[Aran]

Because I'm having a;,pst zero luck with anyone I know.

If I haven't mentioned this before, I'm from New York. Everyone I ask from back home responds to the question like I'm a leper, and then I stop hearing from them.

And these are people who I've known since we were babies running around naked on the beach!

I only have a few passing acquaintances from here in PA, though I've already found one who was happy to vouch for me, and I'm hesitant to ask anyone else, because they don't know me beyond about "His name is Rick, he's a tall, heavyset fellow, and occasionally tells horrible jokes that make everyone groan."

What exactly are they looking for in a character witness, is what I'm trying to get at, I guess. I've got an outgoing hardcore lesbian feminist folk singer for my first one (How she and I manage to be friends I don't know...) but the majority of people I know are typical college students. I'd ask a professor, but the only one I ever was friendly enough with to pop a question like that to... disappeared. Gone from teaching, off Facebook, no forwarding address, etc.

Blah. I'm just frustrated at my unfruitful search.