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Where do you think those LA girls were from? I'm guessing wherever the aspiring actors of the 2010's go. I had a classmate from high school who tried to get into the business and lived in Burbank for a couple of years before she gave up. It's really funny that nowadays, you get actors telling you NOT to move to LA because you're better off getting signed to an LA agent but sending self tape from wherever you live. (And hey, check out my acting Zoom class!)

As much as Will is like Brad and aspires to be like JP, that's not really a line he's willing to cross.

I just say S.F. That feels fair. And then I think instead of Cali you're supposed to say Cal. Anyway, this is making me want to post my two all-time YouTube favorite videos about California. I'll do one NorCal and one SoCal. It's interesting to compare and contrast the stereotypes of the two videos to see what they say about the culture of their respective cities.

I guarantee at that age I would have described a hot 32-year old as a hot older guy.

This sounds like a closing argument in an acrimonious divorce battle. (Not that divorces ever actually go to trial, for the most part.) Although I would guess you could use that for a talking point during negotiations?

Oh, okay. Good. I was so confused for a moment. So we can imagine that Julian became a first-time father in his mid-40's from his mid-20's wife.

I used to talk to a guy who has a sexual relationship with a guy he's known since they were kids. They both are married to wives, and each has 2 teenaged sons. The wives have known about the sexual relationship since before marriage happened, and they encourage their husbands to be with each other because otherwise each guy just isn't fulfilled. These two men have a friendship that just needs to have a sexually intimate component to it. They've tried to not have it, and go back to being just platonic buds like they were for most of their adolescence, but they're so far beyond that it's impossible. About 15 years ago, when they were each in their early 30's, they had a bit of a crisis because one of them was talking online to an 18-year old and became infatuated. And the 18-year old at one point came close to visiting with him, and it really tore him up because he knew he could get the permission of both his wife and his bro-mance to engage in an affair with the young adult. But he made the decision to cut off contact with the 18-year old, because at the end of day, he felt like he couldn't honor the commitment he made to both his wife and his bro-mance if he had gone through with it. When this was all unfolding, I was about 25-26 years old, and I didn't quite get why "Aaron" couldn't go through with meeting up with "Ben" if "Alan" and "Colleen" would be okay and understanding of it. But now, I think I get it. Commitment is a personal thing that you have to work out within yourself and decide if you're meeting that commitment or not. I think both Travis and Will feel committed to each other by their own view of what commitment means.

That totally escaped me. No wonder Jackson always seems to refer to her as Lara and not "Mom." I just figured she had Jackson at like 18.

Don't change, Los Angeles. Don't change. "I've been married three times and I know this is it. I know it is." Well, yeah, you're nearly at the end of your life expectancy and she's going to be duking it out over inheritance with your son (who is her age) and daughter before she sees 50. Although to be fair, if Robby Benson ever showed any interest, I would so be there. Talk about a heartthrob that aged exceedingly well:

Ooh, I figured out Jackson's mother- Natascha McElhone from the Truman Show and Designated Survivor.

The fancast for Kendo is Nicholas Alexander Chavez. He's a soap star that recently broke into the big leagues by playing Lyle Menendez.

Chapter 12 -When Kendra and Jackson lose their virginity together. "Mona Lisa" by Grant Lee Phillips

So West Coast of him. LOL Here on the East Coast we don't put "the" in front of the interstate/route number. So like I would say something like, "I'm going to take I-95 and then get off on 273 to hit the Dunkin' Donuts." However, we will still say "the" if it's a "named" road, usually if it's an expressway. So like you might say, "I'm going to take the Schuylkill Expressway."

An alternative Kendo fancast...Costa D'Angelo? He's this Aussie actor I first noticed on Neighbours as an evil bad guy. Now he's starring in the third season of Hulu drama Tell Me Lies. Like Nicholas Alexander Chavez, he does "intense brooding" quite well. I feel like any Kendo fancast is someone that could have believably played Chuck on Gossip Girl if they had been the right age at the time Gossip Girl came out. I would say Tony's another possibility but I think Mark would tell me his features aren't masculine enough. LOL

It's wild to think that these boys were completely anonymous in October and now they're carrying the Olympic torch and meeting the Canadian prime minister.

