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Agreed, but talk about a mean drunk.

Tet, please be careful about walking around in Patriot jerseys by yourself until after the Super Bowl. They are too many stories about Philly fans doing crazy things. I want the Eagles to win but I'm going to be realistic. Honestly, I kind of wanted the Eagles to pull a Ravens- just missing the Super Bowl, and then going on to win it the next year. It doesn't feel worth it without Wentz. Oh, well. At the very least, people can buy NFC Champs shirts instead of having to use the ones from 2004/2005.

I'm usually not that into blondes but I still find Sean McVay pretty cute. He reminds me of a grown-up version of the cute cerebral jocks I knew in high school or college. Unfortunately I'll always have a thing for guys that give off a frat boy vibe or a preppy boy-next-door vibe. Armie Hammer and Aaron Tveit are basically my main male fantasies for guys close to my age. LOL.

Can you try to do that for Sean McVay, and see if you can get a signed autographed picture of him shirtless in a pair of tight boxer briefs and then send it to me? Thank you. If the Rams keep up the good work, the ratings should rebound. Although ratings in general aren't what they used to be. As a random thought, I kind of like that Sean McVay does his hair in a vague faux-hawk that was a pretty popular look when we were 20 (he's about 7 weeks younger than me), and he seems fond of layering short-sleeved shirts over long sleeve shirts, also a popular look back in 2006. That makes me smile. All that he needs is a choker.

Hey Private Tim, glad to see you post again!

Yeah, not surprised. You were pretty tepid about including their 1999 Super Bowl championship, as well as the fact that they had a pretty good run back in the early 2000's. I don't think you had Tony mention them at all.

That's interesting analysis of what went down. Do you follow Kurt Warner? I thought he was pretty hot back when the Arizona Cardinals were in the Super Bowl. He joked about how Sean McVay made him feel old: I wish Private Tim still posted here. I wonder what he thinks of the new Boy Wonder coach. To put Sean's age in perspective, if JJ and Will were real people, Sean would be 6 weeks younger than JJ and 9 months older than Will. It definitely sounds like the Rams have a bright future. Hopefully that continues. I remember your jokes before about needing medication to get through a Rams football season. LOL.

True, but quasi-incestual relations aren't exactly a nonstarter in this saga. A t.v. soap totally would have paired them up and just ignored all that when they were old enough to start dating. They kind of remind me of AJ and Miranda on All My Children- they were essentially raised as siblings/cousins but the online reboot of the show totally wanted to pair them up, but it got cancelled before they could. It would be funny if they had a whole Sebastian/Kathryn from Cruel Intentions vibe going on. I just realized that if the characters were real, they'd be 17 and seniors in high school right now. Damn. Well, depending on if they started school in 2005 or 2006. Some parents wait until their kids are almost 6 if they have a later birthday. September 13th and 14th are usually past the cut-off but I can't see that mattering much since I'm assuming that Wade has had a spot picked out for Riley at a prestigious private prep school since he was a newborn.

I've been kind of on a Heart kick right now. Nancy Wilson is in a new vanity band project called Roadcase Royale, and the commercial featuring their version of "These Dreams" have been in rotation on the promo screens at my theater. Also at this point I've gone through most of the 2003 songs I really like, so I decided to think outside the box. LOL.

I meant them dating each other, Mark. I can't see Elizabeth being thrilled about Maddy as a possible future Danfield given her two mother's backgrounds. Jeanine's family seems pretty tacky, while Tiffany's family were cultists. With Matt Carrswold, if he had been a woman, they probably would have been totally happy with the match given that he comes from a respected family name. But yeah, I'm kind of shipping Maddy with Riley. That would be pretty cute if they went out.

I just wonder how Elizabeth Danfield will cope if and when Maddy and Riley start dating. I think she'd go ballistic. LOL.

Chapter 52 -When Brad contemplates the situation after they realize they've all been played. "Barracuda" by Heart -When JJ and John have sex. "Crazy on You" by Heart -When JJ and John have their fight. "What About Love?" by Heart -When JJ leaves John, fuming about what happened. "Stranded" by Heart -When Will fantasizes about Patrick Christian, and leaves him a message. "Magic Man" by Heart Yeah, so I went with a theme. Their 1970's classic rock phase and their 1980's sell out rock phase are both pretty awesome, honestly.

