Sheridan and Allen.

I didn’t realize I had met Allen several times until after we had started dating. I’m going to blame his various facial hair scenarios.

Perhaps this means that you do get a second chance to make a first impression.

The first time we met, it was in a corridor of the Eastland Hotel in Portland. He was with Dustin, and they were there to act in the 48 hour film festival. Allen was Bum #2. I was Abby Reynolds, and I put a lot of salt on the popcorn. We didn’t make the connection that we were in the same movie until a month after we had started dating.

The second time we met, it was in Paddy Murphy’s. I was having lunch with Putt, and Allen – who also knew Putt – came over to say hello to him. Allen was wearing a shirt that said “Why aren’t we rioting?”. It looked familiar.

The third time we met is a little harder to pin down exactly, because I had seen him with some mutual friends in Woodman’s. I feel like our first conversation was when I told him about something that happened that I thought he would want to write about and he said “That’s not really my beat, but I’ll pass it along.” I felt a little silly in my overenthusiasm, and I remember he seemed quite tall.