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Awww, that rocks, go you! lol As for me,,,,,no don't think I want to go there lol

Hey everyone. Well first I don't think Owen belongs in the same category as Quinn and Rory at all! (LOL ok so he is my favorite, but still). I mean I found Owen twice as mature as the other two, and facing more real problems than Quinn, and depending on how you look at it, nearly as much as Rory. Owen had one really great quality that the other two have so far mostly lacked, he's not COMPLETELY self-absorbed. He makes it a point to be there for Aiden, he's almost saintly in his support of Denis (who treats him lousy and rejects his help most of the time), he's very much there for his brothers (the birthday party) and helps Tony (in steering him and Jake together, and later telling him it's ok for them to move in together), and all in all he seems like a really good friend to the rest of the characters too. Sure he has a few bad reactions and does a few things that make you want to snap at him, but mostly that seems normal and human enough. And sure he was wrong to not give Nicky the benefit of the doubt, but I think he handled it pretty well (for the most part) when he realized he was wrong. and yes he did treat Dan badly, but the fact that he feels so guilty about it, and dwells on it so much, and makes it a point not to do that again, is very compelling. I think the key thing is that Owen's faults and major flaws develop right before the story starts, or right at the beginning of it (and for good reason with all that trama and abuse). The story itself, to me, seems to almost always show consistant growth and improvement on his part. Quinn on the other hand starts out with a pretty good life, and then handles things horribly, it's just painful to watch (not that I don't love the story at least as much if not more than TLW, it even rings very true, it's just more painful to watch lol). At least he seems to be handling things better in the end though. As for Rory, well he can catch some break because of all he's been through that's beyond his control, and the fact that so many important people in his life are lying to him. But nevertheless, he does still strike me as immature, and annoying much of the time. And he does seem totally self-absorbed, he just never seems to think of anyone elses feelings, or try to figure out what other people are going through. I guess for me what it comes down to, is that if I put myself in the other character's shoes, it would be harder to see Quinn and Rory as people you'd want around in your life, I'm sure the other characters do want them around because, they're family/really old friends who in the past have "been there"/ they just plain care about them/the other characters are really noble and want to help them. But for Owen I wouldn't think twice about what he's got to offer as a friend, he's simply just not as selfish, more caring, and seems to have a better since of right and wrong. (Plus as a bonus he sounds much cuter than the other two :-P) LOL ok sorry about my rant about the main characters, I love comparing them. Hope you feel better soon Dom, actually I think your strategy is a good one if you're not THAT sick. I tend to be a hypochondriac and an all around big baby when it comes to being sick or hurt, I'm also highly suggestable. I find that I feel alot better and get well much sooner if I can convince myself I'm not dying and move on with my day to day life. Just DO take care of yourself, get at least 8 or 9 hours of sleep, plenty of fluids, healthy food etc. But if you feel up to I'd say try to live as normally as possible too. It'll take your mind of it, just take care and get well soon :-D

Well I think that's the most awesome thing I've heard all day. And I very much WANTED to hear something like that. As a gay Christian myself I know it's not always easy to comfortably live both roles, often times each lifestyle can seem negatively inclined to the other. But in my heart I feel that God created us the way we are, and loves us the way we are. In fact I think I even found your post pretty inspirational, just today a few hours ago I was thinking I"d been "drifting away" a bit and needed to work on that. And hearing you talking about moving forward in your relationship by growing in the Holy Spirit, was definitely inspiring. You seem like a very lucky person, Nick, as well as a very good person. I wish you the best and am glad for you in that you seem to have a very healthy relationship with your boyfriend, and with God. Who could ask for more? :-). Take care and be happy.

It looks like it could be a really good movie, the character profiles were really interesting. Personally I love science fiction and actually tend to try to AVOID it because I get addicted so easily. But yeah I'll go check this movie out. Speaking of great sci-fi. Has anyone ever seen a British Science Fiction series from the late 70s early 80s called, Blake's 7. It was AWESOME! I have practically every episode, I thought of it when I read about the woman in the movie with psycic powers (OK I probably woulda thought about it anyway ), because in Blake's 7 one of the main characters, Cally, has similar gifts (in her case telepathy, the odd telechanesis, and just being all around highly intuitive). Anyway if you want a realistic, pragmatic, and often bleak series with EXCELLENT characterization I highly recommend it!

