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Not really, but it settled around me a bit.

Merry Christmas Eve! Here's a favorite Christmas tune of mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzrws1hWzGk

Here's an interesting photo series, where the photographer juxtaposed photos of modern-day San Francisco with pictures of the aftermath of the 1906 Earthquake. Pretty cool-looking, I think. The best shot has to be the dead horses and the modern-day driver.

1. 2. "Sitting Up In My Room" by Brandy 3. 4. "Scream" by Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson 5. 6. 7. 8. "The Macarena" by Los Del Rios 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. "I Don't Want to Wait" by Paula Cole 23. 24 25. 26. 27. 28. Stephen Jenkens circa 1997. Goddman he was hot. 29. 30. This song was hot when I was graduating from 5th grade, so for that reason, I associate this song with my elementary school graduation. Which is kind of weird, but there you go. Later on, I'd associate it with singing karoke at the end of the night at Spaghetti Benders, which makes way more sense.

Happy birthday, ya big ol' bear!

I agree with you. It's a really good thing JJ wasn't around, because he straight up would have laughed his ass off at Ethan. It does make me wonder though what kind of private schools Ethan grew up at- wouldn't etiquette and general table manners been part of what they were trained in? You mean to tell me that in 7 or so years of dining in private school dining halls, no one ever brought up how bad his table manners are? I went to a public elementary school, and I had teachers single me out and teach table manners to me when I was in 2nd grade or so. As for the Claremont stuff, I love reading the updates about the town. I like that it hasn't just been forgotten, and the family really does have a strong commitment to it.

Beck from Nickelodeon's Victorious as Joe?

Chapter 60 -When Brad muses on how much Claremont has transformed in the past 2 years, with a renewed sense of energy. "Sim Broadway" from Sim City 3000 -When Mat and Wade get into a fight about how he's acting like a freshman. "We Need A Resolution" by Aaliyah God, it's a fucking shame that Aaliyah died. She really was doing a lot of good work right up to when she died. I think R&B music would have looked a lot different if she hadn't died. - When they play a soccer game, and Darius blows up at Ethan for his poor sportsmanship. "Weapon of Choice" by Fatboy Slim -When Nana begins her training of Ethan. "The Rain in Spain" from My Fair Lady

Well, the first two books are good, in any event.

Friday I went to this alumni lunch deal at my old high school, where I get a free Bobbie hoagie and sit around and watch current students do a Holiday showcase. I talked to some people about my friend Steve's death...when I mentioned that he died a drug overdose, almost all of them asked me, "So did they rule out suicide?" I mean, I get the question, and on an intellectual level I get it, but a part of me just felt pissed off. Pissed off that my friend Steve is going to be dismissed by people who didn't know him as some druggie who took his own life, and pissed off that Steve for going out the way he did. I don't know. I almost feel like it would be easier if Steve had died of a car accident, but he left the way he left, and I feel like omitting how he died would kind of be like I'm shaming him for it. I refuse to do that. I got told by an e-friend that they think I'm idealizing him because as he put it, heroin is not a social drug and it's used by people who have a massive ability to cope with life., and I do wonder about that. I really want to believe that Steve's heroin use was a one-time thing, and he just accidentally overdosed. I absolutely refuse to believe that Steve did this intentionally- Steve had just 1 paper left before he was going to officially be Mr. Therapist. He was finally going to be done with college, after years of bitching about how much he hated school. There was some chick he planned to bang at Thanksgiving. There's no way he'd intentionally check out like this when he was so close to being done. I don't think Steve joined the 27 Club on purpose. I refuse to believe it. Anyway...tonight I went Christmas caroling. I have an awful voice, but it was fun. There some rinky dink Christmas parade at this nearby small town that I went to, and at times I just ran and shouted out, "Merry Christmas, Bedford Falls!" It just nice to laugh like that. Earlier I just looked out over the Delaware River...it was a really nice, unseasonably warm day, and nothing relaxes me more than being near the water. It was great.

Alright, here's the first official clip, when Four shows Tris his tattoos: I could do without the contemporary sounding pop song, but in general...wow, Theo and Shailene have smoking hot chemistry.

