Line	Speaker	St Time	Content	En Time
1	DCB_int_01	0.4754	And birthday?	1.2215
2	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	1.7717	Twelve twenty three,	2.9001
4		2.9934	nineteen eighty three.	4.2605
5	DCB_int_01	6.7925	And where were you born?	7.6178
6	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	7.7950	<ts>	7.9116
8		7.9815	Was born and raised in Washington DC.	10.2617
10		10.7222	Um, more specifically,	12.0837
12		12.2143	I was, uh, born in Columbia Hospital For Women,	15.4084
14		16.0740	which is now	16.8434
16		17.1465	a Whole Foods.	18.2609
18		18.5827	Nope, Trader Joes.	19.7531
19	DCB_int_01	21.5110	And what neighborhood did you grow up in?	22.9320
20	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	23.1698	I grew up east of the river.	24.5780
22		24.6759	Um,	25.2308
24		25.4873	<ts>	25.6225
26		25.6971	there was a	26.8349
28		27.5389	uh, housing	28.4249
30		28.7175	uh, area called Stanton Hill Apartments.	31.5013
32		31.6365	Now it's called Stanton Glen.	32.8675
33	DCB_int_01	39.5389	And have you lived in the District all your life?	41.3470
34	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	41.5102	<ts>	41.6967
36		41.9345	I-	42.4101
38		42.8391	I've-	43.3474
40		44.7836	DC has been my home base all of my life,	47.5340
42		47.6501	but I've bounced around a bit.	48.9184
43	DCB_int_01	49.5572	What are some other places you lived?	50.9421
44	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	50.9607	<ts> Um, I lived in Baltimore for a while,	53.2491
46		53.4263	and	54.1210
48		54.4241	there was a while when I was on tour,	56.2846
50		56.4572	uh,	56.8209
52		56.9654	performing,	57.5949
54		58.0600	and I wasn't really	59.1325
56		59.3423	living anywhere. I was just kind of everywhere.	61.1749
57	DCB_int_01	62.1447	And how many years would you say you were doing that?	64.6767
58	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	65.1745	<ts>	65.2351
60		65.3050	Uh, that was about a year.	66.3355
61	DCB_int_01	66.6853	That was about a year? And how [long] did you live in Baltimore?	68.4292
62	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	67.4453	[Yeah.]	67.6365
64		68.3965	<ts>	68.5411
65		68.6343	I lived in Baltimore for about a year as well.	70.2897
66	DCB_int_01	70.3818	Okay.	70.7268
68		76.3352	Um, where'd you go to school?	77.4263
69	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	78.6666	Which- uh,	79.5479
71		79.7297	<laugh> which level?	80.7369
73		81.1613	Um- <laugh>	82.0472
74	DCB_int_01	82.2279	Let's [go through 'em.]	83.0486
75	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	82.4424	[I went-]	83.0253
76		83.3144	Okay.	83.6594
78		83.8972	Cool.	84.1677
80		84.3915	Alright well,	85.3194
82		85.4546	we'll start	85.9302
84		86.0748	from the beginning.	86.8209
85	DCB_int_01	86.9794	Okay.	87.4970
86	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	87.6077	I went to /RD-SCHOOL-2/ Elementary School.	89.0859
87	DCB_int_01	89.1232	Mm-hm.	89.4535
88	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	89.3834	<ts>	89.4356
89		89.4636	Um,	90.2050
91		91.0070	and then, after /RD-SCHOOL-2/,	92.7416
93		93.2079	went to /RD-SCHOOL-1/ Junior High School,	94.7641
95		95.3050	which recently got knocked down.	96.7832
97		97.2728	<ts>	97.3520
99		97.3847	Um,	98.1168
101		98.6856	then,	99.2125
103		99.5669	I went to	100.4992
105		100.9063	/RD-SCHOOL-2/,	101.6874
106	DCB_int_01	101.9392	Mm.	102.2843
107	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	102.2003	/RD-SCHOOL-5/,	103.3194
108		104.1074	and /RD-SCHOOL-2/.	105.4877
110		106.1393	And then closed out	106.9460
112		107.0766	high school	107.8180
114		107.9812	at	108.4708
116		109.0443	/RD-SCHOOL-14/ High School.	112.1405
117	DCB_int_01	117.8840	And then	118.6441
119		119.0719	did you go to college?	119.9532
120	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	120.4381	I went to college for a little bit.	121.6645
122		122.0188	Um,	122.6623
124		122.8349	for a stint	123.6042
126		123.8782	I attended /RD-SCHOOL-8/.	126.5454
128		127.1003	I- as well as /RD-SCHOOL-2/.	128.3872
130		130.1498	But	130.3363
132		130.7595	<ts>	131.0019
134		131.2118	it wasn't for me. Um,	132.8205
136		133.2262	I didn't	133.6085
138		133.7577	actually want to be there	135.4923
140		135.7488	at	135.9539
142		136.1626	either- either one of those times.	137.8553
144		138.3915	Um,	138.9557
146		141.0680	I felt like if I had a break-	142.4331
148		142.5916	if I had taken the break,	143.9019
150		144.1583	um, and had a gap year,	145.6691
152		146.2100	I actually would have finished	147.7243
154		147.8689	school.	148.3072
156		148.9087	But	149.0766
158		149.4729	I neve-	149.8226
160		150.0931	I had been in school non-stop.	151.6411
162		151.9163	I never, you know, missed anything for real,	154.0239
164		154.5496	and I never got that break.	155.5848
166		155.8646	So,	156.1537
168		157.2914	I wanted it.	157.7717
170		157.9815	<laugh> I demanded it!	159.0633
171	DCB_int_01	159.3151	And you took it, and that's okay.	160.6662
172	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	160.7362	Yep yep yep.	161.3237
173	DCB_int_01	161.3470	Um,	161.6687
175		162.4894	what do you currently do?	163.4081
176	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	163.5852	<ts>	163.6971
178		163.7391	Uh, I am the Youth Health Educator under Social Mobilization	167.5428
180		168.0604	for /RD-WORK-5/.	169.5945
182		170.0935	Um,	170.6763
184		171.0307	<ts>	171.1240
186		171.3897	also, uh,	172.4436
188		173.0766	known as the /RD-WORK-6/.	174.8904
190		175.5246	Uh, we work	176.5364
192		177.1333	to provide HIV prevention education for youth thirteen to twenty-four.	180.9557
194		181.4546	Um,	181.7857
196		181.9489	I s-	182.1960
198		182.7416	more specifically	183.6648
200		183.8875	do- uh, I plan events,	185.7200
202		186.1257	uh, geared around HIV testing.	188.2287
204		188.5737	<ts>	188.6297
206		188.6390	Uh,	189.0400
208		189.2172	but	189.4224
210		190.4284	I plan	191.4356
212		191.6361	cultural	192.4661
214		192.5780	and fun	193.2681
216		193.4826	events,	194.1214
218		194.4292	uh, where we offer HIV testing	196.3270
220		196.6616	uh, in hopes of normalizing,	198.4894
222		198.6480	uh, testing.	199.2681
223	DCB_int_01	199.8408	Gotcha.	200.4618
225		201.3151	Um,	201.8141
227		202.3818	what about your parents?	203.7107
229		203.9112	Where were they born?	204.7692
230	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	205.1562	Uh, as far as I know,	207.6695
232		207.9761	my father was born in the area.	209.8459
234		210.5640	Um,	211.2308
236		211.9489	<ts>	212.0375
238		212.1867	he currently resides in Maryland,	214.3456
240		214.4937	um,	215.0159
242		215.8832	near New Carrollton.	216.8811
243	DCB_int_01	217.1049	Mm-hm.	217.5589
244	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	217.3854	<ts>	217.4855
245		217.8696	Um, my mom,	219.1519
247		219.3291	I believe was born in Shenandoah,	221.4403
249		221.7667	Virginia,	222.4847
251		222.7272	and then moved up here shortly after.	225.2778
253		226.3491	Most of my family's from Shenandoah, Virginia.	228.4241
254	DCB_int_01	228.9883	Gotcha.	229.3474
256		229.5805	And what did you parents do?	230.4851
257	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	231.0354	Uh, my mom	232.1591
259		232.5776	at- works as a patent clerk,	234.0791
261		234.5127	uh,	235.0769
263		235.3800	for the,	236.2193
265		237.0960	uh, /RD-WORK-7/,	238.6289
266	DCB_int_01	238.6103	[Mm-hm.]	238.9553
267	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	238.8434	[US] Gov.	239.6361
268		240.1863	Um, my father	241.5339
270		241.9769	is currently- um,	243.8280
272		245.2864	he's- he's	246.1770
274		246.7552	healing from a stroke,	248.1168
276		248.3639	and so	249.0027
278		249.2965	not really working right now.	250.4436
279	DCB_int_01	252.8112	So let's talk about- we're gonna go	254.4805
281		255.1146	from the	255.9633
283		256.8434	beginning.	257.5568
284	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	257.9252	<ts> Okay.	258.3262
285	DCB_int_01	258.6713	Um,	259.5619
287		262.7362	your childhood home,	263.8273
289		264.5967	Stanton Hill,	265.3367
290	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	265.6038	Stanton Hill.	266.2800
291	DCB_int_01	267.1100	tell me about it.	267.8327
292	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	268.4377	Um,	269.0766
294		271.0083	the apartment was cool.	272.5178
296		272.8955	Um, (laughing)	273.6509
298		274.4377	like, uh,	275.3470
300		275.5895	who- who lived there? I had	277.1888
302		278.1862	my mom,	278.9869
304		279.7709	grandmother,	280.5170
306		280.7455	great-grandmother, and my uncle.	282.5174
308		283.2774	Um,	283.9116
310		287.8040	believe it was a	289.9862
312		290.4152	two-bedroom and a den.	292.2477
314		293.6303	And	294.4894
316		295.3707	me and my mom slept in the same room.	297.2172
318		299.8459	I believe my grandmother	301.4080
320		301.7531	and	302.5504
322		302.8255	great-grandmother slept in the same room for a while	305.4356
324		306.3775	until she passed.	307.5712
326		308.5970	No,	309.0493
328		309.9108	there were three bedrooms.	311.3936
330		312.6759	I had to think that	313.3754
332		313.5339	through.	313.8510
334		314.1681	Yeah, there were three bedrooms	315.6509
336		315.9773	and a den.	316.4948
338		316.9833	My uncle slept in the den.	318.0511
340		319.1562	Um,	319.9023
342		320.8861	third floor	321.7255
344		324.7179	corner.	325.2914
346		328.0041	And it was- uh,	328.8760
348		329.1278	like I enjoyed my- my	330.8298
350		331.5805	early childhood.	332.6017
352		332.8115	Like that was real cool.	333.9166
354		334.0694	Um,	334.6149
356		335.0346	I really	335.7060
358		335.9718	enjoyed having s- all that family around me.	338.6950
360		339.2219	Um, I was a only child.	340.4809
362		341.6967	My	342.6246
364		344.1214	uncle	344.7789
366		345.1892	was kind of wild.	346.1813
368		346.7175	Like-	347.0346
370		347.1465	or- he still is kind of wild,	348.6992
372		348.8205	but he is less wild now.	350.1914
374		351.7907	<ts>	351.9027
376		352.0507	Yeah.	352.3958
378		352.6056	Stanton Hill,	353.2771
380		354.9277	it-	355.0956
382		355.2774	I imagine cause I- I don't have actual facts on this,	358.4482
384		358.8481	but like,	359.3750
386		360.0045	I know it was- it was jie,	361.5153
388		361.6411	thugly.	362.2287
390		362.7602	There were- there times when like, you know,	364.5963
392		364.9263	you c- you had to play the game of, uh,	366.6853
394		366.7781	cherry bomb, firecracker or gun.	368.7929
396		369.2685	You never know which one b-	370.2897
398		370.7362	was which.	371.3190
400		371.8972	Um, not at that age.	372.9930
402		373.6038	Um,	374.1494
404		374.8209	but it was- it was alright.	375.7954
406		376.5916	I was alright.	377.0206
408		378.1863	Um,	378.7226
410		379.6924	coming out	380.1820
412		380.3173	of Stanton Hill Apartments,	381.7628
414		382.5730	there was like the Bruce Place	385.0256
416		385.3334	sort of neighborhood,	386.5458
418		387.3058	and then,	388.1171
420		389.1465	<ts>	389.2444
422		389.3237	oh man.	390.0791
424		390.1956	It was a project that they knocked down like about ten-	393.0587
426		393.5856	ten years ago.	394.4669
428		395.1045	Um, so I don't remember where that is, but it was right across the street from Turner Elementary.	398.7043
430		399.1426	My mom was like, no,	400.1638
432		400.5310	you are not going to Turner Elementary.	402.0091
434		402.4847	It's too much.	403.1935
436		403.6458	The bamas is crazy.	404.6623
438		405.0260	I was like,	405.3431
440		405.5063	you right.	405.8747
442		406.7921	I'm not going to Turner	407.6641
444		408.0045	cause those bamas are crazy.	409.1189
446		409.8556	Um,	410.7789
448		411.6275	<ts>	411.7441
450		412.2232	yeah.	412.5543
452		413.0719	Other things,	413.8319
454		415.1888	there was a cut that you could take through the woods,	417.5949
456		418.0507	and it would open up	418.8994
458		419.1418	to	419.7014
460		419.9159	a playground.	420.6992
462		421.7344	And the playground had this	423.7068
464		423.8187	ridiculously large, or at least, at the time it seemed ridiculously large,	428.2193
466		428.6577	um, steel rocket.	430.4342
468		431.0859	It looked kind of like a bomb pop.	432.5407
470		433.3334	And I would hop into the-	435.0960
472		435.1892	into the rocket and try to climb all the way to the top.	437.0393
474		437.4729	Remember being a little kid	438.5827
476		438.7505	and being scared to go all the way to the top.	440.4851
478		440.7136	And then getting a little bit older, maybe around seven,	442.8108
480		443.3237	um,	443.6641
482		444.1583	and then	444.4801
484		444.8205	climbing all the way to the top and just kind of hanging out there and that being my spot.	448.3083
486		449.6594	Um,	450.2656
488		451.6178	and then,	452.6017
490		453.0120	a little bit later as a child,	454.2792
492		454.8900	I came back	455.5335
494		455.6408	and that joint was knocked down. I was like, oh no.	457.4966
496		458.2800	Where did the bomb pop go?	459.6882
498		460.3631	Um,	460.9973
500		462.4568	but they had closed down that neighborhood back there	464.5498
502		464.8722	by then.	465.4550
504		466.4191	And so	466.8574
506		467.2864	that was Stanton Terrace.	468.8718
508		469.6691	They shut that down,	470.5411
510		471.2265	and so there was no reason to even have all that stuff back there.	473.9718
511	DCB_int_01	475.1702	What's there now?	475.7717
512	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	476.2287	<ts>	476.3546
514		476.4152	Um,	477.1752
516		477.5518	there's some houses.	478.6254
518		479.2677	I hear it's mixed income,	480.2423
520		480.9977	so.	481.2681
522		481.8883	Um, and that's been there for about	483.5716
524		484.3538	I th- I feel like it may have been seven years. It may actually be longer.	488.0002
526		488.4059	Cause my concept of time is kind of skewed now.	490.7528
528		491.2398	Um,	491.6268
530		491.8739	I hit thirty,	492.5174
532		493.0396	and was like, oh wait,	493.9676
534		495.1659	what year is this?	496.0099
536		496.1533	And when (laughing) did this happen?	497.7480
538		498.4894	So,	498.7552
540		499.4500	yeah.	499.7297
541	DCB_int_01	500.1587	So	500.4851
543		500.6577	you were the only child.	501.7150
545		501.8735	Did you-	502.5357
547		502.7175	I know you had your big bomb pop,	504.1350
549		504.6386	[did you] have	505.5199
550	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	504.6526	[Mm-hm.]	504.9557
551	DCB_int_01	505.7484	any other neighborhood kids that you played with or	507.6450
553		507.9528	was it mostly grown-ups that you hung around?	509.6501
554	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	509.8086	Um, I didn't hang out with a lot of neighborhood kids,	513.2825
556		513.5436	just cause them-	514.1405
558		514.2978	they-	514.4750
560		514.7614	like I said, they were jie,	516.1090
562		516.2116	they were jie wild.	517.0369
564		517.5440	Um,	518.1222
566		519.2180	unfortunately,	520.0900
568		520.2672	they were the kids that didn't have like,	522.1743
570		522.5147	a lot of folks	523.2747
572		523.4554	looking out for them.	524.2901
574		524.7704	So	525.3579
576		526.6682	they were just doing stuff that I didn't really care for.	528.8924
578		529.1477	So,	529.4939
580		530.6351	yeah.	530.9709
582		531.5584	And	532.3045
584		533.5868	hm,	533.8805
586		534.9157	I hung out a lot with my cousins.	536.4766
588		536.6258	Like a lot-	537.1201
590		537.5397	a lot of my cousins and the kids from school. So I went to /RD-SCHOOL-2/ Elementary,	541.3353
592		541.7026	and /RD-SCHOOL-2/	542.8123
594		543.0035	was	543.7542
596		544.0573	in close proximity to two other,	546.2162
598		546.7012	uh, major neighborhoods.	548.5139
600		548.9382	Um,	549.5118
602		550.0060	Woodland Terrace and	551.7453
604		552.4650	<ts>	552.5418
606		552.6312	what was it? It's Woodland,	553.9124
608		554.4766	it's right there.	555.2460
610		555.9920	No, it's Woodland Terrace is right here,	558.8504
612		559.3715	and	560.3321
614		560.7051	<ts>	560.8543
616		561.4978	what it- Langston Lane.	562.4397
618		563.0132	That's what it was.	563.8012
620		564.1510	Uh, Langston Lane and Woodland.	565.5032
622		565.9404	And so,	566.4346
624		566.5652	all of my	567.3905
626		568.2625	classmates	569.0692
628		569.1604	f- in elementary school, were from those two communities.	571.9917
630		572.3694	And for a while,	573.0408
632		573.3392	there was a time in the nineties that was ridiculous.	575.4282
634		575.6940	Like,	575.9411
636		576.6499	Woodland Terrace is right here.	578.0430
638		578.6258	Langston Lane is right here.	579.8428
640		580.3977	But they got beef.	581.1857
642		581.8525	So,	582.3701
644		582.5706	they ended up	583.2094
646		583.3435	shooting	584.0383
648		584.1269	at the ice cream truck every day.	585.8009
650		586.3697	It was just real nonsense. And my church was right here,	588.5986
652		589.0964	and my school was there.	589.9590
654		590.3321	So it was just all	591.3066
656		591.3952	kind of ridiculous.	592.1972
658		592.5796	But	592.7521
660		592.8547	those were my friends. They l-	593.9505
662		594.0391	they lived in these two neighborhoods.	595.6419
664		595.8611	And,	596.4766
666		597.2833	<ts>	597.3486
668		597.3812	um,	597.8941
670		598.0433	you know,	598.3744
672		599.6753	We ended up going our separate ways toward junior high school and high school because	603.7636
674		604.2811	they were into stuff that	605.3210
676		605.6241	I was not getting into.	606.7198
678		607.2421	Um, a whole lot of thug and gang and this that and the third.	611.0319
680		611.7406	Um,	612.0903
682		612.3421	now I know they are just mimicking what they were seeing,	614.4953
684		614.7797	like seeing in the household.	615.9454
686		616.3837	Um,	616.8640
688		617.7220	it was one boy who,	619.0276
690		620.1642	he would like,	621.1667
692		622.4723	put white-out	623.1391
694		623.2883	on the desk,	623.9505
696		624.3142	and then scrape the white-out,	625.5483
698		625.6886	and then snort the white-out.	626.8077
700		627.3439	And it's like,	627.8941
702		628.4816	you know,	628.8687
704		629.0132	that's learned behavior.	630.1696
706		630.4494	That's not something that you just wake up one day and be like, ooh, this is gonna be funny.	633.9454
708		634.3744	Nah, like,	635.3210
710		635.9411	yeah.	636.2722
712		636.6312	So	637.1442
714		638.1455	that's kind of the stuff that	639.3765
716		640.5329	we were dealing with at that time frame.	642.8644
718		643.4881	Um,	644.0150
720		645.7775	I hung out a lot at the church.	647.1205
721	DCB_int_01	647.8665	[Which] church?	648.5193
