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Yup. Thank you so very much. Found it in my bookmark as soon as I had name to go with my summary :P.

I hope I am allowed to post this here. Looking for this story that I can't seem to find in my thousand bookmarks :(. Summary is as follows: Main character is very poor with dying disabled father. Gets asked by his high school teacher to work as accountant for this big farm person. He has a younger brother and sister he takes care of. The farm owner is not a big fan of his gay son, but comes around soon enough. Main character eventually ends up going to agriculture school and there is some mystery as well that I can't seem to recall I know details are sketch but would appreciate any help. I will in the mean time keep going through my thousands pages of books marks. Thank you folks.

That was it thank you very much

I read it approx. 1-2 years. Not sure of time period but back when it was in efiction format. Yeah eye color could have been violet.

I am looking for a story but I don't remember the name or author. Plot is as follows: This guy and his family move back to the farm which located in kentucky or some such state. His family is involved in coal mining for this other rich family. This rich family basically runs everything in the small town. The rich guy and the not so rich guy first fight and then fall in love with each other. The rich guy is in the story is described as kind of a gentle giant, even the though the other guy is not too small either. Thanks to whoever replies...you have my utmost gratitude.

You are an evil genius. I could not stop reading the "Bridgemont" series for four straight days. I was so obsessed that I missed one whole day of classes.....yay for online class capture! But still, med schools demanding enough without me getting addicted to a story, but this one was just amazing. When I saw that 4th series was the last one, I came straight to the forum to see more chapters were posted elsewhere, but just my luck that I'll to wait. Well for such good stories I can wait. Thank you for an awesome series and once I am done with my boards, I am going to revisit and reread them all over again. Hopefully by then there will few more chapters. No pressure.

I am looking for recommendation of other stories like Two Distinct Division by Horatio Nimier. I have read that series of stand-alones close to 6-7 times and wished there was more. If someone want to read this gem here the link : http://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/relationships/two-distinct-divisions/ Has this author published anything officially?

You are a genius!!! That is exactly what I was looking for. I read the first two lines and knew it right away. Thank you very much. This was right in time for my dinner (penne with basil/garlic/red chili powder pesto sauce with Parmesan cheese) which I wish I could share via computer because it smells damn good if I say so myself.

Hopefully this is allowed...but if it is please tell me so and I would not repeat the mistake again. So here is the description of the story I am looking for: The main character of the story is a sophomore or junior year high school student and lives in Massachusetts. He is smart with an even smarter brother who goes to MIT and his plan is to go to Harvard. I am not sure but it is a single parent household with mom being the only parent. Get accepted into summer program at Harvard and comes out or may he was out before...I am not clear on this point. The one scene I remember from the story is that the main character is carrying a huge drawing folder and going for near Harvard square (if it is called that) for coffee and meets some one who chats him up a bit. I know that is not much of description but the story is definitely here on GA or on awesomedude.com (most probably on GA). Thank you ahead of time for anyone who helps me with this as it is going to bug until I find out which story it is.

Congratulations! So how long before its available in print?

Hopefully starting a new topic is OK. Well I had to start one because these chapters are exciting as a lot happens, but chapter 14 seemed very sudden (but definitely not unwelcomed). I may be getting ahead of myself but it fills like this story is coming to an end soon (hopefully I am wrong). I don't want it to as I want how the future is changed from before and what else the main characters do, but it is really not my prerogative, so I leave it to the master of this story. I usually don't like sci-fi genre but this is a good mix of sci-fi and modern and very palatable for me. The only thing I wish for now is a movie or tv series like this. 5 stars for the latest chapters as it put a smile on my face and prepared me for horrendous upcoming week. Thank you.

I just read chapter 12 and can I kill her!!! She is not even real and I feel like strangling her, so in my eyes Micah is a saint. Can we have her die (I know the chance of that happening are .001%)? It's been what 3 chapters total where Micah has interacted with his mother and I am ready to throw in my towel. I don't how you wrote all of it. On the other hand his interactions with John make it bearable. But seriously haven't these people not heard of not punishing the son for his father's mistakes? I mean I get it. Micah's father hurt a lot people including his mother and step-father, but come on please give him a chance. Rant over!!!!! I guess I shouldn't have read this chapter half drunk 'cause then it means that I have to rant at the unfairness of it all.

