To everyone....Happy 2001! be safe out there, no drinking and driving....and please, careful with your "intake" of "substances" if you choose that route. As for me, i was reading the posts this morning and am always saddened by negative post that judge me based on tid-bits of info from the show and the book, especially the book. Reading and judging based on that book, well, you might as well be reading a tabloid. As Paul said, there is so much more to each of us you guys will never know. And as for me representing some "dangerous new gay stereotype" Tony, man, i didn't know i was the "butch football player type". I'd say i'm just more of the nerd. Thanks for your input. take care everybody and have a good new year! see you in 2001 for version 2.0.
love,
danny
 

Ring in the New Year...-Paul 12/30/2000 10:57:17

...and do it safely. Hey addicts it's me again and Danny is here, would never of thought this would happen.
Just hanging out until we start travelling again. It's off to a mountain lodge for New Years, nothing like getting away from the hustle and bustle of the big city life. I see that most of the regulars are typing their days away (thibault, don't people in France have something better to do???). Joking of course. The new radicals, just opening up that perverbial can of worms (it's good to have different view points).
"Critisizm, bad or good, can only come from what you know." -Thoreau
My point of view is very different than yours. It's too bad your point of view came from a book or an MTV show. There's just so much more, to "ALL" of us. As you know, there's just no way of getting around it. Impressions hold a "certain" amount of truth, through experience you determine how much.
Enough philosophy, I really just wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year and Take Care.
Paul
P.S. Kelley the website is great, love taking that walk down memory lane every once in a while. Love the quotes JamesIV, I kept some of them for my personal favorites. I really want to address all of you and through time I will.

Posted by Danny on 12/28/2000

hey everybody...go to www.shout-outs.com and check out the animated e-greetings with drawings of my cast done by Lionel. They are so awesome. It took me this long to finally check them out. Hey Lionel-good job...hope you're doing well!
Danny

merry christmas! -Danny 22:27:20 12/25/2000

hey, i just wanted to wish everyone a merry christmas! Hope Santa was good to everyone. Paul and I spent Christmas with my parents and are going to a ski chalet for New Years to get the hell away! Take care. I'll be posting the results of my VHBC auction next week. It looks good.
love,
D-man

what's up peeps -danny boy 21:04:34 12/22/2000

what's up everybody...it's me...sorry it has been so long since i posted here, but i've been pretty damn busy lately with the holidays, work and taking care of my boy. Things are good here on the front...i just wanted to be the first to let you guys know that i'll no longer be working on a career in Hollywood. Even though i was working with a great team of people, especially my manager, i just can't see myself going there. The whole process has been both rewarding and displeasing. It all just left me feeling pretty out of touch and confused. I just came to the conclusion that at this point in my life, i really want to be working on using my abilities in a more positive way that rewards many. So, as of now i'm currently working on a project with Kelley. Updates will be coming pretty soon that will fill you guys in with more info, so be looking for countrytoconcrete version 2.0 Plus, i'll be letting you guys know in a couple of weeks what the results of my auction were. I'm still waiting on the closing of a few more loose ends and then the final collection is all heading off to Virginia Highlands Baptist in Atlanta. They should be some pretty happy people! Merry Christmas to you all....talk to you soon.
love,
DANNY

That Seattleboys page... -Paul 12/16/2000

Hey Marc,
Great page, along with all the others. Just goes to show you that there are all types out there and we should not limit ourselves to a single definition. Difference is in everything, once people start understanding that, I think we will start seeing less fear. "We are all the same in the sense that we are so different". That quote from Wilde, never understood it, but it seems so clear these days. Keep up with the expression through your web sites, I think it's the way to reach people these days.
Thanks for all your support for the Virginia Highlands Baptists Church. Now is the time to support each other, there's alot of crazy s##t (pardon my english) happening out there. Be safe and Happy Holidays,
Paul

 

new version... -Danny 12/14/2000

what's up everybody...it's Danny boy-fresh back from Vegas. I just wanted to let you guys know that Version 2.0 of this website is coming soon. Hopefully in the first week of January. I'm psyched and am sure you guys are as well. Jenn is working hard on it and it should be more interesting than what exists currently. I've heard there are rumors about Kelley and Peter being married, pregnant, etc. Ha Ha...rumors rumors rumors. they didn't seem to be when i saw them this weekend. Jeez, people will believe anything. Anyhow, have an awesome day, exercise your minds and bodies and spend some time outside. See ya.
Danny

 

Is it hot in here... -Paul

The questions you'll ask... I think some of them are just to insight riots. Too bad I can't use CS gas over the board. A couple rubber pellets thrown your way. I really am ok with everything written on the board. If I took offense to it all, I guess you'd have to strap on the straight jacket. The instant solution is to never subject myself, but yet I write on. Questions are asked because, however remote, there is a connection to something you have experienced or are going through at this very moment. About that traveling Danny... the answer to the million dollar question is "trust". I do with all my soul, period, end of story. I really never disclose anything personal about myself, other than my thought process and the ideas floating around in this noggin' of mine. So questions about my age, ethnic background, employment, and the similar, I just don't answer. Someday probably, but I have never been comfortable with the public eye. So, to loose the "blur" status would be like taking away my identity. How many of you can say you were the "blur"?
There is nothing like travelling Europe and the British Isles. Hostile to hostile by Eurorail, for thirty days. You don't get any better than that. Watch out in what you offer though, you may have two nomads leaching off you come this summer.
Danny is returning tonight and you have one happy camper on your hands.
Just remember to have a great holiday and buy yourself a couple of things, SOME of you deserve it.
Take Care,
Paul
P.S. Checked out all the sites, some of them are definately keepers!