Dude! that's like the funniest thing I've heard all night, and I've had a pretty "laughy" night! Also an excellent joke! :-) As far as my personal opinion on it goes, I really don't care. I, like virtually everyone else in my area, am circumcized. I think there was only one guy in my whole high school who wasn't, and I didn't even "see for myself", it's was just "so unusual" that EVERYONE found out. Also a girl I work with recently started dating a guy who isn't, and one day, after a little giggling, she came right out and asked me "what do I do with it?". So I guess based on those two instances it's just as well that I am. I mean since I don't really care either way, it's just as well that I "fit in". But I do think it's sad how shocked people are to see one "as nature intended". Speaking for myself though, and I know it'll sound odd, but I'm not really that interested in what's between a guy's legs. Oh I'll look, and it can be sexy, but it's just not one of my top 5 areas of interest. I notice stuff from the neck up first. Hair, eyes, smile, general facial features. I'd say about 55% of my interest in a guy is what he's got from the neck up. About 15% for his chest and stomach, another 15% for his Butt. 5% for arms. 5% for legs. And then the final 5% for EVERYTHING else, including penis.

LOL well I gotta say that guy's a new one on me but good choice! If we're talking about people from old tv shows I guess I could name a few myself. I definitely thought Richie (Ron Howard) was cute on Happy Days (and when I was younger I watched The Andy Griffith show and thought he was cute as Opie too, it makes me sound like a perv I know since he was a little kid, but I was like 7 or 8 at the time, so we were the same age in one sense). Actually I thought almost all the main characters on Happy Days were cute, Potsy and Ralph definitely were, Chatzy (or however you spell his name) was really cute, and actually I thought Joannie and Mrs. Cunningham were babes too! Really the only two I didn't find that attractive were Mr. Cunningham and "The Fonz". But that was just people I thought were cute, if you want a real honest to goodness crush I guess that would have to be Danny from "The Partrige Family", again I was like 9 or 10 at the oldest ok! OH Yeah and someone mentioned Robin from the first Batman series, Yeah totally! Whew, that was one cheesy show (well actually again I was a little kid at the time so it didn't seem quite as cheesy), but Robin made it worth watching (also does anyone remember the girl that used to help them sometimes, I think she was called "bat girl" but I could be wrong, she looked good in leather too lol). I'd also agree with some of the other mentions, like Jeff from Donna Reed (Actually kinda Donna from Donna Reed too), and Beaver's older brother. (I'm not old enough to have seen these shows the first time around by the way, but my family was watching them on "nick at night" in my formative years lol) As far as real people crushes go, there was the girl in front of me alphabetically in 1st grade (Kourtney). My best friend in 2nd grade (Ryan). And my 3rd grade teacher. (I could go on from there but they wouldn't really be "first crushes" anymore).

Thank you all so much for the support and advice, It really means alot to me. But unfortunately I don't really have anything new to report, we had a test last time (which on another note I think I mighta done pretty good on), so I didn't get to talk to him AT ALL. Anyway thanks again everyone and I'll keep ya posted

My goodness Mutt, that sounds awfully dangerous. Please be careful! lol I know I'm a "young old man", but I think if you were my son, I'd first hug you so hard you start to sufficate, then give you the longest lecture on earth about safety, then freak out about the hole in the counter, then apologize for freaking out, then repeat the whole process 5 or 6 times with a gradual lessening of intensity. LOL but then I am cronically uptight, and virtually devoid of a "wild streak". As far as the end of TOU goes, I'm not happy to have to say goodbye to Quinn, Jude and the rest either, but as long as they get their "happily ever after" I think I"ll be ok. Besides we can always revisit them anytime we want. Actually TOU was the first story I ever read on this forum, so it holds and even more special spot in my affections. But it will be good to read more DD (actually I think I need to reread the whole thing before we get anymore new chapters), and of course TLW sequal is pretty exciting too. Anyway best of luck and warmest wishes to all. (warmest, but not actually flamming pumpkin hot )

LOL Slaveboy, I have a story about "cox" myself. In my area (and apparently much of the South) there's a very prevelant cable company called Cox Communication, anyway a couple of years ago a friend of mine was talking about how her boyfriend, who was from the north, "had never heard of cox", so we all start giggling, but she still doesn't realize what she's said and goes on to say "What? They don't have cox up north.".....I thought "huh, finally a reason to be happy about being a southern boy" (well that and the food and friendliness)

