NickolasJames8

Okay, so i've been stewing about this for almost a week now, and I think I'm ready to get it off of my chest: I'm pissed off at the moronic voters here in the United States. How in the hell could they have voted Phill off of American Idol and kept that lousy ass Jordan....I'm sooo ticked off. So anyway, thats my rant for the week. I havent had a lot of time to write, but I'm gonna work on a chapter tomorrow night when i get home from work and then I'll try to pound another one out by Friday. So hopefully, I can update both stories this week. Kisses Nick

Well, we're supposed to be leaving for Jacksonville within the hour, but no ones even up yet(except for me) and I have to wonder what time we'll really be going. I get the sneaking suspicion that I could have gone to school today, which kinda ticks me off, but oh well. This whole trip is irritating me , but I guess I don't have a choice. I already know what's going to happen: My dad's gonna be in a rush to get there because he hates driving in Jacksonville rush hour traffic, so he'll go about 100 all the way down 95. He might try to speed on highway 58, the way we take from here to Emporia, but he won't do it very long because of all the state troopers who'll be looking out for speeders. Then we'll get into Carolina and he'll threaten us all that if we want to stop to use the bathroom to speak up because he won't be stopping again until we get into Santee, Sc. That's where we'll stop for gas and try to beat each other to the bathrooms, only to discover that there's already a line and we all have to wait. After that, we'll eat at Bojangles, then he'll tell us all again that he's not stopping until we get to Jacksonville, and he'll haul ass down 95...until we get to the last rest stop in SC, where he'll pull off because hehas to piss. From there, we'll probably stop one more time in Georgia and then we'll head straight into Jacksonville, where we'll get stuck on 295 in some ungodly traffic tangle and sit for an hour before we finally get to my aunts house. She'll insist that we stay with her, but we'll get a hotel anyway because we know and she knows that her house is too small for 13 people (which is how many people there are with our family, her family and my grandparents, who are there from California). So, from there, we'll spend the week going to "neat places" around Jacksonville, which always involves sitting in traffic for seemingly hours on hand and wondering when the hell Saturday's gonna roll back around so we can carry our asses home. In the meanwhile, I won't be online and GA will probably be a more peaceful place for it :pickaxe: :pickaxe: :pickaxe:

You ought to ask the pastor how many heterosexuals he knows who've had 70 different partners.

Can't you take your dog with you on the road?? Also, here's a just because. Hope you start to feel better.

I feel so guilty for what I'm about to do. I've bugged everyone aroud me for the chance to prove I can hang with everyone around me. I worked hard and made sacrafices to rise above the naysayers who said I wouldn't last. I had to prove them all wrong and at least give it a try. I failed. Still, I'm glad I tried. If nothing else, I can say I hung in there, but in the end, I was way out of my league. Some people even tried to warn me that I wouldn't be able to see this through, but I wouldn't listen. Along the way, there were the antagonists who tried to bait me into failure, but I wasn't paying them any mind. Finally, after a stubborn, foolish stand, I conceed to defeat. I'm just not cut out for this anymore. I have to eat meat. The initial appeal to a vegetarian lifestyle stemmed from watching my stepmom bask in its glory. She takes her commitment so seriously that she even reads the ingrediants on each package to be sure there's no animal by product in it. It was going to be easy, I thought, to piggy back on her diet. But there was something I wasn't counting on. My insatiable appetite for meat. Any meat. Fish, red meat, chicken, pork....mmmm, delicioius, fatty pork. So, after falling off the wagon for the last time today, I decided that resistance is futile. My dad grilled up some chicken thighs today, and I made him leave the skin on just so I could endulge in an old decadent pleasure that I know is horrible for me. On top of that, I see that there's a roast defrosting in the fridge. I'm hoping their gonna make it tomorrow so I can trim the fat and put it all on my plate and gobble it all up. Gross, I know, but I can't help that I'm craving meat in thw worst way right now. Ok, so now that I've completely turned your stomachs, I'll update you all on my story progress::: I finished two chapters this week. One chapter of Staking My Claim and one of Time In A Bottle. I'm also working on a couple ideas for a short story, as well as a collaberation with some of my favorite authors on the net. I didn't have a lot of time to write this week. Most of the time I had at home was spent reading Anthology entries and working on reviews. I have to say that I feel really lucky to have been able to help Kitty out with this, and I got to read 14 really good stories in exchange As I was reading over each entry, I wondered what was in store for each author that submitted stories. Writing 14 reviews isn't easy, but I have to say that the stories I got to read were pretty easy to work with. Of course, it was great working with Kitty, our fearless Anthology coordinator. She works so hard on these anthologies and she deserves so many thanks for all of her effort. Well, as soon as I get my chapters back from my editor, I'll send them in to be posted. in the meanwhile, Kisses

