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I was a major geek in high school. Stage crew, AD&D, video games and comic books. That was the life. lb.

David Guetta featuring Sia - Titanium. lb.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/mom-and-dad-im-gay-and-also-stronger-than-both-of,21017/ Mom And Dad, I'm Gay And Also Stronger Than Both Of You, So Don't Try Any Shit lb.

I'm not a huge fan of Star Wars, I do like the movies but never considered myself to be a diehard fan. This game kind of snuck up on me. I started off lukewarm and then when it was released I couldn't stop frothing at the mouth from excitement. The game is not pushing any boundaries in terms of gameplay, but the voice overs and pet system is VERY engaging. Loving this game so far. lb.

SW:TOR is SO GOOD. *drools* I found that I can't morally play a sith, so I opted for just Republic characters. What server are you on? lb.

Funny thing happened at Brookstone last night. I found these small tubelike machines called personal massagers and was confused by what they were. After futzing with them for a few minutes trying to get not 1, but 3 of them to work, I concluded that they would give an awful back massage. One electrocuted me which wasn't pleasant and in those few minutes I spent rubbing them against my shirt and my head waiting for something to happen. Finally my partner found me and told me those were vibrators. It would explain the squirrely looks the store clerk was giving me. lb.

Just the mints. lb.

That was both really moving and depressing and uplifting at the same time. I feel for the kid; I hated middle school. And as cliched as it sounds, it does get better. I applaud his strength to a) admit to cutting and post this video. I certainly wasn't anywhere near as strong at his age. I especially like the parallels between his video and Sia's Breathe Me in terms of concept. lb.

Suikoden was one of the few games I've ever felt like crying during parts of. I felt the storylines felt more original than Final Fantasy (which I would agree has been linear since VI.) I would actually go as far to say that the games have been boring for a long long time. It feels like they are trying desperately to make the game as visually stunning at the expense of substance. But then again, a lot of video games go that route. Suikoden's 1, 2 and 3 were some of my favorite RPG's. Suikoden 4 was pretty heinous though. lb.

I'm a sucker for cute/romantic commercials. I loved it! The parts that got me specifically were the 'warm fuzzies' the guy on camera has in the beginning, the butterflies he gets when he introduces his bf to his family. Yeah, I can relate. lb.

Thank you for reading and the review! Since the story is seen from Eli's point of view, David not asking him out after they met doesn't really get explained. Well, not for a few chapters at any rate. Chance will be around in the following chapter. Muahahahaha.

I would agree with you there about females being an untapped market. In some ways they are being tapped, the Nintendo DS, iPhone and Droid markets do a fabulous job targeting them, but there is a pretty distinct difference between those games and games for say console gaming. Some games have a female leaning but I don't think any game has women specifically in mind. lb.

http://www.theesa.com/facts/pdfs/ESA_EF_2011.pdf The Entertainment Software Association begs to differ. Sure the divide is nowhere as wide since the early 2000's but most games that are fps, rts, rpg, mmo and fighting games still largely focus on males. I think the big question is what does gender mean to you for video games? Lb.

I have to say, the more of TBC I write the more I begin to love David and everything he stands for. I'll post some drawings of the cast when I get a free moment. Yeah, Eli is a bit infuriating at times, he means well, but he's as broken as any of the others. Thanks for the comment!

What about Moves like Jabba? Hehehe. lb.

Eli isn't particularly flighty with his feelings but David is the first person he's met that has been remotely interested in him in a more-than-platonic fashion, so it's hard not to be slightly giddy. I remember when someone was interested in me 'in that way' I was just floored. Thank you for reading and commenting!

I've thought a lot about this and have decided that if someone came to me and told me he saw someone sodomizing a child, I would probably freak out and call the cops. Such an accusation cannot in good conscious be taken lightly. Paterno isn't a forgetful person; he's sharp as a tack and merely going to his supervisors and seeing them do nothing is pretty damning. That said, he's probably the least guilty of a group of extremely guilty human beings. Just my opinion. lb.

I think the system is broken personally because while a gender-neutral society works in someone's world, the culprit is almost always the reader who maintains 'real world' social dynamic baggage. It doesn't help that most video games are played by males. A few years back I was having a conversation with a female professor who had mentioned how difficult it was to have a career in her field. Later she said that it's all right that men can have 'type A' personalities because we tend to venerate that behavior but the moment a woman shows any signs of being 'type A' she comes across as being a bitch. Another conversation I had with friends were on famous sci-fi/fantasy writers like Tolkien and Douglas who apparently can't write strong females to save their lives. I can understand given the era in which they wrote and I'm sure future generations will look upon the writers of this era and mock our weird gender roles too. On a funnier note, a male friend once tried playing a female character in D&D and each time he spoke he tried speaking at a higher pitch and softer and I. Couldn't. Stop. Laughing. Personally, I think we each perceive gender roles differently, and trying to build a world where things are gender neutral will always be tainted by what we know and feel. Just my two cents. lb.

The day after Chance left, I was in high spirits. The gang drove him to BWI, cracking jokes and telling stories of how we all met one another along the way. Lucy gave him the quilt we all worked on and it brought tears to his eyes. There was an amusing group hug in the terminal and as each of us looked at the travel notices flash by, the slow realization that we would be losing one of our own became imminent. Chance reached out and grabbed my hand and squeezed it tightly. I wished desperate

I know what you mean about the angst filled college stories. I've been forcing myself to spend time in Dupont Circle so I had a sense of what things were like there. I live in DC so it's kind of strange that I spend little to no time there. I'm glad you're enjoying the story and thank you for the review!

Thank you for reading! I'm glad you're enjoying it.

I tried so very hard to keep my promises to my friends, and while I was largely good on keeping them, there were times when I outright failed. Chance certainly didn't force me to make that promise; I had made it hoping for the best. I simply didn't prepare for the worst. The upcoming months were dismal at best, I felt like half of my soul was being shredded by Chance's preparations of leaving DC, and that when he was gone, I'd be half the man I was. Each time I saw Chance, my heart sunk to

One year after the first meeting of friends, the four of us were hanging out at Chance's apartment on a Saturday evening, curled around the television watching some godawful movie that David brought. Chance's sofa was one of those extremely long pieces of furniture from the 70's that could hold all 4 of us, and still have space for Chance's aging black lab, Samson. David had heard reviews of this movie, about a group of women who go spelunking into the cave of hell, or something. It wasn't tha

The bite this is spoofing is just as terrifying. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UkBmhM0R2A0 lb.

I come from an ultra-progressive family, but the fear that they might flip a lid scared the crap of me. My ex came out to his family before I did, and that was what prodded me to do the same. But I understand your apprehension and hope the best. lb.