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Which is why "Do They Know It's Christmas" was a perfect song for that moment.

I trim like once every six months. Eh. Completely shaved pubis- ick. Don't mind back hair getting shaved, but a completely shaved body turns me off.

Chapter 22 - Prison -When the clan strategizie, along with the lawyer, about how they can help Robbie. "Invincible" by Pat Benatar -When Brad and Robbie have some goodbye sex, and Robbie says he wants Brad to be free to mess around, so long as it's not with Max. "Broken Wings" by Mr. Mister -When Brad gets to Claremont, plays with Darius until his nap, then bonds over watching Jeremy at the hospital, the newest addition to the crazy Crampton brood. "We Are the World" from USA for Africa -When Brad sees Bitty in a crack house. "White Lines" by Grandmaster Flash -When Brad and Jeanine have sex. "What's Love Got to Do With It" by Tina Turner

Chapter 21: Arrested -When JP and Brad talk about their options, and Brad is adament that he won't let Robbie go down for killing Neil. "I'm Going Down" by Bruce Springsteen -When Brad and Robbie's lawyer talk. "An Innocent Man" by Billy Joel - In the courtroom, where they succeed in getting Robbie out on bail. "The Confrontation" from Les Miserables (1985 musical) -When Robbie and Brad have sex, using fisting and letting Mouse watch the action. "All Through the Night" by Cyndi Lauper

I got ENFP. Here's the description of it- Idealist Portrait of the Champion (ENFP)Like the other Idealists, Champions are rather rare, say two or three percent of the population, but even more than the others they consider intense emotional experiences as being vital to a full life. Champions have a wide range and variety of emotions, and a great passion for novelty. They see life as an exciting drama, pregnant with possibilities for both good and evil, and they want to experience all the meaningful events and fascinating people in the world. The most outgoing of the Idealists, Champions often can't wait to tell others of their extraordinary experiences. Champions can be tireless in talking with others, like fountains that bubble and splash, spilling over their own words to get it all out. And usually this is not simple storytelling; Champions often speak (or write) in the hope of revealing some truth about human experience, or of motivating others with their powerful convictions. Their strong drive to speak out on issues and events, along with their boundless enthusiasm and natural talent with language, makes them the most vivacious and inspiring of all the types. Fiercely individualistic, Champions strive toward a kind of personal authenticity, and this intention always to be themselves is usually quite attractive to others. At the same time, Champions have outstanding intuitive powers and can tell what is going on inside of others, reading hidden emotions and giving special significance to words or actions. In fact, Champions are constantly scanning the social environment, and no intriguing character or silent motive is likely to escape their attention. Far more than the other Idealists, Champions are keen and probing observers of the people around them, and are capable of intense concentration on another individual. Their attention is rarely passive or casual. On the contrary, Champions tend to be extra sensitive and alert, always ready for emergencies, always on the lookout for what's possible. Champions are good with people and usually have a wide range of personal relationships. They are warm and full of energy with their friends. They are likable and at ease with colleagues, and handle their employees or students with great skill. They are good in public and on the telephone, and are so spontaneous and dramatic that others love to be in their company. Champions are positive, exuberant people, and often their confidence in the goodness of life and of human nature makes good things happen.

Chapter 20: Murder -When Brad gets back to his apartment, paranoid as hell. "Private Eyes" by Hall and Oates -When Brad and Mouse screw each other, in the heat of the moment. "Add It Up" by The Violent Femmes -When Brad and Robbie work things out about what happened to Neil. And then have make-up sex. "Head Over Heels" by Tears for Fears -When JP and Mouse reconcile. "Better Be Good to Me" by Tina Turner -When Robbie gets arrested by the police. "Police On My Back" by The Clash

Father, Daughters Traced to Nicaragua I don't care if you think your wife is a heinous bitch, but telling your kids that their mommy committed suicide? When they were 2 to 4 years old? Absolutely reprehensible. I know that custody battles are awful to deal with, but spiriting a kid away to a foreign country is not the way to solve it. I hope they throw the book at this guy. The best part about this is the fact that they were found after a year and a half, and the mother still gets to see her kids grow up. I've heard of similar parental abduction cases where the kids weren't found until they were teenagers or in their twenties. Of course, that doesn't make up for the year and a half she lost, but it might make it easier to heal from the experience, than were this ten or twenty years later. I guess for me, this article resonates because my own sister was/is involved with a bitter custody dispute with her ex-boyfriend over their daughter, and I had no problem imagining him kidnapping my niece just to spite my sister. He's that crazy. We still refuse to let him have unsupervised visits with her for that very reason.