Hey Dom, I'm so sorry to hear that something has you down. I don't know if this will cheer you up or not, but just yesterday I was thinking about how TLW and TOU were probably the two most meaningful and inspirational stories I've read in years if not ever. Funny it hadn't actually occured to me to mention how much I'd enjoyed and been moved by them until now. I'd gotten a cynical about the idea of finding true love, but reading about Jude and Quinn and Especially Owen and Aiden, I thought maybe it really was out there. Anyway hope you feel better. As for halloween unfortunately I don't think I'll be getting into the spirit of it much. I live alone and I think I'd find it a little sad to decorate if no one's going to see and enjoy it but me (and perhaps a friend or two who drops in), NOT that I think that's how other people should feel, I think it's really great for other people to decorate and get in the spirit of it even if they do live alone, it's just the kinda thing that make me focus on loneliness so I don't do it. Also Halloween is in many ways a kid's holiday, which also is likely to get me down in several ways if I'm not careful. Like 1) I really really want kids and don't see that happening soon if ever. 2) No kids are even very likely to knock on my door for trick or treating (I live in a big apartment complex in a college town) and 3) I know it's silly and I'm really not that old, but it'll likely remind me of when I used to trick or treat, and the fact that I"m too old now (Plus I'll already be feeling like an old man since I didn't decorate or anything lol), Oh goodness I meant to cheer you up, but instead I ended up whining. Don't get me wrong I'm really not down on Halloween and in fact I've been in a remarkably good mood the last couple of weeks. Anyway take care

Hey everyone, thank you all so much for your advice and for taking the time to read about my problem. Anyway I actually HAVEN'T gotten a chance to see him since, I only have that class on Tuesday and Thursday, and today I didn't go, because I stayed out too late last night having gone to another nearby city to visit a close friend for her birthday. I REALLY regret not going to class now (yeah a little bit because I should go of course, but mostly because I wanted to see what was going to happen with him.), but on the bright side, I'll have more to talk about Tuesday, I intend to ask him what I missed and stuff. And also I think I will take the advice of most of the people here, and just try to get to know him better and find out from there. I think I'll see if he maybe wants to grab a bite or something after class Tuesday. Anyway thanks everyone :-)

Hey everyone, so I wanted to ask you guys your opinion on something. First though, let me start with a brief description of my situation and stuff. I'm currently in my final year of (undergraduate) college (I'll probably be going straight into grad school though). Anyway so last week I'm in one of my classes, and for the first time I notice this really cute guy (yeah I don't know why it took 2 months to notice him, I guess it's because, in all honesty, I'm kinda spacey and often just lost in my own thoughts, plus I think he usually sat further in the back than me), anyway he's really cute and I THOUGHT I was getting "gay vibes" from him, so I go sit next to him, and manage to come up with a couple of casual things to say, but we don't really get into a real conversation (after all class was starting). So anyway today I have the class again, and again I go sit next to him, and acknowledge him with a friendly smile, but this time I'd barely gotten there before class began, so I didn't get to talk. Well when class ends, I'm pleasently surprised that he strikes up a light conversation with me. So anyway we chat casually for the time it takes to actually get out of the classroom (it takes a little while since everyone's leaving at once), but then when we leave the classroom, still chatting, I very foolishly turn right (because that's the direction of the parking lot), whereas I can see he's going to go left, why it didn't occur to me to just walk with him in that direction for awhile, and then go do something in our student union (I mean there's always something you can do once you get there, or I COULD have just turned around after he'd left), I'll never know, I guess because I'm (A) a total dumb*** sometimes and ( B ) because it was going pretty well and I didn't want to give myself a chance to ruin it. So anyway I leave feeling pretty good about the whole thing overall, and when I get home I decided to get online. So I get online and check out this website, facebook, which is basically a site that has a branch at many of the universities throught the nation, it has people's profiles, pictures, and messaging capability. So anyway when I get on it occurs to me to try to "facebook him", which wasn't a problem since it also gives you a list of people who are taking the same classes as you, and he was on the very first page. Anyway I check out his profile and take note of a couple of things, like the fact that under "interested in" he's listed women, and under "interests" as well as a few other routine things he's listed "girls". So I'm actually pretty shocked, I mean I didn't think I could really be positive just by looking at him, but once I'd spoken to him a few times, I was really sure he was gay, heck I was even thinking he was interested since the second time he initiated the conversation. I know it's unfair to go by steriotypes, but really I think if any third party person was likely to guess, they'd guess I was straight and he was gay, not the other way around. Oh yeah one more thing, on facebook there's this section where your friends can leave you public messages, it's usually just "happy birthday" or "dude, you missed a great time this weekend" and the like, but anyway this one girl had left a message joking with him about how she'd confiscated a purple bracelet he had, and that he should thank her because he was already coming off as gay anyway. So now I really don't know what to think. I was glad to see that message his friend had left because at the very least it means I wasn't the only one who thought he was gay. I mean I'd never come on to a straight guy. But I figure another option is that he's just not "out" (actually neither am I, but on my profile I left blank all the things that would definitively point to a sexuality, which in and of itself is a clue I suppose if you're looking), so if he's a closet case well that's certainly more complicated, heck I thought I was the one who was going to be the complicated closet case (and believe me I wouldn't have a problem if we were alone, or around people in public I didn't know, or with one set of friends I have that I am out to, and besides all that I think I'd be ready to come out if I found a meaningful relationship,,,,,anyway see how easy it is for me to get off topic :-P). What I was trying to get at was that I really was interested in this guy, I really thought he was gay, and I still think he may be. If he's just not out, but he's dealt with all that stuff in his own head, then there's no problem, if he's just starting to/or still coming to terms with it, then fine I'm happy to be there and be supportive etc. But if he's actually in denial, I don't think I want to go there, I might just make things worse for him, not to mention having a lot of drama on my hands. And of course if he's just really NOT gay, then obviously I want to drop it before I make a fool of myself and freak him out. So what does everyone think?? and how can you tell if someone's gay or not?

