Lovea: Trisha Kendrick, you're one of our stars on the LAH and Dangling.Com web sites. Tell us a little about yourself.

Trisha: First of all, my full name is Patricia Evelyn Kendrick and I was born March 10, 1980. As long as I can remember, I've been just 'Trisha.' Of course when I did something wrong as a child, my parents would call me 'Patricia Evelyn.' I knew I was in trouble then.

Lovea: Okay so you recently turned 21 - quite a milestone. Where did you grow up as a child and as a youth?

Trisha: My parents still live in the same house my dad bought in 1978 in what was then a more rural area of Cobb County, northeast of Marietta off of Canton Highway. We now have subdivisions all around us and the traffic is really getting bad. But I love Cobb County a whole lot. I've made a lot of friends there.

Lovea: Where did you go to High School and what sort of things were you involved with?

Trisha: I started attending Sprayberry High back in 1994. I played flute in the band for a couple of years but decided to get out after my sophomore year. I was in the business club and also Tri-Hi-Y which is sort of like a high school sorority. We did service projects and had fun outings as a group. As a sophomore, I took a basic accounting class and really loved it. I took every business and computer class the school offered and that led me to go to a university with a good business school.

Lovea: You're a Junior at the University of Georgia, about to be a senior in the fall, right? Tell me about what things you're involved in at UGA?

Trisha: I'm a member of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority and live in the chapter house. We have a lot of socials and do various service projects - especially for our main philantrophy - Arthitis Research and also Habitat for Humanity. On Spring Break this year we helped a church down in Ocala, Florida build a house for a poor family. I got to represent our sorority in San Francisco last year at the National Convention. I also attend Gateway Methodist church there in Athens and try to do some things with that group. I'm majoring in Management Information Systems with an emphasis in Accounting. Most of my classes now are in my major and I enjoy that a lot.

Lovea: Now onto some questions that our audience at LAH and Dangling.Com may be wondering. You have an uncanny knack for losing or misplacing a shoe now and then. How long have you been like that?

Trisha: As a child, probably no more than anyone else. Oh, I think I once got out of the sandbox in Kindergarten without one of my tennis shoes and we never did find it. One time when I was a little older, I was doing some exploring at a nearby creek and I stepped in some deep mud and a shoe came off and we were not able to dig it out.

Lovea: When you got older did your problems increase, then?

Trisha: As I approached puberty, I seemed to develop more narrow heels. I had trouble wearing normal loafers and flats without the heel coming off the back and rubbing nasty and painful blisters so I got into the habit of squashing down the backs. About that time - I think it was 1992 - mules came into fashion after years of being out of style. I was probably the first girl in middle school to wear them.

Lovea: What type of mules did you wear and what kind of problems did you have?

Trisha: My first pair was a pair of low-heeled brown mules that covered about half the foot. The leather was designed in a pattern of small squares - you still see this style on occasion. I wore then with thin socks in the winter and barefoot in the summer. Mom later bought me a pair of black smooth leather mules that I usually wore barefoot in the summer. As for problems, the first one I remember was after gym class, the bell was about to ring and I had already dressed and was sitting on the bleachers ready to leave. I had one leg crossed and was dangling one of my mules a little. The class creep, Rich Malone, came by and grabbed the dangling shoe and ran off enticing me to chase him. It came off easily because of the slippery socks I was wearing. I got up to chase him and as I was about to get it back, he tossed it high into the air and it got stuck on the drop down roofing. The bell rang and Rich went to class. I told the gym teacher and she called maintenance and sent me on to math class with one shoe - which was embarrassing. I thought everyone was looking at my one white sock. About 45 minutes later, some office temp brought me my shoe in front of the whole class.

Lovea: Describe your shoe collection.

Trisha: I suppose I have 6 or 7 dozen pairs by now. I've been a size 6 1/2 - 7 since 7th grade so I have accumulated a lot of pairs in that time. I have maybe 6-8 pairs of clogs - mostly for winter, 10-12 pairs of flat-heeled closed-toed mules of various colors and styles, maybe the same number of higher heeled mules (1.5 -3 inches). I have probably 6-8 pairs of flat open-toed slides or thong sandals, a dozen, maybe as many as 16 pair of various higher heeled slides and backless sandals. I do have a few pairs of flats, pumps, slingbacks and boots for when occasion or weather makes backless shoes inappropriate. Of course I have a couple pair of tennis shoes, but I usually don't wear them on social occasions - only actual athletic activity like running or playing tennis or doing work around the yard.

Lovea: Do you have any mateless shoes in your collection - maybe in the back of your closet, in a box somewhere or under your bed?

Trisha: I probably have 5 or 6 like that. At one time I was more inclined to throw away the orphaned shoe (I even threw a clog into San Francisco Bay after one fell off a moving cable car), but then I had an odd occurence where I lost the left shoe in a storm sewer and later lost the right one of the same style of a different pair at a store's shoe department. The two remaining shoes came together to form a new pair. Also, you never know when you'll find that long-lost shoe - I don't give up hope any more.

Lovea: What are some of the single shoes in your collection?

Trisha: Let me think...I have a cute little dark brown backless loafer - I lost its mate at a MARTA subway platform. I lost a blue flat after trying to throw it across the Oconee River - that's long and strange story. There are a few others, I suppose.

Lovea: Do you ever think when you're going somewhere - I better not wear a backless shoe. I might do something to lose one.

Trisha: Not really. I am careful when I choose to wear clogs with socks or dress mules with hose. Actually, the slipperiness is a nice feeling for some reason. I really hate confining footwear. I like to wear what looks feminine and pretty and that sometimes overrules common sense.

Lovea: What's the most embarrassing public shoe loss you've ever had?

Trisha: I guess there's several candidates for that one. Maybe the time I dropped a shoe from the second floor of the mall - I did a lot of walking in one shoe looking for it and many people saw me. The times I've lost a shoe while on a date were also embarrassing.

Lovea: Onto a related topic...shoeplay. Do you do this consciously or is it something you do without thinking?

Trisha: Oh, definitely without thinking. Since my shoes are normally loose, it's a natural instinct to slip them on and off, dangling them off the ends of my toes, stuff like that.

Lovea: Do you ever think about men who may be watching you when you do that.

Trisha: I had not thought about it much until recently. I started noticing how some of my male friends reacted to my shoeplay and shoes coming off. I'm not sure why it does that though. I even tease my friend Jay on occasion by doing it on purpose.

Lovea: As you know there are quite a few male readers of the LAH and Dangling.Com web site who love shoeplay and losing shoes. What is your message to them?

Trisha: My advice to them is to have fun with it but don't cross the line. It's one thing to admire a girl's pretty leg or foot or to like looking at shoeplay but please be subtle - in other words don't stare or ogle - and don't violate the girl's space. Choose friends and acquaintenances for jokes and pranks involving taking or hiding shoes instead of total strangers. Also, don't just date someone because of this one thing. Look for someone who you are compatible with and whose company you enjoy.

Lovea: Okay - and what if any advice do you have for our female readers of LAH and Dangling.Com?

Trisha: My advice to other ladies is to relax and loosen up. Enjoy backless shoes and wear them when you want. You'll discover the comfort they bring. Let me add, though, that if you wear a revealing shoe - especially slides that reveal heels and toes - make them as appealing as possible. Keep them neatly manicured - smooth heels and painted toenails are a must. And unfortunately, some of you should consider if you have nice looking enough feet to wear shoes that are so revealing. Just like all women don't look good in a bikini, either. Of course, for you there's always clogs and socks.

Lovea: That's about all the time we have for our interview. Thanks for your time.