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Chapter 7 -When Matt burns with his newfound family members, and gets to know them. NOT in a sexual way. "Summertime" by Sublime Okay, the SoCal scenery here is pretty awesome. -When Matt and Cody talk after having sex, and Matt tells him about the cop in Texas, and how that's the reason they can't bareback. "Got You Where I Want You" by The Flys -When Matt and his father get into an argument on the phone because he's uncomfortable with Matt staying with two gay couples. "Who Will Save Your Soul?" by Jewel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG602tjDzGs -When Robbie and Matt talk by the ocean, about building a relationship together, and Robbie relates to him how hard it was to get his happy ending with Brad. "It Takes A Little Time" by Amy Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zBCXD6UdL8 I love this video, especially when you see the couple of the newlyweds turn into a photo of the two of them celebrating their son's graduation with their teenage daughter. Beautiful visual. I think of Bloodlines, this is the first chapter music that I really, really like.

It plain won't happen. When Mark's story moves to the 2000's, I will use pop, but I'm going to use pop appropriate to the type of music that Will and JJ grew up to as boys who were born in the mid-1980's, had their childhood in the 1990's, started high school in 2001 and then college in 2005. No one, and I mean no one, was listening to Hannah Montana when I was a senior in high school. I'm sure there will be some Beyonce and Britney, but I'm planning on making the soundtrack heavy on stuff like the Killers, The Shins, and Green Day's American Idiot by the time we get to circa 2005. But we're still in 1998, so the only pop we'll be getting here is Spice Girls, the Backstreet Boys, and maybe Hanson.

Adam seems to REALLY hate it when I saw "sick" or "rager".

Chapter 6 -When Matt drives on I-10 to get to Robbie's office. "Ventura Highway" by America http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnhKcCwZwl8 So it doesn't really fit the period, being that it was over 20 years old by 1998, but I thought the topic fit, and eh. I remember when this was used quite brilliantly on an episode of Veronica Mars about five years ago. -When Matt gets to Stefan's house in Malibu Colony, and walks in on Cody and Alejandro having a fight. Then he has sex with Cody. "The Beautiful People" by Marilyn Manson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY0536g_6Wc -When Matt and Cody have sex again, then get together in the show, and get ready for dinner. "Tell Me What You Want" by Mase http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdG618TMc5E -At the family dinner, when Matt meets Robbie, and the family laughs about the comedy of errors that was the fling with Matt and his two grandfathers. "Kind And Generous" by Natalie Merchant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdG618TMc5E

Chapter 5 -When Matt's GMC is all packed up for his trip to California, and he thinks about Cam, about his birth parents, and deals with his homphobic adoptive parents. "Cruel Summer" by Ace Of Base -When Matt starts driving, and it finally hits him how much he'll miss his parents now that he's going away. "The Power of Goodbye" by Madonna http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaNjCal26CM -When Matt engages in a threesome in the hotel. "No Diggity" by Blackstreet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUqZY805aDc -When Matt unwittingly has sex with his grandparents again in St. Louis. "Wannabe" by The Spice Girls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoaiWe-SNsM -When Matt gets screwed by a cop who caught him masturbating. Literally. "The Dope Show" by Marilyn Manson **** Man, I really am having fun with doing this music. The late 90's...geez. What a time!

Yeah. I'm going with Mark on this one, Enric. Suspend your disbelief and enjoy the ride. LOL. But I will answer some points. By about November 1979, Laura would have been about four months pregnant. Most women would have *just* started showing at four months, and I'm sure she would have been wearing baggy clothing to hide it. My sister hid her pregnancy from all of us until she was in her third month...trust me, it's plausible Laura could have gotten away with hiding the pregnancy all through the summer and early fall. Also, back in the earlier days, it was common for a pregnant teenage girl to "hide" with either a family relative who lived in another area, so no one would know she was having a baby. By about 1979, the shame of being pregnant wasn't that big of a deal, but still, this was Claremont. The United States has a very high teenage birth rate, compared against other industrialized countries. So it's actually pretty common for teenagers to have kids. It's not really something society here approves of, but it's very common. I have several friends from high school who got pregnant while in high school. Coincidentally, we also had "abstinence only" sex education. Draw your own conclusions there. Also, Brad and Robbie could very easily be in the same grade despite being born in different years. In my state, Delaware, the class of 2005 generally consisted of people who were born between September 1986 to August 1987. Those who were born in August 1986 made the "cutoff", so they could have enrolled with the class of 2004. Those who were born in September 1987 missed the Class of 2005 cut-off, so they were enrolled with the class of 2006 instead. I'm applying this to Be Rad- they were class of 1981. On average, that means someone born in 1963, which Robbie had been. However, because Brad's birthdate is late in the year, I'm assuming he missed the cut-off date to be enrolled with the class of 1980, and enrolled with '81 instead. There are a lot of variables here. In my case, I was born in December 1985. A 1985 birthdate would have put me in the Class of 2003, but because my birthdate was past the New Jersey cut-off date, I could not start kindergarten in 1990- I had to wait until 1991 instead. That put me in the class of 2004. Then two years later, my father decided he wanted me to repeat 1st grade, so I got kicked back to the class of 2005. So I was 19 years old when I graduated high school in spring 2005. I had one friend who had JUST turned 17. It really does vary.

