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I think ME has taken the Bitty spot in the CAP saga. And we all know what happened to Bitty. I did think that JJ would have never have had sex with an unlocked door because he's that paranoid about being found out or seen having pre-marital sex, but Mark found a loophole.

Seriously, you've been hinting at this for so many years now but what the hell did you do that this happened to you? I mean, it's been like 30 years now you'd think you could basically say it. My strongest guess has been that you hacked into a computer security system when you were a teenager and were accused of being a spy with Communist sympathies. (As this was the Cold War Era.)

Just taking a moment to drool over Colton Haynes, aka John Hobart's model, again. Holy shit, I wouldn't kick THAT out of bed, for sure.

I kind of wondered if we were going to go an eating disorder route with JJ, but Mark went with cutting, molestation, and orphaning instead. I think an ED would have been just a tad too much, although I'm sure JJ is still very weight conscious like anybody else in his sport would be. In any event, I don't think it would work to have a person with an eating disorder as a narrator, much like you're not interested in a drug addict for one. Eating disorders are pretty isolating and lonely and I can't see Mark having much fun in the mind of someone who's obsessively counting over the calories they didn't consume (or consumed and then purged) and turning down offers to go out because they've got to exercise. It'd be funny if JJ became the family drunk. Well, not really. But wasn't there some family drunk on Original Recipe Dallas, which Mark has been taking a lot of his cues from? (It's like a gay version of the 1980's t.v. series.) I don't really know, because again, I'm a fan of Dynasty. It doesn't look like Mark is writing JJ as evil, so I can't see him taking up the Adam Carrington role as the evil schemer jealous of the Golden Son.

Heh, I hope Arbour gets a kick out of this: 15 Things That 1980's College Students Did That Would Baffle Kids Today I don't think I would have wanted to be a college kid in the 1980's- no dorms with cable t.v., and having to type things on a typewriter would have just sucked. Instead, I would pick being a college kid in the early/mid-1990's- computers are common, the internet is there, and the music is great. However, one big advantage 1980's college students had...from the 1985-1986 UD student catalog: Could you imagine that? And it's not like 1985 money is that much smaller than 2015 money. Inflation wise the tuition would be $4,682 in today's money. Actual 2015 tuition is like 12k. Anyway, to go along with this theme...check out these 1985 University of Delaware students having an informal study session with their professor in their dorm lounge: Gotta love their funny hairstyles and clothes!

Have you tried eating fries with chipotle mayo ketchup? It's delish. An East Coast tradition I think you'd like would be disco fries- basically, mozzarella and gravy on fries. It's just too damn good. Unfortunately the diners I used to get them from all closed down.

Right, but it's going to be healthy food nevertheless. We're not going to see JJ scarf down bacon cheese fries. My guess is that JJ consumes small meals that consist of lean meats, fish, veggies, and fruit at constant intervals during the day.

More stuff from the reviews: JJ really just doesn't look to Brad for any kind of support or advice. It's not to say JJ doesn't love Brad or Brad doesn't love JJ, but JJ really doesn't expect that much from Brad or confide in him all that much. You really think Wade is going to cut himself off from his newborn nephew? Because that's what cutting himself off from ME and Alex would entail. I'm pretty sure Wade is going to try and at least keep tabs on Ricky as he grows up to make sure he doesn't turn out as horribly as ME. JJ is 5'6" and probably weighs about 125 pounds of pure lean muscle. I think he can like it if that means he stays at that size because jumps are easier the lighter you are. Actually, that was a detail that I got when I read about Evan Lysacek. During the 2003-2004 skating season (which JJ doesn't look likely to participate in), Evan got really into changing his diet and basically lived on poached salmon and grilled veggies. Daisy referred to it as "controlled eating." There are basically only two references I can think of where JJ eats something unhealthy- the pizza boxes that Will yelled at him for way back during Paternity when JJ and Robbie had this weird co-dependent relationship going on, and when he eats Ben and Jerry's right after Robbie dies in 9/11. Otherwise, this is a kid who pretty much has lived on a constant diet since he was 12. He is not at all like Will, who seems to scarf down whatever he wants without really thinking because he's got a sixteen-year old 6'2" jock body that will pretty much burn up anything.

When JJ becomes a tabloid headline: "Piece of Me" by Britney Spears

I loved that JJ realized that Carter was hitting on him and basically wanted no part of it. Dude is just not slummin' it. I'm still kind of hoping for JJ to have his Cutting Edge romance, though: I kind of wanted him to fall for a Boston Southie hockey player from a blue-collar family, but I don't think he's going to stay in Boston. I wonder if he'll run to Chicago or Los Angeles?

