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Aaron Rodgers is pretty hot, I think. I'd also want a night in the sack with Gronkowski, purely because of his awesome Tebow comment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=jrjCXWAAVIU&feature=endscreen LMAO.

They do get paid- in the form of complimentary education that would have cost them up to 200k otherwise.

Tim Tebow Ranked Second on Extramarital Wishlist So yeah, apparently Tim Tebow ranks 2nd on the list of sportsmen that women would want to cheat on their husbands with. I wonder where Tim Tebow lies on the list of sportsmen that straight guys would go gay for... He looks damn good in pink. Man. I can't be the only one with "The Girl With No Gaydar" running in my head, right?

Also, in 1981, people did not on average have 20k in student loan debt to pay off. College tuition and costs have far outpaced normal inflation rates over the past couple of decades, to the point where even in-state tuition at a state college rises well above the 10k cost. I talked to a guy who went to my undergrad in the late 1980's, when the tuition and board was once $2,700. Now it's $11,000, before you even get into on-campus living costs. Even taking inflation into account, that's a pretty sharp rise. Welcome to the unpaid internship. I've done 3. I might have to resort to another one just to keep my skillset current.

Jeff is probably also somewhat of a hustler, a guy who knows how to work people to get what he needs to survive. That's how he was able to survive on the streets before getting to the Mission. He's not an idiot- anyone with half a brain can see that the Schluters shower people they like with extravagant gifts, and people they don't like tend to wind up scorched in some way. (If not dead.) As long as Jeff keeps Will happy and doesn't rock the boat, he's golden and probably set for life. My guess with Michael was that he grew up in a doting middle-class household, with parents who constantly puffed up how wonderful and amazing he is, and Michael became delusional enough to believe that. He got through school by kissing ass and saying the right things to the right teachers, but when the real world hit, instead of becoming some FBI agent or something, he didn't cut the mustard and now he's stuck as some body guard to some of the richest brats in the United States. His ambitions unrealized, he's become a bitter person who can play the nice guy in front of the right people, but he's just not smart enough to realize that he can't play war with Will because of his overinflated view of himself. So Michael's going to try and strike back without realizing how out of his league he is.

I've been kind of wallowing in my Gen Yer angst about the lack of entry-level jobs, but it was an interesting to come across an article that pointed out that it's the Generation Xers(people about Private Tim's age up to about Gregory A's age) that are really getting screwed here. http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2012/06/21/Gen-X-Disproportionally-Affected-by-the-Recession.aspx#page1 It's like they got screwed by the recession of the late 80's/early 90's when they were my age and looking for entry-level jobs, and then got screwed again when they were ready to start moving into higher levels of management, only this time they had built up families and mortgages and couldn't just live on ramen in a studio apartment to ride it out. Right now the Gen Xers should be moving into positions being vacated by the Baby Boomers, but of course, that's not happening. It'll be interesting to see what long-term consequences this might have on the Gen Xer psyche.

He's not conventionally handsome, but Andrew has this magnetism to him that's pretty sexy. He was awesome in the Social Network. Plus, he's got a great head of hair, and that goes a long way with me.

Green eyes are pretty awesome. If you like green eyes, Mark decided on John Hobart as looking like Colton Haynes from Teen Wolf...his eyes are kind of a greenish blue color. In any event, the face doesn't have to look exactly like the character- modifications can be made. The biggest one is basically that JP is described as looking like Ricky Nelson, but if Ricky Nelson had blond hair and a short, skinny body. If Mark's taking any requests...Brant Daugherty from Pretty Little Liars as...someone. Maybe some hot Stanford jock that Wade can get into. What a hunk. He also looks like someone that would be fun to cuddle with, so I can see Mark rolling with that kind of look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjqiszDGA5s I love their energy here...neat cover, and you can just see how much fun they're having with it.

I'm not from Texas, but from what I gather about Houston, they're similiar to Los Angeles in the whole "let's bulldoze everything not built after 1980" deal so it's not surprising.

Chapter 47 -When Will begins his latest wave of slut adventures on the plane.

We already have our Will, basically a green-eyed version of Sean Faris(I picked him out in 2009), so this is Will: But I think Matt Bomer totally looks like Lou. (The one currently living in Canada as a news anchor, and played Matt's boyfriend at the country club to piss off his parents.)

