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1VLD_int_011.1858Um,2.1183
3 2.2769where were you born?3.2654 
4VLD_se0_ag2_f_023.5672I was born in Valdosta, Georgia.5.5023
5VLD_int_015.8334Um, what neighborhood do you claim?7.9333
6VLD_se0_ag2_f_028.1215<ts>8.3034
8 8.4666Claim, <laugh>9.8981 
10 10.2618like-11.0625 
12 11.2630[<laugh>]11.6360 
13VLD_int_0111.2630[Do you have] a neighborhood?12.5691
14VLD_se0_ag2_f_0212.6852not really. [<laugh>]13.9802
15VLD_int_0113.7330[Did y'all] move around a lot?14.8615
16VLD_se0_ag2_f_0214.9034We-15.6527
18 15.7940okay, when I grew up we stayed on /RD-ADDRESS-2/ Drive.19.5743 
20 20.1712It is literally like, right down the street from-23.6157 
22 23.7543I don't know if you know where Ora Lee West is.25.8433 
23VLD_int_0125.8433Mm-hm, so you were East [Side.]27.1150
24VLD_se0_ag2_f_0227.0077[Yeah,] East [Side. Yeah,] I guess29.3858
25VLD_int_0127.6092[Mm-hm.]28.4998
26VLD_se0_ag2_f_0229.5024I don't really be knowing. [<laugh> I don't claim no sides. <laugh>]33.5111
27VLD_int_0130.2797[You don't /inaudible/].31.7830
29 32.2852[She's like, what are we talking about again?]33.4899 
30VLD_se0_ag2_f_0234.7115Um, and then we moved to Lake Park- no, no, no,37.9914
32 38.2600missing something.38.9967 
34 39.2066We moved to Clyattville41.2709 
36 41.7512and that's when I started going to /RD-SCHOOL-1/, and then we moved to Lake Park.45.5157 
38 46.0991And we moved back to47.3181 
40 47.5259/RD-ADDRESS-2/48.2067 
42 48.8502to my childhood home.49.9705 
43VLD_int_0150.0206Oh.50.8299
45 51.0637I don't think I knew that cause when I took you home one time,53.9273 
47 54.3511I took you to your-55.5282 
49 55.7147it was- you were still in Clyattville at [that point. Mm-hm.]58.2420 
50VLD_se0_ag2_f_0257.0809[Mm-hm.]58.2158
51 58.4238Yep, we built a house out there and we had to let it go.61.4685
52VLD_int_0161.9836How long have you lived in Valdosta?63.9704
53VLD_se0_ag2_f_0264.2265Um.65.1901
55 65.5974For twenty66.6092 
57 67.2807two years.68.2139 
58VLD_int_0168.2139So your [whole life?]69.1354
59VLD_se0_ag2_f_0268.5244[Twenty-three years,] yep.69.6226
60 71.0284My whole life.72.2754
61VLD_int_0173.0821Have you lived any other place for like, more than like,75.6987
63 75.8705a couple months?76.7470 
64VLD_se0_ag2_f_0276.8450No,77.4046
66 77.9210just Valdosta.79.2257 
67VLD_int_0179.5483You went to /RD-SCHOOL-1/80.8603
69 81.2876but81.6606 
71 82.2528you didn't s- where- when did you start going to /RD-SCHOOL-1/, what grade?84.7494 
72VLD_se0_ag2_f_0285.0151Seventh grade.86.1156
73VLD_int_0186.1156So you went [to?]88.5250
74VLD_se0_ag2_f_0288.1193[Okay,]88.5436
75 88.6882I went-89.2011
77 89.3130I started in pre-K at, um,92.3286 
79 92.6130/RD-SCHOOL-2/.93.3638 
80VLD_int_0193.4290Mm-hm.93.9886
81VLD_se0_ag2_f_0294.6181And95.5759
83 96.3780I went- I wanna say around kindergarten,99.6467 
85 99.8286first grade,101.1202 
87 101.6658maybe all the way up to second grade, I was in Valdosta /RD-SCHOOL-3/. I think I went to,106.6431 
89 107.2386um, /RD-SCHOOL-2/, at the time it was /RD-SCHOOL-4/,110.2834 
91 110.4747but now it's /RD-SCHOOL-4/.112.0088 
93 112.3852But I went there and then113.9859 
95 114.3063for my third115.5546 
97 116.4965and117.2410 
99 117.6902fourth grade-119.0471 
101 119.8292no, you know what, f-120.6312 
103 120.9623third, fourth,122.2103 
105 123.8100and fifth?124.6270 
107 125.1525No, it was starting in fourth I went to- back to /RD-SCHOOL-2/.128.2990 
109 129.5647And then,130.4873 
111 133.0339um.133.7828 
113 136.1101Did I say third and fourth, or fourth and fifth?138.1535 
114VLD_int_01138.2504You said third through fifth.139.5127
115VLD_se0_ag2_f_02139.8951Okay, yeah just third through fifth cause I don't remember what142.3138
117 142.4444happened143.0698 
119 143.3536between that time. (laughing)144.5553 
121 144.9097But, um, and then I went to /RD-SCHOOL-6/, sixth grade.148.3303 
123 149.7658And then150.7590 
125 151.2580started /RD-SCHOOL-4/ in seventh grade, after I moved to Clyattville,154.7785 
127 155.4766moved to the county area.157.1552 
128VLD_int_01157.5129I'm so sorry that you're a Viking. I'm [sorry.]159.5926
129VLD_se0_ag2_f_02159.3968[<laugh>]161.2946
130VLD_int_01160.6044[I mean, I know it's] a- it's hard [to-]162.3950
131VLD_se0_ag2_f_02162.0486[Though-] you know the funny thing though, I-164.9090
132 165.2241I was crying, boo-hoo crying when we moved to the county, and I- my mom was like, y'all have to go to /RD-SCHOOL-1/. I was like,171.2179
134 171.4464I really-172.5642 
136 172.7740we were like, both- me and /RD-NAME-2/, we were both174.8770 
138 175.2220like, really sad. We was like, we don't wanna go to that school.178.4438 
140 178.6793<laugh>179.1466 
142 179.7984We don't wanna go to that lame school. <laugh>183.1043 
143VLD_int_01184.0170I mean, y'all can win sometimes [/inaudible/]185.5590
144VLD_se0_ag2_f_02185.3073[Oh my God. <laugh>]187.2144
145VLD_int_01185.8551[Sometimes.]186.7350
146 187.2315[Sometimes.]188.3088
147VLD_se0_ag2_f_02187.4103[And then I became attached]189.2128
148 189.5352to them, so.190.4548
150 191.0926Well I became attached, I would say more so to the people than the school.194.4349 
152 194.9009The school was something else, but the people- some of the people in the school are actually198.8399 
154 199.3806decent.199.9844 
155VLD_int_01200.2267I mean, I'm not gonna judge you, [trust me. We'll- we'll talk about /RD-SCHOOL-1/ and /RD-SCHOOL-3/ in a minute.]204.3860
156VLD_se0_ag2_f_02201.0194[<laugh>]205.2786
157VLD_int_01204.6051[Um. What do you] do- what do you do for work?206.5193
158VLD_se0_ag2_f_02207.0985Um, like,208.3108
160 208.5113right now I am a-210.4731 
162 210.9008I'm not certified, but I am an optician at /RD-WORK-2/.214.8691 
164 216.0473Which is216.6626 
166 216.9845pretty much, um,218.8581 
168 219.5245how people say the eyeglass lady or person222.6766 
170 223.8817work with- I work with eyeglasses and contacts.226.4742 
172 226.6374And,227.6272 
174 228.4093um,229.1507 
176 230.7755yep. That's what I do for the work side of things. I don't work233.6478 
178 234.1514a lot,234.9301 
180 235.6422probably about236.4433 
182 236.6820fifteen hours a week. Fifteen, twenty hours.239.7969 
183VLD_int_01240.1080So what do you do with the rest of your time?241.5354
184VLD_se0_ag2_f_02241.9358School.242.6726
186 243.1875I am a mass media major,245.1830 
188 245.7474I am in my247.8242 
190 249.2713junior year,250.2770 
192 250.5629<ts>250.7341 
194 251.0245[um,]251.8312 
195VLD_int_01251.2297[At /RD-SCHOOL-4/?]252.1296
196VLD_se0_ag2_f_02252.1996yes.252.8686
198 253.8290/RD-SCHOOL-4/. Go Blazers.256.0532 
199VLD_int_01256.5135Oh, we can [all do that.]257.8297
200VLD_se0_ag2_f_02257.0463[<laugh>]258.6504
201VLD_int_01259.0081We can all cheer for [them with no animosity, no hate, just all love.]263.6091
202VLD_se0_ag2_f_02260.0606[<laugh>]263.7163
203 263.8609Yes.264.8121
205 265.7201And they win, so.266.9391 
206VLD_int_01267.1003[They do.]267.6772
207VLD_se0_ag2_f_02267.1409[<laugh>]268.3005
208VLD_int_01268.4372And the whole town come together, so [yes go Blazers, go Blazers,] Blazer Nation.272.1302
209VLD_se0_ag2_f_02269.7195[Well- yes.]271.0904
211 272.1302Yes.272.7504 
212VLD_int_01272.9916Where was your father born?274.0767
213VLD_se0_ag2_f_02274.3611<ts>274.5104
215 274.6409He was- ooh.275.8579 
217 276.2962I wanna say he was born in F-278.2640 
219 279.3831was he born in Jacksonville, Florida?281.3122 
221 283.0641I might be wrong on that but I think he was.285.3989 
222VLD_int_01285.3989We'll put Jacksonville, question [mark.]286.9517
223VLD_se0_ag2_f_02285.9259[<laugh>]286.5833
225 286.7512[Okay.] (laughing)287.4972 
226VLD_int_01288.2107Question mark. Mom?289.5313
227VLD_se0_ag2_f_02289.9859She was born here291.0770
228VLD_int_01291.1936[Mkay.]291.8011
229VLD_se0_ag2_f_02291.3801[in Valdosta.]292.2639
230VLD_int_01292.4712What does your dad do?293.3759
231VLD_se0_ag2_f_02293.8442He is a truck driver. He hauls oil.297.5745
233 297.7237<ts> Um,298.6249 
235 298.9920he's been doing-299.8220 
237 300.0225well he hasn't been hauling oil for years, but he's been in the truck driving business since I was like, a little girl.305.7772 
239 305.9931Like,306.5808 
241 308.5177yup,308.9009 
243 309.0306since I was born, pretty much.310.7222 
244VLD_int_01311.1916I didn't- I don't think I knew that.312.6388
245VLD_se0_ag2_f_02312.8169<ts>312.9521
247 313.0594Yup.313.4977 
248VLD_int_01313.6469Did he ever do anything else?314.6817
249VLD_se0_ag2_f_02314.7880Nope. <laugh>315.9444
251 316.1915He worked- I think when I-317.4962 
253 318.0041what I first known is he first worked for Pepsi,320.6731 
255 321.1735and then he worked for FedEx.323.1153 
257 323.5097And then now he works for-325.6880 
259 326.6698no he worked for a Sunoco in Texas-329.0877 
261 329.4336was it in Texas or was it in330.8881 
263 331.0037New Mexico?331.7104 
265 332.9341It was Hobbs- Hobbs, New Mexico where he worked for Sunoco, and now he works for like, some guy who owns this private trucking company.339.4735 
267 339.9491And340.3047 
269 340.4326that's what he's doing in Texas right now.342.0928 
270VLD_int_01342.4798Oh, I'm-343.0501
271VLD_se0_ag2_f_02343.3937[Mm-hm.]344.3110
272VLD_int_01343.7654[I think]344.2414
273 345.4207when I knew-346.1095
275 346.2727so did he do like, um, FedEx maybe when349.6347 
