Hi guys! Can you believe the year 2000 is almost over and that the holidays are just around the corner? Unbelievable! Well, they DO say time flies when you�re havin� fun, and this year has DEFINITELY been fun if you are a Josh Duhamel fan! You may remember in the first official "JanOnJosh" feature posted here a few weeks ago, I mentioned a birthday/anniversary book I created for Josh to present to him at Super Soap Weekend, inside which were numerous greetings and well-wishes for Josh emailed to me from fans all over the country. Well, to those of you who sent greetings, Josh says THANKS in a really big way! Scroll below to read his THANK YOU to EACH OF YOU for your continuing support and dedication! This guy loves his fans!

As we all know by now, November marked the official one-year anniversary of Josh�s debut as "Leo du Pres" on All My Children. The past year has been a series of wacky wisecracks, devilish smirks, snazzy one-liners, dramatic scenes, and of course, let�s not forget the leather pants (hehe), all of which keep us glued to the tube and waiting impatiently for more! What exactly is it about "Leo du Pres" that intrigues us? When Leo first made his entrance into Pine Valley, we were supposed to believe he was bad! But aren�t the bad characters always more interesting? What was it Leo announced when he first arrived in town? "I�m a study in glib." Truer words were never spoken! We were wowed by Leo�s devil-may-care attitude and supposed arrogance, yet intrigued to find out who he really was behind all that continental charm. The character of Leo has been written with lots of layers to him, and I�m sure you�ll agree with me when I say I don�t think All My Children casting could have picked a better person to play the part than our guy Josh. Through all the emotions --joy, sadness, ecstasy(!), alarm, rage, panic, suffering, hopelessness, jealousy (and the list goes on) --Josh has portrayed Leo in such a way for us, the fans, to feel as though they can relate to many of the things Leo has gone through in his life.

Leo�s current storyline on All My Children centers around three women (go figure!): Bianca Montgomery (Eden Riegel), Greenlee Smythe (Rebecca Budig), and Laura Kirk English (Laura Allen). Bianca, who we all know now is gay, has a slight crush on Laura, who is not gay and has a teensy weensy crush on Leo. Enter Greenlee into the mix, (she�s always lurking and scheming!) who�s sun rises and sets on one Leo du Pres. Vixen Greenlee knew that Laura wasn�t just being nice to Leo because she wanted to take his photograph, so she pulled a big stunt at the Incredible Dreams.com party by pushing Laura overboard on the yacht--not knowing that Laura couldn�t swim (and not caring!) I�ve gotten quite a few strong comments via email this week about Greenlee and her "win at all risks" behavior. Is she moving in too fast on Leo, despite the fact he�s admitted he loves her? Do our guy Leo and her even belong together?

Here�s what some of you had to say:

"In the next couple of weeks I really hope that Leo and Greenlee spend the Christmas holidays together, and totally commit to one another � it might even be interesting to see another guy pop into Greenlee�s life And now that Leo loves her, who knows what he would do." -Marianna Paglia

"Leo needs to kick Greenlee to the curb � he continually gives, she continually takes (which is true to her character) but enough is enough. I�d like to see him go solo for a minute or two � he doesn�t need to be tied at the hip (or shoulders, as it were) with every available female on the show!" -Nancy K. "I DO NOT think that Leo should kick Greenlee to the curb. I think they are great, and that the writers need to get these two back to where they were before when they were both schemers and kind of bad. If Leo should kick anyone to the curb, it should be Bianca and Laura." -Becky

"Leo needs a real storyline. Josh is too good to be wasted as Greenlee�s boytoy and Bianca�s big brother. They [the writers] need to give him something that uses Vanessa and David, too. Leo and Greenlee put me to sleep because it is so much like didn�t we just see that the last time they were together? They seem more like a couple of pals than red hot lovers." �Katte

So as you can see, there are certainly a lot of opinions on whether or not Leo should or should not stick around with the conniving Greenlee! We�ve got the Crystal Ball coming up, and we all know that so many interesting things end up happening there that end up shaping the lives of so many Pine Valley citizens for months to come! So the final verdict on Leo and Greenlee? You�ll have to stay tuned to All My Children to find out! And if you have an opinion on what�s going on on the show, write to All My Children Studios, care of ABC! You, as a fan, have a voice! USE IT!

Once again, my name is Janny and this has been my .02. Now how about you?

Bye for now!

Janny

Tune in in two weeks for the "Josh Duhamel Fan�s Christmas Wish List" compiled by, who else, YOU! Please email me with your input at [email protected]. I�d LOVE to hear from you!

OK, my fingers are sore now. I haven't typed this much since typing class my sophomore year in high school. I just want to thank you all again for all of your love and support. It doesn't fall on deaf ears. I know that I can be a little slow in responding to some of your letters, but I want you to know that I read everything and appreciate you all so much. I wish you all a Merry Christmas. Over and out." --Josh

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