A Note To Anyone Arriving Late
This was written over the course of about a month in fits and spurts. If you want to avoid all those nasty, descriptive words, I'd suggest visiting the gallery and be done with it. Otherwise, keep in mind that everything appears in reverse order so if you want to read the story from the beginning, scroll to the bottom of the page and start there. I'm using a fairly limited blogging engine which doesn't have the smarts to display things in any other order, so sorry about that. I'm never using this thing again if it makes you feel any better.

Enjoy. And if you want to offer any words of encouragement (too late) or sympathy (the wounds are still fresh), feel free to contact us at the following addresses (displayed in super-secret internet-bot-avoiding format):

jennquintenz AT alumni.usc.edu
jberry AT alumni.usc.edu