277 349.7979like, when you were in Girls of Grace? Like [when you- that's, okay.]352.1840 
278VLD_se0_ag2_f_02351.0136[Mm-hm.]352.0861
279 352.2120Yep, [FedEx, that's where he was.]353.7834
280VLD_int_01352.4544[So I was thinking FedEx-]354.0305
281VLD_se0_ag2_f_02353.9126[When] he was here, he was doing FedEx.355.7760
282VLD_int_01355.9177Okay. [So I wasn't crazy.] Like, in [my mind he wasn't truck driving he was- whatever he did] at [FedEx.]360.6292
283VLD_se0_ag2_f_02356.3080[Mm-hm.]356.9841
285 357.7069[Yeah.]358.7374 
287 358.8726[Y- yeah.]359.9671 
289 360.5266[Yeah,] I mean, he was driving trucks at [FedEx. Yeah. <laugh> Yeah.]365.3001 
290VLD_int_01362.1244[But I didn't know that, at least in my mind he worked for FedEx. And whether he was] truck driving [to-]366.2933
291VLD_se0_ag2_f_02365.6847[Right.] Yep, he did, yep. He been doing that for [years.]369.3449
292VLD_int_01369.0744[What does] your mom do?370.0366
293VLD_se0_ag2_f_02370.4080She- she used to work at a bank. She's been working374.1883
295 374.3329for banking for about twenty to thirty377.5316 
297 377.9453years,378.8546 
299 379.6846maybe.380.3318 
301 381.1427Maybe fifteen to twenty, I say fifteen, twenty years.383.2035 
303 383.5581And- but now she's, um,385.5945 
305 386.5457well387.0260 
307 387.6089I don't know if I can say this.388.6056 
309 388.9500But she should be391.6210 
311 392.8147starting to work at the post office soon.395.2339 
313 396.0168I'm not sure yet though, cause397.4996 
315 397.7081she- I don't know if she accepted the offer.399.6619 
316VLD_int_01399.7318Mm.400.0715
317VLD_se0_ag2_f_02400.5805But she was out of work for, um, some-403.1810
319 403.5774maybe a year,404.3355 
321 404.5422a little over a year405.6138 
323 405.7490probably.406.3691 
324VLD_int_01411.6636How long have we known each other, or how long have you known me?414.3375
325VLD_se0_ag2_f_02416.0068When was that? <laugh>417.7120
327 417.8626I don't know.418.6833 
329 420.1661Twenty-421.5541 
330VLD_int_01422.9658Hm, twenty eleven, twenty twelve?425.3241
331VLD_se0_ag2_f_02425.7636Yep.426.1133
332VLD_int_01426.2485Because I had /RD-NAME-3/ , right?427.7393
333VLD_se0_ag2_f_02427.8186Mm-hm.428.4093
334VLD_int_01429.1089And [now she /inaudible/- she was baby.]430.9694
335VLD_se0_ag2_f_02429.2908[She was a little girl.]430.5498
337 430.8435[Yeah.] She was [little little.]432.2106 
338VLD_int_01431.3145[So,]431.7714
339 432.9185Twenty eleven?434.1085
341 434.3207Is that when-434.7404 
342VLD_se0_ag2_f_02434.8989Around that time cause that was like, my freshman year.437.8914
344 438.1696Around my freshman year, sophomore year of high school and I start- we started441.8987 
346 442.3010Lighthouse.443.0564 
347VLD_int_01443.6299At the same time y'all was- you started high school?445.5124
348VLD_se0_ag2_f_02445.5124Pr- probably around that time. Yep.447.1900
349VLD_int_01447.2364/unintelligible/ it was six, seven years?449.0829
350VLD_se0_ag2_f_02449.2601[Mm-hm.]450.3688
351VLD_int_01449.4139[Seven years feels] good.450.6822
352VLD_se0_ag2_f_02450.6822Yep.451.2808
353 452.1391<ts>452.2463
355 452.3862Wow, time just goes by so fast.455.3447 
357 456.1805Oh my gosh, what am I doing?458.5399 
359 459.0855[<laugh>]460.3758 
360VLD_int_01459.4539[Growing up.]460.2163
361VLD_se0_ag2_f_02460.9354[<laugh>]462.0111
362VLD_int_01460.9400[What's wrong with that?]461.9051
363VLD_se0_ag2_f_02462.2270Nothing, [but it's just like, oh my] gosh.464.7449
364VLD_int_01462.8751[What's wrong with that?]463.9061
365 465.7309Okay.466.2548
367 466.6121So now I'm done typing, for right now.469.2094 
368VLD_se0_ag2_f_02469.4565Okay.470.1908
369VLD_int_01471.3670So tell me about-472.9710
371 474.2380well since you now live in that home, so tell me about476.3478 
373 476.4855your home477.3948 
375 477.5627as you remembered it as a little girl.479.4218 
376VLD_se0_ag2_f_02480.9546Um. Like what do you mean? Like, how it [looks, or?]483.9202
377VLD_int_01483.2721[How it looked] but also the neighborhood like,485.6069
378 485.8633were there other kids involved,487.6614
380 487.8451is it different from488.8230 
382 488.9955where it is now?489.8708 
383VLD_se0_ag2_f_02490.0446M-490.3757
385 490.7581When I grew up492.9203 
387 493.2001it seemed more494.5686 
389 495.3857light and green and like,498.1834 
391 498.6064flowers and butterflies.500.7234 
393 501.1477And now it's just like,502.6411 
395 503.1981I don't know. Maybe I'm older and I'm seeing everything as it is,507.0483 
397 508.3400so like,509.0381 
399 509.9893rusted and511.1576 
401 511.2843I ain't gonna say like, bad, but512.7994 
403 512.9909rusted,513.9240 
405 514.3804old.515.1873 
407 517.0683Kind of517.9589 
409 519.8754not in good shape,521.1903 
411 521.5447but- I mean, I wouldn't say the neighborhood's bad, I would just say it's524.4051 
413 524.7981not in good shape.525.8239 
414VLD_int_01526.2736The house or the neighborhood?527.4178
415VLD_se0_ag2_f_02527.6958The neighborhood528.7174
417 528.8848and the house.530.0008 
418VLD_int_01530.6601So when you were younger did you like, play outside a lot? Were there a lot of [kids?]533.9716
419VLD_se0_ag2_f_02533.4904[I d- I] did play outside but535.8167
420 536.5280I don't think it was kids in the neighborhood, I think it was people like, I would invite over or my mama would invite over for like a party.542.1707
422 542.6491I don't remember playing with kids a lot,544.3325 
424 545.3116to be honest.546.2289 
426 546.4434[<laugh>]547.0542 
427VLD_int_01546.5366[Really?]547.0542
428VLD_se0_ag2_f_02547.3946Maybe like, my cousins or something. Like my m- maybe my childhood friends from school.552.2054
430 552.5271I don't remember like, neighborhood kids.554.3905 
431VLD_int_01555.1883Hm.555.6585
432VLD_se0_ag2_f_02555.8725[Yep.]556.2828
433VLD_int_01555.9517[So-] so what did you- what did you do most of your childhood then if you didn't play with kids, what did you do?559.7647
434VLD_se0_ag2_f_02560.5807<ts>560.7345
436 561.0190What did I do?561.8304 
438 561.9485I watched TV a lot.563.5263 
440 563.9786<laugh>564.9640 
442 565.8890Dora or Barney.568.0014 
444 569.9911Or jumping on the bed with my cousins,573.7967 
446 574.6574busting my head open,576.6456 
448 576.9735had to get staples in my head.579.3656 
450 579.6614Yeah.580.1557 
452 580.4354That's what I r- remember from my childhood.582.4824 
454 583.3591<ts> I don't remember playing outside a lot unless it was like, a birthday party or something and we had to stay outside.588.3377 
455VLD_int_01589.2843So, you said it felt590.7210
457 590.8870when you were younger592.0640 
459 592.2743and maybe now, looking at it, it felt-593.7929 
461 593.8765it feels different.594.8234 
462VLD_se0_ag2_f_02594.9937It does feel different. Like, it feels-597.3285
464 598.2285I mean, maybe it's just because I'm not a little kid anymore, but everything-601.4352 
466 602.9074everything I had meaning to it, everything-606.3626 
468 606.9908I mean, not had meaning to it but w- what's- what am I looking for? What's the word like, everything611.0928 
470 611.7922just seemed612.7861 
472 615.1982to have a purpose, I guess? Like, I was never bored.618.7373 
473VLD_int_01618.8712Hm.619.2283
474VLD_se0_ag2_f_02619.2283But now I'm just like, <sigh>621.0068
475 621.3566there's nothing to do around here.623.0444
477 624.2323But there- I'm sure there is something to do but626.4238 
479 627.6442<ts> [I don't know.]628.2084 
480VLD_int_01627.7095[But now you're] grown, so [/you think it old and rusty/.]630.5335
481VLD_se0_ag2_f_02628.6547[Yeah it's just like, I'm too old for that.] Yeah, so. (laughing)631.6670
482VLD_int_01631.7555Who live- is it you and your mom?633.2547
483VLD_se0_ag2_f_02633.6753Me, my mom, and /RD-NAME-1/.634.9867
484VLD_int_01635.2421Okay.635.7123
485VLD_se0_ag2_f_02635.7830My little brother.636.6130
486VLD_int_01636.9787Oh, I forgot about [that you had- I] was only thinking about /RD-NAME-2./ I forgot that you-640.6717
487VLD_se0_ag2_f_02637.8833[Mm-hm.]638.7926
489 640.2008[He's seventeen] years old now.641.8059 
490VLD_int_01641.9401Wow.642.4017
491VLD_se0_ag2_f_02642.5928Yep.643.0137
493 644.2689<laugh> He's [t- he's tall] too. He's tall.647.5516 
494VLD_int_01645.2014[Now I feel really old.]646.2413
495 647.8033I forgot- I forgot there was a [third.]649.7511
496VLD_se0_ag2_f_02649.6299[Mm-hm.]650.4919
497VLD_int_01650.5252I think I knew, but I think I just forgot.652.3560
498VLD_se0_ag2_f_02652.3560Yep.652.9359
499VLD_int_01653.0058So,654.0062
501 655.0879now let's see.656.1226 
503 656.8934So, tell me about your house658.4948 
505 658.6440cause then you moved to Clyattville, right?660.9993 
506VLD_se0_ag2_f_02661.0267Yep.661.4650
507VLD_int_01661.4837So tell me about662.2238
509 662.3916that house and getting it built, and what you remember about that.664.9143 
510VLD_se0_ag2_f_02665.1241We were excited about getting it built, we just didn't wanna move, but668.7598
512 669.0070we kind of got over it. The house was nice, um, all of use had our own rooms.673.5800 
514 673.9410I had my own bathroom.675.8654 
516 676.3145So that was nice. Um.678.5153 
518 678.6972Everybody had their own space.680.7623 
520 680.9527The only bad thing about it, there was no good WiFi683.6759 
522 684.7131at685.0814 
524 685.3099the house. So, we had to get like,686.9788 
526 687.7626HughesNet or something, and it was like,689.8609 
528 691.0813five gigabytes of internet692.5195 