Interesting insight. According to Julian(who graduated in 2007), they were incredibly strict about students who wanted to pursue acting, but then again, you would probably miss more school due to being in a movie or something than you would if you were off on a modeling shoot for a couple of days. JJ needs to miss at least 4-5 weeks of school, so I wonder if that would be pushing it, or what kind of arrangement they came up with. I'm kind of surprised JJ doesn't have a private tutor working in tandem with Harvard-Westlake. I wonder if Mark's going to clear up JJ's academic situation with HW, since these chapters should have at least some focus on JJ since he's the reason they're actually in Norway. He hasn't really said anything about what kind of student JJ is; the general impression is that he's not quite as dedicated as Will, but like Blue said, there's a lot of range there. I really hope Mark covers that at some point during these chapters; it would make the most sense to do so while we're learning more about JJ.

I love the contrast that you're setting up here with Will and JJ- Will being the easy-going slut who gets to have fun, with JJ as the tightly wound virgin with nothing but winning first place on his mind.

We shouldn't be surprised, though. This is Will Schluter, Mark's new Golden Boy character. He loathes to write Will having any consequences for any of his actions and anyone who calls him on his bullshit is just a big meanie who doesn't understand what it's like to be a poor, misunderstood 14-year old rich boy. I mean, the kid breaks the rules at his float trip and gets rewarded by the headmaster with a week-long trip to Norway, despite the fact that we know HW is supposed to be pretty strict about attendance, because the headmaster apparently worships JP. (I love you, Mark, but you know I'm right on this.) Anyway, my favorite part of the chapter was the exchange between Will and Tiffany, where she tells him that it's not being gay that's the problem in figure skating, it's being openly gay that's the problem. Daisy told me that Mark really nailed it with that line- that image is basically everything in this sport, at least for American skaters, and "gay" just doesn't fit into the "family-friendly" image of the sport. At least not in 2000. I wouldn't be surprised if they wind up getting Shane Jackson a "girlfriend", like they did for Evan Lysacek. Given that Will's a Schluter and it's in his nature to try and fight against oppression and prejudice(see: Tonto), I can see him trying to fight against that, at least a little bit, especially if he winds up becoming more involved with the sport past this trip. What will be interesting to see as he grows up will be whether or not JJ will try to join Will in going against the USFSA, or if JJ will just accept the status quo because he doesn't want to jeopardize his career pathway towards the Olympics.

I was watching the Olympic Diver trials, and damn, divers have some sick bodies. I wasn't planning on watching diving, but given how hot I found Troy Dumais, I'm totally going to! Who else is looking forward to the Olympics?

I love how Simon Cowell's eyes are so clearly flashing with dollar signs when Louis starts singing. (I like his face the best.)

Happy birthday!

Hmm. Max is pretty cute.

I don't know, I think JJ Schluter handles himself pretty well despite being pretty much ignored by his two dads. But seriously though, I do think community service at a retirement home would be seriously fitting. I'm a believer in it.

LOL, dude it's like 6 weeks. Having vacation days would be silly.

Thanks, that sounds pretty interesting. If you've ever read Confessions of A Prairie Bitch by Alison Arngrim (of Nellie Olsen fame), she goes a bit into the AIDS epidemic. Her on-screen husband died of AIDS in 1986, and she got really into AIDS activism because of it.

Isn't this more of a soapbox kind of topic? In any event, it is interesting the amount of hate that Ronald Reagan gets from the gay community. There's a definite perception that Reagan didn't do enough to stem the tide of AIDS in the 1980's because it was a "gay disease."

Well, that's not entirely true that characters need to explode...JP, Marcel, and Wade aren't explosive characters. But I don't know- JJ's been described as a diva with a performer's temper. I don't see how JJ doesn't wind up exploding at some point- explosive tempers are pretty much the norm with diva types. At this point though, I think JJ likes to sit back and laugh his ass off at all the mayhem that Will is causing, enjoying the drama from a safe distance. He doesn't put himself in the middle of drama- I think JJ will make insinuations and try to piss people off, but not enough that his ass would get beat. Then he runs back and hides behind his Mommy. As for squeaky clean, I'm kind of thinking this Norway trip is a way for Mark to explore the behind-the-scenes debauchery that can go on in figure skating, but he's using Will as the guy to go through it rather than JJ because he recognizes that JJ being a late-bloomer would kind of make it out of character for him to suddenly start banging skaters left and right. Mark's giving JJ time to grow up first before he plunges JJ into that kind of stuff. I'm sure JJ will wind up making up for lost time when puberty actually does hit, circa 2003 or so. Although...hmm. Mark's never had an asexual character before. That could be interesting- someone with an asexual orientation in a family as randy as the Schluters. The asexual guy here was actually cute, I thought. Kind of interesting that he was a cute 23-year old guy with no interest in sex. Almost unimaginable.