A bit of background on me and mine. And yes, this is my real life, and these are real people, and I'm really not changing much in any way. Now at least you know who I ramble on about.

Cast of Key Players:

Erin: The changeling girl.
Tinker Chaplain (Tinky): The beautiful, arrogant, male chauvinistic, narcissistic cat.
Seiko: Meg's cat. Skittish, allergic to something that makes his eyes runny and sore. Playful and brutish. Occasionally referred to as Bunny or Brute.
Dan: The uber-amazing boyfriend / pseudotherapist. Immensely a computer / science / maths geek.
Mum: The grim, critical mother with the stigma against mental illness.
Daddy: The annoying, forgetful, two-faced father.
Meg (Emmie): The sometimes tolerable, sometimes grating little sister. Follows popular culture.
Daemon: The best friend. Transgender F to M. Deals with depression and ADD on and off. Erin and Daemon have known each other forever and about six years more.
Lena: Another of the very very close friends. Corrupting Erin with music, video games, comic books, television shows, and the like. (Dan is helping Lena with the effort.)
Molly, Morris, Rapper: Kinds of English folk dancing ("ritual" dancing); these are teams that I dance and perform with.
Beastie: My mother's minivan.
Cassiopeia (Cassie): My car. A '93 Buick Century.

EDIT:
There are also some other interesting characters:

Tami: Special Olympic rhythmic gymnast. I coach her.
The very-nice-man-who-gives-me-pills: my psychiatrist.

Now you'll know what I'm talking about if you ever decide to start reading this. If you do.

I don't blame you if you don't ever read it. Really.