I can't falt your writing. It's wonderfuly exciting but don't you think threatening to destroy my city with an earthquake is a bit much? What did I ever do to you?
Thanks for another great chapter. Have a merry Christmas CJ.
I think the stripers are cousins. They look a lot alike. They were probably told to act like a gay couple since they were performing at a gay event.
Now what about that cliff? I think a weding on a cliff might be one of CJ's romantic fantasies. I can just imagine the proposal: "Honey, will you marry me on the edje of a very tall cliff?"
I loved this story! The way you subtuly shifted from the character's perception of himself to the way others saw him was briliant. We can all learn from this story. Often we are our own problem.
Only an infection in the spine! You have to be the toughest person I know!
I hope it clears up quickly. I'm glad you are going home. Take care of yourself.
It was a fun chapter! The layout looks good.
There's nothing like a silly guy trying to dance in his whity-tities. It's too bad there's no video. I'm sure the pictures will get out and Eric will get recognized.
I think a "real man" has all the characteristics that you look for in a human being. It is very individual. What is wonderful in a man to me is not wonderful by other people's standards.
I think the term has been used to manipulate young guys and that is the reason it exists. For example, the frustrated parent my tell his or her son to "take it like a man," just to get the kid to stop complaining. A pushy teenager may convince a classmate to do something he does not want to because it's something "real men" do.
"Real man" is not the only term that is used to control people. Here are a few examples off the top of my head:
"Feel like a real woman."
"Why are you so imature?"
"Don't be such a baby."
"Be a team player," or a "gogeter" or a "leader"
There's tons of them. They look like inocent words but heaven help you if you are not a team player at work or if you are imature. If you are curently in school you could easily get the idea that you must either become a leader or you will go to hell. Baby is a four letter word. Any five year old who is labled that is instantly offended. They are only words! I think we need to relax and not worry so much.
Another fun chapter from everyone's favorite goat!
That phone call sounds suspicious. It's like an exchange with someone who used to be a date then tried to be a friend and then turned into an complete a-hole.
When it comes to Goerge, good ridance! The guy's a looser. The strippers are better off going into business for themselves in the long run.
CJ claims that goats don't like cliffs but acording to Wikippedia, the mountain goat "is a large-hoofed mammal found only in North America...," and "It resides at high elevations and is a sure-footed climber, often resting on rocky cliffs that predators cannot reach."
I think we are in for lava, tequila, and maybe more DIY weapons of mass destruction.
I like that site! Its a great way to learn some new things or remember the old ones.
Those are all good points. I think none of us want to inadvertantly support terrorism or generaly do more harm than good. The information you posted is often swept under the rug. So that leads me to the obvious question: If someone wants to do a good deed, what is the best way to go about it? Are local charities any better? Do city food banks work? What about animal shelters? ...OK, that's more than one question but if anyone has some usefull info on the subject it would be nice to know.
Great chapter, as usual. I'm a little late reading it for a number of personal reasons but its a great way to relax (even if it is a little close to a cliff.) I wonder if there is anything more than pictures in the camera or maybe I sould be asking what the pictures are of. It sound like an easy way to store data.
Now, about that squad mate, just because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time doesn't mean he can't be good looking.
I heard a few good ones on "Food Detectives" the other day. Ted Allen was investigating what happens when you put an egg in the microwave oven.
Egg with shell => egg-splosion
Egg without shell => egg-celent!
I'm sure there were more. Ted has a funny was of being simultaniously likeable and slightly geeky.
Here in California there is a proposition on the ballot to redefine mariage as a union between a man and a woman only. Naturaly there are some web adds on the subject. The crazy thing is that some form of artifical inteligence decided that this website was a good place to try gaining suport for a ban on gay mariage. Sometimes I get the feeling that our own technology is mocking us.
Great chapter!
I love the constant competition between Eirc and Helen. I wonder how long before he changes his mind about the tequila. He's bound to fall of the wagon sometime.
The General's upcoming agventures are sure to be interesting. Once again everyone's favoite mountain goat has led us to a cliff. Here we go again. :wacko:
That was quite some serenade! That was my favorite chapter so far. The last one was a hard act to follow. The ice down pants would have been funny but the couch may have lost a leg in the process. The drums had a slower but equaly unpleasant effect.
Did you say you were going to give us "buts of info needed for later... ?" That's a very goatlike thing to do. I hope this is not a forshadowing. I'm not quite ready to be poked py sharp horns.
I used 'involved' because I couldn't think of exactly the word to describe what was going on. Eric did make it pretty difficult to get away it just seemed that some readers were blaming the whole incident on head trauma.
At any rate I think Eric is going to get a nasty reaction from Chase.