- The Penny Post
- "Big Bri(an)" a nickname his friends game him, not mine. was from maryland, i think? early on in my freshman year. lucky to do so because holy poley. Gave me the “failure is impossible” button
- Ben Curran - the letter i got from him while he was on some kind of "character-building" ship journey that summer, and then he never came back to bapst
- Beth Nelson - my spiritual doppelganger
- Brandyn Dudley. Justin’s sometimes gf. jaimie dated her jocky but bookish boyfriend for a while
- Bridget ?? - thanks for the vodka, that was an experience
- Brother Scott. Older but sweet and harmless burnout who used to hang out with us high school kids at jaimie's apartment. "never go straight -- always go forward" :)
- Chad Hardacker ("rain" essential oil, making my leather jacket smell divine)
- Christine Smolski
- Duncan Dwyer (sorry, roommate from Mystic, CT)
- Eric Furry of Pro Libris
- Eric Knuble - friend of Nate's, effed Kerry, amazing guitarist
- Eric Loring - my third kiss, in the dark, behind the curtains on the bapst stage
- i'm so upset i can't remember his name. he transferred after just 2 yrs at bapst. incredible artist, loved to draw birds. lived with his grandparents. drew me something gorgeous in my sketchbook as a memento before he left, a bird, i can't remember what kind. Scott...something. PARTRIDGE. SCOTT PARTRIDGE. how fitting he liked to draw birds
- Jake (the snake!) - second kiss? slow dancing? omg i'm really embarrassed for my freshman self
- James Lindsay (Crazy Jim). he might have been nuts but we had some moments. he was capable of sweetness. that shower in our dorm was outstanding. "snow bunny" I think I found his obit.
- Jeff Kelly - pre-Leanne. that slow dance omg. geez that was awkward. he used to call me and just kind of babble at me? i didn't realize he liked me that way, i thought he was just being friendly? because i was an idiot, yes??
- Jessica & Matt Powers. Jessica has passed, ‘23. Goddammit. I was too late.
- Joe King - study hall. i was a sophmore, he was a junior, i was an idiot for being too shy to talk to him more
- Joel…I can’t remember. His lung collapsed that fall. i was a fuckup and a huge jerk. sorry man.
- John DeCesere - i hope for the best
- John Hodgins
- junior year in hs, guy who lent me Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence, was there for like 2 months then transferred
- Kerry (Scotland), the furry muck addict
- Kris Meuller
- Leanne Braziller - where is she?
- Lisa (Rush?) from DeKalb. the wedding and the motel! Modern English, the Gothfathers, tons of great music! Jolt!!
- Liz ?? - Toad the Wet Sprocket
- Matt ??, Haut. UMO - invited me to his dorm room to lend me his copy of Schrodinger's Cat; gave me an awkward, quick random kiss on the cheek just before we went back to join the others. i guess i really am terrible at reading signals from other people. epilepsy.
- Melanie Baird - dude what the hell, my mom just hated you then
- Mike...Stevens? ginger with a fauxhawk. dated him briefly and he took it a little too seriously. maybe i led him on though, can't remember. biggest date was going to see bill and ted's excellent adeventure, went with jaimie and her boyfriends who was...? rode in the back of a pickup truck on our way there, lol. tristan was with some friends a row or two behind us, which is really awkward in retrospect since mike and i made out for much of the movie
- Nya ?? Newcombe. - just after i graduated, that fun awful party, ugh
- Rick Hanson - first kiss, ew
- Robyn ?? Jones. It was Jones, the River Phoenix fanatic - moved to Florida
- Steve aka Cullen, with that huge scar on his back, supposedly from an accident when he was working at a gas station. Lived in Hermon, then Bangor?
- Susan Rush
- Tad Hooper - such a sweetie
- That guy at the drink stand at the fair, who liked the Replacements and gave me his phone #. Never called him, but kept that slip of paper in "I'll Be You" cassingle forever
- that guy at the portland mall restaurant who was a host, and started recommending bands, in particular Green River, and was at least a few yrs older than me, and after she paid our bill my mom came over with a bitchface
- the blonde girl who also dated Crazy Jim, her pothead dad
- the dark and long-haired boy from my freshman college year. thick glasses. was on lithium because he'd tried to kill himself. we used to just hang out and listen to music and hold hands. he quit college, we exchanged a couple of letters, i sent him a mixtape, he loved the depeche mode song in particular. we lost contact. i still feel guilty, especially because i can't remember his name.
- the guy at the chain cassette store at the mall, when i bought a volcano suns pin and a that petrol emotion tape, who tried to tell me that TPE's older albums were much better
- Theo Koenig - mini-crush. i kind of knew he was gay but i kind of didn't care. that evening we saw Pet Semetary (or was it Night Shift?) (the skull Pez dispenser! Stephen King and son a few rows in front of us, reading their paperbacks until the movie started!) and afterwards just walked around outside in the rain and i almost ruined my suede jacket, was the greatest, and so was that time we went to the fair and he insisted on holding my hand for some reason
- Thor!
- Tom Collins III. i think he might be dead.
- what's-her-name from the best (and only) music store in downtown bangor, wtf was the name of that store, i bought so much stuff there, a NIN poster, my first Volcano Suns LP, a Senseless Things mega poster by James Hewlett, and much more
- my latin teacher teased me for the way i started wearing my hair in 9th grade: "what's that look you're going for, veronica lake?" thankfully i knew who he was talking about.
- Ryan ?, Leclerc. Tom's roommate. Had a shoegaze radio show. Got sick, dropped out, moved to Portland.
- Justin Tompkins, gave me his purple bandanna
- Joel Hall - I finally remembered his last name. Or not. I might be wrong. Why can’t I write this shit down
- Kyle Rankin. UMO. Video guy.
- Kyle McPhereson, Tristan’s best friend
- Burl! Aw he asked me so nicely if we could date. I felt bad turning him down
- Cullen? Kieran? He changed his name, I can’t remember what his given name was. Last time I saw him he arrived at my Bangor apt. with Carl, asking if I knew where to score any opiates. I was mildly offended because no, I certainly did not. I wonder if he made it out alive of that habit.
aug 1 2013 ∞
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