I allowed things from 1989 on this list, yes. '89 is the first year I can remember, but I wouldn't really call myself a child of the 80's. This is basically tail-end-of-the-80's music, the exception being the stuff from 1994 like "Another Night" by Real McCoy. The bulk of this stuff is from 1990-1992.

Sounds of A 90's Childhood Playlist, Part 2 1." 2. " 3. 4. " 5. 6. 7. 8. " 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. " 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. " 21. 22. 23. 24. "All I Wanna Do" by Sheryl Crow 25. 26. 27. 28. "We Are Young" by Supergrass 29. 30. "Kiss From A Rose" by Seal I honestly think 1994 to 1996 were the best years for music in that decade, with 1995 being the high water mark. Everything was on full-blast that year.

They were interesting chapters. The drama of competitive sports pretty much writes itself. Speaking of...Brian Boitano came out as gay in advance of being a delagate to the 2014 Olympics, as a protest against the anti-gay policies of Russia. I wonder if JJ will still be involved with figure skating at that point, or if he'll finish with it sometime after 2006.

I don't think I can ever look at a bottle of Smirnoff Vodka again, after the Great Mexican Food Puke Incident of 2010. As for Guiness...yeah, not that big of a fan. I also can't stand Heinenken. If you guys have ever read Cross-Currents, the lead character pimps Negra Modelo a lot, and I gotta agree, it is a pretty great beer. Miles ahead of Corona, but it's not that widely available around here unless you go to a Mexican restaurant. Another beer I really like but isn't widely available where I live- Michelob Amber Bock. I discovered it in Florida, and it was sold in Western P.A., but I can't find it in Delaware.

Michael Trevino (The Vampire Diaries) as Ben Mendozza? Seriously, the Vampire Diaries is like the land of hunks. He was actually my pick for Ethan until Mark revealed that Ethan was rotund. I could also see Joe, Ethan's friend.

Funny story. I never really got that much into Queer as Folk- when it came to a depiction of gay life that I related to, I really loved David on Six Feet Under- low-key kind of gays who interacted more often with straight people instead of living in a gayborhood. The whole circuit boi thing just never appealed to me. You wanna feel old, Blue? The actor who played Justin is now 36. 36! He'd be a male cougar to a 17-year now. (Well, Randy Harrison was 23 when he played a 17-year old, but still.) I do think it might be interesting to see a Queer As Folk that reflects the changes in American society- how gay men are navigating with being able to get legally married in a lot of states, getting pressure to start families like their straight counterparts, having openly gay military men, and what it means to have a generation of boys who were never closeted- gay guys who experienced things like going to proms with another boy and getting voted Cutest Couple at their high school.

That is a pretty valid thought, I believe. Will chose to be an adult before he turned 18, on the basis that he can handle himself like an adult. So it makes the times when Will acts like a child, particularly in this chapter, really annoying. He's not held to the standard of a high school sophomore. We're supposed to hold him to the standard of a college-aged person, and there are times when he displays a stunning amount of immaturity.

Does this mean we won't see JJ and Will fight over a guy? God, I wanted to see that. If Evan Lysacek was any indication, JJ will go absolutely apeshit if Will poached a guy that he was into. I thought that was a benefit of having JJ be bisexual- Will and JJ could fight over a guy, and Darius and JJ could fight over a girl. I'm so disappointed, Mark.

Chapter 59 -When Will and Matt get into somewhat of a little tiff, where Will threatens to torch his GMC if he talks to Tony. "Revolution" by R4 -When Will and Tony drive back after the GLBT meeting, and talk. "Proud" by Heather Small -When Brad discovers that the company is engaging is homophobic and racial profiling. "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy -When Brad funds the Happy Hour for the employees that were profiled. "Praise You" by FatBoy Slim - When Brad meets Chris Mendoza, who Alec warns him about. "Dive in the Pool" by Barry Harris I hope I brought out Blue's inner 18-year old club boy with this pick. It's weird to listen to the Queer as Folk soundtrack and watch clips of it and see just how dated its become...which happens, but it's weird to think of the early 2000's as being a decade ago. I actually came across a music channel called "Y2K", decided to the hits of the 2000's, and damn that made me feel old.