Robbie's girlfriend disappeared around November 1979 to avoid showing. She was back in Claremont by April 1980, after giving birth. The excuse was that she was helping a sick relative. By August 1980, I doubt Robbie would have really been thinking about his ex-girlfriend that left Claremont for five months. He was too busy with his new life in California. As for the adoption thing- all Laura would have had to say was that she didn't know who the father was, and the adoption would have gone through. Especially- you gotta remember, this was 1980. Birth father right cases weren't happening just yet. Here's an article that talks about it the move for father birth rights- http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/national/19fathers.html And yes, Robbie and Brad were 17 when they started their senior year of high school in California together. High school seniors in America are typically about seventeen years old. Brad has his 18th birthday on October 4th, 1980, while Robbie turned 18 somewhere in March 1981. Other ages- JP is 62 now, Stefan is about 52, Brad is 35-soon-to-be-36, Marcel is 29, Darius is about 16, JJ is 12, and Will is 11. Keeping continuity is fun. LOL.

Yeah. Robbie's birthday falls in March 1963. He's 35 as of summer 1998. Matt was born in April 1980, so he was conceived in July 1979, when Robbie was about sixteen and getting ready to start his junior year of high school. Laura hid the pregnancy from people, but was going to tell Robbie until he got caught doing half the football team somewhere around September to October, 1979. Laura left Clairemont to have the baby in secret and stay with relatives who lived close to Cleveland. When Matt was born in April, she went back to Clairemont to finish high school. Matt's adoptive parents were in their late 30's, and had for ten to fifteen years tried to have kids, but it didn't gell. So that's how Matt lucked into his rich-ass adoptive parents. Anyways, this is Evan Wadle (sometimes just called Wade), who is the physical model we based Matt Carrsworld on. His body is much more cut than the average Hayes, but I think Evan really does look like he could belong on the Hayes family tree. The naturally pouty lips especially.http://img379.imageshack.us/ifs/7223/img508/2/evanwade16ln6.jpg http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1208/1222675545_6f6953c0a6.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ON0lJRGV7Mg/SKvJyXf-vdI/AAAAAAAACWM/n8DxzOs8yew/s400/evan8.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ON0lJRGV7Mg/SKvJyglWh6I/AAAAAAAACWU/fanQWRX5Ntk/s1600-h/evan10.jpg Damn. What a great-looking guy.

Chapter 4 -When Matt drives down I-77, getting ready to see his birth mother in Clairemont, and then winds up hooking up with a trucker making eyes at him. "Interstate Love Song" by Stone Temple Pilots -When Matt meets Laura, his birthmother, who tells him about her relationship with his birthfather, Robbie Hayes. "Sixth Avenue Heartache" by The Wallflowers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdQyougLaSY -When Matt gets in a fight at the bar with a guy who's hitting on his birthmother. "Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-58-36lSqG4 -When Matt unwittingly meets his grandfathers, and then has sex with them. "Honey" by Mariah Carey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-xk1oSi5JQ

You're right about that. Matt's going to college out in California. And I dunno- if Matt doesn't feel it, he doesn't feel it, and I can't see that changing.

Chapter 3 -When Matt walks around the Cleveland stadium, brooding about his double-whammy news, and how his friends seem to be abandoning him. "Sixteen Candles" by Sponge -When Matt calms down, and lets his parents still know that he loves them when he gets home. "A Song For Mama" by Boys II Men -When Matt calls out all of his friends for treating him like shit. "Damnit" by Blink 182 -When Matt and Cam have some words in the elevator at prom. And then have sex. "Your Woman' by White Town -When Matt and Ashley dance to a cheesy slow song at prom, and then have sex. "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion -When Matt and the rest of the Class of 1998 graduates from high school, with him ready to start a new chapter of his life, including finding his biological father. "Time of Your Life" by Green Day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClhNPb3mmpI

Chapter 2 -When Matt has a difficult practice where he gets sick. "Machine Head" by Bush -When Matt and his parents watch Bill Clinton deny having sexual relations with that woman, Monica Lewinsky. Bill Clinton Speech, 1998 -When Matt cruises a guy in his car, and then gives a blow job to the guy in a secluded park. "Lollipop" by Aqua http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM-Mk26N6wQ -When Matt decides to get revenge on Cam at the hockey game, knocking him down to the ground. "Monkey Wrench" by The Foo Fighters -When Matt finds out that he's going to need a kidney transplant, and that his parents aren't his parents. "The Impression That I Get" by the Mighty-Mighty Bosstones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7A8Mkg1qYQ

Chapter 1 -When Matt leads his hockey team to victory. "Hero" by Foo Fighters -When Matt tussles with Cam Healy, before heading into Jerome Hareton's University School party. "Popular" by Nada Surf -When Matt decides to be charitable, and lets Cam get a few tokes of his joint. Then Matt realizes he's turned-on big-time by Cam. "Get Ready" by Sublime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oav-eUmy3zI -When Matt calls up Ashley, trying to get some. Then somehow ends up in the pool totally naked. Then gets cockteased by Jessica. All in all, a party star. "Dangerous" (remix) by Busta Rhymes -When Matt and Cam Healy hook-up while sharing a bed. 'Sex and Candy' by Marcy's Plaground http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDAXltfj8-Y

I hope not. Darius is only 16 at the time of this story- Matt's only two years older at 18, but that's just about enough to land a dude in jail for statutory. LOL. I really do like this, Mark.