530 692.6425so we couldn't do nothing off of that.694.1062 
532 694.2227And once the gigabytes were gone,696.3583 
534 696.6135then it would slow down697.8771 
536 698.5206and we couldn't use it.699.7423 
538 700.7668But701.0419 
540 701.2051other than that like, the house was great.702.8358 
542 702.9664Um.703.5539 
544 703.7078We used to704.7896 
546 704.9388be able to let our dog out,706.4682 
548 706.6721and she just run around the yard free, without a leash.709.4139 
550 709.8788Now we gotta have a leash711.1285 
552 711.4083back on her.712.2137 
554 713.0030And, um,713.8984 
556 714.8142<ts>714.9593 
558 715.1080it was nice, always nice weather it seemed like.718.4513 
560 719.0295Uh, lot of trees.720.9713 
562 721.9691Um,722.4069 
564 722.5151but the trees weren't by our house so we didn't have to worry about trees falling on our house during like,726.8232 
566 727.0271hurricane or anything like that.728.6498 
568 729.8248Not-730.1455 
570 730.2585not like Valdosta has like,731.7773 
572 732.1363huge hurricanes, but.733.7211 
573VLD_int_01735.1739Sometimes a tropical storm.736.5867
574VLD_se0_ag2_f_02736.5867Yeah som- I mean, there are some pretty strong storms, but739.7249
575 739.8368never like,740.6062
577 740.7680extremely bad.741.8498 
579 742.0830Um.742.7767 
581 744.6183The yard,745.3643 
583 745.7560I mean it was a big yard. [<laugh>]747.8287 
584VLD_int_01747.4473[Did you have] neighbors?748.3613
585VLD_se0_ag2_f_02748.7157<ts> We had a neighbor.750.1285
587 750.5668He was- <laugh>751.8292 
588VLD_int_01751.8525We had a neighbor.752.7478
589VLD_se0_ag2_f_02752.9389yeah, we had a neighbor. He has like, five kids- five, six kids. He was a doctor758.5131
591 759.2592and his family is really nice.761.7660 
593 761.9234Um, the boys would always come and play with my little brother.764.8799 
595 765.1505Or my little brother would go over there and play.767.0996 
597 767.7011Like, that was normal,769.2607 
599 769.8680I felt like770.6794 
601 771.3122it was good-771.8018 
602VLD_int_01771.3448[He had all] boys?772.4652
603VLD_se0_ag2_f_02772.5991<ts> no. It was, um, two boys-775.8898
605 776.2162hold on.776.9215 
607 777.6371It was two boys,778.9169 
609 779.3437and like, three girls, I wanna say,781.3861 
611 782.1961And783.0168 
613 784.0333they would play with them all the time. They had a little farm too, like a little farm. They had like,788.1913 
615 788.4684chickens and,789.7659 
617 791.0797um,791.8827 
619 792.9588like,793.5370 
621 794.1572pi- did they had a pig at one point or something?796.8510 
623 797.1401I don't know, but797.9828 
625 798.1413he- the dad built like,799.7966 
627 800.0438their,800.7106 
629 801.2561um, ooh-801.9403 
631 802.7796the dad built their, um,804.5966 
633 804.8079their little barn or whatever, by hisself or something like that.808.0507 
634VLD_int_01808.0787They had like, a whole [barn?]809.5691
635VLD_se0_ag2_f_02809.0486[It wasn't a] big barn but it was like, a little mini barn, and they had like, the chickens and stuff. And they got their eggs from the chickens and they would use the eggs. And then817.7655
636 818.4730like, they h- th- they had goats. That's what it w- they [had goats,] and they would use goat milk and stuff.823.1626
637VLD_int_01820.6819[Mm.]821.0922
638VLD_se0_ag2_f_02823.7081So it was-824.7298
640 825.2782it was interesting living there, it was fun, I miss it, but.827.8941 
641VLD_int_01828.2845And then when'd y'all move from there?829.5586
642VLD_se0_ag2_f_02830.2895<ts>830.4738
644 830.7978Um, that was832.3399 
646 832.5450like three years ago.833.7574 
647VLD_int_01833.8973And y'all moved back to?835.3648
648VLD_se0_ag2_f_02835.3892We moved to Lake Park836.7170
650 836.8942after we moved from that house.838.4596 
651VLD_int_01838.4596Okay, where- and tell me about your house in Lake Park.840.7304
652VLD_se0_ag2_f_02840.9776Lake Park, I liked it.842.3891
654 842.5430Um, it had a pool844.0025 
656 844.6820in the back.845.5026 
658 845.7777The only thing was there was mice848.6035 
660 849.1430in the house.850.2761 
662 850.8963So like,851.8222 
664 852.1273at night they would roam around in the kitchen and stuff.855.2395 
666 855.6358And like, you would just like, walk in the kitchen and it's dark and you just see something run across the counter.859.9054 
668 860.3207You just like, oh my gosh.861.8115 
670 861.9841So I'm happy to be from there.863.7233 
671VLD_int_01864.2023Was it because it was just on like, a lot of [land or /??/?]866.4451
672VLD_se0_ag2_f_02865.9975[No,] I think they- the way they built the house, it just wasn't869.8804
673VLD_int_01870.2767Mm-hm.870.6824
674VLD_se0_ag2_f_02871.0135like,871.4331
676 871.7922they- there was some kind of flaws in the house, like the infrastructure.875.2414 
678 875.6085So it was876.8943 
680 877.3431like, there was holes-878.7792 
682 879.1590or there was like, a hole880.4832 
684 880.7397somewhere881.6075 
686 881.7748and they were getting through the hole.883.2437 
688 883.9384I don't know.884.6845 
690 884.9969It was weird- it was a nice house, it just887.2991 
692 887.4436they had mice- it had mice.888.8225 
693VLD_int_01888.9065<ts> Was it- so how did- okay, so how did y'all move from891.5223
695 891.6809Lake- not Lake Park.893.0228 
696VLD_se0_ag2_f_02893.0644[Clyattville.]894.0281
697VLD_int_01893.2907[Clyattville] to Lake Park?894.6172
698VLD_se0_ag2_f_02894.9423Um.895.6228
700 895.7605Like how did we move?897.1050 
701VLD_int_01897.1050I mean, I know you [probably used a moving truck, you didn't probably walk.]900.2940
702VLD_se0_ag2_f_02897.9206[<laugh>]901.0061
703VLD_int_01900.6903[Uh, here's] my [mattress let take this in.]902.6055
704VLD_se0_ag2_f_02901.3698[<laugh> Right.] (laughing)903.2956
705VLD_int_01902.7920[Um.]903.2956
706 903.8878Maybe the better question is why did you move?905.9847
707VLD_se0_ag2_f_02906.5956We moved because of financial reasons,909.8070
709 910.0821so we had to let it go. It was sad and we actually- we went through a lot.914.5945 
711 914.7997Like,915.3497 
713 915.6623in the process of that like, mentally.917.6427 
714VLD_int_01917.9924Hm.918.4074
715VLD_se0_ag2_f_02918.4587But, um,919.4223
717 919.6358we're better now. I mean, it is what it is, things happen.922.7739 
719 923.2635Um.923.8464 
721 925.3945Eventually, um, if you doing all the right things928.8017 
723 929.5092you can go back to that. I mean, not that house, but you can go back to932.8668 
725 933.4327living934.2627 
727 934.8689how you want to live,936.2118 
729 936.8413so.937.1968 
730VLD_int_01937.4382So how'd you- why'd y'all come back to-939.5628
732 940.3685h- m- no. This one is how. How did you end up getting back into your childhood home?944.6065 
733VLD_se0_ag2_f_02945.5850Oh, I don't even know. I just thought it was cool but, um,949.2116
735 949.4318my mom was like, we may be able to get our old house back.952.3948 
737 952.9124I was like, how? She said some- I don't know. I don't know how we got it back honestly, but957.2289 
739 957.6566we were able to get that house, it was nice960.0207 
741 960.7574to be back in my childhood home.963.1122 
742VLD_int_01964.3779Um, okay so let's talk a little bit about school [because if I remember,] you were very smart969.6619
743VLD_se0_ag2_f_02967.2176[Mm-hm.]967.8880
744VLD_int_01970.1912and kind of nerdy.971.5155
745VLD_se0_ag2_f_02971.7066[<laugh> Yeah.]974.1487
746VLD_int_01971.7066[In a good- in a good way.]973.2034
748 973.8316[So] tell me, um, tell me about elementary school.976.6586 
749VLD_se0_ag2_f_02977.1117Ooh.977.7318
751 977.9137Do I even remember what happened in elementary school? I don't know, um,981.3502 
753 983.2001what school was I in at that time?984.9401 
755 985.5642Was it Valdosta /RD-SCHOOL-3/?987.0448 
757 987.7638I [really-]988.3873 
758VLD_int_01987.9363[You went back] and forth between /RD-SCHOOL-2/ and /RD-SCHOOL-3/.989.8654
759VLD_se0_ag2_f_02989.8654I did. But, um,991.4980
760 991.6280V-992.0285
762 992.3134elementary school was fun. I really l- enjoyed my teachers like, I was teacher pet all the time.997.5616 
764 998.2000Oh,998.8155 
766 998.9554they love-999.6176 
768 999.8181they love me, but I love them and I r- I really1002.5878 
770 1002.7157thank them for like, how-1004.2444 
772 1004.9913like, they pushed me to do my best and1007.6078 
774 1008.0208that's why I like- I do love Valdosta /RD-NAME-3/, like people be sleeping, but1012.2004 
776 1012.7803they got the best teachers.1014.3404 
778 1015.2410That's what I remember from Valdosta [/RD-NAME-3/.]1017.4779 
779VLD_int_011017.0303[What was your] favorite class in elementary- or your favorite teacher?1019.7601
780VLD_se0_ag2_f_021020.3849Um, I wanna say her name was Miss /RD-NAME-1/-1023.1174
782 1023.3692no,1023.8495 
784 1024.0593it was Miss /RD-NAME-2/.1025.0571 
786 1025.9651She ended up moving to California but she taught English, I wanna say.1029.8120 
788 1030.5754But1031.0137 
790 1031.4986she would always be like, you can do better than this /RD-NAME-2/ this is not1035.1042 
792 1035.2321you. She would always be- just be like,1037.1907 
794 1037.6231this is better, you- you gotta do better than this. And1040.3182 
796 1040.7925I think1041.2308 
798 1041.3521she is why w-1042.3826 
800 1042.5411part of the reason why I am like I am today,1044.7966 
802 1044.9878so.1045.3608 
803VLD_int_011045.7805What grade was that?1046.5545
