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Don't worry Graeme, he's just trying to troll the thread by just reading my first post and ignoring what we learned as more information came out. He knows that it was marketed as the 8th book and that we all found out it was a play, which some of us embraced despite the fact. That's just the way Zombie is, he's a fun guy if you want to have a shouting match with.. I was excited for the "8th book" even if it was in play form before it got publish. It just fell flat for me as I read it. Here's my criticism again: As for Book to play or Play to book; a good play translate well to Book like Henrik Ibsen or Arthur Miller. A poor play that depends on gimmicks to get attention, like a play based off a Disney movie, is only there for money (Lion King, Aladdin, and Beauty+Beast). This storyline/play falls into the latter; perhaps the BBC, Independent, and others may add on praise for actors and stage-work, which are deserved, but if a plot is weak, it cannot truly deserve real praise for what it is. When you read a play, there is no way to hide the flaws in a story, if it is barely a plot, then you are naked to the world's criticisms.

I'm not going to create a new thread, because I am deeply disappointed in the 8th book. I knew it was a play, but either the Brits have changed their literary values to a low standard for your playwrights or the actors must have been adding libs non-stop to cover the woeful plot, the stupid twist device (Hint Voldy's Seed of Chucky concept is so woefully bad), and yes, the suspension of belief in character choices. Sure, I'm glad Albus is a Slytherin and besties with Scorpius (Not LGBT relationship though ), but come on, Albus never really got a chance to shine as a character, not to mention the stupid time jump in the play that skipped potential story elements for several years at Hogwarts. Oh and about the issue of time skips, I won't reveal the entire plot, but I'll just say this, Time Travel is not a plot in on itself, it is a medium for telling stories and not a story, which The Cursed child abuses non-stop. As for the emotional heart of the story, look I get it Goblet of Fire was good and Harry probably has a lot of grief over all the people who died defending him during the Wizard world war against Voldemort, but seriously, you center your entire emotional core on Cedric Diggory (I don't care if he was Edward in Twilight, it makes no sense), really honestly J.K Rowling, you could do so much better and I seriously hope the rumors that she did not write this play are true and that she was just in need of money for some reason (Even if it makes me feel dirty inside, at least she only sold out and not really think this was a good storyline for her series to end on or begin again with). There are so many more deserving characters with emotional connections to Harry's life like Black, Dumbledore, or especially Snape (I'd have love to see that as the center of the emotional drama for all the characters, if someone deserved a longer epilogue it would be Snape). No, the story/play/crap hack writing is awfully wooden, contrived, and I hope is to be removed from canonical material. This is not an 8th book, it is fan-fiction that may make fortunes for the curious fans that go into it blindly hoping fo another magical journey into their childhood, but who find it hollow and shallow.

This brings back some nice childhood memories and it made it into my shuffle today: https://youtu.be/lenkR5XzSJc

Ironic, since the idea of a pokeball is to convert the Pokemon into a state of potential energy I gave a few weeks and it was fun, but it really is kind of glitchy on my Samsung Galaxy S6.

Happy Birthday, you old Cat! B) B) :lugh: :lugh: :lugh:

Being gay and Asian, you get a double dose of self-esteem issues. Send him my love Matt and if he wants to chat ask him to come on GA, I'm more than willing to share experiences and offer advise as best I can. I am not Effem, but I get some of the family dynamics and backgrounds of Asians.

Something classic:

You just need a little push Lacey, "Thunderbolts Lacey !" Feel better, it's actually not bad, I just have to be careful about my wifi and data use, but since the game is free, give it a try, just don't go into the in-game shop.

Give it a try Matt, you might enjoy it.

So many PokeFans out today, I am thinking of the original theme:

On the plus side, These Aussie guys are so cute, I really like dorky guys (too bad most of them are straight)

At 2-8 mb an hour it could eat up a good chunk of data, so I thought the article was kind of useful for helping reduce data and giving people some early warning. I actually did play Ingress as an early Beta in Boston, tagging landmarks and restaurants As for Pokemon Go, well, I am not looking to capture every one of them, which is why I prefer the gameboy emulators and gameshark codes. There's some stupid and tragic results right now: http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/15/health/pokemon-go-players-fall-down-cliff/index.html Nothing could be worth being so near the edge of a cliff to capture, not even Mew (maybe Arceus, if you are that nutty devout and you got the magic pipe)

Since I just went through an acrimonious breakup, which most of you guys/gals/neutrally gender have done, let's play a rock ballad for Breakups:

Happy Belated Birthday!