Agreed. Mark, you've got a pretty youthful face, too, right? At least you do in my fantansies...

And now I found out from my friend Alex that he killed himself. Damn. She was close to him, and I feel pretty bad for her.

It's weird. He apparently died about three weeks ago. I wasn't that close to him- he was my lab partner sophomore year, and we hung out a few times, but when I spent a year away from UD and saw him again last semester, it wasn't some tight bond, you know? Still, this is the first time I've directly known a contemporary who has died, and it's weird. I mean, the dude was only 21. My friend Alex was much closer to him, and I'll definitely keep a look out for her and try talking to her when classes start tommorrow. He was a sweet guy, though- a total nerd who was completely comfortable with being himself, and never tried changing himself to fit in. There was a lot of genunity about him. I'll never forget his attempt to do a stand-up comedy rountine about proverbs. It was awful, but he was a real trouper about it. Nice reminder that we shouldn't take life for grantred- because you never know...

Here's a Savage Love column that deals with this particular subject. http://www.thestranger.com/savage/campsiterule As for me- I'm 23, and I won't date a 37-year old. Mainly because I'm pretty much still in the college kid mindset, and I can't see myself having much in common with a guy that age. W.L. comes off as a mature young man- and that just might be the difference that makes it okay.

I'm referring to Adam P, who wrote "Cross Currents" and is finishing up the passed-away Dan Kincaid's story "It Started With Brian", and Mark Arbour. They both seem rather well versed in sex.

Exactly, Jack Frost. GayAuthors' Dan Kincaid died of cancer at aged 34, and he left his husband a 34-year old widower. You can't get married with the expectation that your partner will live with you into your golden years- that will be the hope, but you can't take it as a given.

That's some good advice Adam. I've never been in a relationship, but I observe, and one thing I've obseved is that successful couples tend to "compliment" and "balance" each other out. Like my coaches from high school- they're both funny people, but the husband is totally up in the sky, and his wife is more grounded and helps keep him tethered so he doesn't go totally off in orbit. In other words- they have enough in common, but they aren't so much alike that it's like dating yourself. Because frankly, that would get boring. I think the reason why so many people get divorced in this country is that we're expecting the fireworks to stay lit forever- without us having to do anything to maintain those fireworks.

Well, I found from his girlfriend that he DID have sex with the girl, but she told him she was 17. From what I understand, that will make diddly squat when it comes to the trial. Hopefully his lawyer is damn good.

3,700 Freshman Move to UD Freshmen are so goddamned adorable- so impossibly young, so bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Last night I partied with some friends, and we enjoyed the spectacle of the hordes of freshmen looking for parties. We even helped one freshman who got just a little too drunk- the whole thing was kinda surreal- because it felt like just yesterday I WAS that guy, and now...it's four years later and I'm now the "cool upperclassmen", as the Freshman put it. It's weird being on the other side. Sloppy Drunk Freshman had a new buddy from his dorm that was Not-So-Sloppy Drunk Freshman, who kinda watched over him a little. Myself and my group of friends all basically said, "You guys will be best friends for the next four years." That's totally how college friendships tend to happen- they're forged through the patting of one's back while your new friend throws up because he's had too much to drink. And then you tease him about it the next day while eating Sunday brunch in the dining hall. Although I did have a bit of an epiphany- when myself and my fellow senior were exclaiming our pride at being seniors, Not-So-Sloppy Drunk Freshman said, "Why would you brag about that? That means you only have one year left!" He had a point, and I'll miss college (although the way things are looking I might end up taking another semester or a year), I have four interesting memories of college to contend with, that can't be taken away from me, and while I miss the excitement of freshman year and everything being new...I think I like myself a lot better now, at 23, than I did when I was 19 years old. Still, it's so weird. I mean, I'm technically not a 5th year senior, since I took 2008 off, but still- this fall marks 5th year of my college party experience. Now that I'm a grizzled veteran at this, it's nice to pass on my wisdom and experience... Finally. I WILL have a cute freshman boy. I will. I swear it. I'm going to be Mr. Robinson and enjoy the hell out of it. Although my friend Steve teased me for it- "You're 23, Jeremy. You are way too old to have sex with a freshman." He's prolly right, but whatever- I don't care if it would make me a male cougar- I'm going to do it! Adam and Mark, you got any seduction tips you can give me? I think the approach I'm going for is "the cool upperclassmen guy who buys beers and makes a nice party buddy, who just happens to be gay..." I think if I'm open about being gay, I'll be more likely to run accross guys who may be curious or questioning themselves- and because I'm a familiar, older, and more experienced guy- they just might come to me...

I liked "Mulligans" well enough. The dad was HOT. Total DILF.

Guys, email Mark with your guesses and he'll let you know.