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He's absolutely amazing with that lil ukulele! He's very adorable, just not my type of guy. I especially liked his cover of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". Twas very nice.

Flood... I hate being thirsty. ~shrugs~ Get it on with the guy you think is the hottest in the entire world... OR... Miss the meeting with the guy and go to a friend's wedding?

WHAT IS WITH YOU PEOPLE HATING ON LEO!?!?! Anne Rice even called him a "brilliant young actor" in her Vampire Chronicle books! (I think it was The Vampire Armand...) LEO ROCKS! I would definitely marry him, hands down, no contest between anyone else in the entire world! Okay... so I'm a rabid fanboy... Push Osama... he's one fugly mofo. Can I shave Adolf's 'stache before I kiss him? Marry Stalin, because then I'd have him assasinated and take over the USSR and then go on to take over the rest of the world, juuuuuust like I've got planned... MUAH HA HA! Okay.... Jon Stewart Stephen Colbert Samantha... ummm.. whatshername, that little correspondent for the Daily Show!!! Uggh, can't remember... well, YOU KNOW!

Well, since it was a short story, there won't be another chapter, but the characters from that story may possibly make another appearance in another story somewhere down the line.

Yeah, this one is "Coming Soon", since I'm rewriting it before I post it. I think all of you squishy mushy lovey dovey people out there'll like it, hehe. It's written using the basic formula for a gay love story... boy+boy+problem=love story. Of course, it has its little quirks, and there are a lot of things that make it different from other stories. I hope you guys enjoy this one. Let me know if you did or not in THIS THREAD! Muah ha ha!

Okay, I know this story isn't on my site yet. It's being edited in order to make it EVEN BETTER, so gimme a week or so, k? But you can still find it in the eFiction place if you're impatient, though it might end up being different from that... I consider this one of my best stories so far, and I'm really enjoying writing it. So, if you just so happen to read it, let me know what YOU think about it so I'll know if it matches up with my thoughts.

If you liked a short story, come talk about it in this thread. Ya know, Fin du Reves, or Somewhere Only We Know. I'll let you in on a secret... I'm planning on introducing the characters from these stories into other stories where they may or may not be the main event. So, basically, the story they appeared in may not be literarily 'it' for that character. Also, these stories are to be part of an anthology dealing with teenage life, which is currently a work in progress.

Hey guys! Since I don't like cluttered up forums with billions of neglected threads, I thought I would make a thread for Rave Boy! Anyone who likes it, you can let me know here! Anyone that wants to just yap about it, you can yap about it here! As long as it has some semblance of something to do with Rave Boy, you can do it here! Isn't this a wonderful place?

Thanks very much, guys. I really appreciate the warm welcome!

Out of all drugs I've ever come into contact with, tobacco is the most evil, vile, diabolical, and DIFFICULT TO QUIT out of them all. I've smoked for nearly five years, and I really doubt I'll ever quit. I've tried quitting with the idea that it was bad for me, but I found that it was even worse for the people around me when I didn't have cigarettes. Moral of the story: when they say "don't start", it really IS a good idea. Call Marlboro or Camel one day, and just announce that you're quitting smoking. They'll most likely suppress giggles (or if you get one that's not so polite, burst into roaring fits of laughter) and wish you luck. They know they have every smoker by the nads, no question. But all that said... you couldn't pry my cigarettes out of my hands unless I was dead AND you had a good crowbar.

Happy birthday Jim!

Marry Condi Rice so I can kill her later and collect the insurance money... Kiss Jake Gyllenhaal of course! Push Herb Cole off the cliff of dooooooom! Your Best Friend Your Favorite Teacher A Catholic Priest

Thanks Captainrick, you're as helpful as ever! I'll definitely check it out, I think it'll make for one piece of interesting historical fiction. And thanks for the compliments guys! In case nobody's noticed, I write way faster when there's somebody letting me know what they think about it, hehe. I'm really glad everybody's enjoying the stories I have written and am working on. More's coming soon, so keep an eye out.

The latest chapter of Ana is done. Go here for info. Let me know what you think.

Graeme, I completely agree. I should have mentioned that brevity is always an important factor in showing vs. telling. Shdowgod, you make a wonderful point, which I attempted to briefly address by mentioning avoidance of weird words, which can detract from the story, and distract the reader. I simply meant that transitioning into dialogue and avoiding said can greatly reduce the annoyance a reader encounters when their eyes have to skip over that annoying little word a billion times, instead of ending EVERY line of dialogue with "said", which, by the way, Dezlboi was not guilty of. GASP! I ended a sentence with a preposition! Call the grammar gestapo! Dezlboi, you make a great point. Thing is, unless someone asks me for critique, I very rarely give it because I feel underqualified to do it. I have no educational background in English besides taking AP classes in highschool, which isn't really all that impressive. So, beyond "that was pretty good!" or "that absolutely sucked!", I just keep my mouth shut for the most part.