804VLD_se0_ag2_f_021046.6651I wanna say that was-1048.0380
806 1048.1619is fifth grade considered [elementary?]1049.9245 
807VLD_int_011049.7753[Mm-hm.]1050.2005
808VLD_se0_ag2_f_021050.8651It was- was it fifth grade or was it like, before-1053.7548
810 1055.2329it mighta been third grade. You know what, it mighta been third grade1058.0600 
812 1058.7508before I went to /RD-SCHOOL-2/.1060.3502 
814 1060.8118[I think that's-]1061.4693 
815VLD_int_011060.8118[Oh, before you went] back.1061.8828
816VLD_se0_ag2_f_021061.9355yeah, before I went back to /RD-SCHOOL-2/. I wanna say that was third grade.1064.7073
818 1064.8346And she was my English teacher.1066.7276 
820 1066.8383I loved1067.5177 
822 1067.6856her.1068.2032 
824 1068.7301She actually the only teacher I remember from third grade.1071.5232 
825VLD_int_011073.5596Then let's1074.2590
827 1074.4502move to middle school,1075.5972 
828VLD_se0_ag2_f_021075.8770[Mm-hm.]1076.3713
829VLD_int_011075.8770[cause that's a]1076.5904
830 1076.6930<ts>1076.8655
832 1077.1114interesting time for young [people.]1078.8176 
833VLD_se0_ag2_f_021078.7048[Hm.]1079.1198
834VLD_int_011079.1804Did you like middle school?1080.2179
836 1080.3409I- that's when you started going to /RD-SCHOOL-1/.1081.8477 
837VLD_se0_ag2_f_021081.9035Yeah, I liked-1083.2045
839 1083.3663I liked /RD-SCHOOL-5/.1085.1149 
841 1085.9576I liked the band program.1087.4944 
843 1087.6862And I, um,1088.7367 
845 1089.5853I would always- my brother was at-1091.7929 
847 1092.1589was he at /RD-SCHOOL-5/ at the same time I was?1094.5114 
849 1094.7259Yes he was, he was in eighth grade and I was in sixth grade.1097.9513 
851 1098.3663And, um, he was in the jazz- the jazz band, and I would always be like,1102.2780 
853 1102.4207/RD-NAME-2/ let me play y'all music.1104.2869 
855 1104.6200But I was in sixth grade, I couldn't play no jazz band music but I wanted to.1108.4669 
857 1109.1243But, um,1110.0476 
859 1110.1768I did like that part of1111.8037 
861 1112.0500school,1112.6189 
863 1112.8940/RD-SCHOOL-6/, and then I had to transfer to /RD-NAME-1/.1115.3742 
865 1115.5645I did not like-1116.3116 
867 1116.4149I did not like my first year at /RD-SCHOOL-1/.1118.6094 
869 1119.2435Um,1119.9430 
871 1120.2168I felt like I didn't know anybody, and1122.5417 
873 1123.3676people were saying that I was mean, but I wasn't. I think I was just-1127.1350 
875 1127.3997I didn't wanna1128.1504 
877 1128.3416talk to anybody.1129.3954 
879 1130.1368Cause I didn't know anybody,1131.5577 
881 1131.7022so.1132.0939 
883 1133.3422[<laugh>]1135.1001 
884VLD_int_011133.4168[So, what's-]1133.8551
885 1136.1167so you were standoffish, not [mean.]1137.6550
886VLD_se0_ag2_f_021137.3930[I was.] I was standoffish but not mean, cause1140.0975
887 1140.3959one of the girls I'm best friends with now,1142.4220
889 1142.6887she said that wouldn't talk to her, I roll my eyes at her,1145.9134 
891 1146.0167and stuff like that. And I promise you I don't- I don't roll my eyes at people,1149.6851 
893 1149.9555but maybe I did. I don't know.1151.6404 
895 1152.0559<laugh>1152.6900 
896VLD_int_011152.7413I mean, you were in the seventh grade. You [probably did.]1154.8232
897VLD_se0_ag2_f_021154.2568[I was probably] just- I was like, I don't wanna be at this school, it's a lame school, but.1158.4068
898 1159.4033When I got to /RD-SCHOOL-1/1160.6237
900 1160.8055the only thing I did enjoy was the band. I had to prove myself, and I ended up being first chair ahead of everybody that was there.1167.4115 
902 1167.7566I was like, see we- we better than y'all at /RD-NAME-3/. <laugh>1171.4949 
903VLD_int_011172.0392So let's go back. [Let's go] back to sixth grade real quick, cause [I think- I] think the band is really important and- and I know the band was important for me.1178.2302
904VLD_se0_ag2_f_021172.6207[<laugh>]1172.9331
906 1173.9683[Okay.]1174.4486 
907 1178.2535[Yeah.]1178.7411
908VLD_int_011178.4363[So how did] you get involved? Was it because /RD-NAME-2/ was [in the band?]1181.5823
909VLD_se0_ag2_f_021180.8854[Yeah, it] was cause /RD-NAME-2/ was in band, he played trombone. And I actually,1184.7631
910 1185.0400when I went to try out I talked to Mr. /RD-NAME-1/ or Mr. /RD-NAME-2/, I don't remember w- who.1189.1594
912 1189.4519I was like, my brother plays trombone, can I play trombone?1191.8672 
914 1192.2030And they was like, just putting me on all these different instruments. They had me try the tuba,1196.4402 
916 1196.7713they had me try the flute, they had me try the clarinet, and they had me try1200.4956 
918 1200.7474the trombone and trumpet.1201.9738 
920 1202.2416And they told me to do trumpet,1203.5379 
922 1203.7710so I did trumpet,1204.7689 
924 1205.0440but I wanted to do trombone.1206.4662 
926 1206.8719[<laugh>]1207.2608 
927VLD_int_011206.8719[Because] your brother did [trombone- interestingly] most people don't wanna do what their [older siblings do.]1211.3796
928VLD_se0_ag2_f_021207.6492[Yeah, but-]1208.5389
930 1209.8501[<ts>]1210.0273 
932 1210.3024[yeah. Mm-] he w- /RD-NAME-2/ is like my best friend, so-1214.1154 
933 1214.7915one of my best friends, so he-1216.4072
935 1216.5646like, everything he did I wanted to do.1218.2687 
936VLD_int_011219.0088Mm.1219.5170
938 1219.9647So- okay so you got into the band1221.8780 
939VLD_se0_ag2_f_021221.8780Mm-hm.1222.3834
940VLD_int_011222.3834and1223.5072
942 1224.4211were you good,1225.0007 
944 1225.0942[initially?]1225.8979 
945VLD_se0_ag2_f_021225.5715[I was] good.1226.3549
946VLD_int_011226.9424From the beginning?1227.5346
947VLD_se0_ag2_f_021227.5346Mm-hm.1227.9526
948VLD_int_011228.5744How did you know you were [good?]1229.6456
949VLD_se0_ag2_f_021229.4730[I] promise you I was good. Like, I- I knew I was good.1232.5086
950 1233.1634I don't r- ever remember being like, a bad trumpet player.1236.3431
951VLD_int_011236.4321<laugh>]1237.3159
952VLD_se0_ag2_f_021237.3367I don't remember. <laugh>1239.1586
953VLD_int_011239.2472Okay, that's [confidence.]1240.5015
954VLD_se0_ag2_f_021239.7088[I was first] chair- I was first chair when I was in sixth grade.1243.3726
955 1243.7736And I was in the newspaper, too, for it.1245.8474
957 1246.5111Me and three other people were in the newspaper, it was a- me, a french horn player,1250.8704 
959 1251.4507a saxophone player, and somebody else.1253.8415 
961 1255.1797Cause I was like, one of the top1256.3768 
963 1256.8198chair people.1257.9372 
964VLD_int_011258.9041[Mm.]1259.3162
965VLD_se0_ag2_f_021259.1969[When I] picked up the instrument, I knew how to play it. But I think it's because I had been practicing on /RD-NAME-2/'s trombone,1263.8628
966VLD_int_011264.5529Right.1264.9563
967VLD_se0_ag2_f_021265.0971[so.]1265.7126
968VLD_int_011265.2557[/inaudible/]1265.7126
969VLD_se0_ag2_f_021265.8105Maybe I was bad, I don't know.1267.8983
971 1268.4951I don't remember being bad though.1270.0898 
973 1271.0876[<laugh>]1271.7065 
974VLD_int_011271.0876[So then when you] moved to /RD-SCHOOL-1/, tell me about being in that program.1274.2599
975VLD_se0_ag2_f_021274.4296Mm.1275.3342
977 1276.9496The band director really liked me and she, um.1280.2276 
979 1280.6520I really enjoyed being in the program.1282.4378 
981 1282.6617There were a lot of like, egos, though.1285.1037 
983 1286.0037And I just couldn't like-1287.7310 
985 1288.3558that's why I was like, I'm'a come in here and I'm'a1289.8679 
987 1290.1139be first chair over all y'all.1292.0255 
989 1292.5897<laugh> Sorry, that sounds so confident but1295.2916 
991 1295.6226I was so mad I had to transfer to /RD-SCHOOL-1/, but1297.9925 
993 1298.3504the program was nice. I ended up making friends and, um,1301.3380 
995 1302.0095the band director, Miss /RD-NAME-2/, she, um,1304.8582 
997 1305.0670she followed me like, all throughout high school.1307.2886 
999 1307.4565Well from middle school to high school.1309.1165 
1001 1309.4568And she even t-1310.6626 
1003 1310.7708even still today, she want- she wants me to pick up my-1313.3486 
1005 1313.4421pick up my trumpet and play it again. But I don't, I mean, I don't really have the passion for it anymore.1317.9220 
1007 1318.3977But, um,1319.1683 
1009 1319.5307yeah. /RD-SCHOOL-1/ program was fun, the middle school1322.2492 
1011 1322.7129was alright,1323.4076 
1013 1323.5802but the high school was fun. High school was definitely fun.1326.3114 
1014VLD_int_011326.5165Kay, talk about that.1327.4304
1015VLD_se0_ag2_f_021327.7708<ts> Um,1328.6148
1017 1330.3201being, um,1331.6943 
1019 1331.7969I know people be like, damn they're not that good. I know, but. <laugh>1336.4691 
1021 1336.9248I love- I loved being in the Bridgemen because it was a1340.0909 
1023 1340.3740big family,1341.2232 
1025 1341.3659like, four hundred people.1342.6495 
1027 1343.0272You don't know everybody but1344.4761 
1029 1345.1289at the end of the day like, when it comes to competitions and stuff, everybody is one. And it's just like,1349.7065 
1031 1350.2541that made me really value teamwork and,1354.0781 
1033 1355.0849um,1355.8169 
1035 1356.0268communication and whatnot. Um,1358.3802 
1037 1358.5201especially on like, my job and stuff, but1360.9562 
1039 1361.2453I really enjoyed being in the program. We had some good directors and1364.4394 
1041 1364.9943people who actually cared about us. They taught us-1367.6321 
1043 1369.1849not etiquette, but they taught us how to1371.0487 