Reckless abandonment... -Paul 12/12/2000

... that whole British/European thing, Andy, I have a tendency to butcher even the slightest details. Nothing like trying to erase thousands of years of history. It's like being in Okinawa and calling everyone Japanese. My apologies...
Yes, another lonely night of watching the Discovery and Learning Channels. Sleep can't come fast enough. It's amazing how much time goes by when you're sleeping.
You all really need to get back to your studying and stay off this board, isn't it exam week for most colleges. Oh the life of daily classes and final exams, how I miss it so. Christmas Break is decending upon you and I know you can't wait for that to end. Before you know it you'll be in some deep conversation on how good you had it in college. Cherish it while you can. About that Virginia Highlands Baptist Church fundraiser, thank you all.
Simple and sweet!
Take Care and get back to the daily grind,
Paul
 

On the contrary... -Paul 12/12/2000

...Raziel, we have seen your site and we thought it had a rather interesting mix of manson and danny. Never seen that in the stew pot before. I'm a true fan of Rollins, Rage, LB, and Korn (just to name a few). By the way do you do this professionally? Your style is great, true imagination. If anybody else is out there with a web site, We always add it to a "favorites file".
Take Care and do all the things I wish I could do.
Paul
 

Hey its the random post again... -Paul 12/11/200 23:56:49

...this time I am heading for the sack. Staying up late is for the birds. I was reading the posts on the board and felt like I needed to say a few things, again.
Just finished talking to Danny and he is doing great. He is with Kelley, Peter and Malissa in Las Vegas, but there seemed to be no flowing white wedding dresses and no Elvis. I guess if they got married they're going to take that bit of information with them to the grave.
I keep checking KeLL's site out and I am impressed. Those photos of Danny crack me up, I think I only have one of them in my personal collection. Now who sounds like the stalker (...that hidden alter I have in the closet will never be found).
I remember what I was feeling when I wrote that letter, what a great memory to revisit. He keeps my letters in a black binder, but I've never looked at them. They're his, my soul in writing.
Mikey and the naval academy. My congradulations on being part of the brotherhood of the academy's. The education you are recieving is worth its weight in gold, literally. Just keep your head above water, do what you need to do to survive. Don't lie, cheat or steal or tolerate others that do. You can lead your life without violating these simple principles. The military has to live up to their end of the bargain also (they will, to the best of their ability). It's hard to separate social from professional, but like I said, who wants to do anything easy.
Take care all of you in Europe (Jo, Andy and Thibault), I'm keeping tabs, because of our trip next summer. Germany is a great place, try Munich around the 2nd half of September (HB Haus). There is nothing like Scotland and Ireland though, some of the most beautiful countryside I have seen in my life (Dingle, Ayran Isles, and County Cork). Our feet will be on that soil in no time.
Thanks for the walk down memory lane hope my dreams are just as good.
Take Care and Happy Holidays,
Paul

I'm getting good...-Paul 12/11/2000

I'm proud of myself, I edited my message. A sign of a true addict. Can you send the edited version of the post to KeLL. I am a stickler for perfection. In Europe they would thank me for thanking them (I guess they were just happy that I took the time to learn phrases of courtesy). I feel like doing it in this situation but I will abstain.
By the way that sweater went for $3,000, the bowl for about $850 and the tan shirt he was wearing the last day at the Belfort for about $1,100. Where do you get money like that and would someone point me in the right direction?
Paul
 

Just so you know...-Paul 12/11/2000

...to the restless and sleepless many, this is a message from someone that is loosing the battle. It's great to see that people can take time out of their busy schedules and holiday shopping to do some good for the less fortunate. Getting away from buying trinkets for that remote relative that happens to be joining the family for the holiday dinner and putting that hard earned money to a good cause. You have my full respect because it is more than I have done in the past years. If it has affected me you have inspired many. I think it's needed in this time of gift giving. The auction yeilded so much, not only in money but community.
Getting away from the preaching, KeLL got a glance at you site, impressive. Jay, we are glad to see that life for you started with such a jolt. Sometimes you have to be true to yourself to be happy with others. Someone on a recent post asked if you can be happy and gay at the same time. Well are you happy with yourself and the life you are leading? Some people live in the closet, but some scream at the top of their lungs. There are so many examples of the "happy", we're growing in number everyday. Add Paul and Danny to your list. Amazing how that works.
Take Care and Happy Holidays,
Paul
P.S. For all you European board addicts, we're planning a trip (about a month long ) in the summer. Hitting some of my old stomping grounds. I have to show Danny things I can only dream of now.

