tomkatting around.

...i have mixed feelings

06.12.05

My thoughts on Tom-Kat*.

I generally feel that you should do whatever you want in life. As long as it doesn't harm anyone else, or break any laws**.

Ergo, I feel that you should date whomever you wish, unless they are already involved with someone else and it would hurt the third party, or the intended datee is jail-bait.

I suppose a 26-year old can totally date a 42-year old.

However, in 1983, when 21 year-old Tom Cruise was dancing around his parent's living room to "Old Time Rock & Roll," wearing a pink oxford shirt and tighty-whiteys, 5-year old Katie Holmes was in KINDERGARTEN.

That means, she shouldn't have seen the unedited version of this film until it had been out for like 10 years.

And when 24-year old Tom Cruise, as Pete Maverick, was aerially assaulting the hearts of teenage girls (and boys) everywhere, 8-year old Katie Holmes was probably a Brownie***.

Granted, she was probably allowed to see this movie at that age, but still.

Maybe it's sweet that she's finally getting a crack at her schoolgirl crush.

She said it herself last year, in a magazine interview, pre-Cruise, "I think every little girl dreams about her wedding. I used to think I was going to marry Tom Cruise."

And his recent reply to this is, "Well I don't want to disappoint her. I'm going to discuss it with her. Honestly, I haven't had this kind of experience before."

More power to them, I guess.

The whole kindergarten thing still kind of squicks me, though.

I don't really know.
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*In case you live under a rock, I'm talking about the "super couple," Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes. As an aside, what's the deal with giving all the hot celeb couples a cutesy nickname? First we had Bennifer, then Bennifer 2, and now we have Bradgelina and Tom-Kat. Blech.

**I'm a little flexible on the law-breaking bit, but it's generally true.

***You know, the Girl Scout junior junior league.(There's already a Junior Girl Scouts.) When you're too young to be an actual Girl Scout, you get to be a Brownie.

I was a Brownie. I sold cookies. I remember eating a lot of cookies, too.

I think even Short-Round was a Brownie, although she may have been a Girl Scout. I'm not certain. I just remember her being my source for Lemon Pastry Cremes. (I firmly believe that moms only get their little girls involved in the program to gain easy access to the cookies. Leadership abilities, team-building, life skills? Pshaw. Thin Mints, Do-Si-Dos®, Samoas®, Tagalongs®? You bet your bottom dollar.)