Happy Birthday Dom! Hope it was an awesome one

Hey Dom, Happy birthday! I hope you had a great one. Yeah chapter 23 of TOU was really awesome I loved it, can't wait for the next one. As far as writing goes I agree, Dom's great and there are quite a few excellent, young writers out there.......I just wish I were among their number. I recently decided that I wanted to write professionally (as well as of course novels and stuff), but I can't seem to figure out where to begin. Sadly like Lucy said I seem to already be in the habit of putting off actually sitting down and writing, I just get the ideas and then don't follow up on many of them, and complete nothing . Oh well Maybe I'll get better. Anyway have a fantastic year Dom, take care all.

Hey Dom, hope you have (or had) fun at the wedding. I'm so frickin "pro-relationship" right now it's not even funny. And lately the last several weddings I've attended have translated into "here's a good a time to notice how alone you are and how you'll never be the one to get married". Yeah yeah, I know it sounds bitter, but here's the kicker, I'm actually not bitter, I'm genuinely happy for anyone and everyone who manages to find love, and far from being angry or bitter when I see other people in love I actually find it hope inspiring, like maybe someday I'll actually find someone special. So what's the point of this ramble you may ask? (good question I should probably ask myself this BEFORE I actually begin a ramble) Well anyway I think the point of this particular ramble was that you shouldn't get too bummed out about romance and relationships. True love does exist and I do happen to believe (in theory at least) that it doesn't recognize age, gender, race, sexuality, religion or any other human category. So try to stay positive and maybe just maybe this pretty guy will be pretty on the inside too and turn out to be "the one" (Besides you're my favorite "romantic" gay writer, if you get disillusioned with romance what hope is there for the rest of us? )

Well I'd have to say I really did find that post a little depressing. And speaking as someone who's within a year of actually being a psychologist, I'd have to say I still don't really think it's my place to delve into the morality of modern relationships (at least not as a whole), personally I think it's the responsibility of every single individual who intends to enter one, to first develop a sense of morality about it. Perhaps some of the previous posts about the hopelessness of monogamy do hold a grain of truth, as much as it sucks I think people are going to have to accept that there ARE some things their "soulmate" still can't do for them. For example maybe you like classical music and need to have it around you, but your significant other just can't stand it. Or maybe as in the example above you want to be topped and your partner can't/won't. Maybe you need someone who's comfortable displaying affection in public but your boyfriend/girlfriend always clams up. Whatever it is, I personally feel like it's up to each person to make decisions based on what's most important to them. Realize that perhaps no one person CAN do everything for you to complete you, so take what you can get, and what you most need. If you absolutely have to have someone who's affectionate make that a top priority in finding a mate, if you HAVE to have someone with a great sense of humor, be sure to find someone with those characteristics. Then when it comes to the lesser things that may still be important to you but that the other person just can't give you, blow it off. Ok so it sucks that you can't go to a concert with your spouse because they can't stand them, well go with friends, watch it on TV or buy the CD, or just make the sacrifice. Being in a monogamous relationship isn't about always being completely happy with that one special person. It's about finding that one special person, seeing all that they have to offer, and then seeing all the things they can't give you, and finally being able to say to yourself or them "you know what, I don't care about those other things because I love you and you give me everything else." Far be it from me to evaluate other people's relationships and morals within those relationships, and if an open relationship, or a relationship in which "mistakes" are ignored, works for them and they're really happy, then fine, go with it. It isn't any of my buisness. But as for me I'll hold out for monogamy. I'll wait for someone who gives me the important things and then learn to handle the other things myself, or just do without for the sake of our relationship. I agree Demonic, maybe our lives are too complicated to find someone who'll be our everything. But before I go into that electronics store for that CD I just HAVE to have I'm going to check out the music section of the local grocery store. And if they don't have that cd, I'll just buy some freash fruits and veggies, pick up a few magazines and a carton of milk and go check out, and count myself lucky that MY store has most of the things that matter to me. But I'm probably not the best person to give advice on relationships anyway, I DON'T have anyone in my life, and I know that even if I do find someone, while I may rationally know that they can't do EVERYTHING to complete me, I'll probably still nievely hope that maybe just maybe somehow they will. But isn't that what makes love so grand? The hope (at least in the beginning) that maybe this will be the fairy tale.