722	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	648.0530	[I-]	648.1929
723		648.6546	Uh, /RD-CHURCH-7/.	650.0942
725		650.2248	Um, still there,	651.4278
727		651.6050	it's on, uh,	652.4210
729		652.5889	Ainger Place.	653.3163
731		654.7385	I never knew if they pronounced it Ainger or anger.	657.5724
732	DCB_int_01	658.1413	[<laugh>]	658.9573
733	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	658.5190	[because]	659.4142
734		660.2349	in the nineties, we were saying	661.5685
736		662.7470	Ainger Place,	663.7496
738		664.2998	but now I hear people, and the bus,	666.4401
740		666.6919	saying anger Place.	668.0056
742		668.4440	But it's not spelled anger, as in I'm angry,	671.2417
744		671.7593	it's spelled differently.	672.9856
746		673.3948	Um,	674.0010
748		674.5932	<ts>	674.6911
750		674.7610	anyway.	675.2087
752		676.6448	I digress.	677.4096
754		677.6147	<laugh>	678.1137
755	DCB_int_01	678.2023	What-	678.4214
757		678.5939	how was church?	679.5685
758	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	679.8051	<ts>	679.9637
760		680.1875	Church was interesting	681.5351
762		681.7216	because that's where like,	683.3723
764		683.7873	I would have like, little crushes on folks,	685.7083
766		685.9077	and,	686.6072
768		687.3905	you know,	687.8195
770		688.3744	to varying levels of rejection	689.9831
772		690.2815	I was met.	690.8224
774		691.5452	Um, or introduced.	693.0175
776		693.6190	Um,	694.5609
778		695.1904	but, uh, yeah. <laugh>	697.0089
780		697.6093	<laugh> It's funny like- no,	699.0128
782		699.2740	like,	699.8335
784		700.5283	th- this all shows up in the poetry, so	702.8830
786		703.0462	you know, I'm okay now.	704.3973
787	DCB_int_01	704.6025	[<laugh>]	706.8733
788	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	705.0688	[Um, <laugh>]	706.2718
789		708.0577	where was I? Um,	709.1197
791		709.4414	so yeah like, uh, church was very interesting cause I'd been in church	712.7288
793		713.2790	since like-	714.0204
795		714.5520	they said since I was three,	715.8283
797		716.1828	but	716.4859
799		716.6771	I	716.9615
801		717.1481	kind of remember since I was six.	718.9619
803		720.0857	<ts>	720.1650
805		720.2349	And	721.2281
807		722.0476	a lot of folks thought I would be a preacher	723.6330
809		723.8801	or like a pastor or something like that.	725.8432
811		726.2909	Um, and I guess in some ways I am,	728.3414
813		728.6958	um,	728.9942
815		729.2833	in a different type of church.	730.5889
816	DCB_int_01	730.5749	[Mm-hm.]	730.9096
817	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	730.8314	[Uh], the church of the open mics	732.4541
818		732.6499	and	733.2514
820		733.3820	all of that.	733.9683
822		734.6771	Um,	735.5397
824		737.0972	yeah.	737.4609
826		737.8805	That's interesting.	738.9483
828		739.2269	Uh, I was in church all the time though. So,	741.0641
830		741.4978	Monday	742.4816
832		743.0972	my mother had- no,	744.2442
834		744.4168	Monday was karate	745.4099
836		746.1036	at first.	746.7890
838		747.2273	And then I think it changed to Tuesday or Thursday, I don't remember what day.	749.9924
840		750.6860	S-	750.8119
842		750.9751	we're talking twenty-eight years ago.	752.1828
844		753.1900	I can't do that.	753.8102
846		754.2765	Um,	754.6309
848		754.7241	anyway.	755.0598
850		755.6427	One day	756.3375
852		756.5893	<ts>	756.6359
854		756.7012	was bible study.	757.9310
856		758.1642	Tuesday was youth bible study.	760.0060
858		760.3651	Um, I remember Wednesday was youth choir.	762.9810
860		763.2596	Uh, Thursday, I don't remember. I think that was my mom's bible st-	767.4515
862		767.5588	uh,	767.9551
864		768.2023	choir rehearsal.	768.9670
866		769.5347	And then Friday was family fun nights	771.9967
868		772.4304	where, uh,	773.3303
870		773.9924	sometimes we would have some video games on a old black and white TV.	777.8848
872		778.3138	We're playing-	778.8966
874		779.3769	we're playing Mario One	780.7571
875	DCB_int_01	780.8119	<laugh>	781.5860
876	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	781.6419	on this jont.	782.2341
878		782.3880	And I'm like, son.	783.5584
880		784.0014	I'm like, yo.	784.5889
882		784.9013	Like,	785.2324
884		785.6147	it was wild	786.2815
886		786.5287	cause Mario had been out for like two years before	789.2367
888		789.7729	I	790.2718
890		790.3604	really ever played it right?	791.6427
892		791.8292	This was like- that was like eighty-five.	793.3762
894		793.4881	I- I v- vividly remember	794.9336
896		795.1061	the first time I played Mario.	796.1786
898		796.7568	Um,	797.5168
900		798.3048	but then	799.0416
902		799.3762	we're talking like,	800.2481
904		800.7284	seven, eight years later,	802.2765
906		802.8966	and I got a color TV in my room.	804.6592
908		805.2596	Why we playing Mario, the first [Mario, on this-]	808.4910
909	DCB_int_01	807.7449	[<laugh>]	808.4024
910	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	809.0785	TV had to have been about	811.2934
912		812.2621	thirteen inches maybe,	813.7682
914		814.1972	black and white jont.	815.2370
916		815.7129	We all huddled around it, tryna play Mario.	817.9977
918		818.5246	I'm like, son, this is-	819.5831
920		820.1520	we got to do better. <laugh> [Like we- we can do better.]	822.9206
921	DCB_int_01	821.3940	[<laugh>]	823.3292
922	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	823.3729	We can do	824.0630
924		824.3754	better.	824.6867
926		825.1821	Um,	825.7510
928		826.6789	but yeah.	827.0426
930		827.4203	That was that. And then Sunday, we were back in church.	829.7226
932		829.8811	Um, Saturday was kind of my only day that I wasn't in-	832.3618
934		832.5576	in the church, some way, shape, or form.	834.1197
935	DCB_int_01	835.5967	So let's move a little bit from elementary school. That was great.	838.3012
936	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	838.4411	[Yeah.]	838.8048
937	DCB_int_01	838.4411	[Uh],	838.8048
938	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	838.9400	[<laugh>]	839.6627
939	DCB_int_01	839.3830	[That was] great.	840.0078
940		840.7527	Um,	841.1957
941	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	841.1590	Oh yeah. Let's [get] to this awkward phase.	844.8840
942	DCB_int_01	842.7671	[so we-]	843.0562
943	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	845.0228	[<laugh>]	845.5497
944	DCB_int_01	845.0566	[<laugh>]	846.4263
945	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	846.0066	[I already] know where we're going, okay.	847.4661
946		847.5687	Continue.	847.9651
947	DCB_int_01	848.2215	N- well go-	848.8137
949		849.0748	go where you want us to go.	850.2872
950	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	849.3453	[<ts>]	849.4045
952		850.2452	Oh, no no no. I-	851.1172
953		851.4716	I- I like being asked the question.	853.1257
955		853.3682	<laugh> [It's- yeah.]	854.6505
956	DCB_int_01	853.7596	[So let's talk about	854.6738
957		855.1075	middle school and high school.	856.5017
958	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	856.6742	[<laugh>]	857.1918
959	DCB_int_01	856.8374	[Um],	857.3550
960		857.7129	because we had	858.3564
962		858.4543	a few different high schools.	859.7863
963	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	859.7646	Mm-hm.	860.0630
964	DCB_int_01	860.4780	Um, so let's talk about /RD-SCHOOL-1/ first.	862.5483
965	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	863.0099	Okay.	863.3457
967		863.9414	[/RD-SCHOOL-1/-]	864.7061
968	DCB_int_01	864.3051	[Where is] it?	865.0838
969	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	865.6900	Well,	866.1003
971		866.2308	it was- <laugh> [um-]	868.2981
972	DCB_int_01	867.7743	[Oh]	867.9981
973		868.3012	Right.	868.5063
974	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	868.9027	Yeah, it was	870.0218
976		870.2118	near Eastern Market,	871.1211
978		871.2376	so	871.8392
980		872.2169	across the bridge. Um,	874.0820
982		875.2897	I wanna say it was eight o one	877.0278
984		877.2097	Eighth Street?	877.8765
986		878.1096	Nope.	878.3847
988		878.5386	/RD-ADDRESS-3/	879.4012
990		880.1706	/RD-ADDRESS-7/,	881.4296
992		881.9041	Southeast.	883.0092
994		883.5920	Um,	884.0863
996		884.4080	that	884.6692
998		885.0282	would have been-	885.5411
1000		885.6763	nope.	885.8722
1002		888.3657	/Inaudible./	888.8973
1004		889.7879	/RD-ADDRESS-3/.	890.5806
1006		891.4385	That would have been it.	892.1453
1008		892.6789	Um,	893.4109
1010		894.8273	first school where	896.4687
1012		897.2520	we	898.0494
1014		898.8934	as a class moved,	900.5522
1016		900.9299	and it wasn't-	901.4521
1018		901.6153	and the teachers didn't move.	902.9256
1020		903.1308	So in elementary school, the way it worked for us,	905.2477
1022		905.6942	um,	906.1139
1024		906.3843	we would stay	907.1724
1026		907.2983	in one classroom,	908.2821
1028		908.6552	and then different types of teachers would come to us. So,	911.0601
1030		911.1627	oh, it's music class,	912.5009
1032		912.8553	my music teacher comes to my class,	914.6785
1034		914.7857	and we talk about music and stuff.	916.2499
1036		916.7348	Oh, it's, you know,	918.2818
1038		918.4263	PE.	918.9998
1040		919.3915	Our musi- our PE teacher comes to our class,	921.8162
1042		921.9328	covers the health stuff, and then we all go outside.	923.9705
1044		924.3657	Oh it's- you know,	925.0931
1046		925.6573	so	926.2775
1048		926.5339	for	927.1821
1050		927.3826	junior high school,	928.3618
1052		929.0472	we-	929.9798
1054		930.1046	it was the opposite, it was inverted.	931.7382
1056		932.0443	We would have, um,	933.1634
1058		934.1473	all of my class would move together	936.1745
1060		936.3983	to the next class and then to the next class.	938.4267
1062		938.7624	And that was the first experience with that. And that was kind of-	940.9264
1064		941.2664	kind of wild.	941.9099
1066		942.4216	Um,	942.9765
1068		944.2355	I was in	945.1448
1070		945.5318	Miss /RD-NAME-2/'s,	946.9540
1072		947.2104	uh, class, one o six.	948.9812
1074		949.7459	And Miss /RD-NAME-2/'s class was one of the gifted and talented classes.	953.3772
1076		953.8155	And we didn't know-	955.0978
1078		955.4941	so they- they had	956.7251
1080		956.9396	GT,	957.5551
1082		957.8442	um, in elementary school,	959.3550
1084		959.9833	<ts>	960.0859
1086		960.1745	and,	960.7154
1088		961.5174	you know,	962.0583
1090		963.1308	like, there-	963.5878
1092		964.0074	I was in GT	965.2990
1094		965.4249	for like a few sessions,	967.0605
1096		967.2190	and then I was just tired of being around that group.	969.9188
1098		970.3711	And so I left.	971.6616
1100		972.1186	Um, but I did-	973.0884
1102		973.2983	I	973.4988
1104		973.7179	got	973.9371
1106		974.4174	put in a program called Project Two Thousand,	976.3525
1108		976.8700	um, which was all about	978.0451
1110		978.3983	<ts>	978.4729
1112		978.5196	uh, helping folks that would graduate in the class of two thousand and beyond,	981.8489
1114		982.3665	um,	983.0053
1116		983.1766	to remain in high school-	984.5709
1118		984.7620	remain in school	985.7086
1120		985.9884	so that they can graduate and go to college.	987.5691
1122		988.1380	Um,	988.8048
1124		990.0300	so I did that in elementary school.	991.6900
1126		992.1749	Move forward to junior high school,	994.0540
1128		994.5297	I'm in the gifted and talented middle- like in the g-	997.4521
1130		997.6760	gifted and c-	998.2961
1132		998.4220	talented	999.1961
1134		999.7276	homeroom,	1000.4970
1136		1001.1778	and there were two of us. It was one o five and one o six.	1003.8298
1138		1004.2682	Um, and then the rest were	1005.7090
1140		1006.3525	I guess considered the standard?	1007.8446
1142		1008.1139	And I never understood that.	1009.4988
1144		1009.8112	Um,	1010.1889
1146		1010.6971	now	1011.1121
1148		1011.2800	with	1011.4292
1150		1011.6390	different perspective,	1012.6183
1152		1013.0566	um,	1013.4249
1154		1013.6674	it's interesting.	1014.5242
1156		1014.7760	I'll-	1015.0651
1158		1015.1677	I'll leave it at that	1015.9290
1160		1016.0350	cause I imagine we'll talk about that later.	1017.5738
1162		1018.2312	Um,	1018.8934
1164		1021.5790	<ts>	1021.6891
1166		1022.8650	Miss /RD-NAME-2/'s class	1024.0261
1168		1024.2918	was where	1025.0799
1170		1026.7154	I learned I	1027.7832
1172		1028.7671	didn't	1029.4339
1174		1029.9188	always	1031.1778
1176		1031.6709	fit in	1032.4263
1178		1033.2330	with the rest of my class.	1034.9070
1180		1035.3966	In	1035.6857
1182		1035.7976	elementary school, I didn't fit in with the rest of my class always,	1039.1211
1184		1039.3589	but I didn't know.	1040.2169
1186		1041.3919	Like I just kind of was like, oh,	1042.7068
1188		1043.2990	do do do do do.	1044.0451
1190		1044.5429	Where	1045.0232
1192		1045.1491	in junior high school, I started realizing,	1046.9536
1194		1047.0842	oh shit,	1047.6390
1196		1048.0867	I don't fit in,	1048.8347
1198		1049.1871	this is (laughing)-	1049.7513
1200		1050.2118	this is	1050.6594
1202		1051.1630	not me.	1051.6620
1204		1052.2169	Um,	1053.0096
1206		1054.0214	and	1054.9120
1208		1055.5835	one of my best friends liked-	1056.9952
1210		1057.7739	funny enough,	1058.3707
1212		1058.5852	the second day of school, I end up fighting this dude.	1061.0985
1214		1061.6348	Um,	1062.1803
1216		1062.9719	went by the name,	1063.6107
1218		1063.7459	or, goes by the name /RD-NAME-1/.	1065.0515
1220		1065.7090	Um,	1066.4038
1222		1066.7628	and I ended up fighting him,	1067.6814
1224		1068.1698	and then we became like, best friends,	1070.1516
1226		1070.4500	and played video games and were like, the dorky like,	1072.8561
1228		1073.1731	pair.	1073.4716
1230		1074.2165	Um,	1075.0371
1232		1077.6577	things I remember about junior high school.	1079.2711
1234		1079.7327	Um,	1080.1104
1236		1080.2771	a lot of judgement	1081.5314
1238		1082.5479	based on outfits	1083.7416
1240		1084.3991	<ts>	1084.4830
1242		1084.5063	and like,	1085.1265
1244		1085.2338	clothing.	1085.8353
1246		1086.4263	Um,	1086.7061
1248		1086.8227	a lot of talk about	1087.7273
1250		1088.0257	masturbation.	1088.9023
1252		1089.2660	More particularly, the phrasing	1091.2104
1254		1091.3690	beat your dick.	1092.2769
1256		1092.9439	Um,	1093.4148
1258		1093.5174	I remember in junior high school,	1095.1588
1260		1095.4152	not knowing	1096.1799
1262		1096.3198	what	1096.5996
1264		1096.7488	the hell I was supposed to do	1098.5489
1266		1098.9066	when trying to masturbate (laughing).	1100.4500
1268		1101.1308	And so	1102.0261
1270		1102.6043	th- I remember like,	1103.6394
1272		1104.5382	t- oh God (laughing).	1105.4288
1274		1105.7552	Here we go! It's share time! [Because] you're getting the stories.	1109.0472
1275	DCB_int_01	1107.5365	[<laugh>]	1107.7136
1276	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	1109.4704	Um,	1109.9927
1278		1110.1139	I remember	1110.7480
1280		1110.9019	being in junior high school	1112.0443
1282		1112.5293	and	1113.1028
1284		1113.3593	youngins were like,	1114.0027
1286		1114.1053	oh well you got to have sex before	1115.9938
1288		1116.4683	uh,	1116.9439
1290		1117.0418	you can nut in 'em.	1117.7785
1292		1118.2075	Like- like, that was a phrase that like- folks were like, yo,	1121.1778
1294		1121.4622	you have to have sex before you can like,	1123.3635
1296		1123.4382	ejaculate	1124.3055
1298		1124.4314	into a young lady	1125.5318
1300		1125.8395	because then	1126.4970
1302		1126.6742	they can get pregnant.	1127.4518
1304		1127.8248	It was like,	1128.4450
1306		1128.8973	whoa. Like,	1129.9837
1308		1130.5666	that's nuts.	1131.2147
1310		1131.7743	Literally.	1132.2592
1311	DCB_int_01	1132.7963	[<laugh>]	1134.1742
1312	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	1132.7986	[And- uh,]	1133.7778
1314		1133.9177	[and for] me, I was like,	1134.9762
1315		1135.1021	I'm not even thinking about u-	1136.4264
1317		1137.3963	Wasn't thinking about sex.	1138.4407
1319		1138.7007	Had crushes.	1139.6753
1321		1140.2395	Was like, oh she's pretty,	1141.1954
1323		1141.8901	but like not interested in like, putting anything in anyone else.	1145.2369
1325		1145.7918	Um,	1146.2954
1327		1147.5171	so that was-	1148.1279
1329		1148.2818	that was	1148.6642
1331		1149.0605	k- kind of shock	1150.1330
1333		1150.2438	there.	1150.7473
1335		1151.3022	Um,	1152.3933
1337		1152.6405	<ts>	1152.7664
1339		1152.9669	<ts>	1153.1161
1341		1153.3446	<ts>	1153.4889
1343		1153.8342	yeah.	1154.1000
1345		1154.4870	Masturbation was a whole	1156.0211
1347		1156.7986	thing.	1157.1484
1349		1157.5400	Like not knowing	1159.0042
1351		1159.2327	how to beat my dick.	1160.7434
1353		1161.1351	And thinking like, (laughing)	1162.2076
1355		1162.6867	do you like,	1163.3116
1357		1163.5867	smack it? Like, what the f-	1164.8410
1359		1165.1860	like,	1165.3959
1361		1165.7503	but not feeling comfortable asking a health teacher or anybody else.	1170.0669
1363		1170.2255	And	1170.7710
1365		1171.5497	like you know, masturbation is one of those things we don't really talk about.	1174.5060
1367		1175.1064	And	1175.9784
1369		1176.5845	yeah like-	1177.2140
1371		1177.8901	like,	1178.1886
1373		1178.3191	I don't-	1178.7574
1375		1179.6667	I wouldn't feel comfortable	1181.0178
1377		1181.1717	with a junior high school student	1182.6871
1379		1182.8736	asking me.	1183.6383
1381		1184.9346	[You know (laughing), like,]	1186.0817
1382	DCB_int_01	1185.3015	[<laugh>]	1186.2589
1383	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	1186.4816	How do I beat my dick?	1187.2603
1385		1188.0483	And	1188.3001
1387		1188.4680	I teach health	1189.4985
1389		1189.6104	education. <laugh>	1190.6782
1391		1190.9579	Like [I talk about sexual] health	1192.7334
1393		1192.9012	every day.	1193.4934
1395		1194.1276	Um,	1194.6731
1397		1195.7456	and so	1196.4823
1399		1196.6549	yeah. I guess	1197.6061
1400	DCB_int_01	1198.2491	<laugh>	1198.4660
1401	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	1198.4676	it would depend on the forum	1200.0903
1403		1200.4353	[cause I] could- I could be like, look this-	1202.2632
1404	DCB_int_01	1200.5472	[Mm-hm.]	1200.9109
1405	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	1202.7901	<laugh> Just saying it out loud is just weird.	1205.2929
1407		1205.4281	Anyway.	1205.8385
1409		1206.1042	Anyway.	1206.6265
1411		1208.3564	Yeah.	1208.6129
1413		1208.7528	That was a whole confusing situation there	1210.7473
1415		1211.0877	um, as a- as a junior high student.	1212.7291
1417		1213.2746	Um,	1214.0860
1419		1215.8346	I saw	1216.6914
1421		1217.0598	the separation between the gifted and talented	1219.7129
1423		1220.2538	and	1221.0325
1425		1221.5128	the-	1221.8113
