Shannon Olson

29-year old Shanny grew up watching the "Love Boat" on tv and believed that her life would be as neatly accomplished as the one hour show. She has spent the better part of 4 years in therapy trying to find out why her life is not so perfect. Unable to fully commit to her boyfirend Michael, her dull job, graduate school or her thesis, Shanny spends an inordinate amount of time whinig to her mother, whom she has always called 'Flo', and not making any solid decisions about a direction for her life. Maybe this was supposed to the the American version of "Bridget Jones" but it fell rather flat for me. Shanny can be very funny at times but she never seems to take anything very seriously. I am really not sure what made her so dissatisfied with her life.… (more)