Chapter 19: JJ -When JP tells Brad that Mouse doesn't want a second chance, and Brad comforts him by reminding him of Roger. "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" by Elton John -When Brad and Robbie nearly get into a fight when they talk about their plans for next year, but Brad backs out of it before it happens. "Age of Consent" by New Order -When Brad talks to Marcel about Lou and essentially tries to set them up. "The State of the Heart" by Rick Springfield -When Brad confronts Robbie about his bitchy behavior, and then finds out Bitty gave birth to a baby boy that Saturday. "Time" by Culture Club -When Robbie gets blackmailed by Neil, leaves the apartment, and then Brad proceeds to kick Neil's ass. "Don't Come Around Here No More" by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

Chapter 18: Lou -When Brad and Marcel argue about Jerome, and then Brad talks to Robbie about making sure Marcel plays safe. "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats -When Brad meets Lou, and drops some serious dough on the guy at the clothing store. "Sharp-Dressed Man" by ZZ Top -When JP finds out about Mouse and Marcel, and JP tells Marcel about our good buddy Jake, who's dying of AIDS in a hospital and has no visitors because of the selfish way he treated people. "All By Myself" by Eric Carmen -When Brad catches JP and Marcel having sex, and talks to him about Mouse. "Only The Lonely" by The Motels

Tonight I watched this presentation where two former frat guys talked about their experiences as being gay men in a 'world of heterosexual privilege". It was pretty cool. One thing that got me was hearing one man talk about how, as the director of Greek Life in the early 90's, he made the decision to come out as a gay man because of one frat president who denounced "fags" at a rush meeting, when in reality said frat president was the boyfriend of another frat president. He realized at that point for the good of his students and to set an example, he had to come out. And I thought that was pretty cool. Anyone ever know what it's like to walk that road, being queer in a world that's as highly masculine as fraternity?

Chapter 17: The Louvre -When Marcel admits what he did, and Brad and Robbie lay some ground rules about how they will deal with Marcel. Before having sex. "Borderline" by Madonna -When Brad gets seduced by Dr. Cambronne. "Get It On" (Bang A Gong) by Power Station -When Marcel ah, "steps in" for Brad with Dr. Cambronne. "Lovin' Every Minute of It" by Loverboy -When Brad tells Robbie about Dr. Cambronne and Marcel, and they make love without a condom as a sign of the trust they have with each other. "We Belong" by Pat Benatar

I saw two good ones- "Were the World Mine" "The Art of Being Straight"

Chapter 16: Mistaken Identity -For the family dinner back at Escorial JP introduces Marcel, announces that he's HIV negative, and Claire announces that she is having their first grandchild. "Our House" by Madness -When Brad and Robbie get back from the States, have sex, and Marcel is again watching them. And Brad admits that he likes being watched. "Pretty Young Thing" by Michael Jackson -When Brad goes to the dig, admits to JP that he withdrew from the Sorbonne, and tries to figure out his next step. "It Ain't What You Do( It's The Way That You Do It) by Fun Boy Three with Bananarama -When Brad gets really lit, has sex with what he thinks is Robbie, and gets confused when Robbie comes in and seems really pissed off. "Eyes Without A Face" by Billy Idol *** Can I just take a moment and say...DAYUM, Billy Idol had one amazing face circa 1984! So beautiful and expressive, yet also cruel and tough. Absolutely fascinating. Whoever came up with the concept for the "Eyes Without A Face" video was a genius, capitalizing on the utter photogenic face of Billy.

I'm glad you liked their music, dude. Anyways, this weekend was fun. I hit up a rager over at SkidRow, which had this decent d.j. Then after the keg got kicked, I hung out with my freshman buddy Ian, and his friends, at their dorm until 4 a.m. in the morning. It was pretty cool. This is a song that played Friday night at the rager, and never fails to bring a smile to my face. "Paper Planes" by M.I.A. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXVRlB_As9M

Chapter 15: Negative -When Marcel's stepfather sells him for 600k francs. "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits -When JP learns that he is not, in fact, HIV positive and he and Brad celebrate. "Dancing in the Street" by David Bowie and Mick Jagger -When JP tells Robbie and Mouse that he's not positive, and kisses Mouse passionately after declaring that he won't leave him. "Never Surrender" by Corey Hart -When Brad and Robbie have sex, and Marcel watches them. "Rhythm of the Night" by DeBarge

I need to process this for a moment. Anyways, Connor, you make a great point about what was going on with his mother...interesting.

So, Mark. That was TOTALLY biographical, wasn't it? ;-)

Chapter 14: Marcel -When they get settled in France. "St. Elmo's Fire" (Man in Motion) by John Parr -When Mouse insists that Billy is still alive, and Brad thinks he's gone crazy but accompanies him to the restaurant anyway. "Flesh for Fantasy" by Billy Idol -When the gang meets Marcel, a 16-year old French boy who looks like the spitting image of Jeff. "Vienna" by Ultravox -When JP confronts Marcel's mother about her having prostituted herself to Jeff back in 1968. "Angel of the Morning" by Merilee Rush

Yeah. It's just very, very, very hard to find "Please, Please, Please" on Youtube. I ended up having to use that live version.

