Lucas GAYbeel?

I'm sure I am not the only guy in the world who has had the sneaky suspicion that the character, Ryan from High School Musical, is gay. Well it's not really a sneaky suspicion at all, it's quite blatantly obvious, you'd have to be blind not to see it. Firstly, he has a varied assortment of hats, ranging from green, to pink, to patterned. Only a gay guy could have a wardrobe full of accessories such as hats, scarves and shoes (which he has lots of too.) Secondly, he doesn't actually seem interested in any of the girls in the movie, even though most of them are good looking. The movie would be a lot better if Ryan and Troy would just get it on. I mean, why else would Ryan not want Sharpay to be with Troy? Because Ryan fancies him! Third, I don't think there is any guy with a love of musical theatre that wasn't gay. And musical theatre is Ryan's life! He's even won awards for being in show's for christ sake, and has been the male lead for god knows how long. It's also pretty weird that he sings love songs with his sister, just saying. Now if I must go to a fourth reason, then it is the fact that he just generally appears gay in the movie, with his hand gestures, facial expressions, and his voice. For all of these reasons, I love Ryan, and give big props to the inventor of High School Musical (which is Disney, right?) for adding a gay character to the movie, but they lose points for not adding in a smooch with Ryan and another guy (preferably Troy, or Chad.) I know this is a kid's movie, but a quick kiss wouldn't go amiss. Troy and Gabriella get one, so why not Ryan?

Boy Meets Boy, Shelter, and Shank...

Boy Meets Boy.

"Boy Meets Boy" by David Levithan is a beautiful novel about a gay boy named Paul, who meets the boy of his dreams, Noah. In this simple, but lovable book, Levithan shows their growing relationship, without giving too much away too soon, leaving the reader literally shouting at the characters to get together. Other characters throughout the book include 'Infinite Darlene,' the homecoming queen AND star quarterback, 'Joni,' Paul's best friend, who seems to be drifting away, and 'Kyle,' Paul's ex.

Now, I'm only on page 93 out of 223 (chapter 11 of... quite a few, it doesn't say how many there are, and I don't want to count them), but already I feel connected to the characters, and fell in love with the novel from the moment I picked it up. Even the front cover is cute and gentle, with a baby blue background, the author's name written in lower case letters, and three candy love hearts with the words "Boy," "Meets," and "Boy," in the center.

My advice, buy the book, read the book, fall in love with the book. David Levithan is a talented writer, who keeps the reader on their toes, with lots of wit and humour, the greatest concoction (excuse the former slight pun) for any book.

Shelter

"Shelter" is a film which follows just-out-of-high-school Zach, who lives with his father, older sister, and young nephew, and Shaun, Zach's best friend's older brother, who is crashing at his brother's house while he gets over a difficult breakup, as they fall for each other. I don't want to give too much away, but I feel it is my duty to mention that the film has lots of surfing in it, and how hot are surfers? Especially when they are getting it on! "Shelter" is a must-have in your DVD collection, I've had it for about a month now, and I must have watched it beyond 15 times. Which either makes me sad, or normal. Personally, I kind of fell in love with Zach's best friend, Gabe, but unfortunately, in the film he is straight. Anyhoosers, what I'm getting at is... buy the film. You'll love it :)

Shank

I haven't watched "Shank" yet, but I have ordered it from HMV.com, so hopefully it will be here by the weekend. I saw the DVD advertised in both GT Magazine, and Attitude, and from first sight I thought it looked hot! So as soon as I got home (Okay, I'm lying... a couple of days later) I logged into HMV and ordered the DVD, and I can't wait to watch it. In a nutshell, (excuse the bad pun, again... which probably wouldn't have been noticed unless pointed out, and may not even be noticed now) the movie is about a gang who prey on innocent people, mostly homosexuals, (which is not unlike real life, just the other day a group of young chavs on bikes were throwing stones at me for being gay, I wished death upon them) and eventually pick on a French exchange student, only for Cal (a member of the group, who is a closet case) to rescue him, and begins to fall in love with him. Hot much? I think so.