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I was thinking the same thing. He seemed a little too over the top with his childlike attitude to seeing the roos and koalas. Really, Dimitri and J/S are totally relying on him to give them workable bombs. It would be interesting if Vlad disappeared the night before the demonstration and not the kind of disappearance that has been alluded to in the story. For some reason, I still believe that either Dimitri or Vladimir are deep, deep, deep under cover for some agency. I think J/S will be in for a big surprise within his close group very soon. I guess another person who should be looked at a little more closely too is Vlad's assistant. All we know about him is capable gunsmith. At the closing of the chapter, I was beginning to wonder about the GPS. Someone mentioned that it doesn't emit any frequency, so scanning the vehicle wouldn't necessarily detect the GPS. I imagine a visual search might do that, so let's hope Dimitri relies too much on his electronic sweep too much. Now it is interesting that if the guys get the GPS back, will they really be able to do anything with the co-ordinates. They appear to be too far away from the compound to rent a vehicle and drive out there. So does Brandon's new skills as a student pilot come into play in the near future? It probably wouldn't be too hard for the guys to convince Helen to rent them a plane and pilot under the idea of Brandon showing them what he has learned, when really they have other ideas in play. I know CJ won't comment on much or any of this, so it will have to remain as pure speculation until future chapters. So what do you all think? Steve

Okay, I'm going to date myself here . I too enjoyed the boy bands like NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, and probably the first was New Kids On The Block (yikes!!). I saw them all in concert, and always went home with the feeling of 'are they gay'? It also made me think that is exactly what the promoters picked them for, to appeal to the teenage girls, and the gay guys. When Lance came out he explained how he waited so long, as not to hurt the bands image and reputation. I always wondered though if they could have attracted the teenage girl dollar, how much more could the have got from the gay dollar? Someone mentioned that an actor would always be casted in 'gay roles', which I don't know if it is necessarily true. The first one that comes to mind is Neil Patrick Harris. I think I had a feeling about him even back in his Doogie Howser M.D. days. From what I understand he has been out personally for some time, but only came out to the public to avoid the tabloids exposing him. To my knowledge he has never been casted as gay.

Darn, my previous post kinda killed any discussion, so I guess I shouldn't say : But since I didn't say that, I'm really looking forward to the next chapter. Obviously the plot will thicken greatly over the next 24 hours. Steve

Uh oh! I'll hazard a guess Whitsunday = Bikini Atoll Yikes!!

CJ, I read this and finally got up the nerve to point out a typo that seems to appear every now and then in your posts. I know how you like to have everything accurate and no mistakes, so I've decided not to continue to be shy about this little mistake and point it out. Hopefully you don't take this the wrong way, as I'm only trying to help point out a little mistake. Quite often I've seen this use of words in a sentence: "Who me, I never use cliffhangers?" Shouldn't the word 'never' be removed from that sentence to make it both grammatically and factually correct? If you need any help in going back and changing the incorrect text, I'm here to help . All you have to do is ask. Steve

Too funny Jack !!! I'll even authourize Kevin to buy everyone a action figure who is a regular. GA Joe, I love it!!! Steve

So your telling me that based on the fact that they all are at an isolated, private secured resort with very limited guests, that J/S will have to consider the fact that there might be others there that happen to have the same GPS that he helped Eric pick out for Chase who could have possibly attached to his recently swept vehicle? (and no, that isn't me gasping for breath after that run on sentence ). Okay, CJ is the author, so it isn't beyond grasp I kind of alluded to the same thing in my earlier post. It seems Brandon is going along with the brother's ideas and suggestions without questioning too much other than to Chase. It seems Brandon is really the only one who is uncomfortable with the road that they are travelling, but doesn't want to rock the boat since he is the new guy. Not sure if he will tell Jon and Eric to do something themselves, but I do believe there will be a few 'I told you so"s' to Chase very quickly. Maybe as they are strapped to a nuclear device awaiting the demonstration :nuke: ! Now about the comment about calling Lump, I imagine that Joe must have some information about dear old dad. I can't see them living together for so many years without him have the slightest inclination of what J/S is up to. Also, I am beginning to believe the J/S has a lot more to do with Joe's fall into booze and drugs the more I think about it. J/S has apparently (mentioned by CJ) only carried on the homosexual act with the band and associates. This probably means that Joe is not even aware of his dad's act. Since he could be the one to "in" his dad (that is the opposite of 'out', right? ), wouldn't J/S want him drugged up or even dead in order to protect his true identity? It will be interesting to see how CJ ties in the concert and the demonstration and the delivering of the pictures to whomever. I do believe this is actually all going to happen in Australia around the same time, as really CJ hasn't really given any foretelling into anything past the concert down under. I like to bring up another point, back in Chapter 20 Helen and Eric were talking about the paparazi and how Jim and his contacts were going to be brought on board:

I too, liked the opening the story . I picked up on something else early on, but don't know if I'm wrong on this or not, but we may have got a glimpse of CJ's personal life. Do you remember this: I wonder if our beloved goat gets this expression every time he checks into the forums . As far as the GPS being on the Range Rover, I think the guys from Instinct should be really concerned about their longevity themselves. If you recall last time J/S left the resort with Dimitri, they stopped and did a complete sweep of the vehicle for any bugs or locating devices. I imagine J/S will be doing the same this time, and since he most likely will find the GPS, that he himself helped Brandon pick out, it will be obvious on where it came from. I think things are going to heat up very quickly down under. Another thing that kind of concerns me, is that Brandon is the only one who really is questioning Eric's "feelings". Brandon is going along with the brothers ideas, but I have a feeling he is going to figure things out before they do. BK, and MilkeL eluded to J/S as slipping. I am beginning to wonder if he is such a evil mastermind (to anyone besides himself), or if really he is being followed and monitored all along. Could Dimitri actually be working for the "good guys' and keeping an eye on J/S? Will we soon find out that J/S won't be moving onto Paraguay but in fact they are waiting for him down in Guantanamo instead. Great chapter CJ, and please don't kill off any of the band members before the concert. I wouldn't want Graeme to be disappointed . and not be able to give a first hand review of the show. Steve

Sacha, I'm surprised !!! My posting history??? Let's look at it then. Yes I do post in this forum for promoting CJ as the: :king: :king: The Queen of the Evilest Cliffhangers :king: :king: But let's muddy the waters now. I also posted this in Is Shadowgod the King of Eeevil Cliffhangers . So based on those two facts, and the other consideration, that we are voting for the King of Cliffhangers in the poll, not the Queen, can you be so sure how I voted? Now I was not allowed to vote for two names, but are you willing to bet you know which way I did vote? Or maybe I haven't been vocal enough about some of the cliffies that Dom and Dan have included (much were already posted before I started contributing in the forums) in their stories? I will have to agree that everyone should read the authors involved and decide for themselves on who deserves the titles. Based on that, hopefully no one with the exception of Myk, can definitely say how I voted or if I even voted ! Steve

As much as it pains me to double post (being a true lurker and all), an important point just came to mind. I do believe that we shouldn't declare who we voted for in the cliffhanger category. By doing so, some may come to the conclusion that we may be leaving certain authors hanging, in suspense, not knowing the outcome. If any such person tries to accuse us of our votes of being cliffhangers, may I suggest a certain line: "Everybody knows I don't use cliffhangers " Now get out and exercise your democratic right to vote for your King :king: . Steve

Now, now Sacha. Notice I didn't public declare what my vote was. We don't want to be influcing others by how we voted .

And to help in the interest to really make things clear, I just casted my vote (which shall remain unknown ), and I happened to notice one major thing!!! The vote is only for the King of Cliffhangers. So I guess this means hypothetically that if you CJ, win this title, that this poll would have to the deciding forum on who is The Queen of Cliffhangers as well. Well let's hope it is a sweep for the Monarchy . Steve

OMG, I hope your killings for hire don't interfere with other activities ! Also, does this mean that you are one of Bondwriter's agents? Too funny !! You should do some writing Graeme !!

With 90.7% of the voters agreeing that CJ is :king: :king: The Queen of Evilest Cliffhangers :king: :king: It seems that CJ has finally come on board. If we look in this forum we can see that CJ has finally started to come around to the thinking of the majority of his readers. In the forum, CJ admits that Saul has stuffed and mounted him upon the wall of his bagel shop in Shadowgod's Dreams and Clipped Wings. So if CJ says that this is possible, we have to also interpret that Saul did shoot him as he was glaring down off the edge of a cliff. I guess that means that CJ does actually hang out on cliffs. It is good that we can finally put this issue to bed . Steve

Hey Ty , Let me be the first to welcome you. It is great to see a new face in here to try and guess the outcome of CJ's web of clues, some false, some not. The main reason that I'm replying is that you brought up a point that some others have brought up as well. That being the use of 'they' in the text. For some reason, maybe I just like to be different , I didn't take the word 'they' as being plural. Back when this was brought up, I didn't really look into it, but thought I should do it now. This is what I found in Wiktionary about the word 'they':