I hope I can bring in other religions in this topic and discuss it here! May be after my post which is really a rant they will move his thread to soapbox. This my first meaningful contribution to the forums at gayauthors so please treat me nicely at first and after I have more than lets say 15 posts or so you can blast me on my opinions . JK! polite criticism always welcomed even when they are not politically correct. So what I got from this series is that most people were conditioned in the church to hate homosexuals. But what I don't understand is why do preachers and religious leaders in the church want to condition the people in such a way. I use words such as conditioning because that is what they are doing by shouting again and again in loud voices with accompanying punishment. I don't know much about bible and Christianity, but I would like to talk about its influence on other countries and codification of their laws. Most specifically India. I grew up in India and moved to US when I turned 14. I was born a Hindu and held fascination with Christianity for a long time because of movies/shows that I use to watch - who doesn't like getting tons of shiny gift. At that young age I was naive and felt Christianity offered so much more freedom than my own religion. I never did convert and have since given up any desire to do so. Most LGBT folks will recognized that India just recently decriminalized homosexuality. But what most might not know is where that specific piece of constitution comes from. This is according to discussion between a religious studies professor and me few years back. I have even asked my father about it who at one point studied certain scriptures in quite detail. This what I got out of all of it. In Bhagvad Gita (equivalent to bible) there is nothing in it about homosexuality, because it was almost a non-issue during that time because the text in bhagvad gita was delivered on the eve of war of Mahabharat. So what it sets in gold is how people should behave in general, when king/leader goes into war, what is good war, when is war good and how he should rule his people. On the other hand certain religious leaders (not all) and people (again not all) point to certain passage in other ancient texts called vedas to condemn homosexual sex. They say that, the teachings of vedas, allows only heterosexual sex. What they don't mention is they allow heterosexual sex only within marriage and even then for purposes of procreation, as these vedas emphasize liberation from the material world to the spiritual, which means abandoning all wealth and sex. It condemns almost all sex and not just sex between same gender. Another thing no one mentions is the mentions of sex between same gender or other takes up less than .0001% of the scriptures. Lots of vedas and upanishads are actually about just praying to various gods and goddesses (yes we have concept of female deities), living a good and just life and subjects such as science, math and astronomy. One also has to take into account that same text put same emphasis on caste system and other currently condemned practice like poor treatment of women. Most Hindu scholars and historians today agree that caste system (If I get a chance I might elaborate more on what some scholars and I think on caste system) while might have been the norm then is not a just system today. And if they disregard things like that and allow for heterosexual sex out of marriage then one should also allow for homosexual relationships and sex. There are hindus who believe in all of the above (lots of hindus still do - years and years and years of brain washing) and most of them are part of highest caste in the system called "Brahmans". Males in these sect are our religious leaders and kind of behave like white supremacist, meaning they have power will do whatever to keep it. Another thing to take into account is who wrote these vedas and Bhagvad Gita and where did they come from. Our beliefs (for common people) and certain scriptures looked at by leading religious studies researchers at world class institutions in Europe and India clearly state that Bhagvad Gita while written down by a man came directly from Lord Krishna (incarnation of Lord Vishnu). What no one know is where vedas came from. Some say they are words of god given to sadhu's and sages after enlightenment and other state that they are interpretations of the times these same enlightened and god like man lived in. Another thing most people cannot really read sanskrit, the language these were written so anything told in past or certain things handed down to us Hindus today was clearly an interpretation of a human being, most probably a male brahmin. The point is that no one clearly knows what they actually say about homosexual/heterosexual sex and relationship. But people in their zealousness always want to assume that their interpretation and their way of thinking is right no matter what. Additionally, one also has to take into account that rule of Hindu kings and dynasties ended in 1th century in India. Then came the influence of Islam and then Christanity, two very strong missonary religions with very poor outlook on homosexuality. So to summarize the point of these past few paragraphs is that criminalization of homosexuality did not come from hindusim (majority religion at the time constitution of India was written and put into practice (Jan 30 1950)). So one may ask where did the Indian penal