"Jude?"
"Yeah?" I said. I was cleaning out my closet and had left the door to my room open.
"Can I borrow your giant butterfly costume?"
"It's on my chair; do you want the mask too?"
"Nah, I just need the wings. I'm doing this great piece that was written by umm… that guy, really famous…"
"Shakespeare?"
"Yeah! You're so smart! Thanks!"
That was Nelly, my best friend. She is really into performance art, like me, but hardly knows how to speak in a coherent sentence. My name is Judith Funnie and I used live in a tiny town with my mom, dad, my brother Doug, my sister Dirtbike and Doug's dog Porkchop. We were the all American family. My brother wanted to become a cartoonist and he wanted to marry this girl named Patti. My parents were happy there and so was I, until I heard about this collage! It was perfect for me! Artistic types all over the place! I had just graduated and I was going home to see the all American family, in my old home town (like the song) Bluffington.
"Hey, Doll!"
"Hi Zoë."
"Want to come to the mall with Nelly and me?"
"Yeah, why not."