1045 1371.7528act1372.3777 
1047 1372.5359in public and1373.6462 
1049 1373.7987what to do, what not to do,1375.3233 
1051 1375.6124how to carry yourself.1376.9025 
1053 1377.9052And I think being in band also helped with my academics1380.6538 
1055 1380.8161as well.1381.4897 
1056VLD_int_011381.9700Why?1382.4176
1057VLD_se0_ag2_f_021382.9385I don't know.1383.7219
1059 1384.0716[<laugh>]1384.7791 
1060VLD_int_011384.6438[They] do say band kids are actually like- they did a study and they showed that kids who are in the band,1390.6437
1061VLD_se0_ag2_f_021390.6437[Mm-hm.]1391.1661
1062VLD_int_011390.8504[actually] have higher grades just on average, [band kids versus non-band kids.]1394.1781
1063VLD_se0_ag2_f_021392.8679[Yeah.]1393.6802
1065 1394.1102Yeah like, I don't know what it was but I felt-1396.6601 
1066 1397.6913I felt like I could a-1398.5167
1068 1398.6566I understood everything like- I don't know if it was maybe1401.1359 
1070 1401.6908cause in music you study the notes and stuff, and your brain is just always working.1406.2964 
1072 1406.7441Maybe with the marching and the1408.7431 
1074 1408.9949music, maybe coordinating it together1411.5162 
1076 1412.2903makes your brain just like,1414.1741 
1078 1414.4233work.1415.0434 
1080 1415.5051I guess that has something to do with it, I'm not sure.1417.6640 
1081VLD_int_011418.1629Tell me about band camp.1419.5524
1082VLD_se0_ag2_f_021419.8789Hm.1420.2475
1084 1422.2310Like,1422.4627 
1086 1422.5856freshman year brand- band camp or senior year band camp? Cause senior year band camp is a breeze,1427.5607 
1088 1428.0350but freshman year-1429.4221 
1089VLD_int_011429.4221So tell me about both so I can- so we can do a [comparison.]1432.3551
1090VLD_se0_ag2_f_021431.9568[Ooh,] freshman year.1433.5779
1091 1434.4159First off, we had to wear that ugly hat-1436.6727
1093 1436.8919bridgie hat.1437.7858 
1095 1438.4666Um,1439.1051 
1097 1439.5297Pretty much a senior- what happens is, a senior-1442.3075 
1099 1443.8543I hate to say the word purchase,1445.5935 
1101 1445.7055but a senior would purchase you1447.3235 
1103 1448.0542and1448.9402 
1105 1450.7527you would have to put on this hat,1452.3008 
1107 1453.3873and they designed the hat. You- they take the home- the hate home that night for whoever1458.0988 
1109 1458.4672they got- whoever- whichever freshman they got. And, um,1461.6134 
1111 1462.2102like I think my senior year I had like, two freshman, but anyway.1465.0066 
1113 1465.6501Somebody bought me and they1467.4127 
1115 1467.6538decorated a hat for me. It can be anything embarrassing or1471.5171 
1117 1471.7932just a awful hat, awful looking hat. And you gotta wear it1474.9067 
1119 1475.0326until band camp- or until you win your first competition.1477.5795 
1121 1479.7581Yep.1480.0799 
1123 1480.2524And so that was not fun.1482.1735 
1125 1482.5046[Um.]1483.0836 
1126VLD_int_011482.5046[How was your hat?]1483.3019
1127VLD_se0_ag2_f_021484.2705how was my hat? My- my s-1486.1170
1129 1486.3315I'm- I'm'a be honest, my senior did not care about my hat1489.1839 
1131 1489.5289and like, she just put-1490.7226 
1133 1491.0117it's like- it's like she put it together last minute or something, but.1494.1348 
1135 1494.4610Like, it had beads hanging from it, it would be just jiggling and stuff, and like- <laugh>1498.6676 
1137 1499.3391it was just-1500.2670 
1139 1500.6447it was distracting- I think it had some feathers on it too. I don't know, but1503.7922 
1141 1504.1372it was ugly, ugly little hat.1505.7539 
1143 1506.3122And I think by the end some stuff had fallen off of it.1508.9607 
1145 1509.3943But, um,1510.3269 
1147 1511.6172it was not a fun time.1512.7603 
1149 1512.9178I was like, I'm ready to be a senior, I don't wanna be1515.1097 
1151 1515.2996no lame kid just wearing a hat.1518.3805 
1153 1518.6929People be picking on me in band- they don't pick on you, but they kind of tease you a little bit say, hey hey bridgie, and stuff like that.1524.8136 
1155 1525.4421But, um,1526.2675 
1157 1526.5845yeah that was fun. And, um-1528.3891 
1159 1529.3903but1529.8939 
1161 1530.5560a good thing that happened during my freshman year,1532.4525 
1163 1533.3804<ts> I tried out for first trumpet1535.0755 
1165 1535.2163and I made it.1535.9228 
1167 1536.0556I made first trumpet, so I was a freshmen1538.3964 
1169 1538.8520playing with1539.5468 
1171 1539.6494seniors1540.5680 
1173 1540.8244on the1541.3420 
1175 1541.7790trumpet part.1542.4988 
1176VLD_int_011543.4796Like, concert or marching?1544.6029
1177VLD_se0_ag2_f_021544.6547Marching.1545.2773
1178VLD_int_011546.1422Mm.1546.5949
1179VLD_se0_ag2_f_021546.6318Mm-hm.1547.3219
1180VLD_int_011547.7635So how does- okay, how does band camp work?1549.6847
1182 1549.9225I mean, cause I knew how it worked at Valdosta, [how does it work at /RD-SCHOOL-1/?] Did y'all go somewhere, were y'all in town?]1554.5561 
1183VLD_se0_ag2_f_021551.2967[Right.]1551.8641
1185 1553.9499[We were] at our practice field. Um,1556.5551 
1186 1557.1940we have a practice field um, so like, you mean1560.1116
1188 1560.5126what happened during the [day?]1562.0267 
1189VLD_int_011561.9242[Mm-hm.]1562.4091
1190VLD_se0_ag2_f_021562.6609Okay so like, beginning of the day I think we had,1566.6315
1192 1567.4111I wanna say we got together in sections, we had sectionals the first of the day.1572.1538 
1194 1573.1858Um.1573.9883 
1196 1574.4261And then we'd do that like, we'll fro- focus on one part of the music for that part of the day.1579.5713 
1198 1579.9257And then1580.6397 
1200 1581.0994lunch time comes,1583.1092 
1202 1583.4682we go to lunch of course, wherever. And I think,1585.9662 
1204 1586.1434was it a hour?1587.3138 
1206 1588.4469How long was lunch? I can't remember if it was a hour or what, and then we'd come back.1592.5220 
1208 1593.9138Um, and then we would come together as a band in the Cafetorium. And then like,1598.6267 
1210 1598.9578put w- together what we1600.5125 
1212 1600.6244each did as a section.1602.1119 
1214 1602.4150We put it together as the band.1604.1589 
1216 1604.5633And,1605.3121 
1218 1605.9901um.1606.5466 
1220 1606.7188Once they were- the directors, were happy with what they heard, we would then take it out to the field1611.3791 
1222 1611.6483and see if we could1612.4137 
1224 1612.5668march1613.2290 
1226 1613.7839with that particular piece of music, and1615.7445 
1228 1616.1093keep that same1617.5519 
1230 1617.9325level of1619.2475 
1232 1619.9769consistency from the lunch room, standing still, to marching.1623.3435 
1233VLD_int_011623.6140How'd y'all mark y'all spots on the field?1625.5491
1234VLD_se0_ag2_f_021626.0433<ts> Um.1626.7788
1236 1627.5248Well what I- what we had was books, um,1630.5942 
1238 1630.7582like flip books1631.9439 
1240 1632.3030and-1633.1237 
1242 1634.0689what was it?1634.7637 
1244 1635.3312Was it-1635.8255 
1246 1636.3897did we print out-1637.7699 
1248 1638.9996I can't remember.1640.1258 
1250 1640.6550They gave us each1641.9616 
1252 1642.3136like, drill sheets I [think, or] a drill packet or something.1645.3134 
1253VLD_int_011643.4327[Mm-hm.]1643.9037
1254VLD_se0_ag2_f_021646.6615But I wanna say it was on like, a smaller sheet.1649.5665
1256 1650.7462Anyway, I had- I had my stuff in like, a little flip book- like an index card book, and I would put like, where I'm supposed to be for this set.1657.1737 
1258 1657.6014It was like a s- for one song, there's1660.0914 
1260 1660.4411however many sets for that song1662.2072 
1262 1662.5767and of course, you can like,1663.7877 
1264 1664.4265the way they have it on the picture, it shows what the formation is supposed to look like on the picture,1668.4646 
1266 1668.7511and you just find your spot on there, your number.1671.2504 
1268 1671.8379I think I was like, eighty or seventy, or something.1674.1121 
1270 1674.7276And1675.3467 
1272 1675.4746I would find my number on that1676.9598 
1274 1677.8458formation chart1679.1421 
1276 1679.4951and then I would go st-1680.4102 
1278 1680.5163well,1680.9995 
1280 1681.4582I would go stand there but they also had like,1683.6578 
1282 1683.8256two steps outside of1685.5369 
1284 1686.0965like, five yard line or1687.9134 
1286 1688.3986eight steps1689.4478 
1288 1689.5970from1690.2718 
1290 1690.6808whatever.1691.4175 
1291VLD_int_011691.4175Mm-hm.1691.9631
1292VLD_se0_ag2_f_021692.3408You know what I'm saying,1693.0496
1293VLD_int_011693.0496I [do.]1693.5252
1294VLD_se0_ag2_f_021693.1988[like.] <laugh>1694.1034
1295VLD_int_011694.1593So ours, we had like little plastic1696.4115
1297 1696.7739like, the sheet [protectors]1698.2528 
1298VLD_se0_ag2_f_021698.0003[Mm-hm.]1698.6484
1299VLD_int_011698.3462[and we had] like, rope, and then we wore them around-1701.0485
1300 1701.1697so every- like, if you're number eighty and I'm number [seventy-nine,]1703.8454
1301VLD_se0_ag2_f_021703.6351[Mm-hm.]1704.1200
1302VLD_int_011704.3438I would have- I wouldn't see what the whole thing looked like, I would [just get all] the quarters for seventy-nine and you get all the quarters for eighty.1709.8727
1303VLD_se0_ag2_f_021706.7999[Right.]1707.4527
1304 1709.9274[Wow.]1710.6967
1305VLD_int_011710.4263[And so] then we'll like- they'll go to say, chart thirteen or set [thirteen.]1713.4838
1306VLD_se0_ag2_f_021713.0921[Right.]1713.8781
1307VLD_int_011713.8781And so we would go to set thirteen, [everybody was standing,] and then they would adjust you.1717.0737