Oooh, I like that one, The King of Evocative Descriptions, but I think Shadowgod will have to have some input into this . CJ, I sometimes wonder if you should post ? This new "It's All About Me" attitude seems to be evolving out of some of your other nasty characteristics. Denial, misleading, misrepresentation, and not accepting responsibility added to this new trait, they just don't put you in a great light . I think that an author of the great skill of Shadowgod would use his skills in describing a room, much like the way he did the pizza parlour in LiS. Next you may claim that the pizza parlour was reference from the restaurant that Veronica worked in in FTL. As far as the magazine goes, I think I can recall of many magazines with half naked guys on them soaking wet. I imagine Shadowgod used Rolling Stones as he likes to keep his stories somewhat clean for readers of all ages. But, unfortunately I think this won't dissuade you from trying to put all four hooves in your mouth. Really CJ, Shame on you!!!!

Remember though this was really the first time we have experienced Joe from Joe's point of view. Almost of everything we have heard of him has been other's 'opinion' of him. Worse of all, J/S's opinion of him seems to be the worst. Although Joe's body would have been found dead by the hotel manager when checkout time came, how long would it be to identify his body? From the scene, it appears that Joe's body is so malnurished and potch marked that even Joe didn't recognize himself! How many John Does are taken out of the seedy parts of major cities on a daily basis and just disposed of without police investigation, or tracking down of any possible family? I think a certain goat has only given us enough information to lead us down the wrong path.....AGAIN!!! Steve

I'm going to throw out a wild idea here: Remember Mario was being hired for four times the normal rate to make something look like a accident to someone famous back in the states? Now J/S is trying to wrap any loose ends before they become a problem. Really, until J/S got the scooter to the compound and discovered someone had tampered with the screws, he really didn't have a reason to off the members of Instinct or implied that he had reason to. However, Joe being his son, he may be privileged to some information about his daddies' other line of work. Now he was about to have what some might consider a accident by committing suicide while high on speed, meth, and heroine. I do believe the Joe's problem was with alcohol, and other then J/S, nobody had mentioned drugs. Could Mario have deceptively got Joe hooked and knew the effects of the three drugs would have on someone? I do believe (never tried) meth can be very addictive on the first try. What better cover than a drug induced suicide for a cover for the offing of his own son? Maybe it is a redeeming quality of poor misunderstood J/S, that he is willing to pay four times the normal amount to off his son than he would for a stranger. Only the best for his family . Steve

(Belated) Happy India Day BK!! Hopefully some day I get the chance to visit your great country. Steve And also to any other GA member from India as well.

Happy Australia Day!!! After reading this entry here and realizing that we are probably too late for 2008, we should nominate Graeme for 'Australian of The Year' for 2009 Hope you all enjoy the weekend. Steve

And it showed at 6:51 am for me, so minus two hours for the EST zone and viola....4:51 am.

hmmmm, and this post was made at 3:51 am. Care to explain???? And is there any tequila involved? Steve

Well Bao, I'm not a doctor, and would strongly suggest you see one, but I don't know if medication is needed in all cases. Let's say a friend of mine, ya, a friend is a diabetic. When you mix high sugar content in urine if the blood sugar is high, and you mix in saliva, things tend to grow. So if the infection could be anywhere the two could have possibly met... Last I heard was no medication is necessary other than to treat the high blood sugar. But that is in only that one specific case, so once again, I would suggest seeing a doctor before checking out any medication, or propaganda from the drug companies. Steve PS, one more example of what safe sex can help prevent

But..But...But Can't you believe in someone redeeming themselves? Me being Canadian, I have to believe that people can be rehabilitated (if the government thinks so, then it must be true ). And far as the snippet that we got of what he is up to now, last time I checked, being a tele-evangelist wasn't illegal (although this opinion may be not too popular). Lastly, as a member of SPICE, need I remind you of his name? I just think that CJ maybe didn't cast him in the proper light in the story . Just another poor misunderstood Eric I say. Steve

I still can't believe the negative feelings towards the hero of the story Yes, Eric was probably looking at things sometimes in a selfish way, but what teenager doesn't and can be realistic? I think there was a lot of good in Eric, you just had to look for them in the right places. But I know I'll never change anyone's opinion on poor misunderstood Eric . He still is, always was, and always will be my hero in FTL. Steve