1427		1222.6075	what folks would consider the standard class,	1224.7337
1429		1225.1021	when	1225.7782
1431		1227.1025	a whole group of my peers went to wood shop	1230.4773
1433		1231.0741	and a-	1231.7036
1435		1232.0673	and my class ended up getting typing and technology courses.	1235.4981
1437		1236.2115	Um,	1236.9063
1439		1237.7782	yeah.	1238.2772
1441		1239.1305	That's when I noticed, I was like,	1240.3428
1443		1240.6727	damn, I wanna take wood shop.	1241.8151
1445		1241.9644	Like,	1242.1602
1447		1242.2535	that sounds like a fun course.	1243.4192
1449		1243.7456	oh but no, that's not your track, /RD-NAME-2/.	1245.2051
1451		1246.1423	What?	1246.3148
1453		1246.5468	<laugh>	1246.7334
1455		1247.0971	So, I'm not supposed to like,	1248.9715
1457		1249.7503	fuck with saws and all this stuff.	1251.7366
1459		1252.4396	Why?	1252.8499
1461		1253.0178	Why am I not allowed to do that?	1254.5659
1463		1254.9203	And then,	1255.3166
1465		1255.5078	why can't	1256.3191
1467		1256.4730	/RD-NAME-2/ who is in,	1257.9511
1469		1258.6121	uh,	1259.2603
1471		1259.8058	class A-	1261.0042
1473		1261.3026	what was it, B thirty s-	1262.3658
1475		1262.6875	B thirty-four,	1263.4615
1477		1263.8346	why couldn't they, um,	1265.5266
1479		1265.8758	take	1266.1928
1481		1266.5286	technology class? Why can't they take	1267.9601
1483		1268.1279	uh, typing?	1268.7528
1485		1269.2843	And I started thinking about that like, why are they keeping us separate?	1271.8017
1487		1271.9737	What [is going] on there?	1272.9715
1488	DCB_int_01	1272.1610	[Mm.]	1272.4679
1489	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	1273.4425	Um,	1274.1326
1491		1275.2051	that's when I started to question the school system and	1277.8357
1493		1278.0390	this that and the third.	1278.7757
1495		1279.3539	Um,	1279.8388
1497		1280.3471	joined the junior high school choir,	1281.9045
1499		1282.5049	<ts>	1282.6168
1501		1282.6774	and that was fun.	1283.5494
1503		1284.1555	Um,	1284.6125
1505		1285.0228	sang,	1285.6430
1507		1286.3238	and I was in	1287.2377
1509		1287.3123	the church choir.	1288.1237
1511		1288.5748	And so that followed me into junior high school.	1290.4866
1513		1291.0462	Um,	1291.6197
1515		1292.4310	and that was one of those moments where I felt	1294.1179
1517		1294.2717	connected	1294.8453
1519		1295.0131	to other folks	1295.7918
1521		1296.1928	cause	1296.8317
1523		1297.3539	music, no matter	1298.4590
1525		1298.6875	what kind of music,	1299.5455
1527		1300.6261	like,	1301.0784
1529		1301.2043	usually the vibe will bring	1303.7596
1531		1303.8668	together certain groups of people.	1305.4709
1533		1305.9698	And so the- the choir groups, we were all kind of chill.	1309.2653
1535		1309.6943	Um, and they were sort of like-minded.	1311.3216
1537		1311.9185	Um,	1312.4163
1539		1313.3302	there was heavy emphasis on wearing Jordans at the time,	1315.9601
1541		1316.3051	and	1316.9253
1543		1317.1351	I remember in the- the music group, there weren't many people wearing Jordans.	1321.0772
1545		1321.7223	And I felt	1322.2119
1547		1322.4917	good	1322.9113
1549		1323.0465	cause I didn't	1323.6900
1551		1323.9372	wear them either.	1324.5946
1553		1324.8406	Like I didn't have money for it.	1325.8944
1555		1326.8317	Um,	1327.4192
1557		1329.2237	<ts>	1330.6679
1559		1332.2628	[yeah.]	1332.5519
1560	DCB_int_01	1332.2674	[Did you have] a favorite subject?	1333.6570
1561	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	1334.4497	Favorite subject,	1335.2657
1563		1337.8012	English.	1338.3560
1565		1338.7617	My homeroom	1339.4332
1567		1339.6244	class,	1340.1932
1569		1340.6642	uh, was-	1341.9325
1571		1342.6168	my homeroom teacher Miss /RD-NAME-2/, she was a English teacher.	1344.7944
1572	DCB_int_01	1344.9203	Mm.	1345.1581
1573	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	1345.4705	And	1346.3704
1575		1346.8927	she was one of those teachers who,	1348.5060
1577		1349.2416	looking back at it now,	1350.4260
1579		1350.9203	um, she was very human with us.	1352.7714
1581		1353.2004	Um, whenever	1354.7240
1583		1355.0831	her then boyfriend,	1356.3607
1585		1356.7757	um,	1357.3492
1587		1357.4658	would like,	1358.0580
1589		1358.2818	be out of town, she would be sad.	1360.0106
1591		1360.0899	And we would see that, and it would be a thing.	1361.7965
1593		1362.1369	Um, when he would come back in town,	1363.7642
1595		1363.9135	you would notice. She'd be	1364.9486
1597		1365.1771	visually giddy.	1365.8952
1599		1366.3352	Um, and like, oh, like, that's what's up. And like,	1368.3495
1601		1368.5034	that's-	1368.8951
1603		1369.4173	that humanity	1370.2380
1605		1370.5737	um,	1371.0214
1607		1371.2265	resonated with me.	1372.1684
1609		1372.6289	Um,	1373.3517
1611		1374.8671	yeah.	1375.2308
1613		1375.8743	And I'll	1376.2147
1615		1376.3779	talk a bit about that a little bit later too.	1378.1358
1617		1378.4984	Um, she was the first teacher	1380.0837
1619		1380.5081	that	1380.9510
1621		1381.0583	straight up told me-	1382.0328
1623		1382.4618	like, I- I got	1383.2685
1625		1383.4270	detention for something,	1384.6487
1627		1384.8854	and I just	1385.6268
1629		1385.8319	did not wanna do the work.	1387.2262
1631		1387.3474	This was eighth grade.	1388.4665
1633		1388.8162	Just was done. I was like, I'm fucking through with this shit.	1390.9865
1635		1391.6128	Everybody	1392.0185
1637		1392.2096	joning on me. I'm	1392.9744
1639		1393.2588	angry and	1393.8696
1641		1394.0561	<grumbles> and	1394.6577
1643		1394.8302	hormones and	1395.6369
1645		1395.9586	didn't know they were hormones at the time.	1397.6221
1647		1398.0464	Uh, I was like, <grumbles> this is	1399.5992
1649		1399.9069	bullshit.	1400.2193
1651		1400.4059	<grumbles>	1400.7556
1653		1401.2405	And then Miss /RD-NAME-2/,	1402.3503
1655		1402.6243	um,	1403.0439
1657		1403.2398	she put me- she made me stay after school,	1405.1096
1659		1405.8277	and	1406.6577
1661		1407.7488	like,	1408.0612
1663		1408.2372	she /would just-/	1408.8900
1665		1409.0439	<laugh>	1409.2864
1667		1409.5522	she had this real heart-to-heart moment with like,	1411.8463
1669		1412.1820	/RD-NAME-2/,	1412.6437
1671		1413.8933	why?	1414.3736
1673		1414.6849	Like, what-	1415.2118
1675		1416.0884	what is going on?	1416.8811
1677		1416.9977	Like,	1417.4406
1679		1417.7437	you're a smart kid.	1418.6157
1681		1419.1426	Uh,	1419.4550
1683		1419.5669	why don't you just-	1420.6989
1685		1421.0253	why are you not doing the homework?	1422.7226
1687		1422.8624	Like, why are you not doing homework?	1424.2940
1689		1424.5644	It's like, cause I don't feel like it,	1425.6509
1691		1425.9726	and I'm frustrated.	1426.8151
1693		1427.0439	I don't wanna be here.	1428.0185
1695		1428.2469	And she was like, /RD-NAME-2/,	1429.0163
1697		1429.8743	do the homework,	1430.6390
1699		1431.4643	and you get to leave.	1432.4517
1701		1433.4309	This is a means to an end.	1434.9137
1703		1435.5246	You do the work,	1436.5131
1705		1437.0680	so that you can go. <laugh>	1438.7408
1707		1439.0999	Like,	1439.3936
1709		1439.5195	finish your work.	1440.2376
1711		1440.5967	Just make it through school,	1441.9256
1713		1442.3872	and the rest	1443.3245
1715		1443.6835	is	1443.9400
1717		1444.6989	the process of you just figuring it all out,	1446.5687
1719		1446.6992	how it applies.	1447.5526
1721		1447.9955	I was like, yeah,	1448.8535
1723		1449.2125	I hear you,	1449.8327
1725		1450.5730	but ah, hormones still,	1452.3728
1727		1452.6153	right?	1452.9557
1729		1453.7297	<ts>	1453.8417
1731		1453.9489	But it got through.	1454.6204
1733		1455.1426	<ts>	1455.2032
1735		1455.2545	Um,	1456.0694
1737		1457.4636	and then the-	1458.0511
1739		1458.1817	the next year	1459.0676
1741		1459.2401	Miss /RD-NAME-2/ wasn't with us anymore.	1460.6856
1743		1461.0773	She- um,	1461.9726
1745		1462.1813	she	1462.6429
1747		1463.0719	left the school. I think	1464.4335
1749		1464.9837	her and her husband got married. I remember that.	1467.2732
1751		1468.1580	Um, she was really excited when he proposed, and	1470.7272
1753		1471.0723	we all were really excited for her too.	1472.5877
1755		1473.2592	Um,	1473.7628
1757		1474.0740	and when she found out she wasn't coming back to the school the next year, we all wrote letters to her.	1477.9769
1759		1478.5877	Um,	1479.1659
1761		1480.1778	yeah.	1480.4529
1763		1480.8714	Miss /RD-NAME-2/ holds a very	1482.1397
1765		1482.2749	special place in my-	1483.5059
1767		1483.8370	in my	1484.1681
1769		1484.7043	teacher	1485.1519
1771		1485.3245	land.	1485.7861
1773		1486.3725	Um, I appreciate her.	1487.6338
1774	DCB_int_01	1487.9299	Have you had any contact with her since?	1489.5130
1775	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	1489.4322	<ts>	1489.5153
1776		1491.2172	I think we may be friends on Facebook,	1494.9091
1778		1495.4360	but the last name changed,	1497.1100
1780		1497.2592	and so I wouldn't know.	1498.3698
1782		1498.9087	Um (laughing),	1499.8319
1784		1500.2796	and	1500.4987
1786		1500.6153	again, it's been years. So like, trying to remember-	1503.5343
1788		1503.6602	I'm'a- I'm'a look her up.	1504.5974
1790		1505.2258	Um, I remember	1506.2936
1792		1507.1422	<ts>	1507.2168
1794		1507.2774	right around when I was graduating I was looking for her as well, just to be like, oh yeah, like, I did it,	1511.7620
1796		1512.0045	I did it.	1512.3122
1798		1512.4661	You know?	1512.7552
1800		1513.2774	Um,	1513.8463
1802		1514.0142	and I think we- we got back in contact for awhile.	1516.7500
1804		1517.3703	She's-	1517.8086
1806		1518.3029	last time I checked she was still in the-	1519.6598
1808		1519.8463	the DMV area.	1520.8675
1810		1521.8467	But	1522.0519
1812		1522.7362	yeah.	1523.0393
1814		1524.3262	Yeah.	1524.5314
1815	DCB_int_01	1525.0769	So when you left	1525.7904
1817		1525.9256	junior high,	1526.5737
1819		1527.0307	[after] all your-	1527.7814
1820	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	1527.0354	[Well-]	1527.2125
1821		1528.5123	ninth grade.	1529.0766
1822	DCB_int_01	1529.2677	Mm-hm.	1529.7107
1823	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	1529.7060	Um, that's a-	1530.4801
1824		1530.6573	well-	1530.9371
1825	DCB_int_01	1531.2774	Oh [junior high was still-]	1532.3686
1826	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	1531.5619	[I- I still-]	1532.1525
1827		1532.4758	still had ninth grade,	1533.6602
1829		1533.7581	um, and that's when-	1535.2584
1831		1535.6687	oh my gosh, I don't remember her	1537.9582
1833		1538.1634	name.	1538.6856
1835		1539.8374	Um, but it was a different teacher for my ninth grade year,	1542.5854
1837		1543.1049	and while she as alright,	1544.5038
1839		1544.9747	she wasn't like,	1546.0089
1841		1546.7781	she wasn't Miss /RD-NAME-2/,	1547.7340
1843		1548.1350	so I wasn't cool with that.	1549.2075
1845		1549.8044	Um, (laughing) cause I knew Miss /RD-NAME-2/ cared,	1551.5716
1846	DCB_int_01	1551.9901	[Mm-hm.]	1552.5294
1847	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	1552.0600	[and I knew Miss] /RD-NAME-2/ cared about all of us	1553.9159
1848		1554.4847	as much as I knew she cared about me.	1556.4572
1850		1557.1473	Um,	1557.8607
1852		1558.5077	where-	1559.0766
1854		1559.7807	I think it was Miss /RD-NAME-2/ or Miss	1561.9302
1856		1562.1214	/RD-NAME-2/ or something.	1563.1566
1858		1563.3804	<ts>	1563.5343
1860		1564.3958	Miss	1564.8667
1862		1565.1278	insert name,	1565.9485
1864		1566.1490	um, I did not feel that she cared as much for us.	1569.6229
1866		1569.9027	Um,	1570.4809
1868		1571.8553	that was also	1573.5432
1870		1573.6971	one of the years- I got jumped	1575.5949
1872		1576.1999	outside of my school.	1578.2469
1874		1578.9697	I was hanging out on a basketball court,	1580.6064
1876		1581.0307	waiting on a friend of mine who was playing basketball,	1583.2351
1878		1583.7946	and some youngins was walked up,	1584.9044
1880		1585.0863	and like hit me upside the head	1586.5551
1882		1586.8908	<ts>	1586.9841
1884		1587.0540	with a-	1587.5996
1886		1588.3025	it was like,	1589.0019
1888		1590.2423	newspaper	1591.1189
1890		1591.3987	that they wrapped up	1592.4245
1892		1592.7649	and then taped up,	1593.8747
1894		1594.7268	and like, just	1595.5335
1896		1595.9765	hit me upside the head with it.	1597.1096
1898		1597.6645	And so I got up,	1598.4805
1900		1598.9421	and I fought for awhile,	1600.7127
1902		1600.9740	but it was like seven of 'em.	1602.2580
1904		1602.7925	And that's not an exaggeration	1604.1587
1906		1604.6250	cause I know how sometimes when you get hit upside the head	1607.1139
1908		1607.4496	things get blurry.	1608.3309
1910		1608.6386	Nah, it was at least seven of them.	1610.4665
1912		1610.9048	Um,	1611.3478
1914		1613.3470	and I ran back into the- uh, into the school, and they're like, why are you in here? Blah blah blah! And I'm like, yo, I just got jumped.	1619.0999
1916		1619.3890	Like why the hell are y'all treating me like I'm a criminal?	1621.4826
1918		1621.8044	Y'all know me!	1622.5458
1920		1622.9095	My homeroom right there!	1623.8887
1922		1624.0507	Like come on.	1624.6616
1924		1624.9880	Look out for the cookout!	1625.7433
1926		1626.5967	Um,	1627.2681
1928		1627.7904	and so they went out there and tried to find the dudes. Of course they were gone by the time.	1631.4169
1930		1632.2469	Um,	1632.9464
1932		1633.7158	and I remember	1634.4758
1934		1634.6343	a Marine	1635.4117
1936		1635.7954	was over there doing some drills,	1637.4962
1938		1637.9858	and he didn't stop and help.	1639.5665
1940		1640.1308	And that's when I started having issue with the military	1642.1591
1942		1642.5963	cause I'm like, you a mother fucking Marine.	1644.1024
1944		1644.3962	Like you the	1644.8531
1946		1645.0443	biggest,	1645.4127
1948		1645.5526	baddest,	1646.1401
1950		1646.5271	hoorah. Y'all go hard. This that and the third. Jump into	1649.5895
1952		1649.6874	plane. Jump out of a plane. Shoot people.	1651.9163
1954		1652.5318	<ts>	1652.6390
1956		1652.7463	You couldn't stop	1653.4737
1958		1653.6322	like a couple of youngins that were beating up another teenager?	1656.6386
1960		1656.9790	For real?	1657.4080
1962		1657.8743	So	1658.2287
1964		1659.2638	that was a thought.	1659.8280
1966		1660.1720	Still hold some resentment	1661.2258
1968		1661.3517	toward that.	1661.8413
1970		1662.2376	Um,	1662.7878
1972		1663.8929	<ts>	1663.9909
1974		1664.1261	yeah.	1664.4525
1976		1664.9607	So that's junior high.	1665.8700
1978		1666.0694	<ts>	1666.1533
1980		1667.3097	Nope.	1667.6314
1982		1667.9812	Um, prom.	1669.1702
1984		1669.5992	Ninth grade prom.	1670.6250
1986		1672.3025	I didn't ask anybody.	1673.4636
1988		1673.5895	I wore a black silk shirt.	1675.0023
1990		1675.5572	I fell head over heels	1677.5389
1992		1677.6404	for the his girl who I danced with.	1679.6967
1994		1680.1537	Um, we danced, and then ended up dancing with each other for the rest of the night.	1683.5996
1996		1684.0798	She	1684.6068
1998		1684.9833	is, uh, known affectionately	1687.1329
2000		1687.6924	in my memory as Lavender Girl.	1689.5203
2002		1690.0192	<ts>	1690.0938
2004		1690.2559	And	1691.1325
2006		1691.2444	I remember	1691.7340
2008		1692.6153	being like,	1693.2122
2010		1693.9163	a weird writer and writing like,	1695.7674
2012		1696.1871	comic books sch- scenes involving me and Lavender Girl like, being superheroes.	1700.0888
2014		1700.3452	<ts>	1700.4105
2016		1700.4898	Alright?	1700.7696
2018		1700.9188	<ts>	1701.0400
2020		1701.3944	Move forward.	1702.1171
2022		1703.1465	[<laugh>]	1703.5289
2023	DCB_int_01	1703.1605	[Do you still] know Lavender Girl?	1704.4058
2024	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	1704.5780	No idea. Never knew her name.	1706.2427
2026		1706.4245	Um,	1707.4690
2028		1707.8187	like,	1708.2104
2030		1708.8994	like, legit like, we danced with each other at,	1710.8718
2032		1711.1376	uh, ninth grade prom,	1712.4851
2034		1712.6110	and	1713.3944
2036		1716.2889	yeah.	1716.5920
2038		1716.9277	That's a pattern,	1717.7251
2040		1717.8790	um,	1718.6670
2042		1719.1333	in my-	1719.9679
2044		1722.7272	yeah,	1722.9883
2046		1723.1049	that is a pattern.	1723.7982
2048		1724.2100	Um,	1725.0866
2050		1725.6928	at least now I know people's names.	1727.3423
2052		1727.5848	Um,	1728.1444
2054		1728.5360	and it's never- it's never sexual.	1730.4665
2056		1730.7136	Like,	1731.1706
2058		1731.7954	one night stands or anything like that.	1733.5662
2060		1733.9252	It's always	1734.6340
2062		1734.8438	a really intense	1736.2380
2064		1736.5924	like,	1736.8675
2066		1737.0820	moment of togetherness	1738.9040
2068		1739.2677	that does not involve that type of intimacy.	1741.4453
2070		1741.7950	It's always a moment of intimacy though.	1743.4970
2072		1743.8094	Um,	1744.4797
2074		1744.6476	be it-	1745.1092
2076		1746.2936	um,	1747.1189
2078		1747.3474	I went to a conference	1748.5411
2080		1748.7789	in two th-	1750.4715
2082		1751.0159	ninety-nine.	1751.6874
2084		1752.4521	<ts>	1752.5500
2086		1752.6713	Yeah, I went to a conference in ninety -nine,	1754.5970
2088		1755.1986	and	1755.9819
2090		1756.5636	there was a young lady.	1757.4863
2092		1758.2842	We- uh,	1759.0163
2094		1759.5665	we ended up playing like, Jenga for hours or something like that.	1762.3456
2096		1762.9180	And then,	1763.6734
2098		1764.0977	afterwards,	1764.9464
2100		1765.1003	we were all just hanging out in the youth lounge,	1766.8815
2102		1767.2032	and we just laid next to each other,	1768.6207
2104		1768.8014	and we shared like,	1770.3355
2106		1770.8158	just	1771.2308
2108		1771.8323	stories of,	1772.7696
2110		1772.9468	uh, perseverance	1774.2477
2112		1774.7175	and struggle.	1775.3563
2114		1775.8506	And we just shared those stories for like,	1777.8090
2116		1778.4173	hours,	1779.2312
2118		1779.7441	hours, and then just fell asleep in each other's arms.	1782.0975
2120		1782.6713	And woke up and never saw her again.	1785.2735
2122		1785.8747	I remember she had	1787.0206
2124		1787.3750	a tattoo under her belly button that said, boys lie.	1790.1308
2126		1791.1659	<ts>	1791.2918
2128		1791.8514	And I was like, damn.	1792.6662
2130		1793.0999	Like, that's-	1793.7480
2132		1794.1537	I never wanna be the reason for that tattoo.	1796.8768
2134		1797.5296	Um,	1798.0565
2136		1800.0511	yeah.	1800.3542
2138		1801.3474	Or	1801.7204
2140		1802.2706	the young lady, um,	1803.6462
2142		1803.8700	in two thousand three	1804.9180
2144		1805.1325	who I met at a different conference in Dallas, Texas.	1807.7904
2146		1808.2380	<ts>	1808.3639
2148		1808.5831	And	1809.3804
2150		1811.6874	we actually got snowed-in. It was the blizzard of o three,	1814.3546