Here in VA, the state tax on gas is 19.6 cents per gallon. Other taxes include 0.6cpg petroleum storage tank fee and 2% sales tax on motor fuels in localities that are part of the Northern Virginia Transportation District or localities in a transportation district contiguous to that district. Source: http://www.virginiagasprices.com/tax_info.aspx

Another thing you could do is order them all to come and register at GA, then do a book report on a story they found here We could wind up with a whole new batch of Domoholics

I think it's really easy for us to think about what we think we would do, but let's be honest....none of us were there (hopefully). Unless I'm ever actually in a situation where I have a gun pointed at me, I can't be sure what I'd do. I'd like to think that I'd fight back if that was a way to save other lives, but who's to know for sure what to do in a case like that? I don't think anyone that died at Virginia Tech yesterday is a coward. They were all victims of someone else's mental illness and evil disposition. Quite frankly, I'm pretty disgusted by all of the talk on the news about who should of done what differently. There are people (school officials, students, police officers) who will live with this for the rest of their lives. Should we take this as an example and learn from it for next time? Yes. But I don't think it's fair at all to Monday morning quarterback when the truth of the matter is, we don't know for sure what we would have done if it were us.

Our Spring Anthology last year had a Day of Silence Theme. There's some really great stories and a poem posted. Some people might want to take the time to read those tomorrow as a way to observe.

Teachers should just let people do what they want during the period, as long as it's quiet and doesn't disturb those of us who are observing it...... I'll be spending the day in prayer

Exactly, Razor.....you took the words right off of my monitor There are other places she can go work at

Well there are some reports that he was armed with an automatic weapon, so there may not have been a lot they could have done. We don't know all the facts yet.

Ok, so I got a lot of reading and writing done today, and I can honestly say that I'm all caught up I've been a little preocuppied this week with Taylor and his new car. We took it for a spin as soon as he got his license on Friday, then we spent about four hours in his garage polishing the rims with Mothers. Man, talk about a good arm workout :pickaxe: :pickaxe: :pickaxe: To those of you who are wondering, I just sent chapter four of Time In A Bottle off to my editor, the Great Talonrider!!!! and to my beta readers, so as soon as I hear back from all six of them, I should be able to whip it into good enough shape to be posted. I have a little bit of news too....I might be doing some summer missionary work. I wont be leaving the states, but I'll have a chance to work at some church rec centers hold bible studies. I really want to do it, but I have to get the green light from my dad first. My pastor thinks I'd be perfect for it, and I think so too, but I have a couple things I'd have to iron out first.....The main one being if I'd be able to come home and see my parents (corny, I know, but I can't help it) and the other is coming home to see Taylor, since I'd be going without him. One other thing is that this will definitely drain my savings account, since I still have to pay for gas and insurance for my car. I'd get to take it with me, but my dad would have to ride with me to wherever it is I'd be (either Kansas, Missourri or Texas) and then fly home. But this is something I feel like I have to do for myself as much as for anyone I'd be helping out, and I'd also still be able to update my stories and write new ones because I'd take a laptop with me. So anyway, that's about it. Kisses Nick

The difference between and public school and a public park is night and day. There would be no reason for an adult who didn't have business there to show up unaccompanied by a child. A park is a different story. What about a couple(gay or straight) having a romantic picnic? Their tax dollars pay for that park to be there, unless it's privately owned, so I still say that the law's unconstitutional.

My opinion....If it's a public park, paid for with public money, for the enjoyment of the public, then the law is unconstitutional on its face.

Thanks Bill.... I feel honored to be in the same group as guys like you, Dom, DK and all the other Hosted guys I've been reading for the last two years.

