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Jared Dells has a highly successful career in one of the most dangerous professions that few people even know exists. He knows what few people know: Vampires exist, and they hunt humans for their food. While the vampires hunt humans, Jared hunts them, earning a quite comfortable life with the bounties put on them by the secret Foundation. Jared enjoys a life turning the tables on the hunter, but can he survive when the Vampires decide to hunt the Vampire Hunter?

Shane Krendall is 19 years old and has been telling his parents he's been going to college, but he's really been trying to land a role in Hollywood. Will he be Hollywood's next rising star?

Twenty-eight year old baseball star Cal Grainger was living the good life until his girlfriend uttered three fateful words. Now his life has been turned upside down and he’s looking for a sign to show him what to do. Is it the sign he’s waiting for, or the guy holding it?

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*sigh* I think this is, once again, the biggest weakness of taking any novel and making it into a film or television show. Part of me wishes that everyone who has read a book does NOT watch the movie/show based on that book. That way, when they read the book AFTER seeing the movie, they are enthusiastic about the 'extra' material instead of griping about what was or was not included. Now a horrible 'rewrite' would be...oh let's say Dumbledore living instead of dying. Draco Malfoy has NEVER been a central character in the series of movies. At best he's been an occasional pain in the but and teaser of Harry & Co. His biggest role was probably in the first two movies with him being barely seen in any of the last three. He was more like comedic break from the main point of the previous movies. Now though, now he really moves the plot along. Trebs and I were very lucky in that we got to take four kids to see this movie, none of whom had read the last two books (the oldest is 11, and youngest is 8). Their reactions were a delight, as were the reactions of everyone in the theater. We went to the 10:00 a.m. showing here, and it wasn't packed although it had a good-sized audience. Two things were immediately clear from watching the reactions of people in the theater. All of the kids leaped into the air when the inferi came out of the lake and grabbed Harry. You could then hear the gasps of relief as Dumbledore saved Harry with his fire spell. One of the kids even breathed out a heavy 'yeah!' at that. Then there was the whimpering. It was very soft, but it was there from the kids as they saw Draco pointing his wand at Dumbledore. Then there was the silence after Dumbledore's fall. Not just the kids. The theater was totally silent, not even a cough or a sneeze, or the sounds of breathing. You could tell when people started breathing again because they had to, and it was obvious they didn't want to breath. I fully expected, as a fan of the book, to hate the Burrow scene, but it fit. It was the animus that moved Harry and Ginny closer, as well as adding a direct impact of the effects of the war on people that the viewers of the movie know and care about to some degree. Also, it established some things that are going to be vital as we go into the final TWO movies. As a storyteller, I know there is a big difference between how you tell a story on a screen, and how you tell it in a book. What makes a great book and what makes a great show are two totally different things at times, and if you don't recognize and adjust to those differences, the movie does not work. Now, thanks to cutting out the angst of Remus/Tonks, when they die in the 8th movie, it won't be a 'what?' moment to everyone who hasn't read the books. Instead of cutting out their relationship totally, or making it come out of left field in the last movie, they set it up here so it will still make a meaningful impact later down the road. Likewise instead of making us sit through an extra thirty minutes of movie, they used the Burrow scene to show us how much Ginny cares about Harry, and how much he really does care about her as well. Plus it shows the pain Harry still feels over the death of Sirius (something all the kids picked up on). All around, a good use of a 10-minute scene. They even managed to throw in the adults beating down Harry's suspicion of Draco in there. One thing they missed, and I wish they hadn't was the Bill/Fleur relationship building. Towards the ending, probably the biggest disappointment all around was the lack of an Order/Death Eater battle at the end. Even the kids missed that, saying 'that's it?'. They couldn't believe there wasn't more than one Auror being knocked down. However, in the book the battle was more of a blockade to Harry's confrontation with Snape than really necessary (except for the wounding of Bill Weasely who hasn't really been seen in any of the movies). In fact I don't even know if he was in ANY of the movies... Nor was the funeral really necessary to the movie's ending. I think the statement of McGonagall's raising of her wand, and the students/staff following suit was a much more effective way of showing Dumbledore's legacy for Hogwarts. At 2 1/2 hours, this movie was long enough. Was it a perfect adaptation? No. Yet, it was and is, a great movie well worth the time and money to see...(with LOTS of eye candy to...I WANT Hermione's date to the christmas party....)