2152		1814.8209	and	1815.5785
2154		1816.2605	we were- we weren't able to fly back to DC because we were covered in snow.	1820.1727
2155	DCB_int_01	1820.6437	[Mm-hm.]	1821.2032
2156	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	1820.6670	[And so we] stayed,	1821.7301
2157		1822.7268	um, in Dallas for a extra week.	1824.7972
2159		1825.2961	And I had met her,	1826.5131
2161		1826.9841	um, she ran an infinity group at this conference,	1829.4449
2163		1829.9905	and she told-	1830.6013
2165		1830.7878	like,	1830.9697
2167		1831.5526	it was for the- the goth and other kids, right?	1833.7954
2169		1834.2291	And so	1834.5415
2171		1834.9087	punk goth /RD-NAME-2/	1836.0278
2173		1836.3355	walks into this, uh, infinity group,	1838.1820
2175		1838.5551	and I'm like, oh this is cool. Like it's a bunch of like-minded folks, and we're all doing HIV prevention work, and it's great.	1843.5386
2177		1844.3592	And	1844.9794
2179		1845.0960	it's being led by	1846.4704
2181		1846.6336	this	1847.1092
2183		1847.7060	young lady who's younger than me	1849.5199
2185		1849.9489	in this situ- I was like,	1850.9654
2187		1851.3804	what?	1851.5250
2189		1853.3657	I don't even remember.	1854.2050
2191		1856.3173	Nope.	1856.5178
2193		1858.8294	Was it t-	1859.1838
2195		1859.4729	it was definitely two thousand three.	1861.1236
2197		1862.9281	She was sixteen?	1864.6814
2199		1867.0769	No.	1867.5339
2201		1868.0422	She was seventeen.	1869.7161
2203		1870.5123	Cause I was gonna be	1872.0511
2205		1873.0618	nineteen that year.	1875.3338
2207		1875.6369	Yeah.	1875.9575
2209		1876.7781	Um,	1877.5009
2211		1878.2703	and so	1878.7832
2213		1880.1634	sh- I walk in,	1880.9561
2215		1881.1799	and it's this	1881.5110
2217		1881.8560	gorgeous young lady,	1882.7781
2219		1883.2584	um,	1883.6824
2221		1883.8133	leading this workshop.	1885.0163
2223		1885.6225	And she's talking about like,	1886.7649
2225		1886.8908	you know, what are you looking forward to at the f-	1888.2943
2227		1888.4704	at the conference and this that and the third. And have you ever been out- out of your town before. I'm like, yeah,	1893.1706
2229		1893.5529	but	1893.8094
2231		1894.2011	not like- I've never been to- you know, this is the furthest south I've ever been, but it's blah blah blah.	1898.1028
2233		1898.6810	And	1899.1939
2235		1899.3991	she had	1899.7709
2237		1899.8922	each of us write a s- uh, secret.	1901.5149
2239		1901.9998	Um, something that, you know,	1903.5432
2241		1904.0795	we had been hiding, and we were looking forward to sharing	1906.7408
2243		1906.8434	during the conference.	1907.6314
2245		1908.1723	And	1909.0256
2247		1910.2660	her secret was, I have a crush on somebody in this room.	1913.0713
2249		1913.4916	I was like, oh that's interesting.	1914.6293
2251		1914.7785	Right?	1914.9930
2253		1916.2333	We end up hanging out	1917.3384
2255		1917.7628	after the snowed-in situation,	1919.4962
2257		1919.6874	and	1920.3122
2259		1920.4428	it was so wild. Like, we	1922.4572
2261		1923.0493	talked about	1923.7022
2263		1923.8269	music and how she was in a ska band, and	1927.0676
2265		1927.9116	we ended up kissing. And	1930.1265
2267		1930.4144	I went back to her place,	1931.9019
2269		1932.2703	and we just read poetry to each other,	1934.2567
2271		1934.4245	even though her mom left us two glasses of wine sitting out.	1937.2537
2273		1937.6175	And I was like, that's weird. It's a set up. It's a trap.	1940.0328
2275		1940.5458	Your mom's tryna get us.	1941.6415
2277		1942.1953	Um,	1943.0486
2279		1943.2910	yeah, it was wild.	1944.1583
2281		1944.4661	And	1944.7785
2283		1946.2147	saw her again. So,	1947.7022
2285		1948.3352	you know,	1948.6103
2287		1948.7968	Dallas, Texas,	1949.5522
2289		1949.9345	DC.	1950.3915
2291		1950.5920	Like, no way that we could ever make that work.	1952.4525
2293		1953.0120	Um,	1953.7395
2295		1953.8654	so	1954.5088
2297		1954.9833	come to find out, I worked with one of her cousins.	1957.5572
2299		1957.9862	And so	1958.6530
2301		1959.0447	her cousin would come to me and be like, /RD-NAME-2/,	1960.5648
2303		1961.0066	/RD-NAME-2/ was asking about you. Blah blah blah blah.	1962.8438
2305		1963.0396	Leave me alone. Don't tell me. <whine> blush blush blush.	1965.6463
2307		1966.0845	<ts>	1966.2337
2309		1966.3585	And	1966.9926
2311		1967.8786	she ended up coming up here for a conference	1969.7950
2313		1970.5318	like two thousand eight,	1971.7301
2315		1971.9586	two thousand nine?	1972.7986
2317		1973.1372	And it was just like old times. It was crazy.	1975.6949
2319		1976.1727	Um,	1976.7509
2321		1977.2778	she's a DJ now.	1978.2477
2323		1978.5496	I keep up with her,	1979.4123
2325		1979.7200	um, through Facebook and	1981.1655
2327		1981.3194	you know.	1981.5852
2329		1981.8883	She's doing well.	1982.6064
2331		1983.1799	I'm happy for her.	1983.7954
2333		1985.1372	<ts>	1985.2631
2335		1985.6128	Yeah.	1985.8413
2337		1986.0604	I have intense	1986.8391
2339		1987.0583	ass moments like that.	1988.4525
2341		1988.9374	Um,	1989.7255
2343		1990.1684	and they happen fairly often.	1991.7060
2345		1991.8879	Not often,	1992.6480
2347		1992.9417	that's a lie.	1993.5106
2349		1994.0375	It's like every couple of years,	1995.5296
2351		1995.9341	um, this really intense moment of intimacy.	1998.2190
2353		1998.7552	Um,	1999.2728
2355		2000.6343	and I think it's because I personally	2002.1311
2357		2003.8879	want to create spaces of intimacy	2006.0515
2359		2006.5784	for all	2007.5389
2360	DCB_int_01	2007.6185	Mm-hm.	2007.9518
2361	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	2008.0414	so that I can be a part of them,	2009.7620
2363		2010.3775	and	2011.2355
2365		2011.9256	I feel like,	2012.6577
2367		2012.8722	we as a community,	2014.2151
2369		2014.6009	um,	2014.9367
2371		2015.1045	don't have	2015.9345
2373		2016.2423	intimacy outside of romantic,	2019.0400
2375		2019.4970	uh, interest and outside of sexual situations.	2022.4941
2377		2022.9137	And so	2023.5526
2379		2023.7297	we lose a certain level of compassion for each other as humans,	2026.9413
2381		2027.4542	so.	2027.7340
2383		2029.6178	Yeah.	2030.2100
2385		2031.3897	<laugh>	2031.9913
2386	DCB_int_01	2032.4937	So there's like five	2033.4776
2388		2033.7200	different things I wanna ask you	2034.9231
2389	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	2035.0396	[Word.]	2035.3660
2390	DCB_int_01	2035.2448	[but]	2035.4640
2391		2035.7670	I know we're-	2036.4478
2393		2036.8302	we're at the	2037.3478
2395		2037.4923	high school part of the story, and I [kind of wanna get-] cause I think this is really fascinating that you went to	2041.6551
2396	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	2038.9273	[Mm-hm.]	2039.3470
2397	DCB_int_01	2042.7416	high schools like, all over the city,	2044.3130
2398	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	2044.5077	Yeah.	2044.8294
2399	DCB_int_01	2045.1651	which is cool.	2045.9765
2400	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	2046.7459	Yeah. [<laugh>]	2048.4385
2401	DCB_int_01	2047.4966	[But there's some other things I wanna] ask you, so let's do the high school part, and then I wanna ask you about the	2051.3330
2402		2051.4542	artsy part	2052.2003
2404		2052.4288	[and]	2052.7832
2405	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	2052.4847	[Okay.]	2052.8158
2406	DCB_int_01	2052.9184	so many just-	2053.6785
2408		2054.1354	oh, you're just so good.	2055.1193
2409	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	2055.3944	[Aw],	2055.7441
2410	DCB_int_01	2055.4016	[Okay.]	2055.7670
2411	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	2055.8700	yay.	2056.1498
2412	DCB_int_01	2056.4062	Um, so let's talk about high school. First of all, you started at /RD-SCHOOL-2/.	2059.1795
2413	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	2059.5013	Yeah, started at /RD-SCHOOL-2/.	2060.4572
2415		2060.7229	So	2060.9934
2417		2061.6042	high school,	2062.3316
2419		2062.7222	with all those different locations, this sounds really interesting.	2065.2868
2421		2065.6785	I went to /RD-SCHOOL-2/ for two days.	2066.9374
2422	DCB_int_01	2067.1100	[<laugh>]	2068.1218
2423	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	2067.3851	[The second day of school], I jumped out the window and said, I'm not going back.	2070.6713
2424		2072.0049	That's the most interesting part about it.	2073.8001
2426		2074.0752	[Um],	2074.6627
2427	DCB_int_01	2074.0834	[Why?]	2074.4704
2428	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	2075.6827	cau- like,	2076.3915
2430		2076.9371	so,	2077.3101
2432		2077.5852	as I mentioned with /RD-SCHOOL-2/ Elementary,	2079.4084
2434		2079.8001	um, there were two different crews.	2081.8319
2436		2082.0185	There was that Langston Lane	2083.3800
2438		2083.5432	and Woodland, and they were right across from each other.	2085.7161
2440		2085.9994	And way back then, they had beef.	2087.8599
2442		2088.2376	Um,	2088.8904
2444		2089.8929	and	2090.3732
2446		2090.6903	by the time I got to high school,	2091.9586
2448		2092.0927	they didn't really have beef anymore,	2093.5988
2450		2094.0418	but they were	2095.2355
2452		2095.3474	the-	2095.7577
2454		2095.9536	pretty much the baddest folk	2098.0752
2456		2098.2372	in all-	2098.7875
2458		2098.8854	whatever school they're from.	2100.3542
2460		2100.7039	Like, whatever school you go to,	2101.9862
2462		2102.4525	if	2102.7229
2464		2102.8861	somebody was there from Langston Lane or Woodland,	2105.3423
2466		2105.6454	they were probably the most powerful thug within the jont.	2108.3359
2468		2108.7836	<ts>	2108.8628
2470		2109.0260	Um,	2109.6648
2472		2109.9633	and then	2110.5310
2474		2110.6849	I knew them.	2111.4869
2476		2112.1024	So, there would al- there was-	2113.8044
2478		2114.1214	like, I got to /RD-SCHOOL-2/,	2115.3384
2480		2115.7907	and I'm taking senior-	2116.7875
2482		2117.7900	I was taking senior courses at /RD-SCHOOL-2/ as a tenth grader.	2120.2333
2484		2120.6810	<ts>	2120.7602
2486		2120.8535	Um,	2121.5623
2488		2121.7674	like,	2122.1684
2490		2122.6196	I'm walking into class, and they're like, oh, what grade you in?	2125.4546
2492		2125.6038	I'm like, oh, I'm in tenth.	2126.6012
2494		2127.0633	Oh nah, that-	2127.8560
2496		2128.0367	you can't be in the right class. And then they call my name on roll call, and it's like, okay, yeah.	2131.7904
2498		2132.0561	This doesn't seem right for me,	2133.4690
2500		2134.0099	um, even though I'm in your class.	2135.8692
2502		2136.3449	Um, then	2137.5339
2504		2138.8209	like, I would see	2139.9155
2506		2140.0414	all the youngins that I used to go-	2141.6454
2508		2141.7807	go to school with, and	2142.9604
2510		2143.2122	it-	2143.3800
2512		2144.3033	they would be like, yo /RD-NAME-1/, you- you coming to- uh,	2146.4342
2514		2146.6196	oh yeah, you don't need to go to class. Come to	2147.9951
2516		2148.4195	blah blah blah blah. This that and the third. Meet me over here. Blah blah blah.	2150.8302
2518		2150.9841	Nah, I'm good.	2151.6928
2520		2151.8001	Like,	2152.0239
2522		2152.3771	I didn't wanna be associated with that anymore	2154.3635
2524		2154.7086	cause I knew where that led.	2156.1028
2526		2156.5364	Um,	2157.0540
2528		2157.6415	<gasp>	2157.8094
2530		2158.2279	story.	2158.7455
2532		2159.2258	Um,	2159.7573
2534		2159.8692	I have to go back to elementary school.	2161.6318
2536		2161.9396	It's those formative,	2162.8349
2538		2162.9887	uh, memories.	2163.7721
2540		2164.1964	Um,	2164.9320
2542		2165.5988	I had a dude that would bully me	2167.6785
2544		2168.0795	fairly often.	2168.9701
2546		2169.3105	He was quite the asshole.	2170.7331
2548		2171.4030	And	2172.2283
2550		2172.7179	he ended up getting shot.	2173.8510
2552		2174.3732	<ts>	2174.5178
2554		2174.8488	at	2175.0447
2556		2175.2125	a	2175.3851
2558		2175.6136	different	2176.2011
2560		2176.6289	elementary school.	2177.9019
2562		2178.6340	Um,	2179.3660
2564		2179.5619	I think he was in sixth grade.	2180.9794
2566		2181.4364	He was picking up his little brother	2182.9040
2568		2183.1745	and got hit by a stray bullet.	2184.5500
2570		2185.3754	Um,	2185.9069
2572		2187.2172	and that's when I realized	2188.9740
2574		2189.1558	no matter whether you're in the right place	2191.9116
2576		2192.3266	at the right time,	2193.5296
2578		2194.0227	it can still be the wrong situation.	2196.3169
2580		2197.1515	Um,	2197.8417
2582		2198.2613	cause he was actually doing everything that he was supposed to be doing,	2201.5428
2584		2202.3495	and he got shot.	2203.1609
2586		2204.0515	And	2204.6297
2588		2204.7416	it wasn't	2205.3245
2590		2205.4270	karma	2205.9913
2592		2206.1626	for him being a asshole toward me.	2208.2283
2594		2208.8764	It was just	2209.7618
2596		2211.3944	the situation.	2212.3678
2598		2212.5357	He happened to be there.	2213.5149
2600		2214.1071	And	2214.6480
2602		2215.5992	I	2215.6831
2604		2216.7229	didn't cry	2217.7943
2606		2218.0414	f-	2218.2279
2608		2218.4984	at his	2219.0719
2610		2219.7200	funeral.	2220.3775
2612		2221.0396	I know I went.	2221.9302
2614		2222.6950	I don't like funerals.	2223.8840
2616		2224.1580	I-	2224.3445
2618		2225.5009	I really don't like funerals. They're-	2227.3054
2620		2227.4546	they're too often for me,	2228.6810
2622		2229.3524	and so I don't go.	2230.4342
2624		2231.0626	Um,	2231.5708
2626		2232.7738	that's that anxiety thing.	2233.9629
2628		2234.5131	<ts>	2234.6064
2630		2234.7929	Um,	2235.4131
2632		2236.8341	yeah.	2237.1045
2634		2237.3377	So fast forward.	2238.1304
2636		2238.5081	I knew where that had-	2239.9116
2638		2240.1401	where that went.	2241.0120
2640		2241.5203	Um,	2242.2337
2642		2242.6382	so	2243.3703
2644		2243.5382	by the time I got to high school,	2244.8298
2646		2245.7158	I kn-	2246.0701
2648		2246.2846	I didn't know everything, but I knew enough to be like, I don't need to be here at /RD-SCHOOL-2/,	2250.4521
2650		2250.7039	and I jumped out of the window and left.	2253.9913
2652		2254.4191	I mean it was the first floor window, wasn't	2256.1630
2654		2256.3868	dangerous	2257.0303
2656		2257.1562	or anything.	2257.7531
2658		2258.4152	Um, and I went home.	2259.8700
2660		2260.5450	And then the next day, I went	2261.6035
2662		2261.7760	to /RD-SCHOOL-5/.	2262.6526
2664		2263.0256	And so	2263.5759
2666		2264.6157	Woodland	2265.3384
2668		2265.8269	all went to /RD-SCHOOL-5/.	2266.9833
2670		2267.3843	Langston Lane	2268.0418
2672		2268.2469	all went to /RD-SCHOOL-2/.	2268.9184
2674		2269.7018	And so (laughing)	2270.5084
2676		2270.9561	I went from Langston Lane	2272.3363
2678		2273.0626	to /RD-SCHOOL-5/ where all the /RD-SCHOOL-2/ folks were,	2275.1609
2680		2275.5992	and	2276.5970
2682		2277.9446	yeah. Like I was there for a day.	2279.7993
2684		2280.2516	Like one day.	2280.9231
2686		2281.4313	And then the next week, I started at /RD-SCHOOL-2/.	2283.4597
2688		2283.9213	Um,	2284.2524
2690		2284.3864	/RD-SCHOOL-2/ I didn't know	2285.4076
2692		2285.5009	anybody.	2286.1071
2694		2286.2796	I knew a few-	2286.8531
2696		2286.9883	well,	2287.1982
2698		2287.3940	that's a lie.	2287.8230
2700		2288.1074	I knew a few folks from junior high school.	2290.1824
2702		2290.4937	So like, s- a few folks from /RD-SCHOOL-1/.	2291.9159
2704		2292.1490	I heard that Lavender Girl went to /RD-SCHOOL-2/ as well.	2295.1426
2706		2295.5296	But	2295.7441
2708		2296.7035	by then,	2297.3470
2710		2297.6687	you know,	2298.1024
2712		2298.2050	she was no longer Lavender Girl.	2299.7297
2714		2299.8696	I would never see her in that lavender dress again. I don't know,	2302.4704
2716		2303.0812	um,	2303.3657
2718		2303.5895	cause that- that was how I recognized her.	2305.4919
2720		2306.1261	Um,	2306.8302
2722		2307.8374	<ts>	2307.8980
2724		2308.0425	but	2308.2804
2726		2308.5916	my friend /RD-NAME-1/	2309.3470
2728		2309.5289	uh, went to junior high school. I mean, went-	2311.3894
2730		2311.5432	that I went to junior high school with	2312.6623
2732		2312.9234	also went to /RD-SCHOOL-2/.	2313.8654
2734		2314.3864	And	2315.3097
2736		2316.4661	I met some of my lifelong friends at /RD-SCHOOL-2/.	2319.1613
2738		2319.5250	Um,	2320.1078
2740		2320.5357	<ts>	2320.6336
2742		2321.1092	my boy /RD-NAME-1/,	2321.9905
2744		2322.2096	my boy /RD-NAME-2/,	2323.0070
2746		2323.5292	they both went to /RD-SCHOOL-1/ too,	2324.8115
2748		2324.9794	but they were a year ahead of me.	2325.9913
2750		2327.0439	In chemistry class-	2328.0651
2752		2328.6293	<ts>	2328.6853
2754		2329.1376	oh!	2329.3427
2756		2329.4593	<claps>	2329.5619
2758		2330.0515	Over the summer	2330.8908
2760		2331.0307	before	2331.6415
2762		2331.7907	going to high school,	2332.7201
2764		2333.2771	I picked up Wu Tang Clan's, uh, Killer Bees mix tape, right?	2337.2125
2766		2337.6555	<ts>	2337.7453
2768		2337.8887	So it was like,	2338.4389
2770		2338.7548	I'm bumping Killer Bees.	2340.0744
2772		2340.3728	I'm like,	2340.7738
2774		2341.5153	yeah. Like,	2342.1121
2776		2342.2846	this my shit.	2342.9607
2778		2343.2872	You know, boom boom boom.	2344.1451
2780		2344.4564	I walk into chemistry class, right?	2345.8273
2782		2346.3262	<ts>	2346.3775
2784		2346.4754	And, uh,	2347.1236
2786		2347.5759	I sit down.	2348.5691
2788		2348.6530	I had this one song- Ghost Face Killer,	2350.4902
2790		2350.8574	um, he had adlibs on this one song where he's like,	2353.5153
2792		2353.8370	Nah nah (singing),	2354.5504
2794		2356.3911	nah nah. (singing)	2357.1605
2796		2357.4729	Right?	2357.7154
2798		2358.1024	So	2358.4987
2800		2358.6713	I had that adlib stuck in my head. I'm sitting in the back of chemistry class, and I go,	2362.6674
2802		2362.9227	<ts>	2363.0393
2804		2363.6035	Nah nah. (singing)	2364.2796
2806		2364.8858	And	2365.2028
2808		2366.1867	from just that	2367.1473
2810		2367.2732	the dude next to me is like,	2368.2291
2812		2368.7502	youngin!	2369.1092
2814		2369.5335	Oh my gosh!	2370.2703
2816		2370.7086	Was that-	2371.0303
2818		2371.7577	was that-	2372.0142
2820		2372.2940	you know the Wu!	2373.1240
2822		2373.4457	I was like,	2373.8280
2824		2374.3491	what?	2374.6196
2826		2375.2491	Yeah, that was- that was	2376.3495
2828		2376.5034	Wu Tang Clan	2377.2954
2830		2377.4173	off of Killer Bees. He was like, youngin, you know Killer Bees!	2379.8793
2832		2380.9926	Youngin, you know Killer Bees!	2382.0744
2834		2382.2796	Youngin, who are you? <laugh>	2383.3101
2836		2383.5619	<laugh> And	2384.2333
2838		2384.4245	so	2384.8209
2840		2385.0307	that's /RD-NAME-1/.	2385.7027
2842		2386.1265	Um,	2386.8341
2844		2387.2724	/RD-NAME-1/	2387.9392
2846		2388.0651	is-	2388.8205