Okay, I might be getting carried away with the forum games, but they're just so much fun, and they seem to be fairly popular. Here's another classic, very simple game! This or That Give two choices to the person who posts next. That person chooses. They give the next person two choices. That person chooses. It goes on and on and on. So.... Roll in an ant bed, or make out with George W. Bush?

Good point... Naruto is the best anime ever made. A quick summary: Naruto Uzumaki is a genin (low-class ninja) in Konoha village. He is the vessel for the Nine-tails, a vicious fox-demon who was sealed away by the Fourth Hokage (leader of the village) into Naruto as a newborn, sacrificing the Hokage's life in the process to save the village. Naruto faces much rejection, many obstacles, and constant difficulty, but through it all remains sure that he will someday become the most powerful ninja in the village and obtain the title of Hokage. Tis very inspirational, if I do say so myself. So WATCH THE SHOW... but not the English version. The English version sucks. Watch the Japanese with subtitles, yesh! And let a rabid fangirl come after me... she'll just meet up with a rabid fanboy.

Je sais ou aller in my pants... or I guess, dans mes pantolons? For all you non-french speakers, je sais ou aller translates to "I know where to go".

Marry Jim Henson, because muppets are just freakin' AWESOME. Kiss Walt Disney. Throw Joseph Barbera off the cliff because I never was overly fond of any of his cartoons. Naruto Uzumaki Sasuke Uchiha Sakura Haruno

May I suggest the few forum games in the lounge, as well as the random topics? It definitely gives you a chance to spout off without thinking too much, so it's just more fun than anything else. Or find a hosted author's forum that you like (you mentioned a few authors), and tell them publicly what you liked. That way you get your five posts through a good deed, anyway. Hopefully you'll keep posting after just five, though. Even I'm surprised at how much fun this forum is and how devoted most of the members are.

I usually try to stay away from critiquing other people's writing, because a lot of the time I feel like a hypocrite for pointing out the things they do that I do as well because I'm too lazy to fix it. However, here goes, Dezlboi, and remember that I love you! I just pulled up your anthology story, and I decided to comment on it as I go. First off, some things I've seen as very common on this site, which I believe differentiate between amateur writers and less amateur writers. 1. SPELLING AND GRAMMAR! Come ON, this is basic! And if you are just hopeless at it, that's why the good computer Lord made word processors! 2. OVER OVER OVER-use of cliche. It makes me gag. 3. Predictability. If I can tell what's going to happen by reading the first half, why read the second? 4. Complete and utter absence of ALL literary devices. Alliteration, assonance, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, oxymoron, personification, etc. There's a myriad of little things you can stick in your writing to jazz it up. Too many people overlook this. On to my critique of "Facing the Demons". In the first few paragraphs I see a great deal of personification involved, which brings vivid images to my mind. I greatly appreciate this, it makes me want to continue reading. The start of the story is like eating halloween candy, ya get to go through the bag and see all the delicious little tidbits of candy awaiting consumption. It's very nice, I like it. My first criticism... stating instead of showing. As writers, we are ALL guilty of this deadly sin from time to time. In the story, "...but to Ty they always appeared more as though discontented spirits were clinging with desperation to this world, unable to stray far from their final resting places. He had dark, unpleasant feeling about that place..." Okay, I understand why you said the second sentence, but was it truly necessary? Could you have perhaps painted his negative feelings with a few more descriptive sentences, showed his actions (maybe some nervous tapping of fingers, speeding up the car a bit, etc), and shown that he had that feeling instead of saying it? Describing is always so much better than informing. You do a wonderful job most of the time spinning the setting into existence. There are times when the magical way you do it lapses a bit, like thin spots in paint, but overall I am greatly impressed by your ability to create and master settings. Very good. Again, the saying instead of showing things. "Tyler

I wanted to know if anybody else on GA loves Naruto as much as I do. I was pondering the idea of an in depth Naruto fanfic with an alternate storyline (not to mention without the 100 or so episodes of filler... ~hisses~). So, what's everybody think about the best anime ever made?

Graeme makes a great point. I voted for characters, because I believe that if you have highly developed, interesting, good characters, they practically make the story themselves. But there are those times when I fall into what Graeme was talking about... brilliant characters and absolutely NO plot line whatsoever, lol.

Um, Star Wars? Now, assuming all these people are the ages they were in the movies... Kiss: Mark Hamill Marry: Harrison Ford (he IS hilarious, y'know) Push off cliff: James Earl Jones Okay... Nicole Richie Jessica Simpson Paris Hilton Guess THAT theme, hehe.

Angels f**K in my pants Okay, maybe that one was just a bit TOO blatantly obvious... but kinda hot if you think about it. Thank you, Jack Off Jill!