In which Lance channels me, I want to have sex with Chris, Justin is unbearably shy, JC is Canadian,
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bubosquared Feb. 20th, 2002 06:06 pm)The man that started it all! Christopher Alan Kirkpatrick, Psychology student. Or something. I dunno, maybe he's doing his PhD? I don't know, because I know shit-all about the US higher ed system. All I know is, he's hot. And smart.
JC was sitting in a corner booth reading when Joey barged in. "Man, I am tanked!" He dropped his backpack under the seat and slouched next to JC. "Hey, man. Reading?"You know, I think I know why Lance, in my sceenarios, always ends up alone. Because he's my Mary Sue. And now you know why you should be thankful I'll never actually meet *NSync: I would be offensive and snarky. :) Also, note how wonce again the majority of this snippet is pure untagged dialogue. Dammit, self, characterisation!"I was, yes." But he sounds amused rather than irritated, and puts his book away with an indulgent smile. "You want a drink? I was just gonna go get something myself."
"Coffee. Strong, big, lots of sugar." JC snickered. "So where's Chris?" Joey asked, when JC returned with the coveted caffeine.
"He's got that tutor thing today."
"Right. Teaching the star of the basketball team how to do math."
"Come on, Joe, it's not the kid's fault you were never good at sports."
"Yes, thank you, Lance. Always a pleasure to see you."
Lance grinned. "Good to see you, too, Joe. Chris should be here any minute now. He's bringing Timberlake."
"Oh, is that the kid's name?"
"Yep. I saw them on campus. They seemed to be getting along well. Not surprising, considering they're about the same mental age."
"Hey! Are you insulting me again, Bass?"
"As usual, Kirkpatrick." He slapped Chris' back as the other man sat down next to him. "Justin," Lance nodded.
"Hey, Lance." The blonde boy smiled shily, glaced quickly at Chris, and concentrated on his hands.
Chris got up. "You guys want a drink? I'm buying."
"No thanks, I'm good." Joey lifted his coffee. JC did the same with his tea.
"Lance? Justin?"
"Latté, please."
"Um, I'll just have orange juice. Thanks." The last word was barely a whisper. Joey hoped the kid would get over this shyness soon, because hanging with Chris would be hell for the poor boy otherwise.
Also. If you liked this? I could be convinced to actually write this, but I will need some help figuring out some technical stuff. most notably, could someone please help out a poor confused European and explain how the fuck the US Higher Education system works? Please?
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US higher education system:
B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) or B.S. (Bachelor of Sciences): 4 year degree (ages 18-22, normally).
M.A. (Master of Arts) or M.S. (Master of Sciences) or M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration): I believe normally takes 2 years, so usually ages 22-24.
Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy): Umm, not so sure on how long this is supposed to take-- I'd guess another 2-4 years?
Hope this helped more than confused.
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Heee! :D
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They should not be this hot. I mean. All pictures I've seen of this time period are either so fugly they're laughable, or creepily pr0nish. (Examples available upon request. Lou Perlman, you have a lot to answer for!)
And yet. Joey, whom I normally don't like sans facial hair, is a vision of sinfulness. Lance, who was in his alien lesbian girl stage at this point, looks good. Justin is a cocky little bastard, but he's adorable. Chris looked like a Puerto Rican girl back then, and yet he looks hothothot in this! And even JC with the Cesar hair looks awesome!
Bastages
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Examples! Examples!
*begs prettily*
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And, um. The touching? Bunnies! Everywhere! Argh!
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Gah! Justin and Chris! *runs away*
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See... College!sync works were High School!Sync really does not.
We have undergraduate and graduate students. Undergrad - going for your BA or BS - takes from 4-6 years, depending on how bad the person slacks off and if they do a double major (ie. they get a degree for both English AND Linguistics) The goal is to get out in 4 years, but most of the students at my university take 5.
Graduate school is typically 2 years to get a Masters, and um. more for a PHD. At my university, you could probably get a PHD in 4 years. But Chris could have taken a break after getting his BA (which student do fairly often) and then come back for Grad school a few years later. Or he could be working on his PHD.
Thus, Justin could realistically be a freshman in college while the rest of the band are still attending there - as either undergrads or grads. I'd think that JC and Chris would be grad students... while the rest are undergrads. JC working on Masters, Chris probably on PHD.
For undergrad it goes -- freshman, sophmore, junior, senior. But usually, at least in my experience, people say "1st year, 2nd year, 3r year, 4th year, 5th year", ect. because lots of people don't move up one level every year. I think I was a freshman 2 years and then jumped right to a junior. *snickers* That measurement is all about how many units you have.
I had interactions with grad students in my freshman year, and afterwords, because sometimes volunteer programs and stuff overlap between grad and undergrad. Plus, share the same campus.
Do iiiiiiiiiit!
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And Chris. And Justin. Having sex on Chris' bed, surrounded by books.
I have such fucked-up kinks!
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"What?"
"I think I'm lying on your Nietzsche, and..."
(rustles)
"...Social Psychology: A Cognitive Approach was digging into my ass."
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