Don't forget that the first episode had Gwen Cooper from Torchwood as well

I knew there were reasons we let April & the kids do the recycling, not us. Oh, and belated happy birthday.

I'd normally say this in a PM, but since you've decided you want to make it public, fine by me. Get off your fricking high-horse. Follow the rules for the forum or don't post in that forum. You have read all the permanent sticky notes in those forums, you know the ones that say "READ BEFORE POSTING"? If you haven't read them, I suggest you do so because your post using derogatory names for entities and/or people is a clear violation of those rules that were put into effect back during the election. If you can't use their proper name, then don't use the name at all. It sucks, I know. I'd prefer to be typing "McLame" every time I talk about McCain, or Repuglicans instead of Republicans, or even Faux News instead of Fox news, but I can't because the rules for the Soapbox don't allow me to do that. If I break the rules, I get everyone yelling at me, why the hell should you be any different? Are you special or something so we need to let you break the rules without any penalty? Would making you follow the rules hurt your feelings and make you want to take your little ball and go play elsewhere? Frankly you're more trouble than you're worth, but the bleeding heart liberals around here say we should go easy on you and let you do your abrasive bullcrap without any penalty. I may be outvoted right now, but I have no problems telling you not to let the door hit you on your way out. The nice thing about the blog space is that you can post your personal opinions..well that's fine if you can, so can I. None of this is in red text, and it should be pretty damn clear it's my personal opinion, and that I'm outvoted right now by the rest of the administrators. So, you get to keep whining and making fallacious arguments and calling people names all you want...

Since he hasn't updated... Cytoxan went fairly well for him on Sunday. Monday was his 'rest' day, and boy did he need it. The BCNU began to hit big time and he's pretty much been out of it since then. Tuesday was the day of the actual transplant, and having a very handsome nurse by the name of Ali didn't hurt one bit. I sat with him for the process and all six bags of stem cells went in without a hitch. Today was his discharge day, and while it didn't go smoothly, we did get home in the early afternoon. The worst part was waiting for the damn pharmacist to get her butt over so she could tell us what we already knew about the drugs he has to take at 'home'. He's slept most of the day, but he did get up and we went for a decent walk. Also, he ate a decent dinner and then went back to bed. So, things are decent overall...now the long 28 days begins!

ok trebs, I'll set the dvr....

Not only are same-sex marriages possible, but so is resurrection! I killed a sim and then ended up resurrecting her. Oh, and Trebs thinks it is wrong of me to get my gay boys to get a woman pregnant and as soon as the kid is born, killing the woman. It's even better when the woman has fertility and has triplets.

One word for you: Woohoo. That's woohoo in bed, woohoo in the hot tub, and woohoo in city hall (so far). Getting sims to woohoo is fun.

A pair of my nicer tries at creating sims.

Since Trebs would kill me if I posted any recent photos of him (now that he's got some hair back from the chemo he doesn't seem too thrilled with all the pics of him without hair), here's a photo of me and my nephew. Oh, okay, what's the worst he could do, stab me in my sleep? Nope, he won't do that. He hasn't gotten the last chapter of The Beard yet so he'll wait till it's done...

Just went to see it with my 10 year old nephew. The kid blew off 'The Next Generation' as too boring (first season stuff). As of tonight, though, he's now a fan of Star Trek. Funny thing is his favorite was Chekov, followed closely by Spock. Like Myr, I cried in the first 10 minutes, as will any fan of Star Trek. It was sooooo good to watch it in a theater full of people (and it was full of people). To hear everyone clapping when the lights go out, and the reactions to different parts of the movie reminds me that yes, movies really can move people to react to them, even as jaded and jaundiced as we are today. There were several people in earshot who got dragged along by friends and were not Star Trek fans...all of them seemed to love the movie. So, it's not just for fans...which is the whole purpose of this 'reboot'. And yes, how they deal with the new timeline is fully established in the movie, and have to say, it flows with trek cannon quite enough that defenders of the Abrams movie will have plenty of ammunition to stand their ground against the die hards on the other side.

Sure Joe, no hat in those pictures but you sure kept your hat on all damn night...even when other things came off...

