ten(s)

a friend of mine and i were at baker's street saturday night. she's my personal trainer. she tries to motivate me to get my lazy self in shape. earlier this week, as i was struggling through a bit of her routine, she was pointing out men she found attractive and asking my opinion.

nope.

what about him?

nope.

what about him?

nope.

but he's english!

he's too pretty and has bad teeth.

one of us (i say she, she says me) came up with the idea of going to a bar so i could scope out the guys so that i could show her my definition of a ten.

and so that is how i spent this saturday evening, copping a squat on a stool at baker's street's bar, sipping a colorado bulldog followed by an iced tea, evaluating the patrons.

none of'm were tens. none.

so here you are, m'dear.

ten (fictional ... i know) men i consider tens. not (necessarily, though it certainly helps) the men in the photos, but (also) the characters they represent.

ioan gruffudd as lancelot in king arthur

johnny depp as captain jack sparrow in pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl

val kilmer as doc holliday in tombstone

brad pitt as tom "boyscout" bishop in spygame

adam sandler as sonny koufax in big daddy

jude law as alfie

billy crudup as henry roth in dedication

simon pegg as montgomery "scotty" scott in star trek

nathan fillion as captain malcolm "mal" reynolds
in serenity

harrison ford as han solo
in episodes four through six of the star wars saga