2848		2390.9141	/RD-NAME-1/ is underground hip-hop	2392.7688
2850		2393.1045	purist personified.	2394.8251
2852		2395.2681	Like-	2395.8696
2854		2396.2520	or he was at that time.	2397.7386
2856		2398.1964	Um,	2398.9320
2858		2399.5895	I would say now,	2400.6946
2860		2401.0490	he is what	2402.0235
2862		2402.1261	a hip-hop purist who has matured	2404.2897
2864		2404.4762	sounds like and looks like.	2405.9065
2866		2406.4661	Um,	2407.0629
2868		2407.8044	/RD-NAME-1/- /RD-NAME-1/ is-	2408.8115
2870		2409.2172	/RD-NAME-1/ became one of my best friends,	2411.3144
2872		2411.6874	um,	2412.4008
2874		2412.7226	and he's one of my ride or dies. Like,	2415.0074
2876		2415.3151	I could hit /RD-NAME-1/ up right now, even though we haven't talked in a couple of months, and be like, yo,	2418.8345
2878		2419.0629	I'm coming over.	2419.5945
2880		2419.8650	He be like, yeah, alright.	2420.9421
2882		2421.2778	I'll get the ramen right,	2422.3083
2884		2422.4191	and I'll	2422.7315
2886		2422.8574	put on some kung-fu flicks. Like, that'll- that's- that's us.	2425.7577
2888		2426.2427	Um,	2427.0074
2890		2427.7395	and then	2428.2559
2892		2428.9507	in front of /RD-NAME-1/,	2430.2283
2894		2430.6526	uh, was	2431.5992
2896		2431.7391	/RD-NAME-2/.	2432.2427
2898		2432.6623	And /RD-NAME-2/ was kind of the womanizer,	2435.0206
2900		2435.4496	though he's really	2436.6666
2902		2436.8485	a incredible dork. This-	2438.7369
2904		2439.0260	like, so I'm pretty dorky.	2440.4715
2906		2440.6802	I l- I own my dorkdom. Like, I'm a Nintendo,	2443.8183
2908		2444.2800	kung-fu movie	2446.0489
2910		2446.5077	<ts>	2446.7222
2912		2447.0299	and poetry dork, right?	2448.9837
2914		2449.4593	Uh, /RD-NAME-2/ is a-	2451.3944
2916		2451.5669	well I was a raver dork too.	2453.2071
2918		2453.4822	/RD-NAME-2/ is a	2454.5081
2920		2454.9417	EDM raver	2456.5924
2922		2457.0447	um,	2458.0286
2924		2459.0579	<ts>	2459.1465
2926		2459.2677	like, uh,	2460.0698
2928		2460.4241	action figure-	2461.0396
2930		2461.3427	both of them collect action figures.	2462.9747
2932		2463.0820	And I believe still to this day,	2464.6860
2934		2464.8947	do so.	2465.3144
2936		2465.8180	Um,	2466.5267
2938		2466.9790	that's like-	2467.4640
2940		2467.6225	that-	2467.8183
2942		2467.9769	that beca- they became my crew,	2469.7768
2944		2470.2011	uh, in- in high school at /RD-SCHOOL-2/.	2472.7039
2946		2473.2075	Um,	2473.7717
2948		2473.9349	I joined the /RD-SCHOOL-2/ choir.	2475.1286
2950		2475.8036	And, uh,	2476.7222
2952		2476.8527	that would then be my last choir.	2478.4568
2954		2479.0303	Um,	2479.6645
2956		2480.4432	<ts>	2480.5224
2958		2481.2172	we sang at Christmas in Washington	2483.2957
2960		2483.9019	<ts>	2484.0045
2962		2484.1677	and that was really cool	2485.5805
2964		2485.9582	cause we'd sung with Christina Aguilera and,	2489.0113
2966		2489.4216	uh,	2490.1444
2968		2490.2889	Kenny Loggins and a bunch of folk.	2492.8582
2970		2493.4830	And that was cool.	2494.1964
2972		2494.5357	Um,	2494.9134
2974		2495.0626	I left the choir	2496.1490
2976		2497.7437	at the end of that school year, and I retired my- uh, <laugh>	2500.6907
2978		2501.1278	my choir robe cause I figured nobody else could,	2503.3567
2980		2503.7950	uh, fit it,	2504.3173
2982		2504.5084	so I was like, I'm'a take this jont with me.	2506.2057
2984		2506.6009	And	2506.9786
2986		2507.4636	number twenty-six	2508.4335
2988		2508.6060	choir robe from /RD-SCHOOL-2/ still sits in my closet today.	2511.7301
2990		2512.3689	Um,	2512.9973
2992		2513.9065	<ts>	2513.9812
2994		2514.0604	I left /RD-SCHOOL-2/	2515.2541
2996		2515.5339	because	2516.5597
2998		2517.1659	I dig into hooking school a lot,	2519.9532
3000		2520.4521	um, and not going.	2521.4826
3002		2522.5924	Um, and whenever there was a bomb threat,	2524.2337
3004		2524.4984	ha,	2524.8994
3006		2525.2537	bomb threats were an event	2526.3822
3008		2526.6340	at /RD-SCHOOL-2/. There were bomb threat- there was a bomb threat like once a week	2529.6509
3010		2529.8467	at /RD-SCHOOL-2/.	2530.3829
3012		2530.8481	Don't know why,	2531.5895
3014		2531.9858	people just didn't wanna go to class, they would call a bomb threat.	2534.2380
3016		2534.6110	Whatever.	2534.9747
3018		2535.4037	Right?	2535.6415
3020		2536.3305	<ts>	2536.4657
3022		2536.8014	So	2537.2677
3024		2538.6480	/but/ we would	2539.5805
3026		2539.7064	all be taken out to the football court,	2542.6802
3027		2542.6802	\ad	2543.0905
3028		2543.0905	and so here are the bleachers. The bleachers are,	2545.5199
3030		2545.8650	<ts>	2545.9536
3032		2546.1681	uh, sitting	2547.3151
3034		2547.7721	up against where the school,	2549.4916
3036		2549.6221	uh, would be. So like, it's the wall up against the school.	2552.2660
3038		2552.7509	And then	2553.4131
3040		2553.8047	there's the court	2554.8527
3042		2555.2817	that you can run across,	2556.3915
3044		2556.6806	and then there's more bleachers,	2557.9955
3046		2558.1634	and there's a fence.	2559.0866
3048		2559.5856	And then there's freedom.	2560.8994
3050		2561.5195	And so	2562.0651
3052		2562.1723	the bomb threat would happen.	2563.4267
3054		2564.0002	Everybody would be sitting there patiently waiting,	2566.2057
3056		2566.5590	um, on the bleachers.	2567.7340
3058		2567.8692	And then that one brave soul would start	2569.9023
3060		2570.1028	running across the field.	2571.1241
3062		2571.6089	And then everybody else would go too.	2573.4889
3064		2573.8879	And then the goal was get across the fence and outrun the police before	2577.7395
3066		2577.9994	like,	2578.3258
3068		2578.6709	you got	2579.0206
3070		2579.3657	caught.	2579.6314
3072		2580.2376	Um,	2580.8531
3074		2582.3452	I remember one day,	2583.4643
3076		2584.0647	I was the brave soul that	2585.4636
3078		2585.7713	darted out there.	2586.6200
3080		2587.0443	Um,	2587.4779
3082		2587.6551	I got across the gate,	2588.7043
3084		2589.4737	and I ran down the street,	2590.8667
3086		2592.0464	uh, cut through a alley, got away from the cops,	2594.2473
3088		2594.8861	and it happened to be free ice cone day-	2597.0206
3090		2597.3470	I mean ice cream day at Ben and Jerry's,	2599.0956
3092		2599.4360	so I went to Ben and Jerry's and got ice cream.	2601.2825
3094		2602.9740	Delinquent, hood	2603.7620
3096		2603.9019	/RD-NAME-2/ stories.	2604.9231
3098		2606.2147	Boom.	2606.5224
3100		2606.9981	Um, so there was- there was that.	2609.1139
3102		2609.2957	Um,	2610.0511
3104		2611.2774	it was a bittersweet moment when I left	2613.1846
3106		2613.3245	/RD-SCHOOL-2/ though because I was finally starting to connect with folks.	2616.4474
3108		2616.8951	Um, so that was interesting.	2618.5691
3110		2618.9514	Like, leaving the school.	2620.3037
3112		2620.6662	Um, we had to write-	2621.8553
3114		2622.6806	oh!	2622.9604
3116		2623.2681	My teacher, uh,	2624.5131
3118		2624.7229	Miss /RD-NAME-2/,	2625.4923
3120		2625.7115	my English teacher,	2626.6441
3122		2627.0952	um,	2627.8086
3124		2628.2936	she	2629.0443
3126		2629.4453	had us	2630.2893
3128		2631.3431	write	2632.1451
3130		2632.4051	a paper	2633.5195
3132		2633.7014	on	2634.4614
3134		2635.8650	what we will be doing over the summer	2637.9633
3136		2638.6009	or, uh,	2639.0066
3138		2639.5009	things you wanna leave this class with.	2641.3381
3140		2641.6971	And I remember writing that- um,	2643.6462
3142		2644.4331	that	2644.8341
3144		2646.3029	I was sad to leave that class because I was just starting to get	2649.8374
3146		2650.1824	to know folks and that I knew that I wouldn't be coming back to that school in the fall.	2653.8099
3148		2654.4245	Um,	2654.9328
3150		2655.0727	and so,	2655.5483
3152		2656.2232	it was a real like, touching sort of moment where some of my classmates were	2659.0629
3154		2659.2355	really starting to be like, oh,	2660.3919
3156		2660.5224	like, dang, like, little /RD-NAME-2/, like,	2662.4249
3158		2662.5123	you started to mess with us, and	2663.7573
3160		2664.1583	we started messing with him.	2665.0070
3162		2665.5945	Um, I had a zero period	2667.1706
3164		2667.5052	class	2668.0146
3166		2668.2372	that would start at seven forty-five,	2670.0931
3168		2670.5174	but that meant that I left school at half a day,	2672.7043
3170		2673.3338	so	2673.9586
3172		2674.9320	being a tenth grader with a half a day schedule was kind of cool.	2677.3800
3174		2678.0655	Uh,	2678.4805
3176		2679.4166	and I was in greenhouse and garden club.	2681.1605
3178		2682.0091	And I learned how to plant	2683.3381
3180		2683.5479	stuff and	2684.3592
3182		2684.5038	plant trees and	2685.5891
3184		2686.6895	I did that with /RD-NAME-1/.	2687.6408
3186		2687.8040	That was cool.	2688.3728
3188		2688.8531	<ts>	2688.9697
3190		2689.2868	Um,	2689.6598
3192		2689.8836	/RD-NAME-1/ came out,	2690.5737
3194		2690.7509	uh, to me, that was gay	2692.4855
3196		2692.7455	in tenth grade.	2693.6548
3198		2694.3076	And I was able to help support him	2696.0608
3200		2696.4199	with	2696.6577
3202		2696.9701	a myriad of things that he would come across, um,	2699.8319
3204		2700.3868	come	2700.6340
3206		2700.8205	in the future.	2701.4593
3208		2701.8976	Uh,	2702.2893
3210		2702.4711	so yeah.	2702.8722
3212		2703.4597	That was- that was cool.	2704.3258
3214		2705.0066	Um,	2705.3610
3216		2706.3076	eleventh grade-	2707.0163
3218		2707.4593	and I'll	2708.0328
3220		2708.3452	put eleventh and twelfth grade together cause	2710.3596
3222		2710.5963	it's all pretty fast.	2711.5568
3224		2712.0651	Um,	2712.6246
3226		2713.3054	I was at /RD-SCHOOL-7/,	2715.0307
3228		2715.1659	also known as /RD-SCHOOL-6/,	2716.3969
3230		2716.8947	um,	2717.2771
3232		2718.0511	for eleventh grade,	2718.9883
3234		2719.4686	and	2720.0142
3236		2720.4338	it was decent. Like that was the first time I've	2722.5963
3238		2723.0579	felt- I really felt-	2724.0464
3240		2724.2982	I really felt like I	2725.2868
3242		2725.7577	fit in	2726.2193
3244		2727.6928	in a school straight up,	2729.1185
3246		2729.3796	like off the break.	2730.2533
3248		2730.5500	Just like, oh,	2731.1982
3250		2731.7111	this is	2732.0888
3252		2732.3732	all gifted and talented!	2734.0612
3254		2734.4611	<laugh> Like, the whole damn school.	2736.6904
3256		2737.1003	Um, (laughing)	2738.0981
3258		2739.1193	and so, I didn't feel like anybody was being left behind,	2742.1209
3260		2742.5547	um, within	2743.6971
3262		2744.0049	the school.	2744.6763
3264		2745.2312	Now whether that was like,	2746.8108
3266		2747.2304	you know, like, oh, all the-	2748.9371
3268		2749.0956	all of these kids are now leaving	2750.9701
3270		2751.5156	everybody else in the DCPS,	2753.2771
3272		2753.8086	that's a whole nother conversation.	2755.4267
3274		2755.9722	Um,	2756.2893
3276		2756.3872	but	2756.5970
3278		2756.9001	being at /RD-SCHOOL-6/ was the right thing for me.	2759.2817
3280		2759.7807	Um,	2760.3915
3282		2762.0142	and I guess,	2762.7929
3284		2763.3431	at that time, it-	2764.1591
3286		2764.3491	yeah,	2764.5963
3288		2764.8434	fuck it,	2765.1651
3290		2765.3237	it was important that I be out of	2767.0443
3292		2767.2635	my environment	2768.0155
3294		2768.2007	that I was in.	2768.7929
3296		2769.4877	Um,	2770.2057
3298		2771.5009	<ts>	2771.6268
3300		2771.7620	still was kind of ostracized <laugh> cause	2774.5597
3302		2774.8908	I'm the little one.	2775.8327
3304		2776.2932	Um, like I'm fi-	2777.5662
3306		2777.8739	for those who don't	2778.7365
3308		2778.9091	know and haven't seen me,	2780.3219
3310		2780.6343	I'm five three.	2781.6462
3312		2782.0286	Um, I'm actually five two point five but I claim five three as mine.	2785.9489
3314		2786.4711	Um,	2787.1379
3316		2787.3384	for anyone who listens to this in the future.	2789.3983
3318		2790.1117	Um (laughing),	2791.0676
3320		2792.1541	<ts>	2792.2567
3322		2792.3546	and yeah.	2793.0493
3324		2793.3618	Uh,	2793.7616
3326		2793.8875	that-	2794.0507
3328		2794.2978	it all happened real fast.	2795.8086
3330		2796.0744	Um,	2796.6853
3332		2797.3241	<ts>	2797.3987
3334		2799.3431	who was my-	2801.5522
3336		2802.3915	<claps>	2802.5500
3338		2802.7692	how could I ever forget?	2803.8417
3340		2805.3151	It was	2806.1684
3342		2806.3911	Miss	2807.3563
3344		2807.9159	/RD-NAME-2/-	2808.5687
3346		2808.8298	/RD-NAME-1/- Miss /RD-NAME-2/.	2809.9069
3348		2810.2147	Um,	2811.0214
3350		2811.5996	Miss /RD-NAME-4/.	2812.9693
3352		2813.7853	She had a humanities course	2815.4733
3354		2815.6831	that changed my life.	2817.1240
3356		2817.6928	Um,	2818.5695
3358		2818.8061	she taught humanities	2820.2376
3360		2820.6480	and our course-	2821.4779
3362		2821.5852	uh, our-	2822.4059
3364		2822.6297	our course	2823.2359
3366		2823.3757	book	2823.6788
3368		2823.9213	<ts>	2823.9773
3370		2824.1545	was actually Takaki's A Different Mirror,	2826.5221
3372		2827.1515	and so her whole class,	2828.7102
3374		2829.0633	instead of taking English that year, we took humanities. And her whole course was built around	2833.2541
3376		2833.3520	building compassion	2834.3313
3378		2834.6530	for other cultures,	2835.8793
3380		2836.1673	uh, through	2837.2910
3382		2837.6874	learning.	2838.1723
3384		2838.6200	And so we read Takaki's A Different Mirror,	2840.6763
3386		2841.1006	and then	2841.7814
3388		2842.2559	after every chapter,	2843.4496
3390		2843.7993	we would have a project. So, we would read a poem and then have to,	2847.0027
3392		2847.4317	uh, look at it	2848.1405
3394		2848.2839	from all the different like, cultural,	2850.3215
3396		2850.5127	uh,	2851.0303
3398		2851.7437	viewpoints.	2852.4152
3400		2852.7696	Um, we watched	2854.1078
3402		2854.6103	Soylent Green,	2855.7107
3404		2855.9672	um, and we had to relate that	2858.5364
3406		2858.7183	to the beliefs of Native American culture	2861.5009
3408		2861.8739	or indigenous people's culture,	2863.4173
3410		2863.8556	um,	2864.6810
3412		2865.3851	and how	2866.1078
3414		2866.2291	if we	2866.9227
3416		2867.3284	completely wipe out	2868.3635
3418		2868.4521	all of	2869.2728
3420		2869.4033	Earth's res- resources and don't live by the land,	2872.0612
3422		2872.4529	then we end up having to eat each other in cracker form.	2875.2961
3424		2875.8556	Um,	2876.6017
3426		2877.3105	yeah. Have you-	2877.6882
3428		2877.8409	Soylent Green is a really good one.	2879.2444
3430		2879.4776	Like, I would- I would definitely see that one.	2881.1982
3432		2881.7531	Um,	2882.3732
3434		2883.0773	<ts>	2883.1286
3436		2883.2498	it was a bunch of stuff. It was really,	2884.5776
3438		2884.6802	really good.	2885.1558
3440		2885.5941	Um,	2886.1071
3442		2886.5267	and that's another teacher that had that heart to heart with me.	2888.8488
3444		2889.3058	Um,	2889.9493
3446		2891.0439	it wasn't that I didn't do the work in her class. She just recognized that like,	2894.9934
3448		2895.5716	there was more to me.	2896.4948
3450		2896.9180	And she pulled me over and was like, /RD-NAME-2/,	2898.5034
3452		2898.7365	there'll be a time	2899.4919
3454		2899.7997	when everyone thinks you're crazy,	2901.1053
3456		2901.5949	and	2902.1265
3458		2903.3237	in this world,	2904.3775
3460		2905.3147	if you	2905.7297
3462		2906.0422	don't	2906.2567
3464		2906.3732	think that	2907.4410
3466		2907.5996	things-	2908.2244
3468		2909.4449	How did she put it?	2910.2143
3470		2911.0723	Sh- she let me know folks would think that I'm-	2912.9747
3472		2913.1146	that I'm crazy,	2913.8374
3474		2914.4004	but	2914.8387
3476		2915.2817	you have to be crazy to survive in this world	2917.5106
3478		2917.6598	and not think that things are going crazy.	2919.6182
3480		2920.6196	And it's like-	2921.3890
3482		2921.6408	like she-	2922.1350
3484		2922.8018	she really saw	2923.8137
3486		2924.4330	my struggle	2925.6415
3488		2925.8420	to like,	2926.4762
3490		2927.0066	not-	2927.3284
3492		2927.6035	my struggle in being comfortable with me not fitting in.	2930.2147
3494		2930.6996	<ts>	2930.7882
3496		2930.8488	Um,	2931.4643
3498		2931.9726	yeah.	2932.3503
3500		2932.9180	And by that time, there was a new goth crowd and	2936.0841
3502		2936.2660	like, some of the underclassmen,	2937.5092
3504		2937.9633	um, were more extreme than I was.	2940.2982
3506		2940.4335	And so that was	2941.0769
3508		2942.2520	kind of welcoming.	2942.9887
3510		2943.4923	Um,	2944.1265
3512		2945.1651	<ts>	2945.2351
3514		2945.3284	yeah.	2945.6687
3516		2946.1630	Yeah.	2946.4894
3518		2947.1982	Yeah.	2947.4033
3520		2948.1634	Um,	2948.7696
3522		2949.2079	high school prom,	2950.5508
3524		2952.1210	graduated. Oh man, I missed like,	2953.8743
3526		2954.2380	twenty days of	2955.4737
3528		2955.5856	school in senior year	2956.9367
3530		2957.0159	cause that's when I got into shoplifting.	2958.3868
3532		2958.9231	And,	2959.6365
3534		2960.2054	uh, I stole my whole prom outfit,	2961.9400
3536		2962.3864	like-	2962.6289
3538		2963.5801	<ts>	2963.7294
3540		2964.3355	I didn't-	2965.0629
3542		2966.6530	anytime- something I noticed,	2968.0565
3544		2968.3398	anytime I was shoplifting,	2969.5708
3546		2969.7154	I would get away with stuff that I actually needed.	2971.4826
3548		2971.7391	So if I was stealing clothes,	2973.1426
3550		2973.4457	stealing food,	2974.3316
3552		2975.0812	that would be- those would be things that I would get away with.	2977.2821
3554		2977.7111	Um, the one time I tried to steal a game, I got caught,	2980.3130
3556		2980.7828	<ts>	2980.8667
3558		2980.9880	and I n- hadn't s- haven't shoplifted aga-	2983.5339
3560		2983.7297	s- ever since.	2984.4805
3562		2985.0633	Um,	2985.8094
3564		2986.1125	so yeah.	2986.6802
3565	DCB_int_01	2987.2164	Why did you turn to shoplifting?	2988.4428
3566	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	2989.6085	Money.	2989.9302
3568		2990.3359	Um, my mother was struggling with money.	2992.4482
3570		2992.7408	Um,	2993.3563
3572		2993.5848	she hadn't always worked at the /RD-WORK-7/.	2996.6530
3574		2996.8115	Um,	2997.2498
3576		2997.9400	and then,	2998.5461
3578		2998.8434	after she got the job,	3000.0138
3580		3000.5500	like,	3001.0163
3582		3001.1329	there were some cutbacks and furlough and all that stuff	3004.0565
3584		3004.2291	at that time,	3004.9134
3586		3005.2864	and so I wasn't able to get new clothes for school.	3007.2728
3588		3007.7997	Um,	3008.5084
3590		3009.6695	and then so some of it was just trying to keep up with the Joneses and this that and the third.	3013.2075
3592		3013.8790	Um,	3014.4292
3594		3015.6882	but yeah,	3016.0892
3596		3016.2885	like	3016.6942
3598		3018.4661	yeah.	3018.8112
3600		3019.2868	That was also the same time that I found out about /RD-WORK-4/	3022.9040
3602		3023.0159	and became a peer educator,	3024.4801
