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It Hasn't Changed Much Since Fifth Grade By John Craft Letting it all hang out for Leslie Goldman    Byron by Nature? by Audrey Keeldar Earning your letter can be expensive   How Do I Like Thee? By Ken DuBois Getting over the hump   Personals by Greg Coyle Love's Lost and Found   Bus One Seven by Roderick Armageddon Boiling Point: An interview with Slice co-author Jeremy French    Out of Sites by Jeff Gores   Good web sites or good laughs? Find them both here.   Firebox by Stacy Westbrook A glimpse of Heavenly Creatures

Crush
Love is like... crazy
By Kent Lewis

When was the last time someone took a liking to you? I recall a painful, nearly completely repressed memory of Kim Preston taking a shine to me in seventh grade. My friends told me she thought I was cute. That sent me into a tizzy for two days. When I finally mustered the courage to write her a note and hand it over in the lunchroom admitting interest, I was countered with a very public, very crushing, "It was just a joke, I was just kidding." I didn’t ask anyone else on a date for five long years. Luckily for us, John Craft has a much more soothing story to tell.

The stakes in love (and hate) increase exponentially when graduating to high school. Audrey Keeldar outlines just such an encounter senior year with a mysterious, aloof senior with a penchant for ski masks and letterman jackets. Trust me, the ending is better (or should that be bigger?) than The Crying Game.

Poetry has long been a venue for extolling the virtues and indecencies of love. In classic but effective iambic pentameter, Ken DuBois explores relationships, once you get past all the B.S. (in the courting phase, that is).

If you’re having trouble even getting to the courting phase, then Anvil’s Personals are your saving grace. Choose from a wide selection of chance encounters, perhaps one of them is even about you (especially if you frequent state fairs).

Relationships frequently involve acting. This is certainly the case with this month’s Bus One Seven. Roderick takes you on a journey of the mind in his smash-hit one-act play.

Whether you’re in or out of a relationship, advice can be helpful. And there’s no better place to find relationship experts than the Web. Jeff Gores gives us a few ideas on where to find help finding love, even if it involves looking in a mirror.

When the Web can’t quench your thirst for advice, stimulation or boredom, then consider turning to the big screen. Stacy Westbrook gives us a very personal perspective on "Heavenly Creatures" (now on DVD!). It’s a real closet case.

Not up for reading any of the articles? Don’t have time for a movie review? We have the solution for you: The Anvil Gallery. Check out more of those fancy DX Photos and a new multimedia comic strip by Ken DuBois and friends. If you don’t laugh, you’re probably sleeping, French or dead.