JamesSavik

Happy Birthday my friend! I had to be the first All my best wishes for a great year for you, your family and Surfie. -James

Oh David. I know this story all too well- heard it a zillion times and it still makes me sad. I'm happy that David has his brother back. (happy tears this time)

Whenever I'm pondering the meaning of life, I think more about Dennis Leary than Rowland. Life's a bitch and then you die. Shut the f* up and get a helmet. God.. "I'm just not happy. I'm just not happy. I'm just not happy because my life didn't turn out the way I thought it would." Hey! Join the f*ing club, ok!? I thought I was going to be the starting center fielder for the Boston Red Socks. Life sucks, get a f**king helmet, allright?! "I'm not happy. I'm not happy." Nobody's happy, ok!? Happiness comes in small doses folks. It's a cigarette, or a chocolate chip cookie, or a five second orgasm. That's it, ok! You cum, you eat the cookie, you smoke the butt, you go to sleep, you get up in the morning and go to f**king work, ok!? That is it! End of f**king list! " -Dennis Leary

Com- I am part of the team that wrote Collision- a round-robin mystery. It's winding down now and it should be done in the next couple of months. One thing that I suggest right out of the gate: assign a project editor and give him some amount of authority. Our editor has been invaluable and has kept the wheels from falling off several times. He has also been very helpful in keeping a lid on issues like continuity, reality checking and timeline. In Collision, we started off with a document called the game plan and a first chapter. The game plan addressed: a) primary characters and character information (like Kelly likes Perl Jam and his favorite color is blue) setting (where things are happening) c) beginning assumptions The rules were that the game plan was fixed but each author had the ability to add secondary characters, plot twists and whatever creative control they wished as long as didn't drive the plot into a ditch. For most of the run of Collision, the authors had regular chat sessions to keep everyone on the same page. That really depends on how long you want your chapters to be. In the context of Collision, we had either very seasoned authors or gifted newbies so we could give the author a chapter and let them run with it. Six weeks is rather long. Most seasoned authors could probably get a chapter out in 2 weeks. I would suggest a flexable turn around time: 2 weeks for the author, 1 week for the editing and an optional 1 week for rewrite if necessary. Given this time line, you would produce a chapter every 3-4 weeks. For online fiction, that's just about right. You don't want to get the readers interested and then have them forget about your story. We used our regular chats to iron out these issues. You can't very well kill off a primary character and expect the plot to flow. Hummm... good question. A min and a max on chapter length is probably a good idea but writers usually have a pretty good eye for that. Collision chapters run from 10 to 16 pages and we had no such guidelines. I've never written in the horror genre but I would love to give it a try. -JS

Chris May the next year bring you success and good fortune! Oh yeah- and zillion dollar book and movie deals! -JS

He will tell anyone what ever he wants and make me look like I am the bad guy. Not really Green. By going out and talking trash, it makes him look like an embittered ex, jerk, tossed out roomate, etc. He draws more attention to himself than he does you. It makes people wonder what he has left out: the other side of the story. Someone hearing him talk s**t is going to wonder- did Green catch him snorting coke in his house and kick him out? Was he having sex with sheep dogs or running the pre-schoolers prostitution ring out of the basement? The problem with slinging s**t is that you inevitably get it on yourself.

Xander- It sucks but sometimes you've just got to punt. This is only going to hurt worse the longer it goes on. Take you dog for some long walks where there are cute guys and frisbees.

FIRST TO REACH A HUNDRED BLOG ENTRIES! Is there a prize? I didn't know. I'll have to hurry. Green mellow out man. Specially in public. You don't want to get arrested. Sure- you've got a right to be angry. Just don't let the jawbone of an ass get you in trouble. Good save Chaz. Fights in cafes are always won by the cops. -JS

I've never thought about this. As most marriages take the surname of the man, what happens when there are two men? I suggest that the happy couple takes the surname of the top. Good question Jules.

Way to go Nick! You lived through another one, cracked head and all. Have a great birthday and many, many more.

Welcome again.

Ugh. My muses never look like Sharon Stone. They show up at 3am, drunk and abusive, look like Walter Matthau and Brian Dennehy and barf on my rug. I want better muses.

Chaz- My shrink says that I have an M-M-D that is P-T-S-D with a side of A-D-D and I just had the F-L-U. After all of that alphabet soup, you might think that I was S-C-R-E-W-E-D. And you think Mr. Green is a strange one? There is an obscure mathematical theory that states that in people, eccentricity is proportional to IQ. So count your blessings. Green is just weird enough to be lots of fun and you are lucky enough to be his BF. -JS

Men ugly naked!? Someone just isn't looking at the right men.

Question #5 - Who was the first person I ever had sexual thoughts about? Leif! Question #6: If someone had slept with a friend or a family member of yours (possibly even an 'ex'), would that bother you at all when it came to persuing them? Icky, icky! You did my brother/sister/father/mother/cousin/grandparents! Ewwww! Get away!

Question #3: Do you find any promise in your average internet 'hook up'? Or do you thnk that it's only for sex and the occassional one night stand? I've only hooked up with people I've met on the internet a few times. The first guy was a skank, the second was a leg-hound and the other was a big fat liar (he was married and I don't do married men- EVER). I kinda blew off internet dating after that. Question #4: Have you ever, would you ever, do you ever...SWALLOW? Yes- but only with someone I really, really

Question #1 - Is CyberSex satisfying for me? Sorry- it just doesn't do it for me. Question #2 - Fully clothed, what inspires a sexual attraction for me? face, hair and eyes in that order.

Green- I'm mad at your friends. None of them ever made a mistake? One strike and your out? Friends don't dump friends for making mistakes- espically when you need them the most! After all the stress you've been under? You're a rare one Green. Smart, talented, witty. Sure- you might have an issue or three but who doesn't these days? I think that you did exactly what you should have done about your medical situation: you didn't know if it was bad or not. You didn't tell people because you did not want to cause any undue anxiety. I would, and have, handled a similar situation in exactly the same way. Should you have told Chaz? Maybe- that's a jump ball BUT jump balls don't end the game although they can turn the game. Were I in your circle, first I would have hugged you and said how relieved I was that you are OK. Then I would have quietly mentioned, without fanfare, that your friends are there for you when you're under the gun. That's what they should be good for. I hope some rationality breaks out soon in your world- and with a little time to cool off, I bet it will. -JS PS- I'm sending flowers!

I'm a switch-hitter. I change hands so it's like someone else is doing it. To honor the great one I'll have the C on both hands.

I thought my Dad was bad with Parkingstons. We can't let him drive, hunt or go fishing by himself. But the Chaney invaded the wrong country for godsake! They need to take the keys away NOW!

These things are so much easier in Japanese/Shinto culture. Whenever a question of family or personal honor comes up, you just commit Seppuku or ritual suicide by disembowelment. Ummm... on second thought, what's a little disgrace amoung friends?

He needs some stability right now so he's allowed to create havoc? This guy has got your mother conned. Kick dat ass.

That is such a mess. There are SO MANY landmines in this. If you participate with your Dad, you alienate the rest of the family. If you don't participate, it burns a bridge with your Dad. My advice: get mugged or catch the flu- whichever will lay you up for a few days and give you an Honorable excuse. This way no land mines are engaged or bridges burned. Heck- its February. Everybody has got the flu. HACK!

Yikes! Videos are like chips or M&Ms- you know you can't name just one. Here's a couple of my favorites... Wake me up When September Ends by Green Day Blurry by Puddle of Mud

It depends on the club and people involved. Some are social mixers that involve the same 12 flamers every two weeks. If you don't sleep with any of them, then you must be stuck up or something. Not so fabulous. Others like GSAs are often service oriented and do volunteer work. You might end up building a Habitat for Humanity home next to hammer swinging hunks.