Amy sue Stories

(Late 1990s) I don’t remember if we were planning to go for a bike ride when we left the house, or if we were just out randomly looking for something to do that day, but Brandon and I ended up renting bikes and exploring some trails around a small town outside of Orlando. We liked to find such activities to spend our days off together. Towns like Clermont and Winter Garden were often our destination for lunch or antiquing...

(Mid 1980s) It was the summer after my junior year at the University of Florida. I was back home on Hilton Head Island auditioning with the hope of landing a part in another summer theater production. At a callback I ran into Joanne, a girl I knew from church, and she was in the show I did the previous summer. She was nice, but we were not really friends. So, I was taken aback when she was excited to see me and invited me...

(Mid 1990s) Soon after moving in with my new boyfriend, Brandon, we decided to join a gym. It was my idea because I was trying to get into good shape while hoping to land a role in a small independent film, a caveman movie, in which the entire cast would be nude. (A story for another time.) Working out together at the gym became a regular routine for us (although, it didn’t really last long). But when this was a thing, I...