3604		3024.5967	and so I started making my own money.	3026.3033
3606		3026.7556	Um,	3027.3105
3608		3027.5483	and then spending that	3028.4809
3610		3029.3144	on	3029.7760
3612		3029.9812	I don't know.	3030.5174
3614		3030.6340	I don't even remember now.	3031.6691
3616		3032.1867	Um, (laughing) for real.	3033.2032
3617	DCB_int_01	3033.3711	How'd you find out and why were you interested?	3035.3004
3618	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	3035.7760	There was a young lady	3036.6759
3620		3036.9650	<ts>	3037.0163
3622		3037.0583	who I thought was flirting with me	3038.4758
3624		3038.7416	um,	3039.0820
3626		3039.1939	at my new school	3040.0705
3628		3040.2279	in junior high- Uh, at uh,	3041.5708
3630		3041.7760	/RD-SCHOOL-6/,	3042.5547
3632		3042.9837	and	3043.6365
3634		3043.9582	her name was /RD-NAME-4/.	3045.0307
3636		3045.4923	<ts>	3045.5809
3638		3045.7208	And I thought she was cute.	3046.9273
3640		3047.0626	I thought she was flirting.	3047.8879
3642		3048.3215	<ts>	3048.3775
3644		3048.5081	She was like, yo, you should come with me to this spot called Freestyle.	3050.8908
3646		3051.3757	So I went with her,	3052.1311
3648		3052.7408	and lo and behold, she was doing outreach.	3054.5081
3650		3054.7412	<laugh>	3055.3847
3652		3055.7344	And it just like, got me in the door.	3057.0540
3654		3057.2918	Um,	3057.6835
3656		3057.7896	that same day they were doing interviews for peer educators	3060.6759
3658		3061.1376	to use poetry, hip hop, and art	3062.7556
3660		3063.0913	to promote HIV	3064.2232
3662		3064.3771	uh, prevention.	3065.0253
3664		3065.5102	<ts>	3065.6268
3666		3065.6921	And I interviewed	3067.1422
3668		3067.3147	and I got the gig.	3068.6390
3670		3069.2732	And that's when I realized my	3071.5195
3672		3071.6501	art	3071.9065
3674		3072.4008	could benefit me	3073.7997
3676		3074.2193	um,	3074.8115
3678		3075.0074	and benefit my community.	3076.3270
3680		3076.8667	Um,	3077.4356
3682		3078.3728	and my-	3079.0863
3684		3079.7484	Ah,	3079.9442
3686		3080.0888	this is	3080.2940
3688		3080.4851	perfect segue.	3081.1379
3690		3081.4177	My- uh,	3082.1405
3692		3082.4191	my growth	3083.2164
3694		3083.3423	as a HIV advocate and ev-	3085.2728
3696		3085.3754	educator	3086.0142
3698		3086.4059	<ts>	3086.4898
3700		3086.6250	is almost	3087.2965
3702		3087.4364	directly parallel with my growth as a performing artist, and uh,	3091.1003
3704		3091.2401	you know,	3091.6132
3706		3091.8929	published	3092.2893
3708		3092.4758	guy	3092.9048
3710		3093.0260	and all that stuff.	3093.6975
3712		3094.1440	Um, they go hand in hand.	3095.6548
3714		3096.3122	And yeah.	3098.3266
3716		3098.8442	Oh!	3099.0447
3718		3099.7814	So	3100.0401
3720		3100.1906	we go	3100.5123
3722		3100.6755	all the way back to elementary school.	3102.6992
3724		3103.1469	Um, fourth grade,	3104.3033
3726		3104.6996	there was a group that came to my school and spoke about,	3107.6641
3728		3108.0977	um,	3108.6480
3730		3108.8205	good touch bad touch.	3109.9489
3732		3110.4012	And at the end of their presentation, they mention	3112.2384
3734		3112.5123	there's this thing	3113.3097
3736		3113.5289	that's gonna be really affecting DC heavily,	3115.8696
3738		3116.2287	um,	3116.7602
3740		3116.9141	in about ten years,	3118.0519
3742		3118.4750	and it's called HIV.	3119.6687
3744		3120.1397	And	3120.9510
3746		3121.2681	<ts>	3121.3707
3748		3121.4919	we, uh, just wanna let y'all know, like, be safe around,	3124.5321
3750		3124.8994	um, the good touch bad touch, that-	3126.3169
3752		3126.6526	all that.	3127.0303
3754		3127.2401	Alright?	3127.4220
3756		3127.9722	Sixth grade, they came back	3129.3991
3758		3129.5296	and gave the whole HIV one O one	3131.7620
3760		3131.9345	scenario and like,	3133.1469
3762		3133.6878	you know,	3134.0422
3764		3134.4199	<ts> uh, the four fluids-	3135.8572
3766		3135.9633	uh, what they recognized as the four fluids at the time.	3138.5267
3768		3138.9091	Um,	3139.7018
3770		3140.5318	sex,	3141.2452
3772		3141.4037	all of that.	3142.1859
3774		3142.3771	Um,	3142.8201
3776		3143.0113	mind you,	3143.4356
3778		3143.7807	I wasn't interested in it at all,	3145.3707
3780		3145.8650	but	3146.1121
3782		3146.5924	based on information that I gained in seventh grade, apparently some of my other classmates were-	3151.5805
3784		3152.1447	um,	3152.5084
3786		3152.6157	were interested in sex. Uh,	3153.8793
3788		3154.3631	but I was interested in what this thing was that's gonna be like	3157.7624
3790		3158.1168	wiping people out in ten years,	3159.6742
3792		3160.0425	um, within my community.	3161.1139
3794		3161.6594	Cause I was like, dang yo. Like,	3163.0303
3796		3163.5246	my Uncle /RD-NAME-1/,	3164.2706
3798		3164.4059	like, (laughing)	3164.9887
3800		3165.3478	you know,	3165.9586
3802		3166.4144	all-	3166.6429
3804		3166.7641	all my friends. Like,	3167.8319
3806		3167.9625	f- it's- it-	3168.5820
3808		3168.7925	if it's really this thing, like it's gonna be a big deal.	3170.7602
3810		3171.9213	And so, in junior h- I mean in high school,	3173.8599
3812		3175.1469	excuse me,	3175.5992
3814		3176.0608	uh, when I started hanging out at Freestyle,	3178.0938
3816		3178.3585	uh, the youth center that was ran by /RD-WORK-4/,	3180.7319
3818		3181.3054	um,	3181.9442
3820		3183.4690	it all came full circle.	3184.5757
3822		3185.0346	Was like, oh,	3185.6874
3824		3186.1071	so	3186.4614
3826		3186.8531	I can	3187.5945
3828		3188.1587	get paid	3188.9468
3830		3189.7581	to share my	3190.7222
3832		3190.8434	art	3191.2258
3834		3191.7993	and travel all over the place	3193.4873
3836		3194.1587	and talk about this HIV thing that has bothered me	3197.4589
3838		3198.1444	since I even heard of it	3199.3707
3840		3199.5246	<laugh> like,	3200.2473
3841	DCB_int_01	3200.2380	Mm.	3200.4338
3842	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	3200.4245	in fourth grade.	3201.2265
3843		3201.6648	And so that was kind of a- a ah ha moment for me.	3204.6526
3845		3205.0210	Um,	3205.7344
3847		3207.2778	yeah.	3207.6182
3849		3208.0414	So I graduated,	3209.0393
3851		3209.9065	stop shoplifting,	3211.1049
3853		3211.8743	um,	3212.3406
3855		3212.4805	oh,	3212.6716
3857		3213.3711	the time that I got caught	3214.5881
3859		3215.3423	and-	3216.2936
3861		3216.7599	uh,	3217.4313
3863		3218.0328	yeah.	3218.2893
3865		3218.6064	The time that I got caught, I didn't have them call my mom.	3220.5170
3867		3220.6009	I had them call my supervisor at /RD-WORK-3/,	3222.4101
3869		3223.2961	and	3224.0748
3871		3224.4711	she,	3225.0214
3873		3226.0834	uh,	3226.7222
3875		3226.8014	told our executive director, and they drove over.	3229.2215
3877		3229.5246	It was our new ED's first day,	3231.2498
3879		3231.8222	<ts> um,	3232.5683
3881		3232.6569	and so he-	3233.0299
3883		3233.1791	he pulls up and he's like, what am I getting myself into?	3235.9245
3885		3236.4851	And, uh,	3237.4597
3887		3238.7828	I was reading Othello,	3239.8040
3889		3240.5360	<laugh> [and (laughing)],	3241.3287
3890	DCB_int_01	3240.8811	[<laugh>]	3241.3287
3891	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	3241.8556	he's like,	3242.3592
3893		3242.6856	what	3242.9328
3895		3243.2079	have I gotten myself into?	3244.7921
3897		3245.2864	Um,	3245.9998
3899		3246.5967	and he was asking me why was I shoplifting. I'm just like, I need money.	3249.7026
3901		3250.3081	And	3251.0868
3903		3252.0800	he said, well,	3252.9986
3905		3254.5315	I'm gonna go out on a limb	3255.8232
3907		3256.3967	and believe that you are not	3258.1127
3909		3258.2992	this like	3258.9053
3911		3259.8974	crazy shoplifting kid,	3261.3196
3913		3261.7299	that	3261.9537
3915		3262.1263	there is more to you,	3263.2080
3917		3263.6604	and if	3264.1500
3919		3264.2805	you are willing	3265.1012
3921		3265.4871	to	3266.0011
3923		3266.8020	take on the responsibility, I am willing to see what's up	3270.0427
3925		3270.2945	when you graduate.	3271.0173
3927		3271.5302	<ts>	3271.6094
3929		3271.6887	So	3272.0280
3931		3272.0979	I graduated	3272.8673
3933		3273.2077	in O one,	3273.8465
3935		3274.7138	and	3275.5531
3937		3275.9448	I interviewed	3276.7328
3939		3276.9566	couple months later,	3277.8612
3941		3278.0664	and I got the job.	3278.9559
3943		3279.5807	<ts>	3279.6786
3945		3280.1915	And the rest is history.	3281.5578
3947		3282.1173	Um,	3282.7002
3949		3283.3856	I've been with-	3284.5922
3951		3285.5154	well-	3285.7719
3953		3286.4620	<ts>	3286.5506
3955		3286.6811	well,	3286.8630
3957		3287.3852	we're living the history.	3288.3225
3959		3288.7328	Um,	3289.0685
3961		3289.3297	I had been with /RD-WORK-4/ from two thousand one to two thousand four.	3292.9590
3963		3293.4319	Um, that's when the	3294.3644
3965		3294.5370	infamous Bush cuts came,	3295.8659
3967		3296.2518	um, when everything went abstinence only,	3298.5179
3969		3299.0682	and,	3299.8049
3971		3300.0287	uh, I lost my job then because we didn't have funding.	3302.3555
3973		3302.7414	<ts>	3302.8113
3975		3303.0072	Um,	3303.5714
3977		3303.7252	I then	3304.2941
3979		3304.4107	went on tour dancing for awhile.	3306.3365
3981		3306.8867	That's a whole nother story.	3308.0524
3983		3308.5045	Um (laughing),	3309.3765
3985		3310.4012	came back	3311.3850
3987		3311.5203	to,	3312.2278
3989		3312.8399	uh, DC	3314.0895
3991		3314.4206	in two thousand five,	3316.0001
3993		3316.3125	joined /RD-WORK-3/,	3317.5015
3995		3317.9993	um,	3318.7174
3997		3319.2909	and while I was with /RD-WORK-3/,	3321.4125
3999		3321.7576	I did HIV prevention education and outreach,	3324.6532
4001		3325.1464	um,	3325.8831
4003		3326.6105	in partnership	3327.3100
4005		3327.4778	with /RD-WORK-4/.	3328.8301
4007		3329.2824	And then when I left	3330.4656
4009		3330.8899	/RD-WORK-3/,	3331.8225
4011		3332.1209	I joined /RD-WORK-6/	3333.9674
4013		3334.4897	um, doing water education,	3336.0366
4015		3336.2697	uh,	3336.5215
4017		3336.6195	aquatic education programs at Anacostia Park as a park ranger.	3339.7436
4019		3340.2472	<ts>	3340.3405
4021		3340.4850	And then	3341.0585
4023		3341.1565	came back to /RD-WORK-4/ in O eight.	3342.8433
4025		3344.0650	Now,	3344.5219
4027		3344.6338	/RD-WORK-4/ doesn't exist.	3346.0001
4029		3346.1306	Um, we are a part of-	3348.1345
4031		3348.4609	our programs got	3349.4914
4033		3349.6173	absorbed into /RD-WORK-5/,	3351.8042
4035		3352.4990	um,	3353.3523
4037		3353.7848	and I am	3354.9925
4039		3355.5147	fighting to keep	3356.3680
4041		3356.5079	our programs	3357.6317
4043		3358.1446	ali-	3359.3523
4045		3359.4864	well,	3359.7475
4047		3359.9667	<ts>	3360.0459
4049		3360.2604	I won't say alive	3361.4028
4051		3361.7619	because our programs are still going to live.	3364.8533
4053		3365.1506	Um, I'm trying to keep	3366.2231
4055		3366.8759	our core base of youth,	3368.7970
4057		3369.4732	um, and our core target	3370.8487
4059		3371.1285	audience	3371.8139
4061		3372.2651	invested	3373.0811
4063		3373.4495	as things change.	3374.7597
4065		3375.3566	That's the best way to put it.	3376.1726
4066	DCB_int_01	3378.3630	Why do you-	3378.8573
4068		3380.6525	why do you care?	3381.6364
4070		3381.8695	Like,	3382.3218
4072		3383.9480	because it's clearly	3384.7500
4074		3384.9972	passion there. I mean,	3385.9484
4076		3386.7224	no doubt about that.	3387.8742
4078		3389.7195	[And not just] because of Uncle /RD-NAME-1/, right?	3391.4541
4079	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	3389.7213	[So-]	3390.1392
4080		3391.8038	Yeah, I mean like, you know, Uncle /RD-NAME-1/, he alright.	3394.1679
4082		3394.3078	He be alright.	3394.9047
4084		3395.0632	Like,	3395.4537
4086		3395.8687	/you know/ as far as I know of he doesn't have HIV,	3397.8924
4088		3397.9950	but he be- he be alright.	3398.8950
4090		3399.1701	Um,	3399.8602
4092		3400.1120	<laugh> he funny.	3401.1331
4094		3402.1392	Why do I care?	3402.8200
4096		3403.3329	Cause somebody got to.	3404.6152
4098		3405.0162	Like, somebody has to.	3406.8627
4100		3407.4537	And	3408.3397
4102		3409.7992	I was-	3410.2655
4104		3410.9836	I told this to my folks at /RD-WORK-5/	3413.8547
4106		3413.9760	when, um,	3414.7640
4108		3414.9505	I was going for a promotion.	3416.1489
4110		3416.7597	Um,	3417.3612
4112		3418.2565	I was committed to /RD-WORK-4/	3420.2931
4114		3420.5868	because /RD-WORK-4/ was committed to me.	3422.4986
4116		3422.9369	Um,	3423.5711
4118		3424.1912	they reached out	3425.0026
4120		3425.1460	and said, look,	3425.9340
4122		3426.3257	you don't have to go to jail. <laugh>	3428.7038
4124		3429.2074	Like,	3429.5944
4126		3429.7529	this can be	3430.6669
4128		3430.7928	a way for you.	3431.7720
4130		3432.1951	Um,	3433.0205
4132		3433.3422	<ts>	3433.4355
4134		3433.6826	and	3434.4986
4136		3434.7411	I've been doing that	3435.8975
4138		3436.0980	ever since with the youth that I work with.	3438.7174
4140		3439.2350	Um,	3439.9297
4142		3440.4520	like,	3440.9742
4144		3442.0374	I took my first flight	3443.2171
4146		3443.5796	outside-	3444.0040
4148		3444.1345	I took my first flight period	3445.5707
4150		3445.8272	with /RD-WORK-2/- uh, with /RD-WORK-4/ um, when we flew to Denver,	3448.8907
4152		3449.4875	um,	3450.2511
4154		3450.4190	for a conference.	3451.4261
4156		3451.9157	I took	3452.3774
4158		3452.4846	a young man	3453.4312
4160		3453.5991	on his first flight ever.	3455.1005
4162		3455.5610	Um, I flew him-	3456.8946
4164		3457.1091	I flew with him out to	3458.7970
4166		3460.3731	San Francisco for a conference where he spoke	3462.8479
4168		3462.9645	and knocked the audience	3464.5173
4170		3464.8157	alive, you know?	3466.1120
4172		3466.6016	Um,	3467.5388
4174		3468.6428	and so	3469.0718
4176		3469.1977	those type of parallels are what I really live for.	3471.6224
4178		3472.1679	Um,	3472.6715
4180		3473.1798	maybe it's something that was in me- instilled in me from like, church, and	3478.2472
4182		3478.7834	having that sense of like, oh,	3480.3304
4184		3480.4609	good deeds are what you should do.	3482.1009
4186		3482.6711	Um,	3483.2167
4188		3483.4498	maybe it's the fact that I've received so many services	3486.5169
4190		3486.9692	over time.	3487.8551
4192		3488.3401	Um,	3489.1468
4194		3491.0912	maybe	3491.7067
4196		3491.8454	it was	3492.7593
4198		3493.0018	Miss /RD-NAME-2/ stopping and talking to me about,	3495.6224
4200		3495.7809	you know,	3496.1633
4202		3496.8907	l-	3496.9828
4204		3497.1460	having this-	3498.0739
4206		3498.2604	having school be a means to an end so I can be free.	3500.9556
4208		3501.5338	Um, maybe it was	3503.4409
4210		3503.8454	Miss /RD-NAME-1/-	3504.5868
4212		3504.7920	Miss /RD-NAME-2/'s class,	3506.0650
4214		3506.2608	you know, having compassion for all people,	3508.1726
4216		3508.8440	um,	3509.5155
4218		3509.7522	but	3510.0413
4220		3510.9086	there's-	3511.1184
4222		3511.5474	there's al- I feel like there's always been something that's drawn me	3515.1052
4224		3515.5983	to	3516.3164
4226		3517.0997	helping others.	3518.3401
4228		3518.7737	Even though	3519.5618
4230		3519.8975	I personally	3520.9560
4232		3521.3698	don't like being around a lot of people (laughing),	3523.7525
4234		3524.2748	I don't want to see anybody hurt	3526.7415
4236		3527.8081	cause I've seen hurt,	3529.4261
4238		3529.9810	and I know how hurt feels.	3532.0094
4240		3534.9832	Yeah.	3535.5101
4242		3536.0836	<laugh> Like,	3536.9323
4244		3539.2404	there's so much hurt, and I d- wanna- I just wanna be	3541.9344
4246		3542.7457	part of	3543.8928
4248		3544.8814	the not hurt.	3545.7813
4250		3546.1159	<laugh> Whatever the opposite of not hurt.	3549.1468
4252		3549.3426	<laugh> Or whatever the opposite of hurt is,	3551.5295
4254		3551.8734	um, the part of the healing,	3553.2414
4256		3554.1069	and- and if you're not in a process of healing,	3556.4057
4258		3556.5456	part of your well being,	3557.8454
4260		3557.9433	your ongoing well being.	3559.0811
4262		3560.3960	So,	3560.6385
4263	DCB_int_01	3561.8089	[So],	3562.2052
4264	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	3561.9674	[yeah.]	3562.2006
4265	DCB_int_01	3562.3311	talk about being a performer.	3564.0786
4267		3564.3817	Or- or	3564.8153
4269		3564.9179	art.	3565.2443
4271		3565.5334	Because even you were just, what?	3566.7924
4273		3567.0115	Crocheting?	3567.5902
4274	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	3567.6970	Mm-hm.	3567.9534
4276		3568.1166	Speaking of, I'm like, is it still in my lap?	3569.7673
4278		3569.8687	Did I-	3570.1578
4280		3570.3257	Okay.	3570.5775
4281	DCB_int_01	3570.6521	[Um],	3571.3282
4282	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	3570.6941	[/Okay (whispering)./]	3570.9599
4283	DCB_int_01	3571.8318	like,	3572.0277
4285		3572.8623	that's just	3573.2913
4287		3573.4592	unique to me.	3574.1633
4289		3574.2752	I [mean]	3574.6062
4290	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	3574.3731	[Hm.]	3574.5876
4291	DCB_int_01	3574.9175	a lot of people crochet, but I mean	3576.3583
4293		3577.0531	how did you get into crocheting,	3578.5219
4294	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	3578.8157	[Oh] [gosh.]	3579.9861
4295	DCB_int_01	3578.8250	[art]	3579.1841
4297		3579.3986	[/or/]	3579.6084
4298		3580.0514	[poetry], dancing, I mean	3581.6729
4299	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	3580.1446	[This story.]	3580.6715
4300	DCB_int_01	3582.6335	you are a Renaissance man right here.	3584.2655
4301	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	3584.4007	Uh,	3584.9323
4303		3585.4219	thank you.	3585.8275
4305		3586.6529	Um,	3587.2542
4307		3587.4444	<ts>	3587.5144
4309		3587.7055	where did it start?	3588.4050
4311		3588.8992	Um,	3589.3795
4313		3589.7759	so	3590.1582
4315		3590.2981	the earliest would be dance.	3591.8462
4317		3592.1819	Um,	3592.8767
4319		3593.6682	<laugh>	3594.0553
4321		3595.3749	I was the kid in the ballet class (laughing)	3598.4244
4323		3598.7042	I was the boy in the ballet class	3601.0578
4325		3601.5987	in elementary school,	3603.2853
4327		3603.7996	and like, they made these	3605.1938
4329		3605.5656	super glittery shirts.	3607.8598
4331		3608.2981	And all the girls were wearing tutus, and they were trying to get us to wear tights.	3612.1438
4333		3612.6195	And I was just like,	3613.3236
4335		3614.0137	nah.	3614.6758
4337		3614.7504	Like- (laughing)	3615.5804
4339		3616.1726	like no.	3616.7368
4341		3617.0119	Um,	3617.4875
4343		3617.6263	but	3617.8501
4345		3618.0972	I'd al- I've- I love motion.	3619.8085
4347		3620.2095	Um,	3620.8110
4349		3621.5011	I love-	3622.3311
4351		3623.3418	like I love dance	3624.5542
4353		3624.6661	because I personally feel	3625.5847
