Father's Day 2016: Louis Tomlinson & Freddie Reign vs the story of Jake Gyllenhaal & the Family Tiles

This is a short study in the contrast between the state of "fatherhood" for Louis Tomlinson, member of One Direction, and Jake Gyllenhaal, army-green pants clad Hollywood actor.

Great to see Management providing a perfect study tool like this article from Celebnow.com to exhibit how Louis' state of "fatherhood" is handled.  A few exemplary quotes:

He’s travelled the world and performed in some of the biggest venues, but Louis Tomlinson got to experience something brand new: his first Father’s Day.

Louis melted all our hearts when he took to Twitter days after little Freddie’s birth in January.

But today we’re putting all the drama aside to celebrate Louis’s first Father’s Day with a collection of the CUTEST snaps of the proud dad and his little lad. Enjoy!

The last sentence is then followed with numerous pictures of Louis and Freddie which have been well-publicized since the birth of this fictional story in January of 2016.  In-your-face recycling and a This Is Your Life presentation.

Then there's the other end of the spectrum where you have Jake Gyllenhaal who is a closeted father in real life, but his high profile, public image is that of a single, straight male with no children.  Let's repeat - with no children. 

Jake Gyllenhaal opens up about his desire to be a father: "It is definitely a dream of mine."  - ET Online

"I am not a father yet."    (from the same ET Online interview)

Jake Gyllenhaal on Playing a Father in Southpaw: 'I Would Love for It to Not Be Fictional' - People

While the 34-year-old actor has not been able to add "father" to his résumé offscreen, it's something he looks forward to in the years to come.   (from the same People interview)

"Nothing gets me more excited than thinking about being a husband and a father one day. There is no purpose I can see in the world more important than that."   -  International Business Times

Both celebrities' fatherhood or "lack" thereof are both highly touted in the media and the ironic part is that in both cases, the opposite is true.

To all the fathers, caretakers, mentors, and time-givers on this Father's Day, we salute and thank you.

reference 1: Louis Tomlinson story

reference 2:  Jake Gyllenhaal story

For Jake and Austin? Their day was June 16

picture source:  abovethelaw

Belated Happy Anniversary, fellas.   Thanks to all of the extracurricular online activities which were highly promoted to have started the evening of June 15 and ensued throughout the 16th, the guys themselves have pretty much confirmed the 16th is their special day.   :-)

8 years of legally wedded BLISS!!!!

If you were thinking of a gift for the boys, it would be pottery/bronze.

picture source:  pinterest

How the Years Can Fly

Young Louis and Harry on YouTube

Young Patrick and Jonathan on thxbud

young Ziam from Tumblr

Young Jared and Jensen from I don't know where, their pictures are everywhere on Tumblr

Young Austin and Jake from IHJ



One word - Longevity
All four couples.

Did They or Didn't They? Do They or Don't They? Are They or Aren't They?

What do you think?

 

Ziam

Shevine

Kradam

photo creds:  f***yeahKradam, pinterest, jakestake.com

Belated 'Congras' - It's a Girl! for Toothy Tile and Grey Goose

As I tweeted last night, I never thought I was going to need my little stork avatar again.  In fact, I had deleted it from my avatar folder!! Grrrr.

But 'lo and behold, it does look like these two guys have done it again, I do declare.  Once again, it's amazing what you can find in comment sections.  This time it was on a post from Austin's Facebook and what did I see.

 

source:  From AN's Facebook post on Dec 26, 2015
 
Now, no doubt Mgmnt is going to see this. Please do not scold Ms. Nicholson. She didn't know. She probably doesn't know how to get a hold of Austin and well, there's his Facebook page right there online.  Maybe Austin can just thank her, tell her he missed this wonderful congrats, and hey here's my cell phone number; you can text me next time!  :-)

Congratulations, guys.

This is What Happens When All the Ships Are At Sea

There isn't an ocean wide enough to hold the ships and barges that were present on the closing ceremony stage at this year's JibCon in Rome, Italy.  

For once, you had a "healthy" Jared Padalecki along with real life partner Jensen Ackles.  Jensen's meard Misha Collins was there.  And this year, one of the beards, I mean wives also joined in the mix.

Talk about stormy, unpredictable waters.

 

 At :50 you've got Jensen jostling up against Jared's (wife)beard, Genevieve Padalecki.  What, lol...what in the heck is that one all about?  But the best part starts around 2:20 following a hug between Jensen and Jared.   Watch the interaction between Jared and Genevieve, followed by Jensen's reaction.

This YouTube video, all 4+ minutes of it which is just of the entertainers saying goodbye, has over 8,000 hits.  LOL!  It's now been giffed to death and spread like wildfire because everyone is going back and analyzing this small moment in time.

Way to go, boys.  ;-)

In observance of Memorial Day 2016,

Thanks to our veterans and soldiers for giving the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.  And we also remember those who have passed before us and remain in our hearts and memories.

picture credit:  smallwarsjournal