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Well I took it that the weird thing would be if they suspected Cam's mom and Cole's aunt were in the other room doing (their version of) the same thing. I wondered about that too. I think it's probably not going to be resolved though, it'll probably end up being one of those things the reader has to infer for themselves. hehehe, he's already gotten it all written. See Vance's Blog for details, and yes, I think it's a fantastic story! I was thinking that if anything I'd like to see Kyle and Mr. Harris have another chat. I'd really like to hear his perspective not only on the stuff with Cameron but also one what happened with Cam's mom and Cole's aunt. It's easy to paint him as the bad guy, but we have to remember that a few chapters ago the majority of people were saying that they liked him and anticipating him coming to terms with Cam's homosexuality. After all he did clearly express how much he cared about Cameron, particularly during the chapter when he found out his mom was back in town. I still think there's more to Ken Harris than meets the eye . Anyway it was an awesome chapter and I'm looking forward to seeing what happens with Jesse and their vacation! Have a fantastic day and take care everyone! Kevin

Nope, I have about a week until I don't go back to school for the first time since I was like 5 hehehe I think I'll enjoy it! The person below me saw something very strange that night on the hill

YAY Happy Anniversary, Nick!!!

Hey Dom! I'm sorry to hear about the cat shaving fiasco :| (that does sound like quite a story). I'm glad to hear about OS progressing nicely though. Sybil is basically the poster girl for multiple personality disorder. There was a book written about her and in the 70s and movie staring Sally Field. I read the book and saw the movie. They were good. Anyway she had I wanna say 16 different personalities all stemming from various times of tragedy during which she "became someone else" as a defense mechanism. In the end, with the help of her therapist, she was able to safely incorporate the peripheral personalities with her real, primary one. (after she dealt with some of the issues surrounding the emergence of each). MPD is an extremely rare condition and many people are very skeptical about it. It's suggested that it often occurs as a result of "suggestions" (intentional or unintentional) made the patient's therapist. I believe even Sybil's case eventually raised the same suspicions. Oh and as a side note the "runner up" in MPD fame is Eve. A lady whom The Three Faces of Eve was written about. Of course as you can guess she only had 3 personalities so naturally she lost out to the woman with 16 (possibly more I can't remember). Her case I believe is generally regarded as more likely genuine though. (not that I'm saying Sybil wasn't genuine, just that there's been more speculation). Anyway have a terrific day and take care! Kevin P.S. You're right on the sitcom I liked Christine Baranski (her best friend)'s character better too