I haven't tried Win7 yet. I usually wait until after the roll-out of the new OS, usually about a year, before upgrading. This is from years of experience with Windows 3, Windows 95, etc. etc. I'm currently using Vista and have to say that despite all the little nagging things, I like it a lot. Win7 will be at least a year or two before I try it. Let's give MS some time to fix things.

Thanks all...and it really was a great birthday at Disney World. Gotta love a hotel full of french-canadians, baseball players, and lacrosse players!

Oh, and here's a reminder: http://www.gayauthors.org/forums/index.php...m&album=160 Btw, we really did appreciate you driving all that way just for breakfast...

Steve, just remember this: Tyler says you are WAY cooler than Dan (and he does not mean his Uncle Dan)!

Relationships are very, very hard work. Trebs and I have been together now for 3 1/2 years, and this is definitely my longest relationship. Along the way there have been many, many ups and downs, but we made it through them because we were able to be honest with each other and to communicate about the bad as well as the good. We still have to do that, and we make sure we keep up the communication. If we've gone more than a week without talking about things that bother us, one of us will make sure we do sit down and talk, even if it is just to say "it's been a good week." We have both been lucky because we want to make our relationship work, and we are able to communicate well with each other. Just as importantly we have a life together, and yet we find time to do things for ourselves without the other involved. We have friends that are his, friends that are mine, and friends that are ours. It's a balancing act, but it's worth all the effort.

Talk about insecurities...Dom if this guy thinks writing is cheating on him, get as far, far away as you can. It's a good thing for Myk and a few others on this board I don't mind the fact that Trebs spends more time online chatting with them than talking to me...(okay that's an exaggeration...but only a bit). Beware the hangover, relax, and don't worry...having to change everything you are for someone is not a GOOD thing to do...in fact it is the worse thing you can do.

Hrrrmmm, maybe Trebs hasn't been online enough for Greg so he has to stalk Joe now instead. BTW, cute pic there Joe. It goes nicely with the other one Getting a little more serious....I'm going to start this with an example. This guy named Manuel was with me for two years. I loved the crap out of the guy, thought he was 'the one' that I would spend the rest of my life with. He had all these cute little quirks that irritated the crap out of everybody else except me. We made it through some good times together, and some very difficult ones. There was nothing that could break us up, until he decided he wanted something more in life. We were stupid about it at first. You see, we broke up and KEPT sleeping in the SAME bed. Sure, we'd go out and screw other guys, but then we kept coming home together and sleeping in the bed together. At first it was no sex, but that didn't last long and I started to get my hopes up. Then after a few blow up fights we decided to move out. The Lease was up and we could...so we did. Every now and then we would get together 'as friends'. The sex stopped, but the feelings didn't. Every single time we got together I would go home and cry myself to sleep, wondering why I wasn't enough for him. That went on for about six years before I stopped crying myself to sleep everytime we got together. I'd moved to Arizona since that time, but we still got together every few months, and I would be an emotional wreck after every time. Sure, I dated other guys a lot, but none of them compared to him and I dumped every single one of them, usually right before he visited. He was determined to be just friends, and that's what I wanted too, but there was a part of me that couldn't give up on him, and wanted to get back together. Eventually what it took was not seeing him for a year, not even talking to him on the phone. The distance that finally gave me allowed me to focus solely on myself instead of him. Mason cares a lot about you Joe, and he isn't purposely trying to mess with your mind. He's trying to get over the emotions he has for you and focus on being friends. It isn't easy, and when they get to strong he's backing down instead of giving in to them and going too far with you. It's not about screwing your around, although it sounds like he IS having that effect on you and that is not a good thing. BTW, Manuel and I are still best friends. We see each other on a regular basis, talk all the time on the phone, and generally bitch at each other, much to Trebs' amusement. We met and got together in 1995, thirteen years ago. There have been rough patches along the way in our post-relationship friendship, but I know all I have to do is pick up the phone and he will be there for me. It takes work to keep a friend after a relationship, but it is worth it in the end, no matter how much it hurts along the way.

At least with our pharmacy the guys are usually fairly cute...

Ah, poor Steve and the curse of the Thunder Mountain. My Aunt was on the ride when it broke down one time. Not a big deal until you realize she was a quadripalegic and couldn't walk off the ride. Sounds like you had an interesting time at least. The work situation sucks...not sure what I can say about that except wishing you the best of luck!