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Chapter 30 -When T and Kendo are hanging out at a bar. "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers -When Kendo produces some sniffle snacks for Travis, and gets to kiss Travis. "Feel Good Inc." by Gorillaz -When Will is a good mood after a great game, and knowing that he's going to travel back home and see Travis. "Pump It" by Black Eyed Peas -When Will and Marie arrive back to California, and excitement for the weekend. "Wake Up" by Hilary Duff

Travis comes off as the kind of guy who desperately wants to convince himself he's okay because his entire life has been built on building the facade of the perfectly likeable laconic surfer boy. It kind of reminds me of how when coke first became big in the 70's people thought it wasn't addicting for the reasons you outlined. It's more of a psychological thing than actual body thing the way heroin or alcohol is. Anyway, my Kendo fancast had a moment where people thought he may have been coked up. Coked up, or just pure excitement? If there's anyone I would expect to know cocaine tweaking when they see it, it would be a lawyer who services rich people in Los Angeles. LOL (Or in Mark's case, anyone who attended an affluent liberal arts college in the 1980's.)

Ah, okay. I don't think though that Will is aware that it's a somewhat regular habit for Travis. He might just think it's something he might do once in awhile at a party.

The revelation that Travis does cocaine enough that he "has a guy" was an interesting one. We didn't really have any indication in The Gap Year that Travis did it, right? I like the idea that Will doesn't know that about Travis because they were still in the honeymoon phase in the Gap Year. It makes so much sense- coke is supposed to get rid of social anxiety.

Has anyone watched the Obsession movie yet? I keep thinking the male lead, Michael Johnston, would make a really good Mouse. He even has a squeaky voice. (Mouse was Brad's classmate and later JP's boyfriend in the 80's who died of AIDS sometime between Man in Motion and A Summer Love.) My OG Mouse fancast is Kyle Gallner but Mark rejected him. LOL

I picture you sitting with a client and your trusty legal pad, fighting your urge to roll your eyes as the delusional rich bitch whines over whatever crisis they're having today.

Without getting into detail about what happens, it makes sense for this to be a slow build. It's not like someone does a t.v. show, it premieres the next day, and then they're famous overnight. All this stuff takes awhile. Especially nowadays- usually a show is in the can for like a year because of the current streaming model.

It's part of that Golden Boy thing.

Even if Mark brings back He Who Shall Not Be Named who is part of that cohort?

Chapter 28 -When Travis gets ready for his first day of shooting a movie called Disturbia. "I Just Want to Celebrate" by Rare Earth -When Travis gets transformed into his character Ronnie. "Swing Swing" by All-American Rejects I thought Tyson Ritter was so hot. LOL -When Travis excitedly tells Will on the phone about his great first day of shooting, while he navigates the notorious 405 expressway traffic. "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield -When Travis turns down the official watch party and he and Will "reunite", so to speak. "Luxurious" by Gwen Stefani -When Will contemplates Travis's birth as a celebrity. "Catch Your Wave" by the Click 5

I don't think Shia went off the rails until Indiana Jones in '08. Something snapped once he started getting those big leading man roles. I actually had a crush on a guy on my high school cross-country team who reminded me of Shia in terms of mannerisms, but like later Disney star David Henrie in terms of looks. He absolutely hated me which made me want him more. LOL Anyway, nice cameo from Dylan O'Brien. He was absolutely adorable! Here he is 2 years later at 16: YouTube really starts hitting in the middle of 2006, if I remember right. I think I started watching YouTube around January 2006, mainly for the 90's music videos that would get posted that you could no longer see on MTV. Then I got into the whole LonelyGirl15 thing, which was a spring/summer thing. I had the experience of having friends who were born around that 1990-1993 range and it always kind of struck me how pretty much everyone I knew who was in that age range had a YouTube channel. There was such a massive shift in culture once YouTube became a thing and everyone started having video capable phones. (We're not quite there yet in CAP-Land, though, at least in terms of the video phone thing. That's more of an '07 thing.) So yeah, 2006. Ooh, that means I can use Amy Winehouse soon. LOL

I don't think you're wrong, but I do think Mark is probably going to work on that with Will.

As Mark had put it, Will is at to evolve into Tonto. The problem is that Tonto as a teenager was likely a big asshole.

Happy birthday!

Or the Hemsworth boys. Man, it'd be funny if Will or Travis ever ran across Liam Hemsworth given that Zach's face is supposed to look like his. LOL (His acting career doesn't start until '07, though.)