Tommy's birthday

[bop_radar]

Today is Tom Welling's thirtieth birthday. If Tom can come to terms with being thirty, I'm sure I can manage it in eight months time... yup, born in the same year--we've got soooo much in common! Um, nope. That's it. :-p

In honour of Tommy's birthday, I was going to post my favourite Tom pic (as many of my friends are doing), but I couldn't decide on one. So I'm calling on you all to help me out.

[Poll #973669]

Thank you for your help! If you feel I have clearly overlooked the ultimate Tom shot, by all means feel free to post it! *beams*

Comments

[mskatej.livejournal.com]

THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE. I can't possibly decide out of all of them. THEY'RE ALL PERFECT.

Damn you Bop Radar. DAMN YOU TO HELL.

*dies of stress*

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Huahahahah! This is the teensiest, tiniest piece of revenge for all your polls--which are brilliant, but have led to quite a lot of lip-biting on my part. Not to mention your insistence on mentioning Daniel Radcliffe's penis in every single one... :-p

You can do it! *cheers you on*

[mskatej.livejournal.com]

Also, apparently the one of his naked back is not Tom. Not sure how people know that though.

[skuf.livejournal.com]

It's on a commentary, I think? Maybe?

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Huh. Well I just made your job slightly easier then! \o/

[giggleloop.livejournal.com]

Ha, I'll be 30 this year too, in December. *shudder* But Tom makes it look damn fine, so I guess I'm okay with it. :)

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Yup, I'm using him as a role model! ;-)

[c-mantix.livejournal.com]

Ah! The things you bring into my world, boppy;) Beautiful pictures and words like 'woobie', which I had to look up. LOL.

I picked Tom 'au naturel' and smiling with Kristin because I like him when he's happy. It follows then that I watch SV because I'm a masochist:-D

*happy weekend to you*

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm so glad someone voted for that photo because I genuinely love it. He looks so cute and relaxed and fun to hang out with, you know?!

And 'woobie' is an essential part of one's vocabulary! *nods*

[amandajane5.livejournal.com]

OMG that was SO HARD!! Damn you boppy!

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

*giggles* Sorry, sweetie!

[bouncymonkey.livejournal.com]

#9! #9! *drool*

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

It's tied at the moment with #1. I see people are having as hard a time as I did!

[mahaliem.livejournal.com]

It was so hard to choose. He's beautiful in all of them.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know! I forgot that I'd still have to take my own poll! *lol* It really is hard.

[carolandtom.livejournal.com]

It's impossible to choose! I adore him in all those pics. Thanks for posting them!

And Happy Birthday, Tom!

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! And it IS so hard. *frets over my own vote*

[random-serious.livejournal.com]

Where is that naked picture form? Name the episode, now! Please?

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Crusade, Ep 4.01, but apparently it's a body double. :-(

[jeannev.livejournal.com]

Nearly impossible choice. Where was the "all of the above" choice? ;)

I had to go with #9 though. So many factors working there. Incredible pose, intense expression, little skin, wedding band. *sigh*

I want one! *pouts*

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

I am more evol that I appear at first! ;-)

#9 is a classic, yes! Essays could be written on its perfection. :-)

[myownghost.livejournal.com]

#1 is a great shot -- i have such a thing for him as Kal, with the blue light. but #2 is so unbelievably lovable.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

It's so hard, right?! There's no clear leader yet.

[tehjules.livejournal.com]

I can't believe I just passed up Porny!Clark and MR/TW... it was a HARD CHOICE but sexy, naughty Kal will always hold a special place in my heart. That, and you hit the nail on the head with the Ultimate Hair Period. :D

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Yessss. Ultimate hair! And apparently the ultimate hair has prompted dionusia to recognise him as the incarnation of ! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinous)

[boom-queen.livejournal.com]

That was very hard! I understand why you chose the poll format rather than just offer one ultimate Tom pic ;) And it was a very close call between windswept pretty and dorky with pink handbag...

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, I like your icon! Inguinal ligament--my favourite male body part! Um, sorry, what?

Yeah, I love those two as well!! They're definitely personal favourites--I don't know if many other people would have included them in a 'ten ultimate Tommy shots' post, but I adore both.

[literaryll.livejournal.com]

I'd never seen the pink handbag one!!! It is making me Eeee like I'm 13 and at a boyband concert.

Picking was freaking impossible but in the end I had to to go with the one from Exile because he is the most beautiful thing in existence in that episode. Forget sunsets or the Alps or the ocean.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Hee! I love the pink handbag SO MUCH! And the backwards cap (which usually I hate on men).

Yes, I do believe Exile may have been the peak of Tom's beauty. And that peak is SO HIGH.

[miss-tress.livejournal.com]

Damnation on you woman! Where are the ticky boxes?! *pouts for having to choose*

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

*giggles* Heh heh heh!

[dionusia.livejournal.com]

Hope you don't mind me barging in on this one!

This was almost impossible, but I went with #1, only because I felt a profound shock of recognition when I gazed upon him. I've seen Tom before of course, I don't mean that. I mean I have seen his TWIN, sculpted in MARBLE.

Please go look here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinous) for just a few examples of what I mean. The hair puts it over the top!

I did a report on Antinous in Rome! OMG! He's so dreeeeeamy. And so is Tom.

He even had several cities named "Antinoopolis" in his honor. Go emperor Hadrian! And oh, the power of tragic love.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

OMG!! *giggling so hard* I SEE the resemblance! We must discuss this further! (I'm gulping my coffee before heading to work), but yes the Ultimate Hair Period seems to enhance the resemblance perfectly!

And oh, do you watch SV at all?! Because Lex Luthor would LOVE you right now. He is all about classical references. He likes to soliloquize to Clark (Tom) a lot...

Tragic love!! (You realise now that if I rec you SV fic, uou get to use Antinous in your mental imagery, right?! *g*)

[kristiinthedark.livejournal.com]

you are evil. so very evil.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

You say this. Using THAT icon! Hypocrite! ;-)

[kayladie.livejournal.com]

I picked number nine just for the reason that you stated...that tiny bit of naked skin at his waist. Yummy!

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

It's irresistable, isn't it?! *licks*

[talitha78.livejournal.com]

I'm enjoying Tom's birthday so much! I picked #1 because I cannot resist those curls. *happysigh*

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Yay! It's awesome, isn't it? I get to go from one post about Tom to another to another... *flits around*

But gah! LJ has stopped sending me comment updates! *glares* Luckilly I spotted this one.

[serenography.livejournal.com]

Hee! Gotta go with the one from the TCA's with KK. I mean, Pink Handbag!

Lovely picspam. I think I might do one of all my favorites tomorrow. It's not like there's ever enough.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm glad that photo's getting some love--it's genuinely one of my faves! And I've been having a ball today with all the Tom love all over my f'list. And have even managed to pimp a new LJ friend SV thanks, once again, to His Prettiness.

\o/

[pep-singer.livejournal.com]

*Cries* That was so difficult!! I had to go with #9, though. Although, I was seriously considering #10.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

I know! Very tricky. But thanks for being brave and casting a vote!