I get what you're saying, but Will learned his lessons with that stuff. He worked things out with JJ, and he came to an epiphany about the Erik/Kyle thing. I do think that if Will got into an all-out fight with Matt, things would not be pretty. Matt is not an easy push-over, and Will doesn't have the benefit of being deeply loved by him like he did during his battles with Brad.

Yuengling is my go-to "okay" beer, along with Rolling Rock. My favorite "good beers" would be Blue Moon and Stella Artois, and I do like the Sam Adams Winter Lager. It's not technically beer, but Angry Orchards hard cider is pretty damn good.

I think he's way more aggressive and controlling than an Omega male, though. I feel like the "laid-back" part of Will's personality has been hard to remember because we've seen him in near-constant battle mode.

I waited until I was 19 to get a license, and it was actually a good thing, because I avoided all the restrictions. You basically just pass the written and the road test, and you've got your license. Although it seems like in some states, I would have had to deal with restrictions until I was 21. Sheesh. He hung out with people that only ever got drunk on okayish beer like Yuengling? I went to a party house that had Yuengling kegs and it was like heaven compared to having to drink Natty or Beast.

That's life, though. People float in your life, and sometimes they look like they're going to be significant, but then they float out. Especially when you're a teenager/twentysomething, which is probably when you're going to meet the most people you'll ever meet in your life. From what I understand about being in your 30's, I have to look forward to meeting far less people. Which kinda bothers me, actually. *pouts* As for Josh, it's nice to see him, but he's also a junior (he was a sophomore transfer when Wade met him during the 2000-2001 school year), and I can't really see him being that big of a factor aside from Will possibly hooking up with him a time or two. Which is fine. It's more realistic that Will has all these acquaintances that go to Stanford and he can hit up when he wants to hang out/party/hook-up. Lots of high school townie kids would hang around college parties in college towns, especially if they're like Will and they don't look out of place at a college party. Just please don't hook Will up with high school guys when he's in college. You've avoided doing that with Matt and Wade as protagonists; keep that up with Will. Although, I've gotta say...I kind of wondered if Will would be the type to always look "up" when it comes to age...like when he's 20, he'll start being interested in 35-40 year olds, and so forth. But from what you're saying, Will is going to be completely in line with normal 22-year olds. Which is interesting, because while JJ definitely sees and treats Matt like a brother, Will doesn't really seem to do so all that much, other than the decree to Tony about not getting with Matt. He didn't even ask Brad for a painting of Matt, which makes sense, but still- not so big on the brotherly bond here. I do think you can see in this chapter why it's good Matt and Will aren't all that close- two Alpha Males in close proximity is pretty explosive, and if Matt and Will tried to spend any significant amount of time together they'd get into massive fights similiar to Will and Brad. I think that's why it makes sense that they were drawn to Omega Males for brotherly bonding- Will to Wade, and Matt to JJ. Wade and JJ both have much more of a "Omega Male" personality type. I'm kinda surprised that we're apparently going to avoid having brothers fight over boyfriends. I totally thought we were going to have JJ and Will fight over a guy somewhere down the road. We got a preview of that with Evan Lysacek, which whetted my appetite for it, LOL. Oh, well. Anyway...something I'm wondering about...am I the only one who didn't try and join up a GLBT club in college and didn't really relate to those? I came to meeting one time in 10th grade, but to be honest...I felt like GLBT clubs were either support groups for people that had majorly struggled with being GLBT, or they were for people looking for dates/hook-ups, but neither of which appealed to me all that much. I mainly just hung out with straight people with a few gay friends. I came out at 15, and I didn't have any internal struggles with being gay after I was 17. In my entire life, I've only lost two friends after coming out to them, and they were just acquaintances. It kind of makes me feel like an outlier since the narrative that I always read is that you're supposed to come out and then become active in your GLBT, and it made me feel like a "bad gay" because I really had no interest in doing it. About the most I got involved with GLBT campus life was when I'd watch the Haven Drag Show, lol. There was also this one-act play showcase I took part in, where the host tried to base the entire theme around Britney Spears's "Circus" video complete with his Britney Spears drag act and a dance performance to "It's Raning Men", but that's about as gay as it got for me in college.