Everything comes from nothing. And if I didn't have the parents I have, I would still be a mass of nothingness, and would not be making this right now. So for that, I thank them. I also want to thank my sisters ---- Sany and Danielle ---- for inspiring me and helping me edit some of my work. Thanks to my huge extended families for loving me and being around and being supportive, even though I don't get a chance to see any of you on a regular basis.
Thanks to Maeve Mac for her constant support and willingness to be silly and insane with me at all hours of the day. If it weren't for you, PD, I'd be a stuck-up snot; you helped me learn how to have fun.
Thanks to my kitty Rita who spent many hours on my lap as I typed away at my computer, writing and rewriting and reading and rereading my writing. If it weren't for her, I''d have feeling in my right foot.
Thanks to all my English teachers, especially: Mrs Smircich (for the grammar, even if you were a cranky old lady), Mrs Caruthers (for noticing my talent before I did), Ms Parker (for teaching the class and making it fun, not to mention requiring this project to pass), Mrs Marini (for letting me use personal pronouns in essays), and Mrs Tocci (for showing me some really great literature and being a great advisor).
Thanks also to all my friends in my awesome Art of Writing class, who sat through my pieces and didn't make me feel like a dorky junior. Thanks to the LukeWarmers, too, the ones who have been around for me in the past and present and hopefully  in the future, too. Thanks to my other friends, the non-AHN ones, who listen to me rant and whine and complain on a daily basis and think no less of me.
I want to dedicate this to all the people that I love, even the ones who drive me crazy, because chances are, I drive them nuts, too.
I would also like to acknowledge the use of "Which way to the Vomitorium?: Vernacular Latin for all Occasions" by Lesley O'Mara and Rose Williams and all the many people quoted at various intervals.