Oh, I know I shouldn't do this, I know I shouldn't. I'll probably be really sorry for this tomorrow morning.
Time and chess wait for no man - well, something like that. I know only too well the sad truth of that maxim whenever I accidentally look in the mirror at myself these days - of course, I'm not a man, but the sentiment is the same, alas... My goddess, to see super hunk GM Vladimir Akopian reduced to such straits - well, perhaps it's time I hung up my chess pieces, darlings.
(Photo upper left: VA at the 5th Gib-tel Masters, January, 2007; photo upper right: VA circa 1998)
It seems just a few years ago, back in August, 1999 when VA was one of the hottest properties in Las Vegas during the 1999 FIDE World Chess Championship at Caesar's Palace. I was there, panting after him - discreetly, of course. He was SO gorgeous - thick black hair, flashing dark eyes, slim, lithe, powerful, dangerous - and those fingers - oh my, those fingers when he picked up a pawn and moved it forward ever so gently yet firmly, just so...be still my heart.
Perhaps we could take up a collection and buy VA a year's supply of "Just for Men," the hair coloring agent that pretends not to be a hair coloring agent - oh, and a year's supply of Gillette razors - whatever the latest whiz-bang model is (I think it has five blades now, it shaves you all at once...)
At least his hair line hasn't changed it's location, unlike most of us.
ReplyDeleteThe gray? One word - distinguished. At least that's what us men keep telling ourselves :-)
It's true - he still has a lot of hair! I don't think the grey makes Akopian look distinguished, though, there's too much grey. Now, if it was just a touch at the temples, you know, sort of "Cary Grantish" - that would be sexy. But as it is right now, the grey just makes him look old. Perhaps a different kind of haircut would help, too. It would also help if it didn't look like V.A. was chewing on his finger in that photo!
ReplyDeleteP.S. I really meant to say that the curent photo makes Akopian look like he's picking his nose - but surely he wouldn't do such a thing, never ever ever, not in 1000 years.
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