Peg Kerr's Journal

As madrobins helpfully points out, today's Alan Rickman's birthday.

( To celebrate the occasion, under the cut there's a recording of him reading Shakespeare's sonnet 130. )

That voice . . . *swoons*

I just added this to my Amazon wishlist. John Gielgud! Annie Lennox! Alan Rickman! Kenneth Branaugh! Fiona Shaw! Rufus Wainwright! Juliet Stevenson! Imelda Staunton! Ladysmith Black Mambazo! *Swoons*

(But where's Emma Thompson?)

Edited to add: Here is Alan Rickman's sonnet, in its entirety. As was remarked on metaquotes today here:

"Even if he wasn't so physically appealing, he has The Voice. You know how some opera singers can shatter glass? Alan Rickman can shatter underpants."

Nngh.

Edited to add again: And of course, we should also include the link to this which shows that, indeed, Snape is Too Sexy.