4355		3625.7712	that's the most intimate	3627.0675
4357		3627.1934	you can be physically with somebody	3629.0399
4359		3629.7568	that's not like, sexual.	3631.5381
4361		3631.9950	It can be-	3632.6432
4363		3633.6783	it can be sexual,	3635.2497
4365		3635.3791	but it's not sex.	3636.5682
4366	DCB_int_01	3636.7314	[Mm.]	3637.0792
4367	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	3636.9412	[Um],	3637.5427
4368		3637.8505	and so	3638.3261
4370		3638.7271	I've always felt that connection with motion,	3640.5549
4372		3640.8953	um, and you can convey a lot of things with motion that	3643.3515
4374		3643.5660	sometimes you can't convey with words.	3645.1794
4376		3645.5058	Um, and body language is	3646.8394
4378		3647.4491	a major	3648.0926
4380		3648.3024	you know-	3648.6847
4382		3650.6571	words.	3651.2027
4384		3652.6855	Ha.	3653.0912
4386		3653.4444	Um,	3653.9340
4388		3654.0972	body lang- cause	3654.8713
4390		3654.9925	you can't see ha on there.	3656.6059
4392		3657.0162	Um (laughing),	3657.6503
4394		3658.0327	body language	3658.8720
4396		3659.0073	is	3659.9852
4398		3660.5309	one of the major ways that people communicate.	3663.4778
4400		3664.0141	And so	3664.7321
4402		3667.4308	dance	3667.9437
4404		3668.3074	is an extension of that.	3669.4219
4406		3669.9161	Um, and I've always loved to dance. I've always loved to move. Michael Jackson was one of my	3674.1629
4408		3674.4613	heroes.	3675.4778
4410		3675.7576	Like I had a freaking-	3676.9509
4412		3677.2451	I had the- the	3678.1159
4414		3678.2604	Thriller jacket and the Bad jacket.	3680.0183
4416		3680.1396	Like they're-	3680.6571
4418		3680.8064	they're two different jackets,	3681.9161
4420		3682.1773	and folks like to pretend like they're the same.	3683.8158
4422		3684.1625	No.	3684.3444
4424		3684.7454	They're two	3685.3282
4426		3685.7199	very different jackets. Uh, one is more black.	3688.0141
4428		3688.1400	One is more red.	3688.9326
4430		3689.1798	And I had both	3689.8408
4432		3690.1299	as a kid,	3690.8340
4434		3691.0484	and I-	3691.4261
4436		3691.6733	I looked up to him a lot.	3692.8856
4438		3693.3706	Um,	3693.9348
4440		3695.5377	and	3696.0086
4442		3696.3164	still to this day,	3697.2723
4444		3697.5520	when I think of people	3699.0255
4446		3699.3333	who I consider musical geniuses,	3701.4036
4448		3701.7615	um,	3702.3304
4450		3704.2328	if you have worked with	3705.6737
4452		3706.2845	Michael Jackson	3707.1133
4454		3707.2299	or Bjork,	3707.9527
4456		3708.4609	um,	3708.9692
4458		3709.2536	you may automatically get a pass	3711.0721
4460		3711.1934	into my musical	3712.3451
4462		3712.6156	genius /patheon/.	3713.5761
4464		3714.1718	<ts>	3714.2511
4466		3714.3164	Um,	3714.8852
4468		3715.6360	but Michael Jackson like, epitomized dance,	3717.8369
4470		3718.2752	and	3718.9280
4472		3719.3803	I- like I've been tryna pop lock and moon walk and break dance and all that,	3723.4219
4474		3723.8275	um, from that	3724.6249
4476		3725.1658	very young age.	3726.2651
4478		3726.6754	Um,	3727.2956
4480		3728.2142	<ts>	3728.3074
4482		3728.4613	another thing that spawned from	3730.3311
4484		3730.4430	my /RD-WORK-4/ connection	3731.7626
4486		3732.1112	was becoming a break dancer.	3733.4961
4488		3734.0463	Um,	3734.7178
4490		3735.3239	<ts>	3735.3799
4492		3735.4918	at the time,	3736.1726
4494		3736.6669	/RD-WORK-4/ and the Freestyle youth center	3738.9179
4496		3739.2210	was geared around using hip hop,	3740.9229
4498		3741.3706	uh,	3741.7809
4500		3741.8975	to spread HIV	3743.1611
4502		3743.3197	information.	3743.9863
4504		3744.6148	And so	3745.4681
4506		3746.2468	they would have like, a small seminar and then a break dancing workshop	3749.7020
4508		3750.0692	or a small seminar and then a capoeira workshop,	3752.4986
4510		3752.8157	which worked	3753.3379
4512		3753.6690	well for-	3754.4244
4514		3754.5783	for both, um,	3755.6869
4516		3755.8314	my self defense and,	3757.3469
4518		3757.7199	uh, my break dancing.	3758.8064
4520		3759.1188	So	3759.5431
4522		3759.9628	I-	3760.0933
4524		3760.4244	I started studying	3761.5890
4526		3761.7382	both of those styles,	3763.0391
4528		3763.2676	and	3763.9064
4530		3764.1116	I picked it up.	3764.6758
4532		3765.3146	<ts> And,	3765.9721
4534		3766.4057	um,	3766.8674
4536		3767.0807	my big break in dance	3768.5355
4538		3768.6801	was,	3769.4122
4540		3769.8225	uh,	3770.2282
4542		3770.3168	there was open mic.	3771.3379
4544		3772.4757	This is like,	3773.0539
4546		3773.3989	two thousand	3774.7081
4548		3774.8293	s-	3775.2956
4550		3775.3888	five, two thousand six.	3777.0395
4552		3777.6877	Um,	3778.6622
4554		3780.1858	no.	3780.5262
4556		3780.7920	Two thousand four, two thousand five.	3783.3892
4558		3783.7809	Um,	3784.5643
4560		3785.7102	there was a place	3786.9272
4562		3787.3702	called Urban Energy.	3788.5173
4564		3788.9183	Started in two thousand three,	3790.1493
4566		3790.7263	fall of two thousand three,	3791.9374
4568		3792.4563	and then, um,	3793.5660
4570		3794.6478	they closed	3795.2727
4572		3795.5524	in like,	3796.1773
4574		3796.7088	two thousand-	3797.1328
4576		3797.2392	the end of two thousand five.	3798.7827
4578		3799.4355	Um,	3800.2235
4580		3802.7042	they would have reiki and acupuncture and all k-	3806.4613
4582		3806.7038	like, healing workshops,	3808.0980
4584		3808.5270	and then, have worksho- like, uh, open mics and stuff like that.	3811.8178
4586		3812.2188	Um,	3812.8157
4588		3813.4079	and then massage courses and	3814.7228
4590		3814.8767	all kinds of stuff.	3815.5656
4592		3816.0319	So	3816.5309
4594		3817.3515	I would	3818.1909
4596		3818.3494	go to the open mic,	3819.3846
4598		3819.7949	and there open mic ran from six PM	3821.9852
4600		3822.3117	to six AM,	3823.6266
4602		3824.2002	from s- that Saturday into that Sunday.	3826.6296
4604		3827.2544	And so,	3827.8792
4606		3828.2604	um, let me know if we're taking- if I'm taking up too much time, too.	3830.7877
4608		3831.2074	Um,	3831.8462
4609	DCB_int_01	3831.9394	This is great.	3832.4664
4610	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	3832.7788	okay.	3833.0539
4612		3834.0553	Uh, we would do	3835.0391
4614		3835.1370	the spoken word,	3836.1349
4616		3836.5313	and then	3837.3100
4618		3837.9581	like all go grab something to eat together	3840.1019
4620		3840.2604	and then we would come back	3841.1184
4622		3841.2863	and do some more spoken word.	3842.5732
4624		3842.8950	Then we would put on The Matrix	3844.1446
4626		3844.4384	and then like, wake up	3845.5610
4628		3845.7801	and (laughing) talk about The Matrix or something like that.	3847.8971
4630		3848.1582	Like that's- that was that type of environment.	3849.9954
4632		3850.4943	And	3850.9839
4634		3851.6682	I would break dance	3852.6941
4636		3852.8573	on carpet	3853.5754
4638		3853.8038	at that space,	3854.8670
4640		3855.2540	um,	3855.9628
4642		3856.0980	depending on what was going on.	3857.3150
4644		3858.5542	So	3859.2723
4646		3859.4401	they invited KRS One to come and do a	3861.7250
4648		3861.9348	metaphysics lecture,	3863.0119
4650		3863.5563	um, and he came.	3864.6614
4652		3864.9132	And to intro him,	3866.3028
4654		3866.7178	they had folks representing	3868.1633
4656		3868.2658	the four core elements and then the- uh,	3870.3956
4658		3870.8200	the four auxiliary elements of hip hop.	3872.6432
4660		3873.1048	And I was the one representing break dancing,	3875.1168
4662		3875.4491	and KRS One liked what he saw,	3876.9226
4664		3877.2723	<ts>	3877.3562
4666		3877.5147	and brought me on	3878.9509
4668		3879.2820	to go on t-	3880.2239
4670		3880.4897	so	3880.8021
4672		3881.5843	<ts>	3881.6636
4674		3881.8128	how-	3882.1718
4676		3882.3817	oh, to go on tour.	3883.3142
4678		3883.5987	So,	3884.0183
4680		3884.3261	how serendipitous this was,	3885.8555
4682		3886.1819	um,	3886.7508
4684		3887.5668	that	3888.1765
4686		3889.3935	there was a- uh, what was it?	3891.1747
4688		3891.7762	I got	3892.0887
4690		3892.4384	an-	3892.7228
4692		3893.0434	a phone call	3893.9852
4694		3894.1578	on Saturday	3895.2163
4696		3896.0743	asking me	3897.0209
4698		3897.4871	did I wanna go on the tour?	3898.7555
4700		3899.0632	I said, yes,	3899.7848
4702		3899.9713	but I have a job,	3900.9878
4704		3901.2070	and I can't like, just up and leave. Right?	3903.4032
4706		3903.8462	<ts>	3903.9255
4708		3904.0793	That	3904.5223
4710		3904.6156	Monday,	3905.3978
4712		3905.5283	I got word that	3906.7267
4714		3907.1464	the organization would have to let me go because of money issues.	3910.4151
4716		3910.7170	That Wednesday I was on a train headed to LA.	3912.8200
4718		3913.8645	It's like	3914.1163
4720		3914.3028	everything happened	3915.2027
4722		3915.7529	for a reason.	3916.4057
4724		3916.8814	Um,	3917.5575
4726		3918.4889	and that in its-	3919.6033
4728		3919.7292	that train ride on its own was a different experience because that was supposed to only take	3924.7547
4730		3925.2536	three days,	3926.0743
4732		3926.4380	<ts>	3926.5079
4734		3926.6758	uh, but it ended up taking	3928.4524
4736		3928.8056	five days.	3930.1532
4738		3930.4563	And so I missed my first gig in LA	3933.3333
4740		3933.6364	and missed the tour bus,	3934.8161
4742		3935.1693	and so I had to	3935.8594
4744		3936.0179	rely on some friends who I knew	3937.7152
4746		3937.8784	in LA	3938.4427
4748		3938.6665	who I hadn't talked to in two years,	3940.6995
4750		3941.0994	um,	3941.9154
4752		3942.1065	who I met at a conference through /RD-WORK-4/.	3945.2074
4754		3945.7296	It all c-	3946.3544
4756		3946.4990	it's-	3946.6715
4758		3946.9000	all works together. It all comes full circle.	3949.2676
4760		3949.6966	Um,	3950.2655
4762		3950.6059	I hadn't talked to them	3951.7203
4764		3952.0094	in awhile.	3952.6948
4766		3952.8814	They worked for a non profit	3954.3910
4768		3954.6428	doing HIV prevention for the Asian American Pacific Islander community in LA.	3958.5549
4770		3959.1938	They came and picked me up,	3960.0646
4772		3960.2604	and then drove me from LA to Lake Tahoe,	3963.0442
4774		3963.4778	um, overnight.	3964.2519
4776		3965.0259	So	3965.4886
4778		3965.8734	yeah.	3966.0739
4780		3966.4702	From then,	3966.9086
4782		3967.1650	got on tour,	3967.8971
4784		3968.2981	and I'm break dancing.	3969.4732
4786		3969.5664	Um,	3970.2705
4788		3971.0061	we did Reno, Lake Tahoe,	3973.2909
4790		3973.6546	Santa	3974.6152
4792		3974.7084	Clara,	3975.5524
4794		3976.2006	um, San Francisco,	3978.4376
4796		3979.2583	Sacramento,	3980.5825
4798		3981.1980	<ts>	3981.3239
4800		3982.5503	few other gigs mixed in there.	3984.3817
4802		3984.8573	Um,	3985.2676
4804		3985.4261	but I	3985.5754
4806		3985.7059	ended up	3986.2188
4808		3986.5313	having to come back home,	3988.0187
4810		3988.5969	um,	3989.0912
4812		3989.8408	and I left after the Vegas show	3991.5520
4814		3992.0603	because my mom had a cancer scare.	3994.4524
4816		3995.0399	And so	3995.5295
4818		3995.6263	left after the-	3996.2185
4820		3996.3257	after the Vegas show	3997.3142
4822		3997.7992	and headed back to DC,	3998.8250
4824		3998.9882	took a bus from Vegas back to DC.	4001.0912
4826		4003.3888	So yeah.	4003.7805
4828		4004.6665	Dance.	4005.1234
4830		4005.5198	Um (laughing), I still dance every now and then.	4007.2684
4832		4007.5237	Um,	4008.1252
4834		4008.3257	I might be dancing in a- a friend of mine's music video that's coming up.	4011.4079
4836		4012.0653	Um, but	4012.7601
4838		4013.1506	I let the-	4013.5983
4840		4013.7662	the younger	4014.3723
4842		4014.9785	folks	4015.4075
4844		4015.5520	get all the [break dance now. Like, I'm-]	4017.2773
4845	DCB_int_01	4015.9577	[<laugh>]	4017.2773
4846	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	4017.8742	my knees hurt.	4018.5410
4848		4018.9635	Like (laughing)-	4019.3669
4850		4019.8005	like I- I c-	4020.3857
4852		4020.4790	I- I'll still crush a youngin.	4021.9606
4854		4022.1227	I've only lost	4022.8547
4856		4023.1485	two battles in my-	4024.3142
4858		4024.4401	my whole	4024.9484
4860		4025.9882	time.	4026.4498
4862		4026.7483	But	4026.9628
4864		4027.4850	yeah.	4027.7694
4866		4028.4922	That's that.	4028.8466
4868		4029.1112	That's dance.	4029.8512
4870		4030.7292	Um,	4031.4240
4872		4031.8297	crochet,	4032.5804
4874		4032.8229	that's a fun story. I met a young lady	4035.2651
4876		4035.7127	actually	4036.7945
4878		4036.9157	through another young lady that I was trying to date,	4039.5736
4880		4040.2217	um,	4040.8699
4882		4041.1905	and	4041.9272
4884		4043.0556	she	4043.9696
4886		4044.1514	did latch hook.	4044.9161
4888		4045.7555	And so she would do latch hook, and she would just-	4047.8894
4890		4048.3282	she would go to Walmart,	4049.0929
4892		4049.2655	buy a latch hook kit,	4050.0675
4894		4050.4125	and just like	4050.9021
4896		4051.0327	do her latch hook.	4051.6296
4898		4051.8767	She'd be in the latch hook zone,	4053.3024
4900		4053.7687	and I'm just sitting here like,	4054.8272
4902		4054.9904	okay,	4055.3867
4904		4055.9323	alright.	4056.3799
4906		4056.9954	<ts>	4057.1260
4908		4057.2845	Well, uh-	4057.9838
4910		4058.2859	and	4058.4537
4912		4058.5610	so the way that-	4059.4050
4914		4059.5775	like I could be sitting here, I could be crocheting and we'll talk,	4062.0022
4916		4062.1234	this that and the third.	4062.8695
4918		4063.5876	Her latch hook, she's	4064.8734
4920		4065.2837	not talking at all. She's just	4066.8272
4922		4067.0370	doing her.	4067.5499
4924		4067.8763	And I'm like, well why'd you call me over here then? Like, like, we not gonna talk? We not gonna chat?	4071.6661
4926		4072.3049	Like,	4072.4821
4928		4072.8878	nothing?	4073.2375
4930		4073.3960	Okay.	4073.7551
4932		4073.9089	Cool.	4074.2260
4934		4074.7296	Latch hook away.	4075.3731
4936		4075.7974	But	4076.0201
4938		4076.1600	I figured	4076.7493
4940		4077.4376	if-	4077.6894
4942		4077.7873	if she gonna latch hook,	4078.9111
4944		4079.0323	then I'm gonna need to pick up a craft.	4080.6970
4946		4080.9301	So I wanted to pick up knitting,	4082.0527
4948		4082.5517	but	4082.8547
4950		4083.0786	they didn't have any knitting kits, like, any, uh,	4085.5686
4952		4086.0209	like, 'my first knit'	4086.9861
4954		4087.1400	sort of kit,	4087.7461
4956		4088.3232	[um],	4088.9480
4957	DCB_int_01	4088.3290	[<laugh.]	4088.6974
4958	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	4089.0599	available,	4089.6987
4960		4090.0205	but they had	4090.8784
4962		4091.2701	the crochet joint.	4092.2447
4964		4092.4172	Right?	4092.7156
4966		4093.2472	And I was like,	4093.8301
4968		4094.1646	bet	4094.4258
4970		4094.5517	I'm about to go ahead and get this crochet kit.	4096.6406
4972		4096.9857	This was two thousand four.	4097.9089
4974		4098.5011	Um (laughing),	4099.4151
4976		4099.8674	I was like I'm'a go ahead and get this crochet kit,	4101.7733
4978		4102.4308	and it was-	4103.3028
4980		4103.5965	it- the kit was called, uh,	4105.1773
4982		4105.2938	'I taught myself how to crochet'	4106.7393
4984		4107.1672	<ts>	4107.2558
4986		4107.3210	and it came with, um,	4108.5520
4988		4108.6593	about	4108.9904
4990		4109.1069	seven crochet hooks.	4110.8555
4992		4111.3871	And	4111.8720
4994		4112.0108	I sat there, and I practiced,	4114.0764
4996		4114.3749	and when she would latch hook, I would crochet and	4116.6877
4998		4117.3824	make it happen.	4118.0352
5000		4118.5470	Um,	4119.0972
5002		4119.2324	then the relationship turned sour,	4120.9810
5004		4121.3680	um,	4121.8204
5006		4122.1234	so she fell off but	4123.2938
5008		4123.4337	the crochet stuck around.	4124.3430
5009		4126.7106	The lesson I learned from that	4127.9696
5011		4128.1794	is that you learn something from every relationship.	4130.5062
5013		4131.1672	<laugh>	4131.4609
5015		4131.6614	And, uh, I- I-	4132.4308
5017		4132.7432	yeah.	4133.1116
5019		4134.1421	The r-	4134.3379
5021		4134.4918	the rest is history.	4135.4570
5022	DCB_int_01	4135.9187	What about poetry?	4136.9247
5023	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	4137.7827	Woo! Started writing poetry-	4139.7504
5025		4140.9814	so we go even further back.	4142.6980
5027		4142.9387	Um, before	4144.4401
5029		4145.7224	n- before	4147.1213
5031		4148.0958	elementary.	4148.8326
5033		4149.4982	I remember having composition books	4151.8716
5035		4152.0768	at like three,	4153.2425
5037		4153.7508	and just scribbling in them.	4155.4096
5039		4156.3263	You know, I just- writing all this nonsense.	4158.6737
5041		4159.5783	And	4160.4316
5043		4161.2464	I knew for me,	4163.0323
5045		4163.2235	they were letters to my father.	4164.7716
5047		4165.6762	And	4166.5610
5049		4167.3677	I	4167.5822
5051		4167.7920	t-	4167.8713
5053		4168.3562	you know like,	4169.0183
5055		4169.2235	you would look at 'em and see like scribble scrabble, but to me	4171.7974
5057		4172.1145	I knew I was writing to my dad.	4173.5355
5059		4174.0391	Cause I hadn't seen him,	4175.2328
5061		4175.4706	and I was like,	4175.9696
5063		4176.1141	why am I not seeing you? Like,	4177.4104
5065		4177.5503	What's going on?	4178.2870
5067		4179.1438	Um,	4179.8200
5069		4180.7479	so I feel like I've wanted to write	4182.5571
5071		4182.8462	all my life,	4183.6062
5073		4184.0119	um, at least since that,	4185.3350
5075		4185.6708	uh, early experience.	4187.0043
5077		4188.1654	Um,	4188.9768
5079		4190.6869	yeah.	4191.0273
5081		4191.6474	Me and my dad	4193.3960
5083		4193.7597	have had a on and off relationship,	4195.3638
5085		4195.5923	and I'll get back to writing	4196.5610
5087		4196.6822	after	4197.0226
5089		4197.4190	this tangent.	4197.9319
5091		4198.4075	<ts>	4198.4588
5093		4198.5054	Um (laughing),	4199.1442
5095		4199.6898	me and my dad had an on and off relationship.	4201.6902
5097		4201.9699	He left	4202.4024
5099		4202.5796	when I was three.	4203.3583
5101		4203.8200	<ts>	4203.8713
5103		4203.9272	Um,	4204.4588
5105		4204.7712	he came back	4205.5325
5107		4205.6571	when I was twelve.	4206.6737
5109		4207.2565	Um,	4207.8067
5111		4208.0481	I left him,	4209.2931
5113		4209.9272	uh, sorta.	4210.7432
5115		4211.0603	Like,	4211.3820
5117		4212.5198	<sigh>	4212.8835
5119		4213.9140	so	4214.4549
5121		4214.6729	my mom	4215.6661
5123		4216.6080	was talking to me-	4217.9789
5125		4218.1048	like he was on the phone,	4219.1679
5127		4219.8254	and	4220.4875
5129		4220.7848	he had to cancel on picking me up to go to a movie or something like that.	4224.0209
5131		4224.8648	And	4225.3125
5133		4225.4384	I said to my mom	4226.5144
5135		4226.7195	like,	4226.9433
5137		4227.4796	<ts>	4227.5961
5139		4227.6987	it's alright. I was just going for the money anyway, right?	4229.9742
