Aloha brah- keep us posted.

WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!

Man, I am so following this story with bated breath. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE CHILDREN? Sorry, I meant to Erik. Or Unpaid Intern.

So yes: Terri Lynn Link just came by, and I now have a poster of Zane hanging up above my computer. When I first met her, Link told me she wanted to give me a "present from Abbygail"--and for a minute, I thought she was angry at us for our Abbygail coverage, and that things were about to get really awkward. (In other words, I thought maybe "present" was some not-so-sneaky code for "dogshit.") BUT! That'll teach me to automatically expect the very worst of people (and dogs)--turns out Link just wanted to apologize for all the crazy-person comments that Abbygail's fans left on Blogtown, and make sure that there were no hard feelings. The sense I got was that she was genuinely just as weirded out and confused by all the fanatical comments as we were. Link wasn't stoked with our review of her movie, for sure (she does hope that we'll like the sequel more), but she also got where we were coming from (e.g., she totally admitted the premiere in Sandy was an utterly bizarre thing to witness). And I think she really felt bad about a lot of the blog comments. She invited us out to some future Abbygail-related events, even (trust me when I say they sound very promising), and even said that Olive, the Mercury's office pug, might be able to interview Abbygail in the future! (Right now my fingers are crossed SO HARD.) She also brought a bunch of Abbygail posters, 'cause she knew we wanted them, and somehow we got on the topic of her motorcycle skills, and then she put on her hot pink leather biking jacket. "You guys are actually pretty cool down here," she told Patrick, who was milling around outside doing god knows what, and then she revved up her motorcycle. "And you can quote me on that!" And then she peeled out, riding back to Sandy, I assume, to get back to work on Abbygail 2. Zane and I are feeling pretty good about the whole situation.

Did she explain about the little Champs and Zanes in the posters?

Wait is that THE Terri Link? If so, I kind of love her. If that's her, she builds custom bikes out of a shop called Siren. What a trip...

She ROCKS and she's GOT BAWLS!!