And we have a winner!

...For the Alec stand-in contest. Martin Henderson it is.

I rented Bride and Predjudice last night, and watched it with DH. Mainly to see him in 3D, but it ended up being a cute movie. MH's hair is shorter and he's completly clean-shaven in the movie, but even then there were a few times I would catch a facial expression and think, "OMG, that's Alec!"

Actually, the more I see of MH, the more differences I can pick out between him and Alec: Alec's eyes are bluer, and his nose and chin aren't quite as pointed. Alec is also somewhere in between the two extremes of facial hair (smoothly clean-shaven or bearded) I've seen MH with. But he's still very close. And it is helping me visualize Alec himself. So that's helpful. *g*

In other news, I actually started writing tonight. I had a lot to catch up on, since I need to average about 750 words a night to meet my June goal. I haven't managed any new words yet since I made the goal, so I was already at least 1500 in the hole going into tonight. I didn't even get BIC (butt-in-chair) until 10 pm, and didn't start typing until 10:30.

Still, it was a fairly productive night. I got right about 1000 words down. If I can keep this up over the next couple of nights, I'll be caught up and then some.

The scene I'm working on is a new idea prompted by the CD Cathy sent me with the MacGregor lament/lullabye Griogal cridhe ("beloved Gregor") on it - 15 different versions. Thanks to her I'll hear "obhan, obhan, obhan iri..." over and over again in my head for days. *s* But it is a pretty song.

Anyway, I'm writing her in as Alec's aunt Catriona who teaches the song to Elspeth. I got as far as their introductions tonight. But it's been a long day and my brain is shutting down.

Oidhche mhath.

Find my Alec!

Okay, I need help. I have not the foggiest idea where to find pictures of guys online so I can look through them and try to spot one that looks like Alec. (DH was somewhat relieved to learn this.) And frankly, I'm a little afraid to try random domains like "goodlookingguys.com"...as I'm sure you understand.

SO if anyone has any suggestions of sites to try, or if you want to try to send me pics of guys you think fit the bill, that would be great!

You can see the avatar approximation in the post below for a starting point. I'm looking for someone:

-mid to late 20's or very early 30's (not too boyish looking)
-blue eyed
-well built/muscular/physically fit
-reddish brown hair (think chestnut), long if possible
-about 6' tall

Bonus points if the guy is Scottish and/or wearing a kilt. *g*

::UPDATE:: 11:05 pm

Bleh. I meant to write tonight. But I really feel like I need to "meet" Alec. So I spent yet another night trolling the information superhighway looking for him. (Wait, that sounds not-quite-right...)

Anyway, some minor progress. I found the pic at the top of the page.

Also ran across Martin Henderson. Not exactly what I was picturing, but the closest so far...



::EDIT:: Since apparently I get a LOT of blog hits off this pic, I want to attribute it (and any other MH pics I might have around here) to the following website: www.martinhenderson.org. I couldn't figure out a way to post the pic AND link it to their site without stealing their bandwidth, so I had to copy-save-upload it here. I believe the original was taken by photographer Bradley Patrick.)

At any rate, MH does have longish brown hair and blue eyes, and a good-natured smile. It was the first pic I looked at all night (and I have been looking all night) that "clicked." So I'll keep my eyes open but at least I have a starting point.

And now I am 750 words in the hole for June. Ah, well. I'll make it up with a 1500 word night tomorrow.

Oidche mhath.