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Tiger, it was stated that in CAP that Aaron dies in the war before Steven does. They can join in 1943, and I'm guessing Aaron dies pretty much that year. Steven survives until close to the end of the war, because Stefan was born on some vague, never-enumerated date in 1945, so he couldn't have died earlier than the second half of 1944. As for the 1999 stuff, Stefan feels like Cassandra, warning about the impending tech meltdown. Come spring 2000, Brad is going to be so burned on this...

I tried tequila once on Halloween 2005, and I never needed to try it again. It's great to see how the CAP family gets to travel all around to these exotic locales.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ON0lJRGV7Mg/S5k2e0JbOfI/AAAAAAAAaCk/iPTA0YUOHmI/s1600-h/evan5.jpg I like Evan better with hair, but man, his stance against this wall...something just utterly sexy about it.

Over at Adam Phillip's Yahoo group, I made a comment about how I felt a bit dirty for having sexual thoughts about Taylor Lautner, because he's all of 18 and that feels wrong to me somehow. Adam said that there's absolutely nothing wrong with having those kinds of thoughts about a young dude, because it's not actually a child I'm lusting over- it's a young man who's in terrific shape, and I shouldn't feel like there's anything about having salacious thoughts about the guy just because he's a good deal younger than I am. And he's got a point, and I was wondering why it had been bothering me so much whenever I looked at an 18-year old guy, thought he was hot, and then felt, "God, you are such a dirty old man, Jeremy!" And I came to this conclusion- it's weird for me, because 18-year olds remind me that I'm no spring chicken anymore, and it makes me question if I'm reacting that way to them because I want to re-live my youth. It used to be that I could look at a cute 18-year old boy, and think, "Maybe I should ask him out", because at the time, I was 18 or 19 years old, and I was age-appropriate. Nowaways, as I'm moving in my mid-20's, I generally find that most of the guys that I'm really attracted to are in their early 20's or mid-20's, because most 19-year old boys look just like that to me- boys, not men. But occasionally, such as in the case of Taylor Lautner, I just think, "Wow, he's really hot and gorgeous!", and then there comes that, "Oh wait, I shouldn't hit on the dude, because I'm way too freaking old for him." It's strange how life moves so fast- one day I was in high school homeroom talking about the merits of the O.C., and now I'm facing the end of college and I'm no longer really and truly young anymore. My youth is almost behind me, and it's a disconcerting thought. Am I mourning my youth? I guess I am, but in another way, I'm really not. I loved certain aspects of my youth- I loved driving around with friends late at night while we searched for post-drinking food, I loved the wild excitement of going to the first college parties with a set of eyes full of innocent, wide-eyed wonder at all these new experiences, and I loved the quiet, heart-to-heart moments I had with friends as we searched our way through post-adolescence. I have all these memories, and I lived through it, and those memories can't be taken away from me. I don't know if it's really that I would go back and re-live my youth...I guess it's just...I don't know what it'll be like to finally be out of that stage of my life. I've prolonged my days of college youth much longer than I should have. Now that it's finally here- the end is finally here- I'm hestitating before I make that finally plunge into that other stage of life- adulthood. My friend Steve has been getting on me about how I need to stop being so obsessed with youth- and he's right about that. I think it's just that I've seen my youth as being the one and only thing I've ever had going for me...that now that it's gone, I don't know what I have anymore. But I think I can find it. I hope I can find it. What I do know for sure is that I can't just wallow around and mourn my lost youth- because no amount of that is going to bring it back. And to be honest, I'm not really sure I want to go back to my youth again, either. What I do need is to just become more comfortable within a new role that's developing for me as I leave my youth behind. I just hope I get there. I know I'll get there.

Hey, since someone started a discussion on On the Mark, I thought I'd bump this up. Not to brag, but I think I did a fantastic job, especially with "We've Got Tonight". It really summed up the mood of the scene, and the mood of the time period. I also really liked the use of "Dust in the Wind".

Talking to Adam online about this, I realized what bothered me about this. I've been around addicts in some way, shape, or form in my life. And people talking about their own experiences confirmed it to me... The thing is...Jeff's downward spiral felt too abrupt for me. Yes, I know that there was an 9-month period before the story opens. And he's dead by June or July. That means it's about a year-and-half that Jeff goes from beginning to use drugs, to developing a habit, and then just giving up. That doesn't ring true for me- I feel like it takes more than just about 18 months for anyone to get to that point. Barring an accidential overdose, most drug addicts don't check out in so little a timespan like that. Drug addiction tends to be longer and more spread out, with a lot more peaks and valleys than the one we got with Jeff. Jeff giving up like that would have rang true to me if it had been more like a 5 or 10-year struggle. I think that's what didn't ring true for me.

That's a good point. Maybe he was outed in some way, and the Hayes family disowned him. It really is interesting to see how the Hayes family were before they got ripped apart.

Chapter 9 -When the family celebrates Thanksgiving, 1941. "Class Will Tell" by Ted Weems and His Orchestra -When Steven and Aaron talk about the most eligible bachelors in town, and imagine life as married men that will never happen for them. "I Know Why and So Do You" by the Glenn Miller Band

I can't stand online dating because of the way guys are so goddamn picky, so I can't see myself using it.

Word, Mark. There is nothing wrong with wanting to sleep around, as long as it makes the person happy and they do it in a safe way..

Jimmy Fallon couldn't reunite the cast of Saved by the Bell, but he could, as a consolation prize, reunite the cast of California Dreams. It's pretty awesome. California Dreams Man. It's funny how you never really forget the shows you grew up with.

