As you would expect, I did my Big Geek duty and saw Star Trek: Nemisis today. It was pretty damn cool. I had some quibbles with it -- which I won't go into here for fear of spoiling it -- but overall, it was good treky fun.

The minute I got home and turned on my computer, I got an IM from Andy:

andydehnart: see the new trek yet?
andydehnart: it rocks!
sjerslix: Heh. Just got back from it
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andydehnart: that was amazing
andydehnart: so was [the nemisis guy]
sjerslix: I couldn't get over his lips
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andydehnart: yummy lips
sjerslix: Well, yeah, but distracting
sjerslix: Who was that guy -- have you seen him before?
andydehnart: http://tomhardyrealm.tripod.com/
andydehnart: he's kinda hot
sjerslix: He is
andydehnart: he's also 26
sjerslix: What are you saying -- he's too young for me?
andydehnart: no, i'm saying he's perfect for me :-)
andydehnart: he was in band of brothers and black hawk down, although i saw neither
sjerslix: Ah. I saw Blackhawk Down
sjerslix: That also featured my husband, Orlando Bloom, but he was an idiot who had a bad accent in that one.
andydehnart: sorry to have to break this to you, but orlando bloom is my love affair, so he's been cheating on you
sjerslix: As long as he keeps coming home to me.
sjerslix: Actually, he's also very young. Sigh. My lust objects are getting younger than me. I'm now officially old.

When did this happen? When did all the new yummy creatures on camera get so young? It's very disconcerting.

That's not to say I've written off men my own age and older. Ewan McGregor is on The List, and he's 31. Hugh Jackman is very much there, and he's 34. (I used to have a thing for Russell Crowe (38), but he got booted from The List after the "How dare you cut my poem! *smack*" incident at the BAFTAs.)

But Orlando Bloom is seven years younger than me. Tom Hardy is six years younger. And the next hot young thing out of Hollywood is going to be, well, younger. This wasn't supposed to happen. Harumph.