1308VLD_se0_ag2_f_021715.4096[Mm-hm.]1715.9505
1309 1717.3695[Oh.]1718.1687
1310VLD_int_011717.4693[But we had little] mason jars,1719.2132
1311 1719.3531like the lids,1720.1725
1312VLD_se0_ag2_f_021720.1771[Uh-huh.]1720.7180
1313VLD_int_011720.5175[so-] and it would be numbered, like you had a white one, a red one, and a yellow one.1723.8502
1314VLD_se0_ag2_f_021723.8502[What?]1724.6475
1315VLD_int_011724.4843[And so] when we go to chart thirteen, you put down your1726.7352
1316 1726.8937red1727.4974
1318 1728.2040mason jar lid.1729.3791 
1319VLD_se0_ag2_f_021729.3917[Uh-huh.]1729.9699
1320VLD_int_011729.6435[So] then- and then you go1730.8440
1321 1730.9768set fourteen and you set fifteen.1732.4717
1323 1732.6292So then you can do them-1733.5790 
1325 1733.7362you can1734.2398 
1327 1734.4124always hit your spots for those three sets [until you get those three down,]1737.2479 
1328VLD_se0_ag2_f_021735.9778[Oh.]1738.0807
1329VLD_int_011737.4839[and then you move to] the [next.]1738.9620
1330VLD_se0_ag2_f_021738.7056[Oh,] we didn't do that. Oh my goodness, we were-1740.9285
1331 1741.1243we had so- we had completely different-1743.1107
1333 1743.5723I think we-1744.7169 
1335 1745.2217we didn't mark anything, we just-1747.3246 
1337 1748.1300we would have to,1749.0333 
1339 1749.1639like literally go to that spot and like, do our steps.1752.2227 
1341 1752.3999And then, um,1753.4817 
1343 1754.9059then we would-1755.7779 
1345 1756.3701/RD-NAME-2-/- /RD-NAME-2/ would be like, stop, and then1758.6717 
1347 1759.6528we have to all be in our spots. And if somebody's not right, he'll, like,1762.9761 
1349 1763.1486call 'em out and be like, that's not right you need to move like, two steps over.1766.4253 
1351 1766.9229And that's your correct spot, you need to remember this for the next time.1769.3131 
1353 1770.0517So, um,1771.0821 
1355 1771.2208it was nerve-wracking as a freshman cause I'm like, okay1773.8880 
1357 1774.3903this don't look right but also1776.6702 
1359 1777.0201you can't always go by the sheet, because somebody-1779.6440 
1361 1780.3668I mean like, just performance-wise you can't go by the sheet, because1783.3451 
1363 1783.9686the person next to you might1785.6192 
1365 1786.9062not hit their spot,1788.0905 
1367 1788.2037so you kind of have to fill in1790.0384 
1368VLD_int_011790.0384Exactly.1790.8077
1369VLD_se0_ag2_f_021791.1235and make that arc anyway, no matter where you standing in.1793.7674
1371 1793.9899You might be a little bit off from your spot, but you gotta make that arc or that1797.4218 
1373 1798.0673diagonal, but.1799.0558 
1374VLD_int_011799.2377And we did a lot of shows that had like, specific- like, you know a lot of [sets, you just-]1803.6814
1375VLD_se0_ag2_f_021802.8841[Mm-hm.]1803.6814
1376VLD_int_011803.8493in kind of some little [circle- but] when [you like,] in a really like, specific-1807.7836
1377VLD_se0_ag2_f_021804.7386[Right.]1805.4520
1379 1805.6478[<laugh>]1805.8856 
1380VLD_int_011808.2238like, it has to look like [a s- specific picture.]1810.4573
1381VLD_se0_ag2_f_021809.1191[Mm-hm, yeah.]1810.6625
1382VLD_int_011810.6625That's the ones that get- [are the hardest ones. Like, we] had one that was, I think it was a star.1815.3381
1383VLD_se0_ag2_f_021811.4832[Yeah.]1811.8515
1385 1812.2898[Mm-hm.]1813.1058 
1386 1815.5233[Oh, yeah.]1816.2227
1387VLD_int_011815.6119[And we had something] else, and we did Wizard of [Oz. And-]1818.3210
1388VLD_se0_ag2_f_021817.9153[Those are] hard.1818.7220
1389VLD_int_011818.8619and I remember the guy never,1820.3494
1391 1820.5625um, cause I was dating him at the [time.]1822.1305 
1392VLD_se0_ag2_f_021821.9661[Mm-hm.]1822.5536
1393VLD_int_011822.3076[And so] everybody was like, /RD-NAME-2/ tell you boyfriend to get in his spot.1824.7965
1394VLD_se0_ag2_f_021824.8532[Oh, wow.]1825.6951
1395VLD_int_011825.3220[And I was like,]1826.1057
1396VLD_se0_ag2_f_021826.7163[<laugh>]1827.5144
1397VLD_int_011827.2851[Get in] your spot. Like, [what I'm'a do about it? I can't move him to the spot. But you] have to be in the, [you know, picture.]1832.4490
1398VLD_se0_ag2_f_021828.1944[Right, exactly, exactly.]1830.3553
1400 1831.2180[Mm-hm.]1832.2671 
1402 1832.4490Yep.1832.9106 
1403VLD_int_011833.2044<ts>1833.3209
1405 1833.4702So tell me about your senior year.1834.8677 
1407 1835.5298[How was it different?]1836.4270 
1408VLD_se0_ag2_f_021835.5422[Oops, sorry.]1836.2106
1409 1836.9287Senior year?1837.6841
1411 1838.3729I was a section leader my senior year,1840.3406 
1413 1840.4945so.1841.0261 
1414VLD_int_011841.7755[Did you ever try out for drum major?]1843.0438
1415VLD_se0_ag2_f_021841.8688[It was easy.]1842.7967
1416 1843.2210I did.1843.8088
1418 1844.4707I only tried out for drum major though, so I could get section leader.1847.2571 
1420 1848.9724<laugh>1849.9283 
1421VLD_int_011850.3060You didn't wanna be drum [major?]1851.2891
1422VLD_se0_ag2_f_021851.1080[No.]1851.4752
1423VLD_int_011851.6696Oh.1851.9354
1424VLD_se0_ag2_f_021852.1638I never wanted to be drum major, nope.1853.4508
1426 1853.8845But they was pretty much kind of telling people, ay if you try out for drum major y- you might have a better chance of becoming section leader because, I mean, it shows1860.6910 
1428 1861.1992that you are ready to lead because you tried out for drum major. I don't know what their-1864.9422 
1430 1865.9714<ts> I don't know what their thing was behind that, but.1868.3268 
1432 1868.6419Tried out for drum major,1869.6165 
1434 1869.7517I ain't even have no routine for the song,1872.2951 
1436 1872.8326I was just like- (laughing)1873.8817 
1438 1874.4926and you know who was actually, um,1876.6082 
1440 1877.3216one of the judges? Mr. /RD-NAME-2/.1879.5556 
1442 1880.8268/RD-NAME-5/ band director.1882.3969 
1443VLD_int_011882.6300<ts>1882.7699
1445 1882.9098Oh, see1883.6559 
1447 1883.7958that [was right after me.]1884.9941 
1448VLD_se0_ag2_f_021883.9730[Oh yeah, that was way after] your time? [Oh.]1886.4010
1449VLD_int_011885.6736[Yeah, so] I was1887.0572
1450 1887.8312Mr. /RD-NAME-2/ and Mr. [/RD-NAME-2/.]1889.3280
1451VLD_se0_ag2_f_021889.1928[Oh.]1890.3119
1452VLD_int_011889.9062[So,] I1890.6756
1453 1890.8748didn't know [anything. I've] met Mr. /RD-NAME-2/ though, cause I went out to the high school a couple years ago and I met him.1896.1192
1454VLD_se0_ag2_f_021891.4809[Gotcha.]1892.3270
1456 1896.1192I bet he was like, this girl don't know nothing. I was- I really just tried out just so I could get section leader [though.]1901.8748 
1457VLD_int_011901.7134[So] why was it important for you to be section leader?1903.5759
1458VLD_se0_ag2_f_021903.8277<ts>1903.9722
1460 1904.1215Um.1904.8722 
1462 1905.8421I felt like I was a leader.1907.6677 
1464 1908.1875I was a quiet leader, but I felt like I was a leader. I feel like1911.3896 
1466 1911.7766I'm more so1912.9666 
1468 1913.8456show them1914.8514 
1470 1915.1732how to be1916.5255 
1472 1916.7167rather than tell them how to be.1918.1202 
1474 1918.8276So I was- a lot of people just1921.0752 
1476 1921.7839followed behind me, even if I didn't- I didn't have to tell them what to do.1924.7016 
1478 1925.0920I had- we had two other section leaders though, that would just always yell at 'em,1928.5145 
1480 1928.7756do this, do push-ups, do this and that.1930.7920 
1482 1931.0858But I felt like I was get- I would get more of a-1933.8272 
1484 1935.5562I would get more of a reaction, or more of, um,1938.8249 
1486 1939.3039<ts> what's the word I'm looking for?1940.6002 
1488 1942.3288I would get more results from just showing them,1945.7327 
1490 1945.8899rather than1946.3749 
1492 1946.7712yelling at them,1947.7038 
1494 1948.6537[so.]1949.0501 
1495VLD_int_011948.7376[How big] was the section?1949.7635
1496VLD_se0_ag2_f_021951.0271Um.1951.9457
1498 1952.1542I wanna say my section was1953.7629 
1500 1954.3878forty, fifty trumpets.1956.0171 
1501VLD_int_011956.2689Wow, that's a lot. (whispered)1957.3834
1502VLD_se0_ag2_f_021957.5326Forty, fifty.1958.5209
1504 1959.8594I don't know, it was like f-1960.6614 
1506 1961.0811it was around that.1961.8371 
1507VLD_int_011962.0416Mm-hm.1962.5172
1508VLD_se0_ag2_f_021962.5719For about forty, fifty trumpets.1964.0920
1509VLD_int_011964.2039So talk about being a senior, right. So now you got to make hats and you [had- so tell me about] your hats you made.1969.3784
1510VLD_se0_ag2_f_021967.3454[Mm-hm.]1968.5111
1511 1970.0519I don't even remember my hats, oh my gosh. <laugh>1973.0921
1513 1973.7729I don't remember what I did for my hats.1975.8278 
1515 1976.4014But I had two bridgies and sh- um, it was two girls.1979.6095 
1517 1980.4382One girl though I didn't see a lot, she was on the dance line for color guard, so I didn't see her a lot. So it was a little bit weird with her, cause I never spoke to her.1988.4977 
1519 1988.9873But the other- my other bridgie was in my section,1991.3767 
1521 1991.5393and1991.9442 
1523 1992.8922she was sweet.1993.8388 
1525 1994.3050Um.1994.7480 
1527 1995.2130I don't-1995.5394 
1529 1995.6840I don't really- I didn't really have a connection, I felt, with my bridgies. Probably the one that was in my section,2000.3922 
1531 2000.6953but I didn't really2001.4973 
1533 2001.6372connect with the other girl. I didn't really even see her,2003.9953 
1535 2004.7727but.2005.0851 