This song pretty much sums up the early part of high school for me. Change "Noelle" to Noah, and you've got it. Standing on the sideline, staring longingly at the person I couldn't have. I had this really unfortunate crush on this guy named Andy in 9th grade. He was a senior who dressed up like a boyband member. I look back, and cringe when I think about it. I had REALLY bad taste back then! Ah, 2001...

Unless you're Drew Barrymore. Then you're Studio 54's star partier, and worthy of a confidential tell-all book at the age of 13. I kinda hope this story will serve to finally heal what went wrong with the Hayes family- that successive generations of that family won't become what Fred Hayes became.

I agree. The part where JP reacts with gratitude and relief for Sam kindly euthanizing Jeff with a needle full of heroin was absolutely heart-warming. Nah, but in all seriousness, Mark, do you still hate mail for killing off Jeff? I'm kinda curious. As for me, I think Bloodlines took the cake. It's worked on so many levels. And Evan Wadle is seriously fine eye candy. And I love Nico Tortorella, and think he and Evan would be such a cute couple.

It is pretty interesting. Brad was about five or six years old when he came to live with the Cramptons, and by the age of 10, he had developed a crush on Ace, his adoptive brother. They fooled around a little bit, but Ace was clearly straight and that all ended by the time of Be Rad, in their late teens. So because Brad became Ace's brother just after the age of the Westermarck Effect, he was able to develop a sexual attaction to Ace in early adolescence. It contrasts with the case of JJ and Will Schluter- even though they are not biologically brothers, they have been raised as brothers since infancy. I think that means that JJ and Will, as they get further into their teens- are not going to be sexually interested in each other. I really wish Claire and Ace could have been there to find out. Ace would have flipped out, for sure.

If it's not for you, it's not for you. By that same token, however, if someone isn't into the idea of settling down, it's not something for you to judge. You don't have to be slutty if you don't want to. And I've met quite a few gay and lesbian people who are settled down into devoted relationships, who've built a life together and it works out fine.

JJ is the skater. Will inherited Brad's talent for surfing. And even without the figure skating stuff, JJ really, really seems gay. I bet 1999 JJ is putting up pictures of the Backstreet Boys and Josh Hartnett as we speak...lol.

Yeah, a story about Wade and Matt's sophomore year of college should be good. And then maybe a story where Brad deals with pushing-40 angst, as well as the tech meltdown. Then move on to seeing JJ and Will enter their college-age years. I'm seeing JJ as a lot like Stefan, just without the baggage or the flaming ways. I see them as having a similiar joie de vive. Will- I'm not sure yet if I think he's gay or straight. JJ pings the gaydar, but not Will just yet.

Chapter 7 -At the party, when Jim gets faced and destroys Steven's car, with no consequences. "Little Brown Jug" by the Glenn Miller Orchestra Chapter 8 -When Aaron apologizes for having sex with Maman, and then intonates that he might be gay. Then he and Steven make love. "More Than You Know" by Billie Holiday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuPctgZza_8 -When Stefan and JP talk about Marie's...uh..."habits". "Bad Girl" by Madonna

Actually, I think it makes a lot of sense. JP has always been kinda unnerving- it makes sense he made one creepy little child.

Does it every just spring up on you? Right now, I'm feeling it. I'm writing up a CV for my professor to get him to write a recomendation, and I realize...I peaked at the age of 20. I haven't done anything noteworthy since 2007. College started out great for me- I was a tutor, I was involved in a sport, I had a job, I was involved in a lot of activities. And then I transfer to UD, and I get it into my head that I'm John Walsh from Fraternity Memoirs, and I don't do anything except party my ass off and go on the occasional burn ride. I was involved with some stuff, but not nearly as much as I used to be. Then I get put on a Dean's Vacation for a year, and I spend it bumming around in community college and partying my ass off in bars and parties. And I come back, and I don't really do anything, at all. I thought I was going to leave behind this great legacy when I graduate from college...and I'm not. No one is going to remember that I was ever there, because I just didn't much while I was there. I had this great opportunity to go to this really fine school, and I didn't do nearly as much with it as I should have. And it's too late now- I'm graduating in 8 weeks baring failing Italian- and when I step off the stage, only my family members are going to clap because they're the only ones who are going to know who the hell I am. I guess all I can do is remember this feeling, and try and do more in graduate school*fingers crossed* than I did during my time here at University of Delaware.

I don't see Darius doing a math deal- he seems destined to become a lawyer. Maybe he'll follow his uncle Darius and attend Princeton. I can see Will ending up a science/math guy- maybe Will could end up going to Virginia Tech University when he graduates high school in 2005. As for JJ, I see him at a party school with a decent figure skating club.

It really did anger me they didn't include her in the "In Memoriam" section of the Oscars. I'm glad it didn't go unnoticed: Academy Responds to Criticism I love their justification of it- and how totally hypocritical it is when you consider the fact that they included Micheal Jackson, who was only in one film and was never actually an actor. Meanwhile they forget someone who was not only in over a dozen movies, but was actually nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress. Geez. And I felt like the audience thought the same thing- the applause for MJ was stilted, like they didn't expect him to be there. He shouldn't have been there. Farrah should have been. I say, screw the Academy. Farrah will always be remembered by her millions of fans. Fan Tribute to Farrah Fawcett God. What a dazzling smile!

Got it- the reference to Billy, and therefore Robbie's, hair color. I think Frank just had slightly darker hair than his brother Jeff and son Robbie. It's probably that shade of brown where it's debatable as to whether or not it's actually brown. But yeah, the Hayes are generally supposed to be blond. Ish. The Schluters tend to be VERY blond, though- strawberry blond with green eyes, right? And the Cramptons lean towards having dark blond hair. Brad got his dark hair from the milkman. LOL.

I know, right? His look SCREAMS Hayes.