So today was good. I had two meetings at work. Anyway my license still isn't in so I'm not actually doing anything (or getting paid before you guys think what a good deal I've got ). Anyway during the meeting my boss mentioned this to everyone so it was kinda fun the whole meeting just stopped and everyone started talking to me telling me how much it sucked, and to hang in there and stuff lol. So then I came home and read a bit and took a nap, that was fun. I sleep so well! ....lol it sounds like I'm bragging....I guess I am, but I sleep really well . Anyway then I got online and had a nice chat with several people. Then I decided to get dressed, and I wasn't even planning on getting dressed up...and I guess I didn't really, but I kinda liked how it turned out so I spontaneously decided to go out (Shocking for me, it's not that I'm not spontaneously it's just that it usually takes me at least a good hour to get properly ready). Anyway I went back to that restaurant where I made the biggest mistake of my life encountered that gorgeous guy last time. I didn't see him this time though . The cute waiter was there but he was serving the other side of the restauarnt so all we did was exchange smiles. (hehee I can't use the expression, "exchange glances" or "exchange pleasantries" or whatever without imaging the people involved physically passing things back and forth. Like something shocking happens so "Oh my gosh did you see that?! Here have a glance", "ohh wow, that was surprising! Here's a glance for you too"). After I finished dinner I DIDN'T get dessert. Instead I decided to go to the cafe' next door (It's all owned by the same person, in fact they share the same bathrooms you can walk down a long corridor in the back to get from one place to other; I didn't even have to go outside). Anyway while I was waiting in line to have my cake (I ate it too) I ran into my friend Brad and his boyfriend Michael. So we all hung out for awhile, it was really nice catching up with them. They were being really adorable and bickering. Plus Brad was getting jealous of some guy he was talking to online (the cafe' has a wireless connection for laptops); it was really cute. Anyway he introduced me to his other friend, Seth. Who was quite an odd character. Now I know I'm not one to talk , and given the choice between boring, normal people or eccentric, weird people I'll always take the latter. Seth was just kinda...well self-involved. To a laughable extent. Like I was trying really hard to get to know him, and we were talking and he was saying how, "it's such a curse to be so intellectual, I mean I just can't stop thinking about things." I just thought that was a bit of an odd thing to say to someone you barely know. I said, "I bet that makes it difficult to sleep", and he agreed that it did. (Given this statement I just realized that my prior comment about sleeping so well makes me seem ...anyway). He was nice enough though, and he definitely said one thing that made me feel good. He was asking everyone how old they were, concerned that me might be the oldest, so after I told him my age I asked how old he THOUGHT I was, and he said, "oh about 20". That made me happy. I love it when people think I'm younger than I am. I was very happy when I got ID'd last time I bought alcohol. I guess I shouldn't worry about it, no one ever thinks I'm older than I am, and most of the time people say "late teens" or "about 20" if I ask what they thought. So I guess it's all good...it's just I'm about to turn 23 and I KNOW that's not old, and I'm not saying it is...it's just that literally my entire life (even when I was like a young kid) I've thought, "22 is the perfect age" so I guess I'm just not happy about leaving it behind. Plus I just feel like I should be doing other stuff with my youth. I guess everyone sort of has things in mind that they want to have accomplished by a certain age, and I guess I'm not that far behind, it's just there's alot more I wish I'd accomplished by now. Also I guess it's kinda tough having a birthday in a new city, I don't really have any close friends here, in fact I doubt anyone in the city will even know it's my birthday. Anyway it sounds like I'm whinning about it...and maybe I am...but the whole point is I'm actually feeling much BETTER about it. ************************************ Anyway I'm not very tech savy and I have a few questions I thought some of you folks might be able to answer. 1) If I use the messenger(s) that came with my phone do I pay per message like it's a text message? Or do I pay based on how long I'm online? Or is just some kinda nifty free service? ***hopeful look*** (I know you guys don't know all the details about my phone contract or whatever, but just typically how does it work? I have Cingular BTW) 2) I downloaded Friends and I'd like to burn them onto a disc, but apparently a season is bigger than a disc (and it just seemed annoying to have to have several discs per season). Is there anyway to convert the files to some smaller format or something (Like how an MP3 is so much smaller than a....wmv or whatever it is)? If I do will it still play in a DVD player? Would it anyway? 3) My firewall program (which came with my computer) has suddenly (it never used to before about a month ago) begun blocking Firefox. Not a single website will come up. I can turn it off, and do (gee maybe I shouldn't say that online ), but is there anyway I can just make it recognize Firefox? When that started happening I got Opera, but Opera wouldn't play any videos so I got rid of it. I really prefer Opera or Firefox over I.E. because they use tabbed windows, I can't stand all those windows everywhere. 4) Speaking of tabbed windows, the main thing IMO that AIM had over MSN messenger was tabbed windows (Didn't regular AIM eventually get that? I used to use dead aim way before regular aim ever had it -for that reason- but I thought it eventually got it). Now, however, I seldom use AIM and primarily use MSN. Is there a program or version of it I could get that would have tabbed chat boxes instead of having to have several all over the screen? 5) Also related to # 3, it seems my Opera problem was somehow related to my "java" **shrugs**. I totally don't understand Java, I THINK I'm running the latest version, I went to the website and downloaded what they have, but it still wasn't working. Also I've recently begun going into GA chat again (every now and then), and it keeps kicking me out. Someone suggested it might be a java problem. (....Geez is it any wonder I gave up coffee? ) Anyway I don't want anybody to have to go out of their way to find the answers for me, but if someone already happens to know I'd appreciate it if you told me

Hey Vance!! You are SO terrifically wonderful!!!!!! Kevin

Hey Joe! Well if it is his ex I'm sure the whole thing is pretty complicated...interestingly enough I was in the exact same situation about a month or so ago. In the end I decided he wasn't over his ex and I'd just stay out of it. Well actually that was only one small part, I wasn't really that interested anyway and I don't think it woulda worked. Anyway you obviously ARE interested in this guy. I think the important thing is to figure out how you feel about him messing around with someone else. Does it make you feel betrayed or cheated on? Or is it all cool since you guys aren't "together" anyway? I think the whole thing is a matter of subjectivity. No one is likely to blame someone completely unattached for flirting casually with one person and then an hour or so later flirting casually with another. It all just sort of escalates from there. People (myself definitely included) like to determine fidelity based on the "official" status of the relationship. "we're officially dating so you're all mine". Yet while that's how people tend to do it objectively that's seldom how they feel. Everyone can think of instances that have either happened to them personally or to someone they know, where the couple breaks up and then IMMEDIATELY afterwards one of the 2 people messes around with someone else. Is it wrong? **shrugs** depends on the 3 people involved. So I guess what you have to determin is whether or not this is an issue for YOU? It's probably also important to think about whether or not this has any implication for future situations; does this make him more likely to cheat down the line if you guys were dating? Probably could go either way. Also ex's are a very unique situation. As you pointed out it is a two-way street; you haven't said you're interested either. JUST from reading you're blog I'd say you're both interested. You certainly seem to be, and if he's repeatedly gropping someone and complaining that they don't call him often enough then he can hardly be surprised if they think he's interested. So here's what I think you ought to do...it's probably what everyone thinks you ought to do...it's probably what you even think you ought to do: sit down and talk to him about all this stuff. I know it's no fun, and it'll make you feel vulnerable but given what's going on between you guys (as I'm reading it anyway) there's really no way it's going to seem completely stupid or out of the blue so even in the HIGHLY unlikely event that he's just completely oblivious and a hopeless flirt he's still not going to be too shocked and definitely not mean about it. and then you'll (probably) have a boyfriend or can move on. Also regardless of what happens I think it'll make you look good. If it completely works out (and I really think it will ), you'll have been the "strong" one who initiated everything. If it doesn't work out I don't see how he couldn't at least respect you for having the guts to do it. Anyway I went way long and I doubt I'm in the top 2,000 people at this site qualified to offer relationship advice anyway. So take everything I say with a grain of salt lol. Good luck though and let us know how it goes!! Have an awesome day and take care, Kevin

