Carlos Hazday

A lot of us older gay men, and even some younger ones, had to find family in friends. I wanted to show that in some instances, we've moved beyond being rejected by blood relatives.

We've had a couple of weeks of high temps and humidity. Summer like. Expecting rain and a slight cool down today. I think our winter's over.

And they'll have to be put down. Now, where the hell did CJ put Lola?

I'm waiting until he finishes writing POM and editing the final chapters of Cadet before I ask him for help.

That's my story too!

But you'd have to come to South Florida to get me, and weather is dreadful. We may not even hit 80 today.

My short attention span made me stop paying attention after Brooklyn and Romeo. I didn't even know there were two other kids. I love the names they chose.

I think gay men are the only ones who still wear jocks. Most athletes go for compression shorts these days. Of course, Andrew Christian and other designers churn out ass-less briefs to provide similar access. But crotch watch any NFL game, and you'll notice they didn't get the memo. Lots of swinging meat under those tight, stretchy pants.

LOL Owen appears in Hail to the Chief, so we know he survives Mexico.

Mann keeps wanting me to kill someone. He even offered to write the section!

Yayyyyyyyyyy! You got the meaning behind Falcon. I may have wasted some time coming up with names for the kids mentioned in that chapter. There are a few more "juniors" in the mix I did not mention. One of them we meet in a future Cadet chapter

How about naked in the pool at a clothing-optional resort? You're too good at unscrambling my thoughts.

fixed even though it's in comments LOL

Scandal, not scandle. LOL Gutting reader suggestions, and modifying the story so as not to be predictable, is a trick I learned from @Mann Ramblings. Blame him!

The wonders of being a teen. One day you sound like the bravest, defending the downtrodden, and the next you're getting spanked for being misogynistic. Of course the entire military's still struggling with how the deal with women. Did you see the latest report about how female service members and officers have to dish out significantly more money for uniforms and accessories than men? Marines would provide an allowance for men's underwear but not bras and panties. That one has already been addressed. They won't pay for anybody's so they're teaching the jarheads what 'going commando' means. They can't figure it out on their own. Hey, sergeant!

I think I have close to 10k words written on CDMX (That will be the book's title. Those are the initials for Ciudad de Mexico, the official name and abbreviation.) Needing a break from writing CJ stories (break is now over) I published Hail in case I didn't get to write everything I'd outlined. I threw in some details like Mexico and kids' names to hint at what would be coming. Writing Brad's story and now Ritch's I've had to make decisions of what happens with CJ & Owen in the future. This chapter's a perfect example. I had to fit Ritch's spring break into CJ's continuity. I selected the school break's dates based on when CJ was available and the Benito Juarez holiday so they could spend two days with the kids. This one was easy. Since Ritch's story runs through May 2024, I had to make sure whatever happened in CJ's life up to then, was accounted for. Some events would mandate appropriate responses. For example, When Owen dies, Ritch has to fly to the funeral. (Kidding!)

Careful... I still haven't written anything on CJ's political campaigns. I can always go back and expand what happened somewhere.

I know another kid's named Brooklyn which I thought was a cool name. One of them, or maybe both, has done some modeling if I'm not mistaken.

LOL Talk to me after chapter 14. You'll see why Nova wouldn't have been a good choice. I already have one of those and I don't mean an old Chevy.

It happens. Of course, some adopted kids are mistreated and as far as I'm concerned their adoptive parents should be thrown in jail and allowed to rot. Ritch was never officially adopted. He acknowledges if he had agreed to it, he would have felt disrespectful towards his biological parents. I've tried to evolve the relationship to the point Ritch calls them Dad and Papa as often as CJ does. One of my original goals was to despict family ties even without blood relations. Mostly with friends but particularly in how Ritch was slowly folded into the clan. With vacation homes in LA, Vail, and NYC, I would not mind being adopted myself.

LOL isn't one of Beckham's kids named Romeo? I didn't want him to end up with a typical pilot call sign like Ace or Maverick. My other thought was Casanova. I always felt kind of bad about tying CJ up while young, and decided I'd differentiate brother.

And I get the feeling Joel doesn't mind. Did anyone call him a ho yet?

CJ and Owen will appear in the next chapter. Can't wait to see them on the dance floor with a bunch of cadets. Ritch's second year at the Academy's coming to a close, and I gurantee his brother and brother-in-law will make a couple more appearances real soon. Some of the brothers' interactions are based on mine with my younger brother, even though the age difference is larger. I was always protective of my little bro.

I know. I've left him by the wayside. There is a solo story coming at some point, but I think I better write the one about CJ, Owen, and Liebe in Mexico City first