1537 2006.2042Um, my hats- I don't remember what my hats were2008.5436 
1539 2008.9586to be honest with you.2009.9518 
1540VLD_int_012010.5207So was concert season different?2011.9289
1541VLD_se0_ag2_f_022012.5104<ts>2012.6846
1543 2013.3451Um.2014.0330 
1544VLD_int_012014.0330Or d- was it still.2015.0610
1545VLD_se0_ag2_f_022015.5820It was-2017.3902
1547 2017.8761I didn't like concert season cause it was boring.2020.4260 
1549 2021.6378I don't like sitting in the chair, just2023.5296 
1551 2023.6975playing music.2024.4389 
1553 2024.8539Seems boring.2025.7115 
1555 2027.3692It's boring to me, but2028.6422 
1557 2028.8520<laugh>2029.2763 
1559 2029.4488I liked going on the trips.2030.9223 
1560VLD_int_012031.0189Where'd y'all go as a- in the band?2032.5250
1561VLD_se0_ag2_f_022033.0893Um.2033.7174
1563 2033.9086Like for marching band or concert band?2036.5107 
1564VLD_int_012036.6690Both.2037.0980
1565VLD_se0_ag2_f_022037.4384Marching band, um,2038.8453
1567 2038.9486my freshman year we went to sh- New York, Chicago.2042.1768 
1569 2042.6349And my-2043.8409 
1571 2044.9291was it my junior year?2046.3165 
1573 2049.6919Was it my junior year we went somewhere else?2051.8470 
1575 2052.8754I went on ch- two trips during my high school,2055.4493 
1577 2056.8422um, being in high school but I don't remember where2059.2389 
1579 2059.8438my second trip was.2061.0748 
1581 2062.0214Where is the IKEA Parade, or-2064.0624 
1583 2067.3671I don't know where the IKEA [Parade.]2068.7380 
1584VLD_int_012068.5188[Me] neither, honey.2069.4012
1585VLD_se0_ag2_f_022069.7905Philadelphia?2070.7837
1587 2071.5484I went to-2071.9447 
1589 2072.3364Okay no, I went to New York and Philadelphia my freshman year and I went to Chicago my junior year2077.5516 
1591 2077.7054of high school. Either my junior or senior year of high school.2080.1661 
1592VLD_int_012080.2221What'd y'all do?2080.8003
1593VLD_se0_ag2_f_022081.1640We marched in the parade2083.4954
1595 2083.6993f-2083.8858 
1597 2084.3614well New York, we marched in the2086.2266 
1599 2086.4364was it the Macy's [Thanksgiving] Parade?2088.4588 
1600VLD_int_012087.4796[Mm-hm.]2087.8666
1601VLD_se0_ag2_f_022089.3667Or some kind of parade.2090.4215
1603 2090.5691And then the- my2092.1749 
1605 2092.4862junior, senior year, we marched in the IKEA Parade.2095.0169 
1607 2096.0414<ts> And2096.6755 
1609 2097.4169my2097.7433 
1611 2097.8553freshman year it was snowing-2099.3550 
1613 2100.4139it wasn't snowing, but it was like2101.7288 
1615 2101.9573snowing, hailing, raining2104.2953 
1617 2104.4120all at the same time.2105.3655 
1619 2105.7269So that was miserable.2106.8087 
1621 2107.6001Um.2108.1550 
1623 2108.5094My hands were f- they felt like they were finna fall off.2111.0227 
1625 2112.0392Cause all we- we didn't have like,2113.4601 
1627 2114.1269thick gloves, they were just like m- d- our regular marching gloves so like,2117.3816 
1629 2117.7020everything was going through and [like,]2119.6884 
1630VLD_int_012119.5112[Mm-hm.]2120.1220
1631VLD_se0_ag2_f_022120.4052it was painful. So2122.3589
1633 2123.1656when we got back on the bus we was just ooh.2125.5597 
1635 2125.8861About to die.2126.4969 
1637 2126.6368But-2126.9119 
1639 2127.0798not about to die, but we were just like,2128.9403 
1641 2129.4845we couldn't do it.2130.4598 
1643 2130.7575Mm-mm.2131.2117 
1645 2132.1564And then my s-2133.2555 
1647 2133.4887I can't remember if it was my junior or senior year- I wanna junior year, but2136.2599 
1649 2136.8306we went to IKEA- or, we went to the IKEA Parade and2140.6155 
1651 2141.8453I don't think we did much in these cities because we were in a big group,2146.7413 
1653 2147.1923there was not much we could do.2149.1088 
1655 2149.5844We went to some little shops here and there, but I don't think I spent money2153.3833 
1657 2153.9882cause I think-2154.4778 
1659 2154.6876I think maybe they gave me like, two hundred dollars.2157.0051 
1661 2157.4934But like, in New York2158.7524 
1663 2159.0321and those other places are expensive. Like2161.4238 
1665 2161.6654stuff,2162.1923 
1667 2163.0269like hats, souvenirs, anything, it expensive so2165.6229 
1669 2165.8147I don't think I got too much of anything.2167.9000 
1671 2168.1675If I did, I just got like,2169.7900 
1673 2170.6388something for my brother, and my mom, and my dad, and /RD-NAME-1/, but that's it.2174.5590 
1674VLD_int_012175.8900So now tell me- okay so then you-2178.0023
1676 2178.1701did you have a favorite subject in high school?2179.6856 
1677VLD_se0_ag2_f_022180.5062Math.2181.1824
1678VLD_int_012181.6660Why?2182.0250
1679VLD_se0_ag2_f_022182.9902<ts> I don't know, that was the only one I could get a hundred in.2185.9067
1681 2187.0550<laugh> Every year, I got a hundred in math every year of high school.2190.7234 
1683 2192.0450But, um, it was easy2193.5791 
1685 2193.8635to me.2194.4222 
1686VLD_int_012195.0059What math did you take?2196.0597
1687VLD_se0_ag2_f_022196.6426Uh. <laugh>2197.6485
1689 2197.8303I couldn't tell you that. Probably pre-algebra,2200.4789 
1691 2201.7505hm, <laugh>2202.8477 
1693 2202.9955trigonometry,2204.0726 
1695 2206.4960s-2206.6826 
1697 2206.8504something starting with a G. No, that's geometry, nope that's not math is it.2210.2996 
1698VLD_int_012210.4768[Mm-hm.]2210.8872
1699VLD_se0_ag2_f_022210.7706[Is] that math?2211.4324
1700 2211.8884I don't think I took geometry, though.2213.3483
1701VLD_int_012214.0693That was my least favorite one.2215.3376
1702VLD_se0_ag2_f_022215.5148Yeah, if- if I did take that was probably my least favorite too.2219.1879
1704 2219.8500Um, yeah trig,2221.2127 
1706 2221.8630pre-algebra,2223.1938 
1707VLD_int_012223.9054[Did you do calculus?]2224.9605
1708VLD_se0_ag2_f_022223.9753[then algebra-]2224.7400
1709 2225.2050I didn't do calculus.2226.3754
1711 2226.9816Mm-mm.2227.4532 
1713 2228.1833That was a AP course. I did take some AP classes, but that was a AP course that I was not gonna take.2233.3592 
1714VLD_int_012234.9745[Okay.]2235.2963
1715VLD_se0_ag2_f_022235.2590[<laugh>]2236.1542
1716VLD_int_012236.0610[So] did you graduate with honors?2238.1500
1717VLD_se0_ag2_f_022238.4098I did. I was like,2240.0651
1719 2240.6713seventy-something in my2242.3682 
1721 2242.4911class, [it was like-]2243.6868 
1722VLD_int_012243.1646[How many people] were in your class?2244.5495
1723VLD_se0_ag2_f_022244.5495like five hundred.2245.5007
1724VLD_int_012246.5426And then how'd you end up going to /RD-SCHOOL-3/?2248.2958
1725VLD_se0_ag2_f_022248.7901Um.2249.5680
1727 2249.8333That just happened this year,2251.2275 
1729 2251.3907actually.2252.0786 
1730VLD_int_012252.4305Mkay.2252.8847
1731VLD_se0_ag2_f_022252.9154I actually, um, started out at /RD-SCHOOL-3/2256.4380
1733 2257.1700and then2258.0785 
1735 2258.3917I took years off from school.2261.2449 
1737 2261.8549Like,2262.5109 
1739 2263.7434three-2264.4023 
1741 2264.6387when did I graduate high school? Twenty fourteen, I went to /RD-SCHOOL-3/,2267.8175 
1743 2268.9119uh,2269.4295 
1745 2269.6160end of twenty fourteen,2270.9526 
1747 2271.5931so2272.1853 
1749 2273.2878<ts> I would say2274.1691 
1751 2274.4348I started- I've been out of school for2276.1741 
1753 2276.4912four years.2277.3242 
1755 2277.7162And I started at /RD-SCHOOL-3/2278.9659 
1757 2279.1850this year.2279.7352 
1759 2281.2460Actually I've been out of school for three years, cause I was at /RD-SCHOOL-3/ for two years.2284.8466 
1761 2286.2280[And I-]2286.7365 
1762VLD_int_012286.2793[What were you gonna do at /RD-SCHOOL-3/?2287.5010
1763VLD_se0_ag2_f_022286.9275[I got my] associates in biology.2288.8113
1764VLD_int_012288.9079In biology,2289.4674
1766 2289.6493mkay.2290.0600 
1767VLD_se0_ag2_f_022290.1715But I-2290.5772
1769 2291.2160that don't really matter anymore. <laugh>2293.7793 
1770VLD_int_012293.8539So how did you transfer to m-2295.1069
1772 2295.3367how did you2295.8856 
1774 2296.0395get to /RD-SCHOOL-3/ and then-2297.2845 
1776 2297.4337cause you're not doing anything with biology, [you're doing mass] media. [So how did you] get,2301.0473 
1777VLD_se0_ag2_f_022299.0597[Mm-mm.]2299.6799
1779 2299.9550[Mass media.]2300.7990 
1780VLD_int_012301.6510like, that transition?2302.5789
1781VLD_se0_ag2_f_022302.7514Um.2303.6980
1783 2303.8985Like, why did I make the [decision?] Um.2306.6157 
1784VLD_int_012305.0629[Mm-hm.]2305.5805
1785VLD_se0_ag2_f_022307.1659I knew biology wasn't for me. I was just doing it2310.1908
1787 2310.5778to- I- cause I felt like2311.9130 
1789 2312.8893it's for a jobs and2314.5167 
1791 2314.9923like,2315.3700 
1793 2315.6124I felt like that would2316.6649 
1795 2317.1872best suit me and I would get the most money out of it. But I saw2320.6364 
1797 2321.2099that I wasn't enjoying it and I probably could not make money off of it cause I don't even wanna finish it.2326.1358 
1799 2326.5730So.2326.9198 
1801 2328.1770It was so stressful and2330.1348 
1803 2331.7009I knew it wasn't for me. And then I started doing like,2334.5219 
1805 2335.0022photography for my-2336.4604 
1807 2337.1178or for like, the football games and stuff, and I started actually writing articles on them and2342.3380 
1809 2343.3029started, um,2344.5945 
1811 2344.9769just helping my friend out2346.3759 
1813 2346.6482at /RD-WORK-5/.2347.8233 
1815 2348.4621And2349.1802 
1817 2349.5439so I was like,2350.7376 
1819 2350.9614hm, maybe I should2351.9453 