 

Just a short message...-Paul 12/10/2000 21:28:27

Hey all you board junkies (I refuse to fall prey), but low and behold I am on here again. I've been reading your posts and give nothing but thanks to those of you who have wished us well. What ever you are doing it's working in overdrive. Danny and I are enjoying are relationship and see nothing but the future for US. Thanks for the concern for our lives and the military and even though it is a hard way to live, it's worth all the work and then some. Anyway, we've never been known to take the easy road.
About the negative comments on the rw9 roommates, I have a hard time imagining myself saying anything about them, if you tell me what you are referencing, I can clear that position up.
The auction is going in to its final minutes and the Virginia Highlands Baptists Church is going to receive alot of support from all of you. I personally thank you. If you want to check out the action just go to... www.ebay.com and enter "real world danny" in the search block.
Take care and enjoy the holidays...
safely!
Paul

Glad to see everyone is awake...-Paul 12/10/2000 09:07:7

Jo from Germany...
What a great place, spent alot of time there and the Christmas season is beautiful and cold. The polls are interesting to read, people write the most unusual things. To each his own.
It was great to hear all the news on Kelley, we just spoke to her two days ago. She didn't mention anything about the marriage, the pregnancy or the new teaching job. Probably she is just waiting for the perfect time to tell us.
The auction is on its last day, there has been so much support. Again if you want to check it out, go to www.ebay.com and enter REAL WORLD DANNY in the search block. ####, I sound like a used car salesman. The sweater and the bowl mean alot to him and I think that the Virginia Highlands Baptist Church needs the money more than he needs the "things". Hope everyone is doing well, and the season is not taking its toll on the pocket books. Remember thought over the dollar. "It's hard to do, but why do anything easy?" Pathetic, it smells like a forest with all the Christmas things we have. Take Care and since Danny is gone, I will write soon.
Paul
 

A little info...-Paul 12/9/2000 16:03:38

Its good to see that the board is picking up and we are starting to recognize all the regulars (you know who you are). Anyway the auctions are going well and would just like to remind everybody that it's going to a good cause. We would love to do the auction thing as long as we can make money for the church, but like all good things, even this has to come to an end. So far all the fans have raised in the neighborhood of $4,000, incredible (if you want to check the things out go to www.ebay.com and type in REAL WORLD DANNY in the search block). That Doc Chey's Bowl and that damn grey sweater are earning a good penny.
We took a look at the website that's been posting on the board, recommend that everyone check it out. Cracked me up seeing that picture of Danny at 5, damn cute though. What is up with the feather? Moms do the strangest thing. Hope everyone has a great holiday season and take care of yourselves.
Paul
P.S. By the way Danny will be working in Las Vegas this week. Hopefully I will not be a slave to this board. He is speaking at some schools in Washington State (Centralia) and in January in Oregon (University of... and Western Oregon University) and thats just the next two months.

Posted by Paul and Danny 12/5/2000

Meeting anyone you ultimately get along with is difficult. Have you ever considered, that if you are standing in a group of ten that three of those people have had some experience that is right up the "gay perverbial alley". By the way your the one gay person. Now out of twenty... you do the math (that's hope).
The only people you will immediately have "some" idea about are the extremes and very stereotypical (and even with that you take your chance). People develop stereotypes from those who scream the loudest, butso many are quit as mice (We guess, the ones you are looking for). Stereotypical people have chosen to be that way because it is a helpful tool to identify themselves ( like driving a mercedes to scream "RICH"). Now that we have told you that going out and finding someone compatible is next to impossible, we want to give you some light at the end of the tunnel. We were at the end of our ropes and our stories were very similar. We both were about to give up ever finding the one, when low and behold... we did. We hate to sound "typical" (we're not), it will hit you like a ton of bricks. From the blind side, you know the one.
Take Care and Good Hunting,
Paul and Danny
(oh here is the disclaimer...This is only an opinion, here to stay unless someone else can provide a better argument!)

Posted by Paul and Danny 12/5/2000

Hey all you boarders (addicts to say the least), Been entertaining reading all the posts...interesting. We got all your messages read, some of you need to stop the mud slinging. "Can'twe all just get along?" All types come to the board young and old, I think those with alot of experience can help those without. Growing up as kids, we all could've used the help.
The speaking tours are going well and here are some of the futures...
1. Quinnipiac University,CT 3 FEB 01
2.Centralia College, WA 15 FEB 01
3. Western Oregon, OR 24 JAN 01
4.Rhode Island Univ., RI 20 FEB 01
5. "Say What..." Las Vegas TBA
Now if we butchered any of your schools or abbreviations for states ("apology insert here", its been a while since grade school). Hope everything is going well for the holiday season. Remember celebrate whatever you are into this month and celebrate safely (We're so politically correct).
love (we cordially use this word),

Danny and Paul