A not-so-random list of people that I give a damn about.

bethy
One of the few people I allow to see me in my rare down moods, bethy usually drags me out of them, too.

alan
I have only a few people I called friends in high school. Alan is one of them, and also one of the even fewer I care to remain in touch with. I wish my geek skills were as honed as Al's.

tyler
Another thing I have to thank Al for is for introducing me to two of the greatest people I know, one of whom is Tyler. The co-posterboy of Madison By Night all those years ago, Tyler often feels like my evil twin. Or maybe I'm his.

tim
Tim is the other aforementioned excellent person Al introduced me to. For a long time, he's been my model of all that is good and stylin' in being all dark and spooky.

tom
The last of my friends from high school. I suspect he doesn't have a webpage, but if he ever gets one, I'll link away.

nathan
My roomie of 2 years in the dorms, Nathan is definitely the strangest person I know. He is also the only roommate I don't think I ever had any problems with. For someone so very externally different from me, we share too much in common.

skup
Skup is a tall man. He should throw people around more often. Beware...

lila
Since I have space for flattery here, I must mention that Lila has been a wonderful friend to me, offered sage advice on life and relationships, has gone above and beyond the call of duty on influencing and refining my style, and actually laughs at most of my dumb comments. She's one of the most unabashedly honest people I know, not to mention she dresses very snappily.

califia
Strange girl. Unusual fascination with 'getting ass.' She's also extremely cool and for some reason spent lots of time listening to my insecurities about certain crushes.

Scott & Mette
Scott & Mette rule. More later.

jesmia
Although I haven't spoken with Jesmia in a while, I will mention that she writes excellent poetry, a compliment I am not generous with, as I reserve it for only three other (dead) individuals.

bridget
I'm amazed she puts up with Joe. I guess she must actually like him. And she makes nut-goodie bars...

joe
Speaking of Joe, he has a webpage. Here it is.

micol
Micol is a growly and scary and you'd better not mess with her. She also has more talents than I think she knows what to do with.

dustin
I don't know what to say about Dustin, except that he's one of the few people that seems to like Star Wars even more than I do.

eloquence
Since I'm rambling, I should mention my fellow Madisonians, one of whom, eloquence, shares my undying addiction to Star Wars legos. And the answers are Biggs Darklighter, 4 (or 2 laser, 2 ion), and...umm... something else. I forget.

besh
Besh is perhaps one of the oddest people I met in high school. Undeniably weird and geeky, he's the first person who proved to me that it's possible to simultaneously be a geek and be highly cool.

peter
Most of my friends have more of a taste for melodrama, grandiose plots, and so on than I do...Peter outclasses them all (not that this is necessarily bad)...at least we can agree on the quality of epic, yet semi-cheesy fiction.

basinke
Glittery procurer of greenhairstuffs & constantly bouncier than me at my best. I also deny all knowledge of "Xian-disease." If you don't laugh "like a sensible person," it's hardly my fault...

random net.goths

thessaly
Okay, I take back everything I ever said about eBay craziness about this girl, and I must mention I think she does pretty darn good webpage design.

sarai
She of much bluestuff and sockmonkeys!

gnat
Gnat, who I'm not sure if I ever talked to in person, (mainly because I was hardly ever in Madison after I figured out who she was, and cause I'm usually horribly shy) is another one of those crazy Madison people. She probably knows more strange tips than is healthy for her.

eliane
Okay, Sarah actually appears to have a boyfriend named Rob, and he does exist, or at least she was able to pay someone to introduce himself as "Rob".

ice princess
One of my favorite people to read on agf, she also really really likes the Powerpuff girls. So few people understand...