hey Nickolas, I know EXACTLY how you feel, I used to get ticked off at people for the samething all the time. I'm the kinda person that when I'm talking to someone on IM I'm really involved in the conversation and want a steady stream of responses, I don't even like it if the person takes too long to answer. I've even had a strain put on a couple of my friendships for the exact same reason, once because someone said "gtg" and then just left without giving me a chance to say anything else (a huge pet peeve of mine) and once because a different friend was a cronic "I'll answer your last IM about once every 5 or 6 min. if you're lucky" kinda person. Anyway after alot of stress I came to realize exactly what Michael just said "everyone's computer etiquette is different". I feel like it's unacceptable because if we were talking in person it would be rediculous for someone to go several minutes without responding, or to just eventually walk away without say anything. But I now realize that ISN"T how alot of people feel. Mark's right in that the person should try to make an effort to do better if they know it's an issue for you, but remember while they should try to meet you halfway you should also try to meet them halfway, be understanding and patient etc. If it's an important conversation see if you can do it face to face, or over the phone, or specifically say "hey I need to talk to you about something important and I'd really like your undivided attention could you please put all other conversations and activities on hold for a bit so we can talk about this" (but only do that if it is important not just if you want to chat and want to make sure to have his full attention). One of the same people I referred to early who always took forever to answer, and made me feel like I was talking to the internet version of a wall alot of the time is also the person I've had my most serious IM conversation with ever. I was going through a really rough time and needed to talk and as lurker suggested I did say something to the effect of "hey, you got a minute? I'd like to talk", and I'm happy to say that she was great the entire time, extremely responsive and supportive, and down right prompt with her responses. So I'm sure if you could count on your friend in general you could also count on him in IM when it REALLY COMES DOWN TO IT. He probably just doesn't feel like most of the time it's that important that he stays focused. I have another friend who is extremly responsive and talks my ear off and if anything ends up waiting on me more than I end up waiting on him, and of course I enjoy those types of conversations more, anyway the point is everyone does view the cyber world as different and everyone interacts in it differently. Also remember your friend may never change his careless, distracted ways, I know it's very frustrating (and it would undoubtedly bug me to no end), but if you really care about the guy you may have to chalk this up as just something you have to accept about him. If your friendship is otherwise healthy and he's full of redeeming qualities, and you know that when it came down to it if you had to get his attention you could, perhaps you just ought to roll your eyes and blow it off like Michael suggested, just saying something like "well that's Zach for you" to yourself and move on. Anyway take care and I hope you feel better about the whole thing.