You gotta love that the stadium they built to have NFL football is essentially sitting empty. (Not really, but essentially.) It sounds like that stadium is kind of a piece of shit, anyway, which is ridiculous for something that only dates back to the 90's. This article from two years ago talks about how it's for the best that St. Louis lost the Rams: In Losing the Rams, St. Louis Actually Wins It basically comes down to the fact that St. Louis just couldn't afford to keep the team, even though they tried to. But yeah, I don't remember the Rams as a Los Angeles team, so it'll be interesting to see how that fandom grows in that area, especially if they manage to keep up the promise they showed this year.

Mark said that he pictured Alisdair more conventionally handsome than "quirky cute."

Alright. Dylan it is. What works for me about it is that they have a very pretty, very cute look, but they aren't going to scream "hunk" when you first see them. And their body type and face type basically means they can pretty much work whatever look they want to look like. They also look like they will be carded into their 30's, hence Cole being 24 and still playing 16. I picture JJ being similar. I really like Timothee Chalamet as Mouse, Brad's doomed high school friend and the eventual lover of JP in the 80's: He's got the same kind of oddball cute twink look I see Mouse having. He's also got an air of artistic sensitivity, which is also something I've pictured Mouse having. Also, can't you just SEE this guy playing someone with some kind of tragic life and tragic ending? His face and bod would also look great in the punk looks of the mid-1980's, which Mark specified Mouse as getting into in Man In Motion. I can also see Alisdair, but I lean more towards Mouse. I wonder if Private Tim still posts here? I think Timothee so looks like his type. He likes that nerdy cute twink look. Call Me By Your Name still hasn't played in Delaware yet. I'm starting to think I'm going to have to wait until I can Redbox it.

Or the budget. My god, the budget to put this series to on-screen would be insanely high.

Chapter 51 -When the guys sing "Stacey's Mom" by Fountains of Wayne. "Stacey's Mom" by Fountains of Wayne

Wait, the maternal grandparents have a Jersey shore house? Now I'm getting the mental image of someone like JJ trying to hang out with Bennies at the Jersey Shore, and I'm loving the mental image. Knowing Carullo, he probably does the Jersey Shore thing. I actually have relatives who live in Ocean County, in Tom's River. I spent about two years of my childhood in the neighboring county, Monmouth County. Brad mentioning the fact that JJ is about to turn 18 made me remember that of the 3 sons that Brad raised, Darius is the only one who didn't move out before he turned 18. LOL. I'm excited for the talent show. I'm also kind of hoping that Ryan gives Marie a chance even though he prefers women of color. Marie's pretty awesome.

The Los Angeles Rams...good season, guys. Also, damn, your coach is sexy as fuck: I was actually rooting for them in this game because it would have been cool to see the Rams continue their Cinderella season. Oh, well. Still a good season. Mark said once that he was a Rams fan so I figure he had to be pretty happy with this season overall. Their last seasons in St. Louis were not too good.

I just realized that you guys had first generation Iphones. My god, they were as expensive as shit. I remember they were a novelty back then, and most people did their texts on slide phones instead. Although there some people who could do them on an flip-phone but that took skills. (I never did get an IPhone- I stuck to generic smart phones once they became cheap.) I was in college from 2005-2010, so I get such a kick out of this story. Although frat life wasn't really a focus at University of Delaware. It was there, but it wasn't mandatory because there were plenty of independent parties everywhere that you could easily get to. Weird how 2007 feels like both yesterday and an eternity ago. These kids are going to be largely insulated by what's ahead in 2008-2009, but I still feel bad for the graduating seniors and the junior class in this story.

What makes JJ different from most of the CAP narrators that we have is that he's a bit of enigma. He doesn't wear his heart on his sleeve. Anyway, I'm absolutely loving JJ's current plot. It's like something straight out of a late 90's/early 2000's romantic comedy, just the twist being that it's a same-sex pairing. I wanted so badly to say something about where this was going when Cent was despairing for JJ and convinced this would wind up all depressive, and I was like, "No! JJ's actually getting to have fun for once!" The whole thing is kind of reminding me of Josh and Cher in Clueless: You gotta love "opposites attract" stories.

Chapter 50 -When Carullo shows JJ his version of New York City, far away from the socialite version of New York that JJ inhabits. "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel I toyed with using the Westlife cover that's closer to the time period of the story, so you can go with that one if you'd like to. Billy Joel writes SO much about New York/New Jersey, though. -When JJ and Carullo have lunch at the Italian restaurant, and JJ finally realizes that he's got a crush on Carullo. "Oggum Boggum Song" by Brenton Wood -When JJ and Carullo get it on. "Let Go" by Frou Frou

I hope Kevin does go to Paris because if he doesn't, he will always have a bit of resentment towards Becker. And I did love that he used all 3 names for Becker. I'm pretty sure he's cued into that whole triple personality thing Becker has. In any event, I think even if Kevin was a girl, Becker's parents wouldn't be thrilled at their son dating someone from Kevin's background. That flippant line Becker made about 8k not being a lot of money was perfect. Becker can't help his rich background anymore than Kevin can help his blue collar military one.

