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Yeah, here we have spots of sand along the River and the Bay but some are questionable to actually call a "Beach."

Wait, you mean hanging out at the toxic dump formerly known as Times Beach/now known as Route 66 State Park isn't doing it for you? This would have been a pretty big story when you were in college. Kind of like Missouri's answer to Love Canal. Alright, fine, I'm going to pretend it's either Laguna Beah or Dana Point. As a side note, I don't live close to a beach, but I don't live far from one, and it's kind of sad I never go. When I lived in Western PA for a bit I realized they didn't see seagulls flying around, which is such a common experience as someone who's lived on the DelMarVa peninsula for the vast majority of my life. There are these little things about growing up coastal that you don't realize until you're not in a coastal area. Even if you're not a big beach/Shore guy.

I was scrolling on Twitter and found this and it made me laugh and think of this quote from you.

It's Los Angeles. "Upper middle class" means a family needs to be making at least a quarter of million a year to comfortably meet their bills and they live in a house that's worth at least 1.5 million. Personally I like to pretend Tim's a Val from a really good part of Encino so that's okay.

I'm going to share my initial thoughts to this chapter- "Mark, I can feel Private Tim's eyes rolling all the way from whatever upper middle class Los Angeles suburb he hails from."

Probably? He is straight so he was never a major character.

Yeah, Brad's never really been attracted to stable guys. Although Jake isn't unstable, but he does have the whole special forces thing going on to make up for the fact that he's not fucked up. LOL

Yeah, I'm trying to remember the cousin I'm thinking of. Dark hair, fixed up the El Dorado? I think he may have been Gathan's brother. There's a scene where he's smiling as he drives up in the El Dorado he fixed up. Really adorable scene.

Well, yeah. I think it's telling that Will has never been with a Golden Boy type, or at least got really serious about one. I think Will is attracted to guys he wants to "fix" in some way.

I was looking at Beau Mirchoff in something and he kind of gave off a loveable Hayes vibe. Like who was the cousin with the dark hair that fixed the 1968 El Dorado? I think Gathan's brother?

You know, it occurred to me that Will's two most serious relationships in the series (Zach and Travis) were with guys who WEREN'T the Golden Child type. Zach may have been a talented football player but he was enough of an asshole that nobody really liked him and he was somewhat of an outsider with the Hayes family. Travis was downright the black sheep of his family. (Maybe why Travis seems to sympathize with Jeremy because he knows what it's like to not be the favorite son of a family?) And I think that's interesting. Would someone like Will really be able to have a relationship with a guy who has also never been told no, always been the favored child, and never really failed at anything he tried to do, or would it drive him crazy? Would Will even be attracted to a guy like that? Will seems to be a "fixer" type- if he were with a Mr. Perfect type I think he'd get bored really easily.

I used Grok to make my Jack fancast (Louis Partridge) look 40 years old and with hazel eyes. This was the base photo:

Did you get an invite to Bryan Singer parties? (Just kidding, Bryan Singer wasn't a thing until about 1997 and you were already too old for him at the ripe age of 20.)

Chapter 22 -When Will absolutely hates his life as the new It Boy. "I Just Wanna Live" by Good Charlotte I'm so glad we're in 2005 now. I think music goes on an upwards trajectory for about the next 10 or so years. The fact that it coincides with the fact that I go from 19 to 29 in that time period is just a coincidence, right? -When Jeremy decides to go and have a talk with Will and charts his helicopter. You know, like any average 19-year old boy. "Change Your Mind" by the Killers

I mean, a Jensen Ackles or David Boreanaz type of career (starring roles in television shows that go for a really long time) is a probably the most stable type of career you can have as an actor (and they say that type of acting career is probably the most conducive to a personal life), but our Travis is definitely going to take some risks, I think. You're right that he's going to aim higher. Hey, it doesn't have to be a preppy lacrosse player with a perfect face. I can also go for a tall, kind of goofy-looking comedian type. My current infatuation is this comedian on TikTok named Tristan Green and I just find him adorable because of his humor. Although a previous recent infatuation was an Old Spice model named Grady Eldridge and WOW am I not helping myself with Private Tim's "you only like a certain type" allegations in regards to that one. LOL