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Awesome chapter.

What can I say? I teared up several times. I really like the way this is going and hope Andy continues to improve.

True emotional communication only happens when you show your vulnerabilities. I'm glad to see that's starting.

It seems like Andy has post traumatic stress. Let's hope Zander has the understanding to pass along about the pain/fear the doctor brought out unwittingly. That's Andy's greatest damage, by far, and he needs help with that ASAP.

And this is based on your own life? Lucky dude!

I love the way Parker credited Matt with setting the table of friends, and denying he had any special ability to make friends.

Dan is obviously a real friend, willing to support Matt in his quest for happiness.

"I wanted to go back to my room and choose a depressing song and play it loud, so everyone could share in my anguish." What a heart-wrenching situation. I'm glad things quickly improved.

Love this story, with each chapter better than the one before. The repertoire is great too, giving good guffaws, "LOL" for you younger readers.

I can't even imagine how this would feel, so it's a good thing you can describe it so well.

That was hot indeed.

Good lord; this chapter is very 'intriguing', as they called it.

I'm glad it's going relatively slowly; flash in the pan usually fizzles quickly.

If the other chapters are as good as this one, I'm in for a treat.

Awesome chapter! And, considering the care and attention given to all the previous chapters, there is no way this story is going to end soon. Parker has too much respect for Andy, his story, and us readers to do that.

Great chapter. It looks like things are getting better, but I hope someone soon realizes that Andy's journal is actually legal evidence, just like police notebooks are. They really need to protect it.

Nice. I can relate to some of those feelings/anxieties. "Coming out" is not just limited to revealing sexual orientation, although that seems to be the predominant one. That same angst is present every time we value a relationship and feel we are putting it and ourselves at risk, by something we are about to do or say.

What a lovely way to celebrate Xmas, with that beautifully happy 'cliff hanger' to savour.

I won't review this latest chapter, but want to comment that this story was brought to my attention only a short time ago, and I've been binge reading all the chapters avidly. Great work, great read, but now that I'm at the 'working front' I'm frustrated at having to wait for the next savoury chapter. My thought is that Andy is too hungry all the time, and should be wasting away. I don't believe he could be working hard and bulking up in any way, what with the lack of real food. Maybe he's eating more than described?

Awesome. Totally awesome.

I liked it; nicely done. The biggest surprise to me is that I remember this stuff as being 'hard', but now I find it almost 'easy listening'. I guess even I have changed over the years.

"In every situation, I think authorship has to be acknowledged -- i.e., finishers shouldn't pass themselves off as the original, but declare that they're trying to continue a tradition, help complete a work of art, etc." I completely agree with Corvus as stated above, and I think we should also ask ourselves: 1/ Who benefits by leaving the story unfinished? 2/ Who benefits by finishing the story? 3/ Who is hurt by leaving the story unfinished? 4/ Who is hurt by finishing the story? To me it seems obvious that the reader benefits with the finishing of the story, and that is probably who the writer was trying to benefit in the first place, and that nobody is hurt by finishing the story, not even the author, as long as the above recognition is given. The whole thing shifts perspective if we are talking about a commercially published work, but those questions, honestly answered, should be a good guide.

I hate being stuck in traffic. In fact, I'd rather drive for 2 hours over a longer route, than 1 hour of driving and 30 minutes of stuck time. Even if you don't get to where you're going as quickly as you'd like, you feel like you are accomplishing something during the whole trip. Heck, you might even see a nice new park or something along the way. My best wishes on your trip, and may it not be as bad as expected. :wacko:

Supposedly there's also a blood type factor, with O needing meats, and other types, like AB not needing them at all.

I can barely imagine how worried you must have been. That's the kind of stuff of nightmares indeed.