I heart gingers.....movie edition

First off, can I just say how amazing Eddie Redmayne was in Les Miserables?! I mean, wow! He was not really ginger in the movie, but his freckles were shining through, making his Marius that much more desirable :)

My second piece of news is actually very cool. I ran across the profile of an attractive ginger on OkCupid. Sadly, he lives in Edinburgh, my favorite ginger city. But then, after reading his profile, I realized that this guy is looking for me! He is making a documentary about being ginger...entitled "Being Ginger"...and is looking for women who are attracted to gingers. Um, hello? If this blog is any indication, I think I fit that description. So I decided to write him a message and tell him about this blog. We'll see how it goes...there's always hope!

Watch "Being Ginger - Official Trailer" on YouTube

Merry Christmas...ginger edition

So far the holidays have been quite ginger-filled. There were gingers in the airport (see picture). This one was on my flight to Los Angeles. And I had a ginger barista at Starbucks the next morning (sadly, no pics). And the final passenger to board my flight home to Tucson was a lovely ginger specimen as well, complete with full head of copper hair and a full beard.

Merry ginger Christmas to all! Here's to even more gingers in the New Year!

Again, T Swift, really?

Looks like I started a trend. People are admitting their love for gingers all over the place. But come on, Taylor! Ed Sheeran AND Prince Harry? Back off!

Whoa there, Taylor Swift!

Heard a terrible rumor the other day. T Swift better back up off my man! You had a Kennedy....leave the regular guys for the rest of us!

Ed Sheeran & Taylor Swift Dating — Tour Twosome Getting Closer & Closer - Hollywood Life

Ginger birthday weekend

So my birthday weekend was made even better by a visit from my Dewey boy and an Ed Sheeran concert. The perfect ginger topper to my ginger-themed birthday.

Ginger-themed birthday party

My friends thought it would be fun to throw me a ginger-themed birthday party and have all of the guests come as gingers or ginger characters. It was a lot of fun! I went as Poison Ivy. My friends were Lucille Ball, various Weasleys, a Shirley Temple, and a red-headed slut. I'd forgotten how much fun it was being a ginger. Maybe I should dye my hair again....?

Ginger birthday presents

My best friend sent me the funniest present for my birthday. Her comment: Here's my contribution to the ginger party : )

A little "help" from my friends

By now, all of my close friends are quite aware of my affinity for gingers.  I put with a lot of good-natured teasing on the subject, and they are constantly in awe of my ability to pick out gingers from a crowd of people.  Lately, they have taken to sending me photos taken with their cell phones and other ginger-related items that they find.  Here are a few of my favorites:

From my roommate Meagan:
Spotted in Florida: the only other person in the grocery store under 70 is a ginger!

From my friend Lucy and starring my friends Kate and Anna during a night out without me:

Find the ginger:

Ginger?

Find ginger.

Can you see the ginge?

Ginger finale:

And again from my friend Lucy:

Gotta love my friends and all their "help"   :)

Olympics Edition

Not too many ginger athletes out there, but of course, Great Britain does not disappoint. Cute young ginger on the GB men's gymnastic team....Daniel Purvis. Wow, what a spectacular floor routine he can throw together. That's some nice tumbling, mate!

Even better, my favorite ginger royal, the lovely Prince Harry, was in attendance to see the GB guys win bronze in the team finals.

Meeting Ed Sheeran

Was so excited about the Ed Sheeran and Snow Patrol concert.  Put on my special shirt in hopes that I would get a chance to meet him.  Turns out, he really wanted to meet his fans...because there were relatively few of us. I was shocked that no one really knew who he was!  I guess I forgot how long it takes for British bands and music to travel overseas and become popular over here.  Anyway, after the show, I got to meet him...and he commented on my shirt!  Here is the picture that we took together  :)  Love him!

Scotland....Land of Gingers....?

Arrived in Glasgow, Scotland today.  Have yet to spy any (attractive) gingers.  Actually, I have seen surprisingly few gingers since my arrival here.  Perhaps Edinburgh is the place to find them.  That's where I spotted the most in December (with my mom's help, or course).  I'll be there in a few days, which gives Glasgow a chance to prove me wrong :)

Just wanted to keep on the Ginger track and post a little something that I discovered in London a while ago.  Why did I not know about this sooner?  Absolutely hilarious!!!!

The search for Scottish gingers continues!  Updates to follow!

Finally....a ginger date!!!!

Who knew that posting a profile on a regular dating site would get me more ginger options than a ginger dating site? I have a date tonight with a super tall ginger, and I cannot wait!

Also, planning my Spring Break trip to Scotland, my fave ginger nation. So excited to see how many ginger dates I can have in one week :)

*Update*
So the date went well. Yes, he was ginger. Yes, he was really tall (6'5" to my 5'3"). We met for drinks and talked for a long time. He's funny and we hit it off quite well. The only downside? Worst kisser ever!!!!! As my friend said, its one thing to be a bad kisser at 17, but at 28 or later its entirely unacceptable.

Onward to Scotland!

Recent ginger sightings

I recently went up to New York to visit a friend. We went out in the LES on Saturday night. Spotted a super hot ginger toting a guitar while we were leaving the subway. Wished (out loud) that he was going where we were headed. He wasn't. :(

A couple weeks later, I was in San Antonio. Saw two gingers in line at Starbucks. And then, there was a student ginger at the morning lecture for my conference, but he sadly bolted before I had a chance to make a move.

Guess I will just have to wait until the Ed Sheeran concert in April. Of course I will be wearing my I heart Gingers shirt. Will try my hardest to get pictures with Mr. Ginger himself.

Step 1: Sign up on Ginger Dating Sites

In order to kick start the ginger dating process, I decided to join a ginger dating website.  So I Google searched "ginger dating".  I came up with two different dating sites (or so I thought), dedicated entirely to redheads and those looking to date them.  HotForGinger and DateGinger.  After joining both of them (free membership), it turns out that they are pretty much exactly the same website...with most of the same profiles as well.  So I may end up with two profiles on the same site.  Oh well, if they don't find one, maybe they'll find the other.  And so it begins!  Wish me luck (of the Irish variety)!