Hey Nickolas, Well I have no idea what any of you are talking about (and that works for me, glad to be out of the drama ;-)), and just found out reading this that snow dog is leaving, I'm very sorry to hear that too. Oh yeah speaking of "too", I've been reading your story, which I'm enjoying very much by the way, and I think you should just make it as long as you want, it's your story and you should feel free to be as thorough or concise as you deem necessary. Anyway I'd noticed that you always use "to" in your story, I don't know if this'll help but I'm a big believer in remembering stuff with some sorta mnemonic aid (the only trouble is sometimes I get so elaborate it's easier to just remember the real info than the aid lol). Anyway maybe this will help you, if not it can't hurt. "TOO" has two "o's" in it, so basically you've added an extra "o". That's good because the majority of the time "too" is used in means "IN ADDITION". like in my comment above "I'm very sorry to hear that TOO", just like you and everyone else, I'm ADDING my sympathy and so also adding an "O". Or like "let me come TOO please" (you want to ADD yourself to the group going, so add an "o" as well. The other most common use of "too" is when you're discussing degree of something. Like "I'm "TOO" hungry to wait any longer". In this the extra "O" can be remembered because in alot of these situations people might be whining about something and adding emphasis to the "too". Like if you just said "I'm SOOOO hungry", "I'm TOOO tired to get up" (Just remember you can only get away with adding one extra "o". As for "TO", "to" is most often used as a preposition, I don't know how much you know about prepositions but basically prepositions begin a clause (or prepositional phrase), which could be taken out completely and the sentenace would still make sense, prepositional phases just add more info. Like in the above example I said "I'm too hungry TO wait any longer", the "to wait any longer" is a prepositional phrase and could be left out, it's just explaining what I'm too hungry to do (wait any longer), and "to" is just the preposition that begins the whole thing. It would have still made sense if I'd said "I'm too hungry" it just would have been as informative. Anyway all that's not important, basically the thing you have to remember is that "to" is a preposition and like the other MOST COMMON prepositions: on, in, by, and at, it's a very short two letter word. So just lump "to" in there with "on, in, by, and at" granted those are by no means the only prepositions and some prepositions are fairly long words (although, through, beside etc.), the short two letter prepositions are definitely the most common. "to" can also be used as adverb, but again that's not as common and you'll probably automatically use it correctly anyway. So the take home message, use "too" (with the added "o") when you're adding something I.E. "bring the fork and the knife too." (the speaker is adding the knife as something he/she wants brought along with the fork, so go ahead and add a second "o"." or use "too" when you're being emphatic (like it's with such a high degree) I. E. "he was just "too" fast to catch.", (if you were really complaining to someone you might say it like "he was just tooooo fast to catch."). As for "to" think of it as the same as the other little prepositions (in, on, by, and at), so remember it only has two letters. Also "to" is typically dealing with place "....to the store" "...to bed" ".....to the bank", but it also is frequently used to express purpose or cause "....to see if she was ok", ".....to find out who won" lolol and even ".....to express purpose or cause" Anyway I hope that might help, but I wouldn't worry about it too(ooooo) much if I were you, your english teachers will keep taking off for it and if you publish anything or write something formal you'll probably want to get it right, but for regular stuff I don't think there's anything wrong with it, it gives your writing personality (like I said I'd already noticed it in your stories), it's just like Dom always says "anyways" in his stories, "anyways" isn't really a word, it's just "anyway", but I like it because it gives his writing a more personal touch, also one of my best friends always says "anyways" even when she talks so I find it even more endearing. Anyway the point is if you really do plan to continue writing, and of course finish all your english classes, yes you should work on it, but I wouldn't really worry about it beyond that point, I used to sit there and pick at people's grammer and diction obsessively (I can't help it my mom's an english teacher :-P), but then I realized I was missing the point of what they were actually trying to convey in their writings. Anyway take care and have a great day, I look forward to your next chapter.

Hey Dom, I'm so very sorry that you've recently recieved some bad news. Bad news just sucks! But as Mark said you seem like a strong, intelligent guy, and I'm sure you'll be able to cope with whatever life throws at you, but as Michael, Conner, and Danny advise please take good care of yourself, and make sure you have enough support from your friends and family in this time of crisis. I am very eagerly awaiting the next posting of TOU (in fact I'm practically chomping at the bit), and of course if writing will make you feel better (and I know how theraputic it can be) I encourage you to do that, but make sure you don't overwork yourself during this stressful period. Anyway take care of yourself. A Friendly Face

Hello Nick, and everyone I know I'm fairly new to the community and have only posted in the forum a few times, but I just wanted to say that I too felt the attack on you by the unregistered guest was wrong, and uncalled for. And I hope you don't let it bother you. That said, I hope you don't mind me reading your blog and the autobiography you've been posting. Actually I only just realized that blogs were a part of this community (same for pms which I still haven't figured out how to do). LOL honestly all I thought there was were the hosted authors stories to read and a forum to discuss them in. Anyway I'm pleased to be enlightened, and as I said I've been enjoying your story. You are an excellent writer, and from what I've read in the story seem like an excellent person as well. I too have seen the film "reefer madness", and yes it is absude how people try to skew the facts to support their own agendas. However, personally speaking I also disapprove of all drugs in general, and would be likely to advise their avoidance. But I also do believe that gobears was right in saying that pot is one of the least harmful drugs people can do, so just be careful and do it responsibly if you must :-) Have a great day.