Celebrity crushes....

I kind of like having celebrity crushes. I think they're fairly harmless and give you a little bit of a lift when someone you're interested in appears on TV or whatever. Although I always try to keep them in perspective, with the full knowledge that celebrity's public persona's are carefully controlled. I'm not likely to develop a strange stalker-like obsession about anyone!

So, who are my celebrity crushes at the moment? Well there's a smattering of popstrels: Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Jessie J. A few actresses: Karen Gillen (Doctor Who), Eve Myles (Torchwood), Alex Kingston (ER and Doctor Who) and Natalie Portman.

But most of my celebrity crushes, and I think this is almost fetishistic, are for children's TV presenters. (The adult ones, of course!)I think it's something about their childlike enthusiasm. I'm pretty sure I know where this came from too. Ask anyone who was a boy in the UK in the 80's, and they'll talk with fond memories of Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis. In a leotard. On a trampoline.

There are probably too many to list here, but most prominent at the moment is Helen Skelton. Another Blue Peter presenter and all round Amazon-canoeing tightrope-walking superwoman...

Last of all, and probably one of my most long standing crushes is probably Dr. Alice Roberts. She's smart, vegetarian and has red hair straight out of a bottle. Almost the perfect woman!

As for S, she like's Jason Lee from My Name Is Earl and Julian Barratt from The Mighty Boosh, which makes me a little woried that my lack of moustache might be problematic. She also likes Robert Smith from The Cure, so there might be hope yet...