Chapter 10 -When Will and Travis go riding, and then talk. "Better Together" by Jack Johnson -When John and Ryan start singing the Beatles. "Drive My Car" by the Beatles I still vote we should have a guest chapter from the two of them. You know dam well they got some crazy shit going on.

Yeah. I'm still here because somehow, some way, Mark Arbour has managed to keep the CAP saga going for 17 years. Although even then, the discussion has mostly migrated to the chapter comments and not so much on the forum. I'm trying to convince him to rewrite one of his CAP stories centered around college club hockey into a stand alone erotica to try and capitalize on the whole hockey romance craze.

Erin Moriarty's original, pre-plastic surgery face would have made her a pretty good Marie Hobart fancast, in my opinion. (Although I still think Blue nailed it with Taissa Farmiga.) God, it's a shame she bowed to Hollywood pressure, but then again, I don't think there's a single actor in Hollywood who has a natural face anymore. (Poor Bradley Cooper.)

When Travis was first introduced, I thought he WAS meant to be a normal, low-drama teen and Will was finally getting a normal, stable relationship.

Not a Travis fan? I I figured Mark had largely won people over onto Travis's side but you can't please everyone. I still remember a reader making comments about how Travis seemed "off", like stage 5 clinger off. Lol

You really make me glad sometimes I've never been in the glamorous circles of West Hollywood, because damn it sounds like it's filled with sharks.