Congrats David, I hope one of them works out. Best, Kevin

Hey Viv!! WOO HOO Happy Anniversary! ***wheels in the cake and presents*** WOO HOO X 2 WOW! Your little baby's growing up! That's so exciting and wonderful hehehe I probably woulda cried. I'm so proud of you for holding together! That must have made it ALOT easier on Matthew. I feel really honoured to be on that list! WOOO HOOO X 3! I can't wait to read the new chapter! and we're up to WOO HOO X 4! WOOO HOOO X 5, 6, 7, and........ Now two (more) of my favourite people are friends! YAY I'm really looking forward to reading all the blogs between now and your 2 year anniversary! Have a teriffic day, Viv, and take care!! -Foxy

Hey Nick! Your site looks really fantastic!! I can't wait to start reading your updates from it instead of Efiction . Of course that means I'll have to leave my comments in the forums instead of the review box thingy! Hehehe, but I'm lookin forward to that too. I'm really glad you found this site and for the opportunity I've had to get to know you as a friend and an author. Have a teriffic day and take care Kevin Edit: I just had to add that I also really like that name plate at the top of your site

Well as for the boys (and their boyfriends) all being gay I see that as less of a coincidence. I mean they more or less saught each other out as I see it. Cole's aunt and Cam's mother.....well I think it's got a great "fairy" tale aspect to it!

aww Camy!! LOL that does sound like quite a messy ordeal! I hope you can get the rest taken care of without any more unexpected occurances! Good luck, Kevin

YAY!!! I'm so happy for you Nick! I'm eagerly looking forward to reading more of Bodega Bay, what's the difference and the sequal to Jump off (and of course anything else you decide to let us see ) Congrats and have an awesome day! Kevin

I love the story, Kurt! It had a great (kinda gruesome) surprise ending! I was under the impression that that was it? I'd love it if there was more to come though!! Thanke for sharing it with us, have a fantastic day and take care Kevin

I just wanted to wish Blacknight a very Happy Birthday! I hope you have a teriffic day and a great year -Kevin

That was very amusing, James!

Naw, you go for it, Nick! The person below me recently had trouble remembering a phone number they used to know by heart

Happy Birthday, Jules!!! Congrats on being legal! I hope your day is filled with many wonderful things, and may your year be happy and productive. All the best, Kevin

Hi Meis! The "typical" schedule that I assume people follow in the US unless I'm told otherwise is: -Work/school starting at 8:00am (thus the time you would actually get up depends on how far away you live, how long it takes you to get ready, and whether or not you wanted to take care of anything else before hand) -A lunch break beginning and ending sometime between 11:00-1:00 (typically lasting anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour) -School would likely end between 3-4pm, work would end around 5:00pm -Dinner sometime between 6:00pm and 8:00pm -Bedtime would depend on many factors, I'd estimate 11:00pm typically. But of course that's just the general idea I have in my head about how the "typical" American spends a "typical" weekday. I'm sure very few actually adhere the schedule. I for one don't even come close Hey Bob! I think the time shown on people's posts is automatically formatted in terms of what time it was FOR YOU when they posted. Anyway take care everyone and have a great day! Kevin

Thank you, eternity, that's a really good idea. I was also considering just "breaking down" and using some sort of pseudonym. I haven't really gone beyond the initial steps as of yet, but I appreciate the information and I'll PM if you if I have any questions Thanks very much! Have an awesome day and take care, Kevin

Woo Hoo!! Welcome to the site Graeme!! I too loved New Brother! Awesome job I'm very pleased to see you here and I hope you enjoy it Kevin

That does make quite a bit of sense. I suppose just like in real life it could easily be a number of factors all influencing how he feels. I know I for one am looking forward to and hoping for some sort of nice heart to heart talk between the two of them! Have a great day everyone and take care! Kevin

I still find something new now and then too! I find the main Forums page to be particularly useful. If you have any specific questions though I'd be happy to help too Take care and happy hunting! Kevin

YAY!! Welcome to GA, Ben. We're happy to have you! I look forward to hearing more from you on the boards. If you have any questions about anything feel free to ask! Take care and have an awesome day! Kevin

Yay!! I can't wait to read it; I know it'll be great! ***wonder's if Jarred's going to stay with Phillip AND Andrew in the sequal***