialist philosophy and jungle survival tips while snacking on ants and scratching his behind against a rock. He's the kind that makes you believe that everything will be aw'right, 'cause all you need are The Bear Necessities...

...And they will come to you.

[Announcement for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Others: Have you ever known of a character -- fictional, unmeetable or simply unattainable -- that you wish you could have hooked up with? If your answer is yes, consider yourself tagged.]