Chapter 5 -When Will writes his angry email to Zach. "I Don't Want You Back" by Eamon -When Will realizes that he'll be okay no matter what happens with Zach, and decides not to send the message. "So Yesterday" by Hilary Duff -When Will rents a tricked out 747. "Pimp" by 50 Cent -When Will picks up JJ in London, and they travel in style back to the States, as JJ reads the tabloid news about him and Alex. "Transatlanticism" by Death Cab For Cutie

we were blessed with quite possibly one of the best Jane Austen adaptions ever, Clueless. An updated version of her book, Emma, Clueless follows the trials and tribulations of Cher, a pampered 15-year old Beverly Hills student, who can't help but try to play matchmakers to those in her world, often with hilarious results and misunderstandings. Twenty years later, the film has become a teen class and remains a fresh, funny take on the social mores of Jane Austen updated to a then-contemporary setting. Check out this great Throwback video of them on set twenty years ago: To celebrate, I'm going to post some of favorite tunes from the movie: It was kind of strange when I was a little bit older and I realized that this wasn't the original version of the song and it actually came out in the early 1980's as a new-wave tune. I can't really decide which one I like better, the original or this version. This video is just hilarious. I loved that it was a Carrie homage. "Alright" by Supergrass What a great feel-good for such a feel-good movie. And of course, the closing tune of the movie: I didn't know that this was actually a tune from the 1980's- I really thought this had been written for the movie. In any event, it's kind of funny that it sounds like such a happy tune...but then if you listen carefully to the lyrics, it's about a guy in a toxic relationship. Anyway, Clueless remains one of my favorite childhood friends, and it just holds up so well. I feel like it's kind of a time capsule in a way- really reflecting that mid-1990's time period between the grunge feeling of circa 1993/1994 and the pop boom of circa 1997.

No, actually, I loved the movie, but I was a precocious 9-year old who really, really wanted to see teen movies in the theater instead of little kid stuff, and my 12/13 year old sisters were spending that summer at the Jersey Shore with a family friend instead of at home so I couldn't get them to take me to see it. It's funny, at home I could watch whatever I wanted, but I didn't get to see a PG-13 movie by myself in the theater until I saw Volcano in 1997 when I was 11. Anyway, back to the topic...in this episode of Tom Explores Los Angeles, our intrepid explorer tackles the Salton Sea, and in-land lake that was accidentally created in 1905, had success as a resort in the 1950's, and is now facing extinction as California will no longer be required to replenish it after 2017. That would be a great setting for a horror movie. Wow. Here's another video on it: I learned about this place on a History Channel documentary on it a couple of years ago. Have any of you ever been there?

Scrolled back over the thread and found this. I think it's funny because he's 25 and you're only four years older than him. LOL. (I'm exactly four years older than him.) But I guess that's the magic of movies...Cherubic Little Nicholas Hoult is preserved forever. (It's kind of a shame the T.V. adaption of About A Boy got cancelled...I really liked it.) Anyway, here's him currently: He's lost that lanky adolescent look he had for such a long time. Now he just looks like a fully-grown man instead of a young boy. What a fine hunk of a man. Anyway, if Shane Jackson has an older brother or look-alike cousin please feel free to bring him in, Mark. LOL.

BTW, Clueless came out 20 years ago today, Blue. Let that sink in. God, we're old. I still remember wanting badly to see it in the movie theaters but being stuck having to watch stuff like James and the Giant Peach and the Indian in the Cupboard because I was 9 years old. (They also came out that summer to much less fanfare.)

Just taking a moment to mention the 20th Anniversary of Clueless, which came out on July 19th, 1995. Truly one of my favorite movies from my childhood! Years later, as a teenager, I discovered it was an updated version of the Jane Austen book, Emma. I love Jane Austen so I guess this movie served as my entry into that world.

I was watching T.V. tonight, and on 20/20 they had this crazy story about what was called the real-life "Gone Girl" kidnapping case, from Vallejo,California. Basically, a beautiful blonde woman disappeared from her home, with her live-in boyfriend claiming that she was kidnapped. Days later, she was found safe at her father's home in Huntington Beach, and soon, people started to question whether or not it was a hoax. However, it turned out to be very real...she was kidnapped by a crazed former lawyer who apparently was using her as a test run in learning how to kidnap more prominent people. This is so batshit crazy. Wow.

I gotta agree with you on that. JJ's not going to come out swinging. That's not his style. I do have to hand it to MaryEllen. JJ's pretty much done with Alex, and Alex is firmly under her control.

Chapter 4 -When JJ is outed in the tabloids. "Scream" by Janet and Michael Jackson -When JJ dumps Alex. "Goodbye to You" by Michelle Branch

It really scares me when you refer to yourself in third person.

I think you did a much better of saying what I was trying to say. Thanks.

I'm still really looking forward to Not to Touch the Earth and Remix. I'm a sucker for time travel/alternative dimension stuff.

Dude, for the love of God, PLEASE stop going back and tweaking Cross-Currents. It's a done story. It's finished. Let it stay there. It's not a perfect story but it's a damn good one that I think should finally get to rest. I get that you're a perfectionist but if you keep tweaking the story it'll never really be finished. Let it stand finished. It doesn't need to be continually tweaked with.

My view of MaryEllen has been Margot Robbie from the Wolf of Wall Street: Change out the accent to a Southern one and I think she's perfect. I can sooooo see her playing games like this with her husband. Margot's like a prettier, young Jamie Pressley, who always did bitchy roles just so well. She has that bleached blonde bombshell look down pat: Can't you just picture evil schemes and thoughts coming from that face?

Marissa Tomei, best known for her Oscar-winning turn in My Cousin Vinny, is set to take on the role of Aunt May against Tom Holland, who's playing the new Peter Parker. I'm excited. She's a great actress.