Dieux du Stade. *DEAD*

[perseph2hades]

Drop everything, friends.

My Dieux du Stade coffee table book and Making of the 2005 Calendar DVD arrived today.

I've been staring at punishing nudes of men all day and haven't stopped uttering the name of Jesus for hours. It calls for the default icon.

What am I going on about?

The French Rugby Team, Stade Français. NAKED. Photos by painter turned photographer, Francois Rousseau.

Apologies in advance for the awful scan lines.

I'm in paradise.





*gruntinggg*





*swooning*











*dead dead dead*






To quote my sister, who's been playing rugby for nearly a decade and a half: There's that whole camaraderie thing you don't get when you're on a posting or on a submarine or whatnot.

o_O No idea, people.


Look at this creature.






Is somebody kidding me?


This, meanwhile, is the beauty with whom I'll be eloping, to Mexico.



They are Italian, and they are brothers. *cries for days*




On the making-of DVD, this one twists his hips ever so delicately, all the while smiling, while waiting for the photo. *throws self off cliff*



*ggggnnnnnaaarrrggghhh*


(this is him from the back)





Then a bunch of portraits.

Look at the eyes on this sonofabitch.


This one is the spitting image of the twenty-three year old Brazilian who followed me home on my 30th birthday. agy&%^$^%ghhas,













I love this one's look. Love it love it love it.






The brothers.




My only complaint, and it is a big one, is that the younger brother's photo is not featured solo in the book, only on the cover.



From the DVD.
His name is Olivier Sarramea. He's French, he's 6'4", and I'm incoherent.








This is her job.




Therefore she wins.


*cries a river* elaur, please be so kind as to arrange the funeral service for my deceased self.

Comments

[lilithilien.livejournal.com]

hoooooooooooooollllllllyyyyy cow .....

*electrocutes self from spilling drool liquid on computer*

[perseph2hades.livejournal.com]

*provides rubber padding* Delicious. Just too delicious.

[lilithilien.livejournal.com]

Yeah ... so I posted the link on my LJ too, and got into an argument with someone who thinks these are "tame." Not sure whether I want to know where she hangs out or not.

[perseph2hades.livejournal.com]

Good lord! That person is being completely irrelevant! What's her perception of tame versus graphic got to do with you extending a simple courtesy to your flist? How frustrating when people make you do their thinking for them.

There are photos in the book with full frontal nudity, which I chose not to put in the post to keep it at a certain level. She shouldn't go around presuming she's some kind of hard core, been-there-done-that individual while we're all a bunch of squeeing little girls. Good lord. /end rant.

And yes. You should get the book for your coffee table. :p mrowr.

[lilithilien.livejournal.com]

Yeah, think there'll be some defriending soon.

But I really calmed down by looking at your pics again. Think I do need to order it. The decision rule: are there more muddy naked wrestling pics?

[perseph2hades.livejournal.com]

There are only 2 in total, but they're each two-page spreads. I only got a half page in that pic.

My honest opinion? There are a total of approximately 150 pages of oversize photographs. I can't see a downside to getting the book. :p