5141		4230.5991	And she repeated it to him,	4231.9560
5143		4232.6822	and	4233.5635
5145		4233.7360	he	4234.4168
5147		4234.8551	was like, well damn.	4235.6851
5149		4236.1841	And like,	4236.7110
5151		4236.7762	I hadn't heard from him	4237.7415
5153		4237.9420	like, after that.	4238.7393
5155		4239.2977	And	4239.8386
5157		4240.7805	I felt like	4241.6805
5159		4242.1980	that was	4242.5618
5161		4242.9161	betrayal from my mom,	4244.2031
5163		4244.4351	but that was also on me too. Like,	4246.2350
5165		4246.3422	I didn't really mean that.	4247.6105
5167		4248.2074	Um, I was just frustrated cause he was canceling on me.	4250.8547
5169		4251.5495	Um,	4252.3375
5171		4253.7411	and	4254.3659
5173		4256.4269	while	4257.3397
5175		4258.5567	a younger me would have said, damn, Like, he overreacted.	4261.7881
5177		4262.1425	Like,	4262.3710
5179		4262.8174	it's not like blah blah blah blah,	4264.2769
5181		4264.6173	but now,	4265.4753
5183		4266.1468	as a father,	4267.1414
5185		4267.3265	um,	4267.6855
5187		4267.8301	who's not with his mom-	4269.2464
5189		4269.5122	not with the mother of his child,	4271.1163
5191		4271.7737	um,	4272.3846
5193		4272.7203	if /RD-NAME-3/	4273.5829
5195		4273.7834	was to be like,	4274.4397
5197		4274.5656	<ts>	4274.6682
5199		4274.7755	I was just going for blah blah blah, I would be hurt too.	4277.0183
5201		4277.5079	And so	4278.1701
5203		4278.5664	I get that.	4279.1773
5205		4279.8347	Um,	4280.3476
5207		4282.2117	yeah.	4282.5101
5209		4283.0696	Uh, he-	4284.3519
5211		4285.4384	we ran into each other	4286.5715
5213		4287.0786	when	4287.7267
5215		4288.1324	I was sixteen.	4289.2841
5217		4289.7597	I was on the train,	4290.8975
5219		4291.2239	and I was with	4291.8487
5221		4292.1506	/RD-NAME-1/ and a group of our friends, um,	4294.4868
5223		4295.1909	the- the gay crowd,	4296.3939
5225		4296.7996	as- uh, as, uh,	4298.0399
5227		4298.5330	folks would like to say.	4299.5355
5229		4300.1464	And	4300.7432
5231		4300.8365	my dad (laughing),	4301.6711
5233		4302.6177	he's looking at me,	4303.6016
5235		4303.9979	and I realize it's him, and I'm like, oh shit.	4305.8526
5237		4306.0811	That's my father. Right?	4307.0603
5239		4307.5592	And so I go over, and I start talking to him.	4309.0700
5241		4309.4757	He's like, if there's any- ever anything, you know, you need to tell me, like, you know, it's okay.	4312.7339
5243		4313.1582	I was like, oh, it's all good. Blah blah blah.	4314.8555
5245		4315.3451	And then like I go back over, and I'm chilling with the homies,	4317.6055
5247		4318.1184	and then I realize, oh shit.	4319.4846
5249		4319.5825	Like my dad was just saying he was okay with me being gay if I was. (laughing)	4323.4190
5251		4324.2816	And I was like, that's what's up.	4325.2701
5253		4325.4333	Like, (laughing)	4326.0815
5255		4326.4918	you know, that's not the type of thing that	4328.1192
5257		4328.7475	you would expect from your estranged father-	4331.1349
5259		4331.5173	father	4332.0582
5261		4332.1701	/that/ you haven't heard from in years.	4334.2217
5263		4334.5936	You know,	4334.8268
5265		4335.2138	so that was kind of cool.	4336.0671
5267		4336.2956	Um, I helped him move	4337.4169
5269		4337.4939	and then	4337.9929
5271		4338.6130	we both kind of existed in our different worlds	4341.0132
5273		4341.3444	knowing that we were okay with each other.	4343.0743
5275		4343.7691	Um,	4344.3612
5277		4345.3964	then for- la- a-	4346.2171
5279		4346.3383	after I turned twenty-one,	4347.4036
5281		4347.7547	I had just been thinking to myself, damn I would really like to have a beer with my dad,	4350.5431
5283		4350.6643	just to like,	4351.1959
5285		4351.6296	you know,	4351.9793
5287		4352.3523	be like, look,	4352.8967
5289		4353.0366	shit is all good, like,	4354.1650
5291		4354.2443	you know, there was never any issue.	4355.3074
5293		4356.0908	Um,	4356.7669
5295		4358.1938	<ts>	4358.2684
5297		4358.4922	but last year he had a stroke,	4360.2629
5299		4360.8132	and I went	4362.1561
5301		4362.2960	to the hospital when he was in the hospital,	4363.9979
5303		4364.4176	and he hadn't talked to anybody else,	4365.9319
5305		4366.0298	like he didn't	4366.5381
5307		4366.7572	like say any words	4368.1234
5309		4368.4125	to anybody else, and they thought that he couldn't talk anymore.	4370.6134
5311		4371.0879	Um, but I walked in the door,	4372.1650
5313		4372.5194	he started crying,	4373.2328
5315		4374.0768	and I was like, I love you Dad, and he was like, I love you too.	4376.3523
5317		4376.9713	And everybody was like, oh snap!	4378.3702
5319		4378.6546	<laugh> And like,	4379.4660
5321		4380.1654	I was like, yeah.	4380.7669
5323		4381.3778	Um, and so	4382.4829
5325		4382.5983	we- we talk every now and then.	4384.0345
5327		4384.4355	Um,	4384.9064
5329		4385.5546	he let me know the reason why he doesn't talk as much.	4388.6554
5331		4390.4401	<sigh>	4390.9064
5333		4391.2655	And it's	4391.7644
5335		4392.1095	yeah.	4392.4685
5337		4392.9068	So	4393.4710
5339		4393.9513	<ts>	4394.0585
5341		4394.2964	the-	4394.8932
5343		4396.1370	his wife	4397.2981
5345		4398.8182	and his three daughters	4400.8326
5347		4401.4516	are	4401.6474
5349		4401.8200	all	4402.5893
5351		4402.8924	a lot	4403.3867
5353		4403.4753	like his-	4404.1141
5355		4404.4265	the mother,	4405.0933
5357		4405.2612	like,	4405.5270
5359		4405.6808	uh, his wife.	4406.5656
5361		4407.1252	And so	4407.7967
5363		4407.8852	they're-	4408.5381
5365		4408.7805	they're all hyper talkative	4410.7996
5367		4411.5549	and	4412.3290
5369		4413.4609	don't wanna let him have a say in the scenario. Like,	4416.5011
5371		4416.9208	they're-	4417.2099
5373		4420.3609	he's not a-	4421.0416
5375		4421.8064	I would say-	4422.7483
5377		4423.6389	I don't wanna say he's a beta male,	4425.3070
5379		4425.7454	but like,	4426.2536
5381		4426.4168	he's not one to be like,	4427.6805
5383		4427.8996	rah! and this that and the third and angry and like, all that like,	4431.2884
5385		4431.6614	machismo. Like he's-	4432.9857
5387		4433.3168	he's very similar to me	4435.0933
5389		4435.5689	though I wouldn't say that I'm a beta either.	4437.7640
5391		4438.0997	Um,	4438.5893
5393		4438.8738	I'm	4439.0743
5395		4439.2748	definitely	4439.9043
5397		4439.9929	alpha male,	4440.8229
5399		4441.2192	but I am a quiet leader.	4442.7288
5401		4443.2138	Um,	4443.7220
5403		4443.8573	and that's a-	4444.3096
5405		4444.9670	there's a	4445.3960
5407		4445.5266	big difference between being a beta and a follower	4447.7461
5409		4448.1973	and	4448.8093
5411		4448.9900	being like a quiet leader.	4450.0764
5413		4450.4168	I think my dad is closer to that.	4452.0395
5415		4452.6970	Um,	4453.3591
5417		4454.1984	<ts>	4454.2917
5419		4454.4502	but they're all alpha.	4455.7547
5421		4456.0671	Like,	4456.3375
5423		4456.9484	all of the women in that household are like,	4458.5384
5425		4459.3638	yeah!	4459.7928
5427		4459.9513	And you should be doing this	4461.0692
5429		4461.2324	and	4461.3350
5431		4461.4376	da da da da da!	4462.0065
5433		4462.2070	And like, I walk in,	4463.1069
5435		4463.2701	and I be like, look,	4463.9276
5437		4464.4359	sis,	4464.7809
5439		4464.9068	sis,	4465.2332
5441		4465.3498	sis,	4465.6435
5443		4465.8580	chill.	4466.1844
5445		4466.6636	You,	4466.8408
5447		4467.5635	respect to you.	4468.2023
5449		4468.5287	Boom boom boom.	4469.0416
5451		4469.3074	But	4469.4846
5453		4469.6945	<ts>	4469.7924
5455		4470.1468	I'm out.	4470.3379
5457		4470.5431	<laugh> Like- like-	4471.4430
5459		4471.8907	like it's just like,	4472.7720
5461		4473.5215	you know, like there was a time where my	4475.9323
5463		4476.9068	younger sister who is the eldest of the three	4479.0786
5465		4479.6101	um,	4480.2629
5467		4481.0976	<ts>	4481.1862
5469		4481.3447	she was like, saying something about	4483.0467
5471		4483.4897	how- Well,	4484.0026
5473		4484.3150	like she	4485.1019
5475		4486.9717	Facebook messaged the mother of my child,	4489.1773
5477		4489.3218	this	4489.5083
5479		4489.6808	all kinds of	4490.4642
5481		4490.5563	disrespectful stuff,	4491.5110
5483		4491.9179	and I was like, that's not your place. Like,	4493.8110
5485		4493.9276	what are you doing? Like, no, that is not-	4495.8627
5487		4496.1938	not okay.	4496.8419
5489		4497.3164	Um,	4498.0298
5491		4498.9577	and so	4499.2701
5493		4499.5359	that's the type of household that he's in, and that's why he's not talking as much.	4502.9247
5495		4503.2837	Um, and he talks to me. It's interesting. It's all weird.	4506.2074
5497		4506.8648	Um,	4507.4850
5499		4509.1765	but yeah.	4509.5868
5501		4509.9785	So	4510.3982
5503		4511.1489	I said	4511.5592
5505		4511.6945	all of that,	4512.7491
5507		4513.6016	coming back to the poetry.	4515.2045
5509		4515.5635	Um,	4516.3795
5511		4517.3774	so	4518.0162
5513		4518.6364	I had always been interested in writing,	4520.4689
5515		4520.7615	<ts>	4520.8128
5517		4520.9014	um, and I always had this passion in writing.	4522.7619
5519		4523.2142	And	4523.8110
5521		4524.1468	in ninth grade,	4525.0141
5523		4525.2938	<ts>	4525.3778
5525		4525.4570	um,	4525.8627
5527		4525.9933	that's when I got like,	4527.1493
5529		4527.3723	you know,	4527.7547
5531		4528.2676	the emo,	4529.5965
5533		4530.3379	nobody ever likes me, and	4531.7730
5535		4532.0306	I don't know who [has a crush on me],	4533.6008
5536	DCB_int_01	4532.6123	[<laugh>]	4538.6496
5537	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	4533.8619	[and so I'm writing poems about it],	4535.4380
5539		4535.7691	[and I'm depressed],	4536.6877
5541		4536.9628	[and blah blah blah]	4537.5083
5543		4537.7928	[blah.]	4538.0632
5545		4538.5144	[And I]	4538.6729
5546		4538.8268	don't understand who I am!	4540.4681
5548		4540.8458	Um,	4541.3680
5550		4542.7436	and so that's when I became a poet.	4544.7801
5552		4545.3210	Um,	4546.1091
5554		4547.3168	and that sort of got more refined,	4549.6482
5556		4550.1098	uh, throughout high school.	4551.4376
5558		4551.7920	It was still very dark and	4554.1934
5560		4554.4825	brooding and	4555.8207
5562		4556.6496	angsty	4557.2884
5564		4557.8479	teenage poetry,	4558.8132
5566		4559.3494	but it was poetry none the less.	4560.7949
5568		4561.2192	<ts>	4561.2845
5570		4561.3591	Um,	4561.9979
5572		4562.5796	<ts>	4562.6682
5574		4562.9946	it would be	4563.7220
5576		4563.8246	two thousand one	4565.1023
5578		4565.3587	that	4565.8343
5580		4566.1095	I start really hitting my-	4567.5037
5582		4567.6249	my stride as the HIV education performer.	4570.6080
5584		4571.1815	Um,	4571.8437
5586		4573.3218	I was	4573.6791
5588		4573.7741	part of a group	4574.4083
5590		4575.0926	of youth	4575.8246
5592		4575.9179	chosen by Advocates For Youth	4577.6152
5594		4578.1934	to go	4578.9954
5596		4579.1539	speak	4579.5363
5598		4579.6342	at the UN.	4580.5295
5600		4581.5775	And while I was in New York for the UN session,	4585.0980
5602		4585.6296	um- Well,	4586.1098
5604		4586.3325	that was supposed to happen September fourteenth, two thousand one.	4589.0137
5605	DCB_int_01	4589.4520	Mm.	4589.7644
5606	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	4589.7691	We know what happened that week.	4591.1400
5608		4591.7415	Um, so	4593.3135
5610		4594.2443	we ended up going up,	4595.9369
5612		4596.0022	um, in two thousand two,	4597.4011
5614		4597.9886	um,	4598.7160
5616		4599.4563	and	4600.3749
5618		4601.5825	yeah.	4601.9229
5620		4602.1887	While I was up there,	4603.1539
5622		4603.3638	I bought my first pair of raver pants,	4605.0226
5624		4605.2791	and I hit a open mic.	4606.4588
5626		4606.8551	And I was like, this is amazing!	4608.1887
5628		4608.7389	Um,	4609.1586
5630		4609.6062	this guy, /RD-NAME-3/,	4610.8139
5632		4611.3117	um, who	4612.6127
5634		4612.8551	ended up moving to New York,	4614.0768
5636		4614.4918	um,	4615.0840
5638		4615.3265	he was a student at	4616.8268
5640		4617.0692	University of Maryland Col-	4618.5987
5642		4618.7712	Maryland, College Park,	4620.0861
5644		4620.8042	and he told me about another open mic	4622.7393
5646		4623.3117	um,	4623.8200
5648		4624.0251	that was happening up there. So	4625.5406
5650		4625.9369	I joined him for that open mic,	4627.6202
5652		4628.1285	and	4628.9852
5654		4629.1998	I	4629.5682
5656		4629.7920	ended up meeting this guy,	4631.0650
5658		4631.5825	Droopy the Broke	4632.4125
5660		4632.8695	Baller.	4633.1633
5662		4633.9746	Wait.	4634.4893
5664		4636.0484	Let's go back.	4636.6966
5666		4637.2282	Um,	4638.0302
5668		4639.4104	I- uh,	4640.1938
5670		4641.6847	with /RD-WORK-4/,	4642.8411
5672		4643.3727	I performed at Howard University's homecoming,	4646.1331
5674		4646.7242	um, for one of their campus pals events.	4649.1675
5676		4649.6898	And	4650.4219
5678		4651.3964	I did-	4651.8814
5680		4652.0119	one of the b-	4652.3849
5682		4652.7848	like, I walk out on stage,	4654.0811
5684		4654.2210	and	4654.5987
5686		4654.7479	when I had like, low hair,	4656.1561
5688		4656.5897	uh, they all thought I looked like Prodigy from Mobb Deep.	4658.9760
5690		4659.2744	And so I came out, they were like, oh shit, it's Prodigy!	4661.4660
5692		4662.0255	And I did a poem,	4663.0234
5694		4663.1306	and everybody was like, oh that was tight.	4664.2150
5696		4664.7801	And then immediately following me,	4666.3515
5698		4666.4634	this guy, uh, /RD-NAME-4/ got up and did a poem.	4669.1400
5700		4669.6948	And	4670.2486
5702		4670.3465	it was called, The Surrogate Boyfriend.	4671.9039
5704		4672.5194	And it was	4673.1302
5706		4673.2328	all of the feelings that I had around like,	4675.2192
5708		4675.5270	being that best guy friend,	4677.2697
5710		4677.5588	all that stuff. And I was like,	4678.4028
5712		4678.5101	yo! That is my life!	4679.9602
5714		4680.1887	Right?	4680.4172
5716		4681.0560	Um,	4681.7368
5718		4682.3476	fast forward	4683.0676
5720		4683.3070	two years later-	4684.0764
5722		4684.4028	Who is messaging me? I'm sorry.	4685.7224
5724		4686.3752	Um, fast forward two years later,	4688.5761
5726		4689.2371	and	4690.1137
5728		4691.1209	I'm at that open mic in College Park,	4693.0420
5730		4693.8580	and	4694.5248
5732		4694.7382	the feature happens to be	4696.5893
5734		4696.8924	that guy,	4697.7131
5736		4697.8064	/RD-NAME-4/.	4698.5991
5738		4699.1819	And I w- he w-	4699.8161
5740		4700.0958	like, he- I didn't recognize him,	4701.5542
5742		4701.8666	but as soon	4702.6593
5744		4702.7992	as, uh, he got up there,	4704.4359
5746		4704.7902	he was like, yo, I'm'a do this poem.	4706.2824
5748		4706.5750	I'm'a dedicate it to the brother in the back. Blah blah blah.	4708.8132
5750		4709.1629	And he did it,	4709.6525
5752		4709.7597	and I was like, <gasp>	4710.6643
5754		4710.7529	oh snap!	4711.3125
5756		4711.4430	This is the guy that I been telling everybody about. Blah blah blah blah, right?	4713.6754
5758		4714.7059	So,	4715.4287
5760		4715.9136	and it was	4716.3612
5762		4716.8369	like-	4717.2192
5764		4719.4982	and now realizing he remembered me.	4721.7318
5766		4722.3379	And like what about	4723.4151
5768		4723.7601	me	4724.2311
5770		4724.5097	made him remember me,	4725.6055
5772		4725.9972	um, in that situation?	4727.4333
5774		4727.6478	It was like, wow, like, you're the star of the show, and you remember little /RD-NAME-2/ from	4731.5588
5776		4732.0298	Howard.	4732.5940
5778		4733.1116	Um,	4733.7411
5780		4734.7856	<ts>	4734.8742
5782		4735.2379	so	4735.9886
5784		4736.9247	fast forward.	4737.6941
5786		4738.1324	Um,	4738.6220
5788		4738.8551	he ends up,	4739.8343
5790		4739.9742	at the	4740.1980
5792		4740.3333	end of	4740.7203
5794		4740.8089	two thousand two,	4741.7088
5796		4742.0073	hosting that same open mic	4743.8526
5798		4744.0578	in Brookland, um, in DC.	4746.0675
5800		4746.4825	And I become a regular.	4747.5270
5802		4747.9093	And so like, I'm always there,	4749.3630
5804		4749.6241	whenever he's running late, I'm-	4750.9670
5806		4751.0976	I start	4751.5452
5808		4751.7364	the hosting and doing the open mic.	4753.4477
5810		4753.8907	Um,	4754.5668
5812		4754.9667	and we made it official. I became a cohost	4757.2188
5814		4757.2981	in two thousand four	4758.3519
5816		4758.6877	when the venue moved from Brookland	4760.3663
5818		4760.5470	to,	4760.9620
5820		4761.6614	uh,	4762.1510
5822		4763.1442	<ts>	4763.2282
5824		4763.2981	U Street.	4763.7691
5826		4764.3146	Um, this spot called Mocha Hut.	4765.5549
5828		4766.2544	Mocha Hut is when	4767.0739
5830		4767.1998	a lot of folks found out about Spit That.	4769.0556
5832		4769.5546	Um,	4770.0302
5834		4770.3706	Spit That is now recognized as the longest running open mic in DC.	4773.3910
5836		4774.0158	Um,	4774.6546
5838		4775.1116	we got like, a mayor's commendation and all that stuff for that.	4778.5190
5840		4779.1345	So	4779.5262
5842		4779.6288	that's pretty cool.	4780.3982
5844		4781.7784	Um,	4782.5991
5846		4783.1073	and we still host it to this day,	4784.3943
5848		4784.8846	um, every Thursday. /RD-NAME-1/ actually was at my office earlier today, printing out stuff,	4789.3283
5850		4789.7899	um, cause we're both make-	4790.8752
5852		4791.0151	doing submissions so that we can- uh,	4792.6518
5854		4793.6357	we can	4794.3165
5856		4794.5356	get this-	4795.0812
5858		4795.2117	this book money.	4795.9578
5859	DCB_int_01	4796.5442	What time?	4796.9872
5860	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	4798.3720	What time today?	4799.0248
5861	DCB_int_01	4799.2253	[No],	4799.4678
5862	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	4799.2347	[Or what] time-	4799.7010
5863	DCB_int_01	4799.6963	/at/ Mocha Hut.	4800.3165
5864	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	4800.6382	Oh!	4800.8853
5866		4800.9739	Oh, well Mocha Hut doesn't exist anymore.	4802.5209
5867	DCB_int_01	4802.6701	Oh.	4802.8286
5868	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	4802.9545	Um,	4803.5607
5870		4803.9337	we are now	4804.6425
5872		4804.8383	at	4805.1228
5874		4805.2906	seven thirty three Euclid Street.	4807.6815
5875	DCB_int_01	4808.0546	Mm-hm.	4808.3390
5876	DCB_se2_ag3_m_02	4808.7167	<ts> Um, it's the ECAC,	4810.1715
5878		4810.2694	the Emergence Community Arts Collective,	4812.1812
5880		4812.6522	um, right near Howard University,	4814.5067
5882		4815.5840	across the street from Banneker High School.	4817.2813
5884		4817.9621	<ts>	4818.0507
5886		4818.1952	And, uh,	4819.4682
5888		4820.3437	that starts at nine o'clock,	4821.8265
5890		4822.0363	ends	4822.5399
5892		4822.9922	whenever we get through all twenty plus names,	4826.0042
5894		4826.3903	uh, that are on our open mic list.	4828.0829