Guide to Recurring Characters, Frequent Visitors, and Frequently Used Terms
Alex - a sweet wee Chilean. May sometimes also be referred to as "Alex" for some reason. [www|blog]
Albion - Albion College, my alma mater. About 1600 students in a rinky-dink little town. [www]
Alf - I never have an answer to the bonus question on the Monday Mission so I always relate it to Alf. He was one of my least favorite television characters when I was growing up.
Alfie - my sister. Nicknamed after Alf. [www|blog]
An - Annica, an online friend in Sweden [www|blog]
Ann Arbor - home.
Antoine - the Frenchy downstairs, my senior year at Albion.
assistanat - my position as an English-language teaching assistant in France 2002-03.
Baldwin - Albion's cafeteria.
Becky - see Alfie.
blog - an online journal or another place for someone to post their various opinions, philosophies, or favorite links. Also a verb, meaning to write in one's weblog.
blogger - someone who blogs; also a popular web-publishing tool. [www]
Bob - fellow Albion alum and blogger. [www|blog]
Boyfriend - see Alex.
Cheryl - friend from home (not to be confused with CKane, who is also a Cheryl). Co-author of many an entertaining story.
CKane - a fellow lover of words and language and the other member of the Descriptive Grammarians' Table.
Denz - my partner in crime at the JHAC.
El Patito - see Alex.
Evil Suitemate - the psycho next door who used our towels, hairbrushes, and anything else that wasn't nailed down, my senior year at Albion.
Grenoble - the town in France where I spent the 2000-01 school year.
"Hi Ho!" - click here and prepare to suffer.
Incessantly Talking Girl - a girl in my Women in Art class who... talked incessantly.
ISU - International Student Union - campus organization of which I was the president my senior year at Albion.
JDay - another faithful reader of srah blah blah. A former Albion student now being kept busy reading srah's blog instead of destroying the world with pharmaceuticals.
JH - John Hannah: my favorite actor and good-natured victim of a fan site I created. [www]
JHAC - online fan club for John Hannah. [www]
John Hannah - see JH.
Katie - online buddy, located in Vermont. [www|blog]
Krista - fellow Albion blogger. [www|blog]
Legolas - my response to the Boyfriend's Gandalf-crush. May also be spelled "Legless".
Mr Enlow - the first blogger who ever linked to me! [blog]
Pippin - my favorite Hobbit. Can't resist a Scottish accent!
RAbid Bitch - my RA from my senior year at Albion.
RHA - Residence Halls Association. Disastrous campus organization of which I was the secretary my senior year at Albion.
Rob - Alex's roommate, always on hand with a quote from Saturday Night Live or something equally non-sequitur-ish.
Roommate - my camarade de chambre. She has a name, but we don't use it much. [www|blog]
Sophie - my French host sister.
srah - college student by day, college student by night. Enjoys words and languages. Also enjoys reading comments to her blog *hint hint*. Is known to babble to herself in French and bemoan her impending entrance to the job-market.
weblog - see blog.