This is, to the best of my knowledge, the ages of CAP characters, which is currently set on May 23, 2005.) I'm going to try to make this as extensive as I can possibly get given how characters can kind of just pop up) Jim Crampton- 80 years old (he's the oldest living CAP character, right?) J.P. Crampton- 68 years old (turning 69 next month) Isidore and Frank should be J.P.'s age, so about 68/69 I'm assuming Alexandra Carmichael is somewhere in her mid-60's. Slightly younger than JP, Isidore, and Frank but not by that much. She had to be old enough that she could have kids in the late 1950's. Mark can contradict me on this but I'm assuming that Matt's adoptive parents are in their mid-60's. We can probably assume Mr. and Mrs. Carrswold were probably hitting their early 40's when they adopted Matt in 1980 when they realized having a child wasn't going to happen. Stefan Schluter- 59 years old (turning 60 in July 2005) La Danfield- I'm going to guess she's about 55 years old. That would have made her in her early 30's when she popped out her 3 children in rapid succession in the early 1980's. Nick Schluter was described as being a teenager in 1973 so we can assume he's probably late 40's to early 50's in May 2005 Richard Crampton is probably the same age as Nick Schluter, so I'd guess late 40's to early 50's as well. Brad's older biological brother is probably mid/late 40's. Joaquin- The 13-year old Mexican boy that gets helped in The Land Whore and is later revealed to be somewhat of a Mexican Don by If It Fits in 1995. So if Joaquin was 13 in/around 1974, he should be mid-40's in 2005. Brad Schluter- 42 years old (turning 43 in October) Ace Clearrault- 42 years old Scott- Probably about 42 years old Claire Hobart (possibly going back to Crampton?)- 40 years old (turning 41 in October) Jake Pike- I believe we set his birth year to either 1968 or 1969, so he should be about 36 to 37. Marcel- 36 (I believe Lou is also supposed to be 36, but I don't think that was a firm age.) Cody- 35 (I think we set Cody's birthday as being September 9, 1969 but I'm not sure how firm that was.) Tiffany- I don't think we were ever that specific about her age, but I'm assuming she was somewhere in the ball park of having been born from about 1977 to 1980. I'd also put Sergio/Kevin and Patrick Christian somewhere in this ballpark. So let's say about 25 to maybe 28 for all three of them. John Carullo- If this is wrong, please correct me, but I believe Mark set Carullo as having graduated college in 2001, which made him a year ahead of Matt and Wade. He had moved to New York City in the summer of 2001 and fell in love with a firefight named Joey, who died in 9/11. So Carullo is likely 26? It might have been a year earlier than that, so Carullo could be 27. So I'm going with 26-27, or a 1978-1979 birth year. I can't remember if Carullo graduated from college in 2000 or 2001. Kris- We set him as having graduated high school in 1998, so he should be 25. Alejandro- He was described as 15 in If It Fits, which was set in 1995, so he should be 25 now. He is Joaquin's son and got sent to America because his father was concerned that his effeminacy would get him killed in Mexico. Matt Carrswold- 25 Wade Danfield- 25 The bulk of the Stanford Hockey teammates like Jeff Grimes- We can assume they're all about 23-27 now. Mary Ellen Danfield- I would say 24. I could be wrong (and if anyone wants to dig around to either prove or disprove it), but I believe La Danfield shot out her kids back to back to back; 3 kids in 3 years. I know the birth order is definitely Wade, Mary Ellen, and then Beau. He Who Shall Not Be Named- He was supposed to be about Darius's age so we can assume 23. Beau Danfield- I could be wrong, but I swore he was about Darius's age. So 23, maybe 22 if his birthday is later in 2005. Darius Schluter- 23 Gathan Hayes- 22 (turning 23 in July) Kristin Hendrickson- 22 Ella Hayes- 21 Zach Hayes- Turning 20 in a few days. Not like Will is going to give a shit, though. (Maybe in a few years they can really be friends again?) Jeremy Schluter- 19 Marie Hobart- 19 Travis Buck- 19 Ethan Danfield (Wade's paternal half brother)- 18 or 19. I believe he was a 1986 birth as I remember him being Jeremy/Marie/Will's age when we met him. Will Schluter- 18 (turning 19 in September) John Hobart- 17 (turning 18 in July) Courtney Clearrault (Ace's daughter)- 9 (turning 10 in September) Riley and Maddie- 4 years old (turning 5 in September) Robbie- 2 years old Freddie (Mary Ellen and Alex's son) - Turning 2 next month And the youngest CAP character should be Jessica's baby with Jackson. I can't remember if she gave birth yet, but it should be soon if she was pregnant in December and it's now May. At the very least rounding the last trimester. (Don't think it's really needed to see that character's birth in my opinion given how little regard Jessica seems to have for the Golden Child.) There's also just a ton of characters where the age has been vague. Which is a good thing, because Mark can always pluck a stray Hendrickson, Carmichael, Crampton, Hayes, etc when he needs a character of a certain age that can interact with another character.

Chapter 9 -When Will blows Sky. "Candy Shop" by 50 Cent -When Travis muses about life after a difficult scene with Julian. "The District Sleeps Alone At Night" by Postal Service

