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I'll give them this- I don't feel like they've made the same video over and over again. Simple, intimate concept here that really works. I'm not really happy with Liam Payne's beard or haircut, though. LOL.

Wally and Clara want their son to be a major NFL star, which means he can't be gay because there are no gay guys in professional football, so they've decided to stick their fingers in their ears and go, "La la la la!" As for Frank, it's gotta be interesting for him. Zach probably makes him think of Robbie, but he also makes him think of Jeff, who judging by CAP was a brighter star than Robbie was, but who crashed and burned in college. The way we're playing Zach so far makes it seem like he's the one with the most potential they've had since Jeff, maybe even more. Of course, back in the early 1960's, I don't think high school kids had sports agents. They didn't even have the Super Bowl when Jeff was playing high school football.

Chapter 15 -When Will reads Tony's apology email. "Don't Let Me Get Me" by Pink -When Zach and Will have some fun with each other and get a little kinky, while Will assures Zach that the kink is okay. "Underneath Your Clothes" by Shakira This song massively reminds me of the 1989 hit, Eternal Flame by the Bangles for some reason. -When Zach and Will discuss their deeper feelings for each other. "Amber" by 311 Hands down, one of my favorite romantic songs from that decade. God. I cannot tell you how much I LOVE that song. I'd always play it on the jukebox while I was out with my friends in college and sobering up. I've been wanting to use it since we hit 2001, but it didn't really fit in 9.11.

A pot-selling drug ring, aimed at selling to teenagers in the tony suburbs of the Mainline in Philadelphia, was busted. Titled "The Mainline Takeover Project", the ringerleaders were graduates of The Haveford School, and were once stand-outs on their lacrosse team. This makes me think about the plot in Cross-Currents, where Andy and Trey get the idea that it might be cool for them to become drug dealers on the basis that because they're good-looking and popular, people might be more comfortable buying from them, without getting the idea that you should be as low-profile as possible. (Thank god the drug guy turned them down flat.) Anyway, the really cynical part of me thinks that these kids will pretty much get off with a slap on the wrist because they're from "good families" in good areas who went to good schools, except for Neil Scott, who will get scapegoated as the bad evil older man who led these impressionable teenagers down a bad path. Tim Brooks' lawyer was already working hard for his retainer fee. I think there's something fascinating about teenagers who are motivated to do this- they come from rich/affluent families so they don't need the money the way the stereotypical drug dealers do, and they wind up risking what should be very bright futures ascribed to them by their "Little Boxes" upbringing. Maybe it's a combination of greed and boredom with their lives.

The gay couple really went for it in this version, as opposed to the original. Nice.

CAP TIMELINE 1903: Tonto is born. April 1925: Jim Crampton is born. May 27, 1925: Steven Schluter is born. 1936: Billy Schluter is born. June 20, 1936: J.P. Crampton is born, the result of an affair between Marie Crampton and Bill Hendrickson. December 17,1944: Steven Schluter dies in World War II. July 14, 1945: Stefan Schluter, the son of Steven Schluter, is born. November 12, 1945: Jeff Hayes is born. 1962-1963 School Year: J.P. Crampton begins teaching at Northwestern University. October 4, 1962: Brad Schluter is born. He is the adoptive son of Billy Schluter, and the biological son of Kevin Carmicheal. December 1962: Andre, JP's partner, is killed in action in Vietnam. March 6, 1963: Ace is born to Isidore, having been fathered by J.P.'s lover Andre. March 1963: Robbie Hayes is born, the youngest of three children. He is the son of Frank and Brenda Hayes. April 10, 1963: Billy Schulter dies at sea on USS Thresher October 27, 1964: Clare and Billy Crampton are born. Clare is JP's biological daughter, and Billy is Jeff Hayes's biological son. 1968: J.P. Crampton begins teaching at Stanford. July 13, 1968: Jeff Hayes dies of an heroin overdose. March 8, 1969: Marcel is born. He is the biological son of Jeff Hayes, but is raised in France. April 24, 1980: Matt Carrswold is born. He is the biological son of Robbie Hayes, but is adopted by the Carrswolds and grows up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. May 15, 1980: Wade Danfield is born. He becomes Matt Carrswold's boyfriend after meeting him on the hockey team at Stanford during the 1998-1999 school year. October 19, 1980: Billy dies in a car accident on the night of a party at Escorial. January 19, 1982: Darius Schluter is born. He is the son of Bitty Schluter and a random Iranian man, but is raised by Brad, Robbie, and Jeanine. He has one biological half-brother, JJ, and one adopted brother, Will Schluter. July 25, 1982: Gathan Hayes is born. He was raised in Claremont, Ohio by his uncle and aunt, Wally and Clara Hayes. February 1983: Kristin Hendrickson is born. August 26, 1983: Ella Hayes, daughter of Richard Crampton, is born. June 12, 1985: Zach Hayes is born. 1985: J.P.'s lover Roger, and one-time lover Sam, both die of AIDS that year. December 7, 1985: Jeremy Schluter, aka J.J., is born. He is the biological son of Jim Crampton and Bitty Schluter, and has been raised in Malibu, CA with Brad, Robbie, and Jeanine. February 19, 1986: Marie Crampton, aka Maman, dies of natural causes. April 18, 1986: Marie Hobart, daughter of Jack and Clare Hobart, is born. September 14, 1986: Will Schluter, son of Brad and Jeanine, is born. July 21, 1987: John Hobart, son of Jack and Clare Hobart, is born. Between 1991 to 1995: Tonto Schluter dies an old woman, warm in her bed surrounded by grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A death we should all hope to have. March 28, 1995: Greg, Stefan's long-time companion, dies of a heart attack. September 4, 1995: Ace's daughter, Courtney, is born. August 7, 1998: Robbie Hayes reunites with his long-lost son, Matt Carrswold. September 13, 2000: Madison Graves, daughter of Jeanine Graves and Cody Warren, is born. September 14, 2000: Riley van den Boss Danfield, son of Wade Danfield and Tiffany van den Boss is born. September 11, 2001: Robbie Hayes, as well as Jeanine and her partner Hank, die in the Towers for 9/11. Senator Danfield dies at the Pentagon. *** Zach's birthday was changed to be June 12th. See, there was lee-way with that one, because we didn't celebrate Zach's birthday before and it wasn't really mentioned- I just randomly picked a date that would have Zach in the class of 2003 and have him be 14 when we first met him in early 2000.

Losing your father in a previously-unimaginable terrorist act, who you had only known for three years, was also not part of your experience. I don't know. In any event, I always thought senior year was divided by two types of people- the people who were already above it all and ready to move on, and the people who were desperately clinging on, like Cappie on Greek. I knew people who did a 5th year or went to grad school just to stay at University of Delaware because they didn't want to let go. In my case, I was on a 5th year because I had to take a break junior year, and I was ready to be done at the end. I cried at my high school and grad school graduations, but not college. Mostly because I was ready to be done. It also helped that my Skid Row crew buddies had mostly graduated, and while my replacement party house was still pretty fun (they had Yuengling kegs!), it wasn't really the same. In any event, I don't think this is Wade's fault. I think it's the only way Matt could have finally "gotten" it- the only way to shake him out of his fantasy that he and Wade were going to get back together.

Dude, now tell me how you picture Elizabeth Danfield, damn it. I'm getting really frustrated here, Mark. lol. Or are you trying to say that you don't really have an image for her face? I'm going to keep bugging you until you say something, Mark. You know I can be pretty fucking tenacious about being annoying. LOL. Actually, Blue, Lynda Carter wouldn't be a bad Elizabeth Danfield, either - but that's going with my idea that she's an older, gorgeous dark-haired woman. I can't picture her being ugly or average-looking- she has too much of a "former belle of the ball" kind of feel to her. I think everyone's a 9 or 10 who they have sex with, which means usually the men (unless they're purposefully not very fuckable) and some of the females. Although 7/8's can sneak in there. I remember when I read Cole's description, I thought, "I am not going to be able to find a model who looks like that because male models don't usually have chubby cheeks." LOL, So there are non-model people here who look like your average "real-world" good-looking like Cole a.k.a. Jarrett Sleeper. Real-world good-looking to describe someone who's a good-looking guy, but like someone you could meet in the real world, like you'd have a chance with him. In my case, I don't find it that unrealistic. Have you ever noticed that guys tend to associate with guys that are equal to them in terms of looks- even though it's platonic. Like the groups of frat boys who walk around, or the groups of nerdy dudes that walk around together. In Cross-Currents, Andy never seemed to have any ugly friends he didn't want to have sex with. Which made sense- everyone he knew was like a 20-year old college jock. Of course they'd all be attractive. LOL. It seems even more true with gay guys- gay men seem big on clones. LOL. Of course, that might change when you reach your 30's and 40's and you start to get guys who still look really good, and the guys who just let it all go.

I meant like when I was at a bar, and they'd have 80's themed nights, or they'd play tunes from the 80's mixed in with the modern stuff. Like now, you get 90's stuff mixed in with current stuff on DJ playlists. I remember "Take Me Home Tonight" was a popular tune at frat parties. Hey, out of curiousity...what do you think of the whole EDM thing, and acts like Martin Garrix and Avicii? This is probably more appropriate to my "Upcoming Trends" thread, but eh.

These two haircuts seem like they're really popular right now: I gotta say, I'm digging this look more than I did mid/late 2000's Zac Efron hair. The main focus of it seems to be longer on the top and really short sides, and either parted to the side or pushed back. I tried to pull off the undercut, but it's not a good look on me because my hair is too curly. The deep side-part could probably work for me, though. I might try it. Also, facial hair seems pretty big right now. Except for preppy guys. The classic preppy boy look basically never seems to change. Every time I go back and party at UD bars I keep laughing and trying to count all the boat shoes and pastel shorts. It was major culture shock when I went to grad school in Pittsburgh and saw frat guys wearing construction boots instead of loafers.

They were already playing 80's nostalgia picks then? Cool. I've got a couple in mind, then. (I didn't start going to clubs until 2007-2008.)

In this installment of Teens React, the kids this time around react to the instant classic, Mean Girls, which came out 10 years ago. I think of Mean Girls as the movie the defined the Millennial Generation of people who went to high school in the early/mid-2000's, so I think it's awesome that the movie still feels relevant to the kids of today. My favorite monologue of the movie is- Janis: Okay, yeah. I've got an apology. So, I have this friend who is a new student this year. And I convinced her that it would be fun to mess up Regina George's life. So I had her pretend to be friends with Regina, and then she would come to my house after and we would just laugh about all the dumb stuff Regina said. And we gave these candy bar things that would make her gain weight, and then we turned her best friends against her. And then... Oh yeah, Cady - you know my friend Cady? She made out with her boyfriend, and we convinced him to break up with her. Oh, God, and we gave her foot cream instead of face wash. God! I am so sorry Regina. Really, I don't know why I did this. I guess it's probably because I've got a big *lesbian* crush on you! Suck on *that*! AY-YI-YI-YI-YI-YI!

Chapter 14 -When Matt realizes that he's no longer an "us", and feels a sense of liberation about it. "I'm Already Gone" by The Eagles

I'm not partaking this year because I'm looking for a job and I may or may not have to deal with drug tests, but this is for those who are: I think it's hilarious this tune was an "accidental" pot-smoking anthem. It was based off a tune that actually was a pot-smoking anthem, called "Pass the Kouchie" which was a reference to a water pipe, but for the cover, they changed it to "Dutchie" as "Dutchie" is a slang for a cooking pot to make it kid-friendly. Apparently though, because the American and British listeners assumed that "Dutchie" was a drug reference referring to blunts made out of Dutch Master cigars, "Dutchie" became a drug reference itself.

My other thought for Elizabitch...take Kathryn from Cruel Intentions, and make her 25 years older and Southern: God. Sarah Michelle Gellar was so ON in that movie. It's a shame she didn't take off in movies playing bitchy society women. She probably could have, if she had her hey day in the 1940's and 1950's. Her prime unfortunately coincided with the romcom craze and everybody wanted to be like Reese Witherspoon or something. Also, Young Ryan Phillippe as Nathan Hayes? I think he has a Hayes-like face on a shorter, wiry body, which is how Nathan was described as being. Horrible actor, but Ryan was cute as fuck back in the day.

So now that we have your vision of Clara, can you kindly tell us your vision of Elizabeth Danfield? I'm thinking a beautiful, older, refined brunette that could do bitch well like Brooke Shields: I actually really want to know this one. I'm still shocked you didn't take to Madeline Stowe from Revenge. I thought she was perfect: ...So I feel like my vision probably doesn't coincide with yours. Please tell me, Mark. Could Elizabitch actually be a blonde after all this time?

Frumpier...alright...Mare Winningham from St. Elmo's Fire and The Hatfields and McCoys: She has a VERY "suburban soccer mom" look to her.

I think of Clara as looking like Lea Thompson: She always seems to play the Mid-Western "Mom" roles.

This would be why Jarrett Sleeper a.k.a. Cole is the closest you'll get to "normal-looking" in CAP. LOL. (I think he's adorable in a teddy bear, friendly scruff frat dude kind of way, not the stunning kind of way. Which is why he was right for Cole.)

Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden Plans To Run For Governor I would have been excited about this before, because I love the Bidens and I had a lot of respect for Beau for his handling of the Earl Bradley case, but his defense of the lenient sentence for the Du Pont heir who molested his children really, really deflated a lot of my enthusiasm for this emerging political dynasty. It would take a lot for him not to get elected, though. There's the Biden name, and the fact that Delaware hasn't had a Republican Governor since 1993. The only way I can see him not becoming Governor would either be him having more serious health problems, or people being so sick of the Jack Markell administration that they vote in a Republican governor. It'll be interesting to see how this all unfolds, though. Honestly, I would have thought he'd try and become a Senator.

I actually had a walkman all the way up to 2005. I clung to the old traditions HARD.

I'm saying he's normal in comparison to the Hollywood standard that we usually base the CAP characters on. LOL. He's very cute, but he's not the "Wow, double-take!" looker that Matt, Will, Young Stefan, etc etc are. He's like the loveable scruffy teddy bear from the school's "relaxed" fraternity that you thought was cute and might or might not have developed a crush on depending on his personality.

I find Theo James more attractive than your second Ben pick, but I also think Theo James is a bit more exotic-looking than the way Ben was described. Mark told me once Theo James almost could been Darius. Cole, Matt's best college friend, is a normal, average-looking cute guy: This was one of my "Bam, you NAILED it!" moments from Mark. I love it when I have those.

I thought you already picked Theo James for Ben the Carpenter? Although really, I always thought Theo James would have been an awesome Darius (with darker hair) or that Mexican kid who used to live with Stefan and JP back in the '90's- Jorge's son, I believe.

Well, there's that, and camera cell phones plus social media are about to hit huge in another year.