"Edge of A Broken Heart" by Vixen (1989) I can't believe I could have been so blind but love is strange I thought about it for a long long time but the truth remains I don't need another lonely night to dry my tears The answer's plain as black & white and I can see the picture very clear I've been living on the edge of a broken heart I won't fall, I won't crawl I've been living on the edge of a broken heart Don't you wonder why i gotta say goodbye It is the fact you didn't have the chance to change your tune Did you think that I'm a dime a dance when the dance is rude I've been ruining things for way too long but baby that's over (baby that's over) It won't be easy but I gotta be strong and if I wanna cry I don't need your shoulder I've been living on the edge of a broken heart I won't fall, I won't crawl I've been living on the edge of a broken heart Don't you wonder why I gotta say goodbye I'll find someone else Whose nothing like you But you can play that game as well and your gonna be sorry baby when it's over I've been ruining things for way too long but baby that's over (baby that's over) It won't be easy but I gotta be strong and if i wanna cry i don't need your shoulder I've been living on the edge of a broken heart I won't fall, I won't crawl I've been living on the edge of a broken heart Don't you wonder why i gotta say goodbye I've been living on the edge of a broken heart I've been living on the edge of a broken heart Don't you wonder why i gotta say goodbye I've been living on the edge of a broken heart

Chapter 13: Claire's Wedding -When they fly to Paris. "Holiday Road" by Lindsey Buckingham -When Brad and Robbie meet again with his therapist, who assures Robbie that he'll be okay. "How Soon Is Now?" by the Smiths -For Jack's bachelor party. "We Need A Lover" (Tonight) by Motley Crue Once grunge happened, you never saw rock like this again. -For Jack and Claire's wedding. "Crazy for You" by Madonna You guys didn't actually think I'd use "White Wedding", did you? Too predictable, and if you actually listen to the lyrics, it's about a brother being completely disapproving of the guy his sister is marrying. So it didn't fit. "Crazy for You" reminds me so much of the 80's...man it was a standard wit us kids back in the eighties. And for those of you that don't remember this tune...well. I hoped you guys liked it. Madonna really could knock things out of the ballpark back in the 80's. -When Brad hears about just how badly Bitty is doing, and talks to Robbie about his childhood before JP and his family took him in. "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" by The Smiths

I'm guessing that it's the hard livin' life of a hockey player that makes Levi Johnston look old. Bristol does have big boobs, but man...her face just doesn't have that China Doll quality that Sarah has. Oh, well. And you guys know I was being firmly tongue-in-cheek, right? ;-)

Now I'm just shocked, SHOCKED, that it didn't work out between our favorite teenage mom and dad. http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-gener.../Bristol.Palin/ I wonder if Sarah Palin will try and fix up her daughter with another man and get her married off so she's not a "dreaded" single mother by 2012.

Chapter 12: A Pregnancy -When they screen "Back to The Future", and everyone's pleased that it'll probably be a big hit. "Back in Time" by Huey Lewis and the News I gotta take this moment and say...I am a HUGE sucker for time travel films, particularly "Back to the Future". When I was a little kid I used to try and recreate the scene where Marty gets back to 1985 when lighting hits the clock tower using blocks and my toy cars. Usually when I tell people I was born in '85, they go, "Wow, that's the Back to the Future year!" Shades of just how huge this movie was/still is. (2023: I don't really get that anymore. Now I just get told how old I am. LMAO) -When Brad and Robbie run into Max and Lark. Then Brad and Max talk about how much it sucks for Max to be into a guy who can't admit he likes guys. "Long Hot Summer" by The Style Council - For 4th of July weekend at Claremont. "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen - When they leave Claremont, taking Darius on his first plane ride. "I'm Free" (Heaven Helps the Man) by Kenny Loggins -When Brad and Bitty talk about her new baby to be born in February 1986, and she refuses to say who the father is. "Pretty in Pink" by The Psychedelic Fur (1981 version)

Chapter 11: AIDS -When Claire talks to Brad about announcing her engagement at dinner, and then deduces that her father is positive. "Secret" by OMD -When JP announces he's positive, Mouse announces he's positive as well, and then Claire announces her engagement to Jack. "I'm Still Standing" by Elton John -After the emotionally taxing week, Brad accepts Jack's offer to be best man, and sits down with Isidore, Frank, Robbie, Stefan, and JP to smoke a joint. "Pass the Dutchie" by Musical Youth -When Brad surfs in Santa Cruz, and then talks to Robbie about the state of their relationship. "Echo Beach" by Martha and the Muffins -When Brad and Robbie visit his shrink. "Pearly Dew Dewdrop Drop" by the Cocteau Twins