Melissa Explains It All: Tales From My Abnormally Normal Life (36 page)

With my dear friend and
Clarissa
wardrobe dresser, Michele, on her wedding day

My narcoleptic years on the
Sabrina
set

Always curious: me, playing around with the camera on
Sabrina

My twenty-first birthday, with Liz (left) and Trisha (right), pre-barf

Me, Mom, and Trisha, 1998

Between setups on location at the Piazza di Spagna in Rome for
Sabrina Goes to Rome,
with Tara Charendoff Strong, 1998

Lindsay Sloane, Nate Richert, and me in our best rock star gear for “The Band Episode,” 1998

Three peas in a pod: me, Tara Charendoff Strong, and Lindsay Sloane (with Keri Russell in the background to my right)

One of the highlights of my life, meeting the incomparable Shirley Temple Black

Having a laugh with Britney, 1999

I would’ve made a great waitress—on the set of Britney’s “Drive Me Crazy” video, 1999

Showing off my bedroom eyes—and a few other things—for
Maxim
in 1999

With Ashton Kutcher and January Jones at my twenty-third birthday dinner

Eryn, Kimi, Christine—my gang of girls—and me doing one of our many craft projects in the mini yard outside my
Sabrina
trailer