Thanks Jan...I'd never have been able to do it without your help and support

I don't even know where to begin. I'm sitting here looking at the announcements, the new URL and the tag next to my name, and I still can't believe it's finally happened. I'm Hosted. When I first found GA, I remember bookmarking the page and thinking to myself that I'd be back. I didin't join the forum because I wasn't sure if I'd fit in or not, then I went away for like 4 months. When I came back, it was because of Dom Luka, the greatest net author of all time, in my opinion. I was reading The Log Way on Nifty, and I had to follow him here to be able to read the rest of the chapters. Then I found his discussion forum and signed up, but I still didn't think I'd ever try to write a story of my own. About three weeks later, when I was following The Ordinary Us as the chapters came out and discussing what I was reading, I decided to take a chance. The first time I saw the Author tag next to my name, I was excited. Sure, it wasn't the same as what Dom and dkstories or Comicality had, but I felt like I was important. I started posting a chapter a day for the longest time, and the feedback I got from people like Afriendlyface was all the encouragement I needed to keep writing. When I made it to the Shared Hosted Page, I was ecstatic, and swore to myself that I was going to elevate my writing and do whatever I had to do to get better. Then I set a goal for myself of being a published author by 2009, and I still have that goal. I know that in order to get there, I have to work my ass off everyday and keep trying to perfect my writing. I know I'm far from where I want to be, but I think that with enough dedication, I can do it. Anyway, enough of my senseless rambling. I have some people I need to thank, because without their support, this would have never happened:::: Myr: Thank you so much. Not just for giving me this chance, but for giving us this great site. There's no way to ever repay you, but I promise that I won't make you sorry that you Hosted me. Joe: I owe you a lot of thanks for the way you get my chapters up so quickly, and also for putting up with enough of my crap to last a lifetime Kitty: God, where do I even start. You've been such a good friend to me, and I honestly think that if it weren't for the Anthologies, I wouldn't have branched out and written as much or covered as many different themes as I have. Your honest feedback and just having you there as a friend has meant more to me than you'll ever know. Jan: The Great Talonrider!!! You take the messes I send you and clean them up, then you add polish and wax to them and send them back to me so I can send them in to Joe. In the meanwhile, I've learned so much from you, and I'll never be able to repay you. Rhawes16: Rob, you've been nothing but good to me. Even before I was Shared Hosted, you were a good friend who stuck by me, even when I didn't deserve it. What you did for my site was amazing, and you didn't have to do it. I miss having you around, but I'll never forget what you did for me. Kevin(AFF): You're one of the most beautiful people at GA, if not the most beautiful person. The feedback you gave me on What's The Difference made me want to keep going, even when I was sure no one was reading. Nevermind the fact that you've been nothing but a friend to me. I hope you're always here on GA, because it wouldn't be the same without you. Michael(Xiao_Chun) All I can do is give you a and say thank you for all of your support. It means so much to me, and I can't thank you enough Cjames: My favorite Goat!!! Don't worry, I have a place for you to hide from the members who want your leg on a platter....just get in this oven and let me close the door...never mind the heat Camy: The most talented musician on GA...and you're a pretty great writer too. You've been an inspiration to me, and also a great friend. All of my readers: I'd be nothing without your support. Please stick around, and I promise to make it worth your while. I have big plans for this year, and hopefully, people will like what I do. I have three big writing projects planned, and so far, I'm still on schedule with it. I'm just gonna keep my nose to the grindstone and during the summer, I'd like to write at least a chapter every two days, maybe more than that. The only info I want to give out about my upcoming project is that it's a tribute to a group of people I think are overlooked in Gay fiction, although I have to say that I've seen the topic covered in some stories. So anyway, I know I'm making a big deal out of this, but there's no way to describe how proud I feel to be on the same page as Dom Luka, dkstories, Jack Scribe, Luc, Viv and all of the other Authors on the Hosted page. It really is a dream come true for me, and I'll always appreciate the chance that Myr's given me to prove that I belong there.

I'm not above immature :king: :king: :king:

Well today I had enough.....my cousin James has crossed a line that I don't think he can uncross. I actually started this blog entry by saying that I wanted to have him jumped, but I'm not going there right now because I'm so angry with him that I'm afraid I'd go through with it. This moron has his own apartment, but for some reason, he keeps sleeping at home in his old room and I think he's doing it to make me crazy. He has something smart to say about everything I do, and if he doesn't get his way, he pouts and crosses his arms and throws a hissy fit. I can't believe my dad and stepmom are putting up with him!! Since the last time I made an entry about him, he's only gotten worse. He was with my dad and stepmom one night when they picked me up at work and asked me where I wanted to eat, so I said Smokey Bones. Well, he stayed quiet the whole way there, then when we got there, he got out of the car without saying anything and stormed off like he was pissed about something. When we got inside my dad took James to the side while me and my stepmom waited to be seated. The next thing I know, my dad's back without James and he tells us that we're going to Silver Diner instead!!! I mean, it doesn't matter to me where we eat at, but you should have seen how this jerk was pouting and acting like it was the end of the world that we went somewhere he didn't want to go. So we leave and the whole way to Silver Diner he had this self serving. sh*t eating grin on his face that made me sick to my stomach. When we got there I ordered some French fries, a grill cheese and a chocolate shake and he got a burger and fries and a coke or something. Anyway, he saw what I had and got jealous and started pouting again, so my dad orders him a grill cheese and a chocolate shake and has them box up his burger!! That's just a small sample of the crap he's been pulling. I heard him on his cell phone telling one of his friends that he was getting an Avalon...an Avalon!!! This son of a bitch should be riding a bike for the way he's been acting. So I finally said something to my dad about it, and he got mad at me. Before I could start my second sentence, he cut me off and said I was out of line. Of course, that just set me off and the next thing I knew, I was grounded from my car. It just pisses me off that he caters to James the way he does. He's not even his real son, but he treats him better than he treats me or even my stepmom. So I've decided that I'm just going to ignore them altogether and act like they aren't there. I'm sick of acknowledging my loser cousin and my asshole dad, so I've decided not to. I don't care what he does next to manipulate my parents and I don't care what they buy for him. In fact, I hope they go broke buying him everything he wants. I only have to put up with this BS for another two years, then I won't need any of them anymore anyway.