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-money-pokemon-data-idUSKCN0ZU2CA I love augmented reality games and Pokemon is a damn smart thing to make into one. If I were still a preteen or even a teen, I'd be hunting for Pokemon everywhere, even magikarp (Gyrados is cool). However gamer beware, Augmented reality games have hidden costs in your data plans, you can easily squander a month's worth of gigs in a few days of play. Unlike Pokemon world, I can't just get a meowth and train him to do "payday" attack get extra cash or teach my pokemon "theft" to feed my habit (Yes both are actual moves in Gameboy and they do help make extra bucks.) Anyway, have fun, but remember not to surpass your data plans.

I tried dating someone older and for a while it was fun. He was mature, thoughtful, understanding, considerate, and let's face it sex was amazing. He had the experience and I had the energy to go extra innings, let's leave it at that. So what ruined it: A simple call to his cell raised a few questions and things just happened from there, you can fill in the blanks. I didn't know he was married to a woman, who he later professed he had no love for, but they had kids. That was a double whammy. Then, he asked if we could keep this relationship going. I, in no uncertain terms, said, "Hell No" Look, I understand people have complicated issues, complicated relationships/obligations, but I am not going to be an accessory to another man cheating on his family just because he can't come clean about liking guys. I don't want him to leave his family either that's just stupid and irresponsible. My feelings for him weren't that deep like a harlequin novel. I don't know if breaking up was right, but it felt right. There has to be a line in the sand somewhere in gay relationships, can you as a gay man really love someone who is hiding himself and pretending to be something he is not? Can you be happy even if he leaves his family and becomes your full-time lover? I answered both questions with No, but that's just me. I want to love someone with a real heart and honest convictions to what he believes in. I want to know that he is responsible and trustworthy enough to be by my side and myself by his side. This to me goes down to the very heart of trust.

I saw this around 18-19, when I was surfing the web for gay related items. It was part of a series of Shorts called Boys' Brief 2 from 2002 It still haunts me today at how dark and how tragic this kid's life will eventually become, continuously searching for "him", his abuser through pain and sufferring in a perverse need to be with the same abuser's grasp: http://www.veoh.com/watch/v20430786JdHB7hkx The Director/Creator of the short is now a Director for Game of Thrones Here's my one and only Warning: DO NOT WATCH THIS SHORT IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO HAVE NIGHTMARES RANDOMLY OVER YOUR LIFE OF THE TRAGIC REALITY THIS KID IS FACING AS HE GREW UP. I ADVISE ONLY MATURE AUDIENCES, NOT JUST BY AGE, BUT BY YOUR MINDSET This is so fucked up, but it is amazing as a short film.

Well let's go to some fun songs about love and angst: Simple Plan: Loser of the Year Yellowcard- Hang You up

Well, I live on the 2nd floor of a two family home, so yes, we can both climb a flight of stairs without losing breath.

Happy 4th of July

GA authors write a lot about LGBT community and we do write about sex, in different degrees, but we have no area in the forum for sex questions or advice due to the possibility of younger kids getting into it and violating site rules. This is probably an innocent health question as it relates to me and my current sexual partner, but I do feel like I have to be discreet about it and will not post it to the general forum, and I will use spoiler tags to add a level of discretion. Here goes my question:

Wolverine Junior has come out, my world has been forever changed Ryan Beatty got a good set of vocal chords.

Love sustains

Not sure if people know, but Hallmark runs short films now too, which include LGBT ones. The weird part about Hallmark is that most of their movies are made to inspire that warm fuzzy feeling, so you will purchase stuff on sentiment: So what do you think Hallmark is trying to sell us here:

http://www.out.com/movies/2014/6/28/outfest-2016-announces-full-lgbt-film-lineup Outfest has become more mainstream as time has come along, it has also expanded what LGBT films can be and include. I like the tag line that the festival organizer is using: