JamesSavik

I think falling for your best friend is something that GLBT people in their teens really need to watch out for. Falling for your best friend is one of the oldest ways in the book to get hurt for gay people. Since only 4-10% of the population is gay, the probability that your best friend is gay is about 10% or less. Not only do you risk losing someone with whom you are in love with, losing your best friend is a one-two punch that is hard as hell to get over. I guarantee that it will leave a scar you won't soon forget. What happens to a lot of young gay people is that they get hurt in this way over and over. Soon they begin to associate love with pain and say f**K-it. That's how a lot of people in the club and cruise scene got there: their experience has shown them that gay love is either unreal or simply too painful to bear. Their love life becomes a series of one night stands and quickies without any emotion content. Not only is this grossly unfulfilling, bed-hopping can be deadly. Take care with your heart. It can only take so much punishment. Pain is a cruel teacher because its lesson are only taught after you have screwed to pooch.

Beast from the X-men was a favorite of mine from my miss spent youth. I identified with him: BIG and DANGEROUS but intelligent and gentle. Qualities that I try to have but find them increasingly elusive. Over time the avatar has become something of an enigma: am I the man that became a beast or a beast that became a man? I dunno anymore. Only time will tell. Will I ever find the Beauty that can tame my rage? I doubt it. I wouldn't want someone I care about that close to the flame.

I would hate the perfect guy. Perfection just pisses me off.

I am open to the idea of staying with someone for life but I avoid politics and fads in my personal life like plague and fire in that order.

I came for the stories and stayed for the remarkable collection of very special people that we've accumulated here- far too many for one short bus.

Why ruin perfectly good sex and friendship with marriage? Besides, have you LOOKED at any married people lately?

I don't mind at all. To use my native Southern dialect, I'm tickled to death that you found it useful.

Yo! Raccoon Power! Raccoon Power! Beware of imitations... Must kill Will Ferrell. Must kill Will Ferrell..

You didn't miss much but a horrible traffic jam. Certified Retirement Community means that nothing is going on here, ever went on here or is likely to occur here.

-Do you think people (straight or gay) are prone to falling in love with their best friend? Or is this just over-represented in the forum. I think that it is a phase that gay/bi people go through. -Do you think GLBT people are more likely to experience this than straight people? Of course. -Has it happened to you or someone you know? of course. -Why do you think it happens in general? proximity -Overall is it a good thing or a bad thing, and why? Typically it is a recipe for disaster.

...you think safe sex is a padded headboard. ...you think that a seven course meal is KFC and a six-pack. ...you take a load to the dump and bring back more than you took.

...your dog and your wallet are on a chain. ...you think that the last words of the National Anthem is Gentlemen, start your engines. ...you think that possum is the other white meat.

...you've ever made change for the offering plate. ...you silently fart and blame the dogs. ...you've ever had a fight over NASCAR race.

...if you think that dual airbags are your wife and your mother-in-law. ...your favorite t-shirt would start a riot in New York or L.A. ...if you have any male relatives called Skeeter, Bubba or Big 'un. PS- I'm from Mississippi. All I have to do to make new redneck jokes is to go to Walmart and walk around for a few minutes.

...you see a public service announcement that says "say no to crack" and it reminds you to pull up your pants.

...there are more people than teeth at your family reunion.

...your house has better tires than your truck. [come on folks- add to the thread. Rednecks can be from everywhere and there are a few gay ones ]

Will all due respect to Futurama and the Simpsons, the pictures I used were mostly because they were available. Spoo, the other blue meat, comes from Babylon 5. I enjoy sci-fi and dabble at trying to write in that genre because it's supposed to make you consider the possibilities. Orson Scott Card (author of Ender's Game) calls sci fi speculative fiction. It is the genre of What if. There are all sorts of different philosophies expressed in sci fi. Utopian sci fi sees all of man's problems being solved by the understanding of science and the application of technology. [star Trek] Dark Sci fi sees man as universally flawed and his own biggest problem. [Aliens] Luddite sci fi sees science & technology creating more complex and dangerous problems as man presses forward. [various sci fi network B movies] Classical sci fi shows that man, despite the setting, is still the same animal. [star Wars] These are just a few that I could think of off the cuff. Can you think of others? There is no small irony in the fact that some of the absolute worst science fiction is being created by the Sci Fi Network which seems to have extreme difficulty differentiating between Sci Fi and Horror [yes, there is a difference].

New and exciting dishes... Brian slugs so you don't have to think... Robot Religions If you liked Scientology, you're gonna love Robotology... Alien prophets take a little getting used too.

JamesSavik is the pseudonym under which I write on the net. It's also how I'm identified on the many sites I haunt. Savik is a name of Sweedish origin. In Smith county Mississippi, where my people are from, there are a great many people of Sweedish extraction: big blond farm people. They were originally supposed to go to Minnesota but bought a compass from a street dealer in New York.

Listen to lesfeuxdemoncoeur: he is as smart as he is cute which is quite the rare combination. Someone should scoop him up before he gets away. Falling Star: Believe me- I know that being gay and going to high school are loads of fun. A lot of GLBT kids drop out because it is a real rough ride. You really do need a diploma or a GED to get any kind of job. I know that where you are now, it seems like everything is uphill. It is. The only way out is to pick a route and keep going. Try not to get negative and create excuses for why you can't get things done. You can get things done- just don't quit! You can. Your posts have been clear with reasonably good spelling and English. You can easily handle a computer. Your brain obviously isn't broken- you should easily be able to handle getting a GED. You might want to get a study guide but many GED programs will provide one. If not, I will buy you one on Amazon and send it to you. Accomplishing your goals starts with believing in yourself and your ability. That often starts with someone else telling you: believe in you.

I saw it today and enjoyed it! I enjoy a scary movie but I especially like one that is smart and original. Although it had some seriously creepy aspects, it was a bad ass film! What did you think???

If I appeared to be jumping down his throat, I didn't mean to. Sorry about that Nerotrob.

Well- one thing to like about being right handed is that you share that trait with ~90% of the population. You don't need special left-handed versions of items that most people take for granted nor did you have to deal with early-elementary teachers that popped your hands with a ruler when you showed left-handed tendencies. Gay people are in the opposite position: we are a tiny minority (>>10% of the population) and the powers that be would like to ignore our existence completely and deny the need for gay versions of common, day to day accommodations.

One reason that many people hate male body hair is that it takes on a consistency like barbed wire. I discovered that you can make it soft by applying shampoo with a hair softener like Pert+. Now my chest hair doesn't get in the way or cause injuries.