Cast of Characters

I may occasionally forget to preface someone’s name in these here blogs with “my sister” or “my friend” or similar descriptive phrase. If you’re ever confused…

Missy - My sister. A few years older than I am, she introduced me to shoes, classic movies, and NuWave music… when it was still nu.

D+M - My father and his wife. I love these people. I’m not trying to be coy by using their initials, it’s really how I refer to them. They call me G.

Mandy - My Bestest Friend In The Whole Wide World. We’ve known each other since high school, and have barely lived in the same state since. She knows me better than anyone else, and likes me anyway. Note to any HR Directors in the greater M/SP area: Amanda is currently working on her MA in Business Communication, and is misutilized by her current employer. I’ve been begging her to leave, but she is completely loyal to the company. You’d be remiss to not headhunt her.

Erin - My partner in crime. Well, more like my manager in crime. An inspiration for outrageously complicated costumes, I once created a dress out of beaded curtains for one of her parties. To be fair, she was wearing an outfit she’d made from Venetian blinds. And hers was way cooler.

Tim - Erin’s husband, my friend, and the patience of a saint. Musician and web coder, he introduced me to Jim-and-ginger.

Scott - Co-worker, brief roommate, and good friend. The Venn diagrams of our musical taste and hobbies barely touch, but we get along anyway.

Megan and Joe - Also known in my posts as Peek Photography, these two saw the vintage gal in me and encouraged me to show her off on everyday occasions. Also, Megan’s shoe collection dwarfs mine.

Dave and Jessi - Neighbors who became my friends. Dave is a tech writer and is my personal happy-to-help IT guy. I owe him dinners. Jessi and I occasionally run off together to the fabric store and disappear for hours. I probably owe Dave dinners for that, too.

Alison and Jay - A couple of hoodlums whom I met when they crashed my New Year’s Eve party. Then I joined their bowling team, and the rest fell together nicely.

Nick and Linda - Originally referred to here as Whipped Cream Guy and Whipped Cream Guy’s Wife, Nick and I have since determined that we are actually twins, separated at birth. He claims to be the cooler sibling, but that’s only because I can’t grow rad sideburns.

Timber - Friend, then boyfriend, and back to friends. Honestly, when you consider how compulsive his demand for perfection is, I consider it a compliment that I lasted as his girlfriend for as long as I did. He lives in Boulder, which has its own orbit, so I rarely see him. We email frequently.

Carrie - Started as my massage therapist, but through a mutual recognition of cute shoes and stupid boy tricks, now my friend. Moved to L.A. just when we should have been hanging out at the Skylark together. I forgive her. Sort of.

There are many other Valuable Players in my life, but I don’t think they all get written about. If I ever leave you wondering, please feel free to request a brief bio of the person in question.