Okay, so tonight I celebrated my 32nd birthday with my niece who just turned 23. (She was born the day before my 9th birthday- I on December 7th and she on December 6th.) My family has been doing joint birthdays for us forever. This year, we were having it at Red Robin. So it's me, my mom, 2 sisters, 2 brother-in-laws, 3 nieces, and 2 nephews. One sister (the one with the daughter turning 23) and her entire family is basically on a vegan diet. So me and my mom show up late, which is strike 1. I thought we were supposed to be there at 6:30, but it was apparently 5:30. Then my vegan sister bitches about my mom bringing an ice cream cake, which is strike 2, because she got this custom ordered vegan cake. I knew that would happen, so I asked my mom to get me just a small ice cream cake that would just be for me and maybe her and my non-vegan sister, and that would be it. She didn't listen to me, and instead got a larger cake that could serve 8-10 people and had my niece's name put on it along with mine. (Which I told my mom repeatedly before that the niece wouldn't eat because she's vegan.) Then my mom, who is braindead with social cues, decides to make jokes about my Vegan Sister's lifestyle, which again brought out her pouty face. Strike 3 happened when my mom didn't finish her cake, and the nephew that is on the Vegan Diet threw a hissyfit because his mother wouldn't allow him to eat the cake. The sister then just picked up a bottle of ketchup and squirted it on the leftover ice cream cake. She basically seemed to be starring daggers at me and Mom as we left. I was pissed because so much of this could have been avoided if my mom had actually listened to me when I told her that she only needed to get a 4 person cake. The only reason why I asked was because I knew that otherwise I'd have to have the niece's vegan cake, and I wanted my own little non-vegan cake. I'm also just pissed that this stuff always seems to be a big fucking issue whenever we have family get-togethers, to the point where my mom actually hosted a secret Thanksgiving dinner not on actual Thanksgiving and didn't invite my Vegan sister and her family to. The problem is that her son (he's about to turn 5) throws all these little hissyfits about not getting to eat non-vegan food whenever we have get-togethers. Like tonight he kept staring at the Caravel ice cake in its box and then he tried pouncing on the leftovers of my mom's slice of the ice cream cake. So therefore the Vegan sister continually tries getting us to not bring non-vegan food to family events. I kind of wish I had done what I did last year and just celebrated my birthday by taking up a train to Philadelphia and hanging out around Center City for an afternoon. FAR less stressful. But yeah. I just feel pissed. Honestly, I didn't even give a shit about getting a cake. I'm just tired of feeling like I have to kow-tow to my sister's vegan diet at every single fucking turn, to the point of her trying to rope me into eating a cake I don't want to eat because it's "for everyone." That's why I tried having another cake brought in that would have just been for me. And I just get tired of my mom not listening to me. She insisted on getting this bigger cake, that I knew was mostly going to go waste, and then snapped at me when I pointed that out to her. Then she admitted after we got home that I was right, and she should have gotten the smaller cake. Anyway. Yeah, I don't think I want to do this kind of thing anymore, if it means having to go through THAT again. I'm 32 anyway- I really don't need birthday cakes and the candles and all that anymore. I won't have my next milestone birthday for another 3 years. I think for 33 I might just go to Philly or Baltimore or DC or something. Who the fuck knows? What I do know is that I don't want a repeat of THAT shitshow. For my actual 32nd birthday I quietly had a celebration wacky wheat beer at Stewart's Brewing Company and then saw the Disaster Artist at Regal People's Plaza. That was nice. I'll just hold on to that. The next night, I met up with my friend Shana at Brio Tuscan Grill and had a few drinks before going to the holiday party at the theater. That was fun, too. I even got a handmade card from a few of the managers.

Coked up Kevin was absolutely hysterical. And I like how he seems to get so giddy when he's around Becker, like he's this special toy that only he can play with. (Which is in a way, true.) I like how the interactions between Kevin and Beck changed when they DTRed. Kevin seems way, way more puppy dog around him now. But he can also get serious- they have to tell people eventually. They can't stay in the closet about this relationship forever. I think it's telling that he pretty much told Adam as such.