Okay, I just realized I haven't done my "how old are CAP characters now?" deal in awhile. So let's recap ages as of May 23, 2005! (I'm going to try to make this as extensive as I can possibly get given how characters can kind of just pop up) Jim Crampton- 80 years old (he's the oldest living CAP character, right?) J.P. Crampton- 68 years old (turning 69 next month) Isidore and Frank should be J.P.'s age, so about 68/69 I'm assuming Alexandra Carmichael is somewhere in her mid-60's. Slightly younger than JP, Isidore, and Frank but not by that much. She had to be old enough that she could have kids in the late 1950's. Mark can contradict me on this but I'm assuming that Matt's adoptive parents are in their mid-60's. We can probably assume Mr. and Mrs. Carrswold were probably hitting their early 40's when they adopted Matt in 1980 when they realized having a child wasn't going to happen. Stefan Schluter- 59 years old (turning 60 in July 2005) La Danfield- I'm going to guess she's about 55 years old. That would have made her in her early 30's when she popped out her 3 children in rapid succession in the early 1980's. Nick Schluter was described as being a teenager in 1973 so we can assume he's probably late 40's to early 50's in May 2005 Richard Crampton is probably the same age as Nick Schluter, so I'd guess late 40's to early 50's as well. Brad's older biological brother is probably mid/late 40's. Joaquin- The 13-year old Mexican boy that gets helped in The Land Whore and is later revealed to be somewhat of a Mexican Don by If It Fits in 1995. So if Joaquin was 13 in/around 1974, he should be mid-40's in 2005. Brad Schluter- 42 years old (turning 43 in October) Ace Clearrault- 42 years old Scott- Probably about 42 years old Claire Hobart (possibly going back to Crampton?)- 40 years old (turning 41 in October) Jake Pike- I believe we set his birth year to either 1968 or 1969, so he should be about 36 to 37. Marcel- 36 (I believe Lou is also supposed to be 36, but I don't think that was a firm age.) Cody- 35 (I think we set Cody's birthday as being September 9, 1969 but I'm not sure how firm that was.) Tiffany- I don't think we were ever that specific about her age, but I'm assuming she was somewhere in the ball park of having been born from about 1977 to 1980. I'd also put Sergio/Kevin and Patrick Christian somewhere in this ballpark. So let's say about 25 to maybe 28 for all three of them. John Carullo- If this is wrong, please correct me, but I believe Mark set Carullo as having graduated college in 2001, which made him a year ahead of Matt and Wade. He had moved to New York City in the summer of 2001 and fell in love with a firefight named Joey, who died in 9/11. So Carullo is likely 26? It might have been a year earlier than that, so Carullo could be 27. So I'm going with 26-27, or a 1978-1979 birth year. I can't remember if Carullo graduated from college in 2000 or 2001. Kris- We set him as having graduated high school in 1998, so he should be 25. Alejandro- He was described as 15 in If It Fits, which was set in 1995, so he should be 25 now. He is Joaquin's son and got sent to America because his father was concerned that his effeminacy would get him killed in Mexico. Matt Carrswold- 25 Wade Danfield- 25 The bulk of the Stanford Hockey teammates like Jeff Grimes- We can assume they're all about 23-27 now. Mary Ellen Danfield- I would say 24. I could be wrong (and if anyone wants to dig around to either prove or disprove it), but I believe La Danfield shot out her kids back to back to back; 3 kids in 3 years. I know the birth order is definitely Wade, Mary Ellen, and then Beau. He Who Shall Not Be Named- He was supposed to be about Darius's age so we can assume 23. Beau Danfield- I could be wrong, but I swore he was about Darius's age. So 23, maybe 22 if his birthday is later in 2005. Darius Schluter- 23 Gathan Hayes- 22 (turning 23 in July) Kristin Hendrickson- 22 Ella Hayes- 21 Zach Hayes- Turning 20 in a few days. Not like Will is going to give a shit, though. (Maybe in a few years they can really be friends again?) Jeremy Schluter- 19 Marie Hobart- 19 Travis Buck- 19 Ethan Danfield (Wade's paternal half brother)- 18 or 19. I believe he was a 1986 birth as I remember him being Jeremy/Marie/Will's age when we met him. Will Schluter- 18 (turning 19 in September) John Hobart- 17 (turning 18 in July) Courtney Clearrault (Ace's daughter)- 9 (turning 10 in September) Riley and Maddie- 4 years old (turning 5 in September) Robbie- 2 years old Freddie (Mary Ellen and Alex's son) - Turning 2 next month And the youngest CAP character should be Jessica's baby with Jackson. I can't remember if she gave birth yet, but it should be soon if she was pregnant in December and it's now May. At the very least rounding the last trimester. (Don't think it's really needed to see that character's birth in my opinion given how little regard Jessica seems to have for the Golden Child.) There's also just a ton of characters where the age has been vague. Which is a good thing, because Mark can always pluck a stray Hendrickson, Carmichael, Crampton, Hayes, etc when he needs a character of a certain age that can interact with another character.

Holy crap, Matt, I didn't know you were still even on this site. Now if I can just manifest JWolf and Blue...