code arises. Here is blurb from wikipedia (I know I shouldn't quote wiki but in this situation it is actually right and hopefully I am not violating copy right laws): Wiki link "The Indian Penal Code (IPC), of which Section 377 forms a part, was drafted in 1860 by Lord Macaulay as a part of the colonial project of regulating and controlling the British- and Indian-origin subjects. It reads: 377. Unnatural offences: Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. Explanation: Penetration is sufficient to constitute the carnal intercourse necessary to the offense described in this section." And you may ask why did Indian leaders when forming our constitution allow this abomination of a law to stand (Indian constitution was put into effect in 1950). Well lets rewind back to 1947. When India gained its independence there were more important things such as separation of Pakistan (money and its scarcity being major factor) , looming war of 1948 indo-pak war, killing of thousands of hindus and muslims, kashmir, rebelling princely states and most important of all money. In over 400 years of colonial rule by almost all european countries by mainly United kingdom the country was broke completely. The only thought on the leaders mind was to stablized the country and build its infrastructure. And the leaders of that time were very influenced and enamoured by both already existing American and British constitution. So the rights of lot of groups were ignored in face of more urgent problems. (Please don't take my last sentence to mean that what they did was in any way right according to me but dire circumstances can force people to do dire things). In conclusion I am going to blame such law on bad circumstances, ignorant Indian leaders and mostly on existing British law, which I am going to assume (even though it might make an ass out me) was based on teachings of church. According to what I understand (I could be wrong and please correct me if I am wrong) about majority christian population around the world is that they hate homosexuality because their church told them to do so. But what don't understand is why is there such venom in Pope's and majority of Christian leaders about homosexuality. Why so much attention to who people love? I wish current Prime Ministers and Presidents of secular world (including my motherland (India) and fatherland (US)) would wise up and give equal rights (serving in military and marriage are just two examples) to every citizen of their country regardless of their gender, race, sexuality and religion. Why pander to religious fundamentalist (that is what these people are) and why does the church insist on everyone obeying them when there is separation of state and religion? I don't understand that why they waiting for popular opinion because a minority has never gained rights just by relying on majority opinions. Two separate notes: According to my other Asian friends, mainly Chinese and Japanese, it was influence of communism and Christianity that led to condemnation of homosexuality in their respective countries. (Don't know if this is true but that is what they say) I would like some discussion on this if anyone here is available. Why are we LGBT or GLBT or whatever we and they want to call us are so divided? I mean hasn't everyone heard that united we stand and divided we fall or divide and rule (mantra of colonial imperialist). I mean if all of us don't push for the same thing and same time its never going to happen. I understand that most folks want to live their life quietly and not air their personal laundry to the world but until everyone is the group has equal rights no one should even think about being on the sidelines. I mean can't we get all the rights first and then fight with each other over who is more important in the homosexual hierarchy if there is one . That is all I want to say for this time. Thank you for letting me rant. The constant attacks from all sides and empty promises by self-profiting, corrupt and aggrandizing politicians has want me feeling like piece of crap and something else but I won't put that feeling in words 'cause I am paranoid. Please pardon my unitended grammatical and punctuation errors because haven't proof read this post. Hopefully I am getting my points across because I have never been much of a writer of any kind.

I read this story a while ago and can't remember its name its kind of hot, naughty, funny and there are some cliches but they are just so over-the-top sometimes its hilarious (at least for me). The plot goes likes this: Guy meets guy in the dorm room. One guy is shy and other is not. Well you might this might be about sexuality but its more about ....nudity. So they have this over the top hilarious dares about streaking around campus, jogging naked around campus and etc. One thing leads to another and shy gets overs his shyness and sings up as a art class model to make money. And then other people join in and its kind of like a orgy some-times (sometimes they can get so over the top you can't help but skip it cause the dialog is hilarious after that). But it was a fun story to read and tried looking through my bookmarks and such and can't find it anywhere. I don't even know what website I found it on. I think I might have read it on some-ones recommendation at this forum or awesomedude forum. So if some one knows of it please let me know. Thanks in advance and if this not allowed you can remove this post.