1821 2352.1957major in mass media2353.3615 
1823 2354.0796cause I really enjoy doing this.2355.7380 
1825 2356.2185And like, video production as well, I really enjoyed doing that.2359.2388 
1827 2359.3786And so I,2360.3147 
1829 2361.0200um,2361.6121 
1831 2362.7579so I was like, yeah let me-2363.9330 
1833 2364.4273let me major in mass media. And2366.1106 
1835 2366.4590I actually am learning right now how to write scripts for like,2370.4426 
1837 2371.6148movies or maybe a show.2373.6838 
1839 2374.3553Um.2374.9754 
1841 2376.1119Learning how to report, how to write2378.8816 
1843 2379.7116journalism,2380.7202 
1845 2380.9307all kinds of stuff.2381.8377 
1846VLD_int_012382.1011Do you like it?2382.7352
1847VLD_se0_ag2_f_022383.0616<ts> I love it.2383.9896
1848VLD_int_012386.1611So what's next? What-2387.0471
1850 2387.3922what do you wanna do?2388.0975 
1852 2388.3667What- ultimately, what will be-2389.6490 
1854 2389.7829what do you with this,2390.8694 
1856 2391.1678and then is that your dream job?2392.6366 
1857VLD_se0_ag2_f_022392.9490<ts>2393.1309
1859 2393.4200Ultimately, what I would want to do,2395.5309 
1861 2396.4914<ts>2396.6030 
1863 2397.2316um, is probably2399.2907 
1865 2399.9501be like an2400.8147 
1867 2401.4582editor for like, a big magazine. Or2404.5870 
1869 2405.5382a photo journalist, just traveling the world2408.2414 
1871 2408.7077and2409.0761 
1873 2409.2719taking pictures and like,2410.9679 
1875 2411.4435doing blogs and stuff about it.2413.4898 
1877 2415.8613Does that makes sense? [<laugh>]2417.6202 
1878VLD_int_012416.6732[Mm-hm.]2417.0389
1879VLD_se0_ag2_f_022418.1415Like,2418.5751
1881 2418.7103I don't- I don't know. I really love taking pictures but I also love film and stuff, so I'm thinking-2423.7030 
1883 2424.2332it's like three jobs that I wanna do. So like,2426.3689 
1885 2427.5972editor of a magazine or something,2429.4717 
1887 2429.7841um, photo journalist,2431.4473 
1889 2431.8172um,2432.0923 
1891 2432.3161maybe a filmmaker, producer.2434.0261 
1892VLD_int_012435.1265So.2435.8362
1894 2439.1959<ts> What do you think2440.5194 
1896 2441.1577will come first?2442.2208 
1897VLD_se0_ag2_f_022442.8876<ts> Probably editor of a magazine or something.2445.5721
1898VLD_int_012446.3788Mkay.2446.7561
1899VLD_se0_ag2_f_022447.8743Either that or the photo journalist.2449.7488
1900VLD_int_012449.9213Do you plan on staying in Valdosta or you wanna move?2451.7468
1901VLD_se0_ag2_f_022451.7758I'm moving.2452.6571
1902VLD_int_012452.7224Where do you wanna go?2453.3892
1903VLD_se0_ag2_f_022454.1619California.2455.0021
1904VLD_int_012455.7519Why California?2456.6286
1905VLD_se0_ag2_f_022457.1741It's a big place, it's a lot to do.2459.1952
1907 2459.3631A lot of connections I can make.2461.1769 
1908VLD_int_012461.4567Where do you- what part of California you wanna go to?2463.0421
1909VLD_se0_ag2_f_022464.2065You know what part.2465.1531
1911 2465.4981[<laugh>2467.0415 
1912VLD_int_012465.4981[I don't, mm-mm, <ts> I] don't know.2467.5358
1913VLD_se0_ag2_f_022468.1114[Los Angeles.] <laugh>2470.0418
1914VLD_int_012468.4145[LA? Yeah.]2469.4884
1915VLD_se0_ag2_f_022471.1656I know the cost of living is probably super high, but2474.2198
1917 2474.9412<ts>2475.1124 
1919 2475.4868hey.2475.8859 
1920VLD_int_012476.4706It is.2477.3690
1921VLD_se0_ag2_f_022477.3690I'll be ready by then. Like, I'll-2478.9254
1922 2479.1025I'll be ready to throw my coins.2480.8138
1923VLD_int_012481.7604[So]2482.4657
1924VLD_se0_ag2_f_022481.8210[At that point.]2482.5671
1925VLD_int_012482.7849in a couple- how many years? Like, two or three years?2484.9159
1926VLD_se0_ag2_f_022485.8111I wouldn't say two, three years, no. I think I would need something in between first, and then go. Like,2491.1335
1928 2491.4972maybe2492.0923 
1930 2492.4625Atlanta or like, Savannah, Georgia, or2494.8239 
1932 2495.1690s- I gotta- I gotta have some kind of breakthrough2497.4271 
1934 2497.8128before2498.4572 
1936 2499.3143I go to LA.2500.2313 
1938 2501.4766And I'm expecting- a b- a breakthrough sometime between2504.4226 
1940 2505.5213here and2506.3050 
1942 2506.5705LA.2506.9995 
1944 2507.2233<laugh>2507.8734 
1945VLD_int_012508.1419I love it, expecting it.2509.2902
1947 2509.5394Okay, so let's talk a little bit about your family.2511.6564 
1949 2512.3232<ts>2512.4211 
1951 2512.5750Um, do you guys have family traditions?2515.0403 
1952VLD_se0_ag2_f_022516.2887<laugh>2518.0233
1954 2518.7787No. (laughing)2519.2543 
1955VLD_int_012520.1216None?2520.4247
1956VLD_se0_ag2_f_022520.4269Like, what do you-2521.1428
1958 2521.3500like, you mean going out to eat or something like that? Like, [I mean,]2524.4182 
1959VLD_int_012524.0311[However you] interpret it.2525.2197
1960VLD_se0_ag2_f_022525.3880We don't have traditions, now that I think about it.2528.3570
1962 2528.7720You mean like, my entire family? Like,2530.5299 
1964 2530.6791grandma,2531.6921 
1966 2531.8668cousins, and stuff?2533.3077 
1967VLD_int_012533.7209<ts>2533.8239
1969 2534.0164Whoever you2534.8764 
1971 2535.1609think- when you think traditions, you think your entire family?2537.6322 
1972VLD_se0_ag2_f_022537.8327When I think traditions, I think of like, reunions, but we haven't had one of those in years.2542.2169
1974 2543.2077And2543.8838 
1976 2544.1356I mean, I don't really talk to like,2545.5193 
1978 2545.6570my out- outside family, like outside of2547.9812 
1980 2548.3470my mama and daddy and grandma.2549.8954 
1982 2550.4406I don't talk to them.2551.2939 
1983VLD_int_012551.9103Mkay I'll ask you this, did y'all go to church together every Sunday?2554.2222
1984VLD_se0_ag2_f_022554.8084<ts> Yep.2555.3353
1985VLD_int_012555.9881Mkay that's a tradition, so tell me about that.2557.9979
1986VLD_se0_ag2_f_022559.0071Um.2559.6950
1988 2560.4153Um, I grew up,2561.3572 
1990 2561.4971um, and we went to-2563.0731 
1992 2563.6933we were going to Union Cathedral, which is-2565.9208 
1994 2566.5363well at the time, it was called Greater Union, [I think.]2569.5715 
1995VLD_int_012568.9131[Mm-hm.]2569.5715
1996VLD_se0_ag2_f_022570.3260So2570.7370
1998 2570.8698at the time it was Greater Union, um,2572.8939 
2000 2573.6306and2574.3068 
2002 2575.0668that was a fun church.2576.3961 
2004 2577.4283It was2578.0671 
2006 2578.8505like, the choir was always like,2580.5092 
2008 2580.7949popping2581.5363 
2010 2582.0233and stuff.2582.6481 
2012 2583.3056Um.2584.0147 
2014 2585.8888<ts> Sunday school, we used to go to Sunday school.2588.3308 
2016 2588.5593I don't remember much of it though. I don't remember much from my-2591.6835 
2018 2592.0725I feel like it was a blur,2593.4628 
2020 2595.1314you know?2595.7143 
2021VLD_int_012595.7143[Mm-hm.]2596.2085
2022VLD_se0_ag2_f_022595.9800[Is your] youth a blur? Like, I remember certain things but I can't like,2599.8536
2023 2600.8748put something down in details.2602.0765
2025 2602.6220I mean, I remember we used to go to like, theme parks a lot during the summer.2605.9687 
2026VLD_int_012606.2811[With church?]2606.9013
2027VLD_se0_ag2_f_022606.3044[I would go on] vacation though.2607.8093
2028VLD_int_012607.8792Oh, with your family.2608.6252
2029VLD_se0_ag2_f_022608.6252Yeah, just with my family. Like, I don't remember church traditions, so.2611.4276
2030 2611.7727I remember my mom used to always try to get us to do like-2614.5818
2032 2615.5843she wanted me to be in dance or something.2617.7759 
2034 2618.0743And like,2618.8577 
2036 2619.1068and she wanted my brother to be on step team.2621.4150 
2038 2621.7880We didn't wanna do that.2622.9751 
2039VLD_int_012623.3267<laugh>2624.1101
2040VLD_se0_ag2_f_022624.1428I don't even- I can't even dance. She said, you can dance. I'm like, no I cannot.2627.9587
2042 2628.0866I can't dance.2629.0748 
2044 2629.3566I'm just like my dad, stiff.2631.1705 
2046 2633.6978I am stiff.2635.1071 
2047VLD_int_012635.3751So how did y'all move from- so after- well, after church, did y'all go out to eat or did [y'all- did your mom cook?]2640.6788
2048VLD_se0_ag2_f_022639.5178<ts>2639.6204
2050 2639.7463[Yeah, we would.] Yeah, we would go out to eat every- after church every Sunday, usually.2644.1201 
2051 2644.5117Like, usually we go to Cracker Barrel.2646.0951
2052VLD_int_012647.2336Is that your favorite- like, your parents' favorite [restaurant?]2649.3146
2053VLD_se0_ag2_f_022648.9575[It wasn't] my favorite but, yeah it was- I guess2651.6154
2054 2651.7599a family favorite.2652.7751
2056 2653.3440[<laugh>]2653.8403 
2057VLD_int_012653.4186[But not] your [favorite?]2654.3698
2058VLD_se0_ag2_f_022654.0481[Not my] [favorite.]2655.0506
2059VLD_int_012654.7755[What's] your favorite restaurant?2656.1137
2060VLD_se0_ag2_f_022656.2230My favorite restaurant? Ooh.2658.2700
2062 2658.6944What is my favorite restaurant?2659.9021 
2064 2660.2331I like anywhere with like, seafood.2662.9409 
2066 2663.4445Or Chik-fil-A.2664.2046 
2067VLD_int_012665.5788<ts>2665.7047
2068VLD_se0_ag2_f_022666.1757[<laugh>]2666.9824
2069VLD_int_012666.1757[Seafood or] Chik-fil-A, but not Cracker [Barrel.]2668.6470
2070VLD_se0_ag2_f_022668.5118[<laugh>]2670.0819
2071VLD_int_012670.1005Duly [noted.]2670.9074
2072VLD_se0_ag2_f_022670.6694[<laugh>]2671.4574
2073VLD_int_012671.9131Alright, so when did y'all move from Greater,2673.8622
2075 2674.1280uh,2674.5849 
2077 2674.9207Greater Union to2676.2030 
2079 2676.6713Lighthouse?2677.3521 
2080VLD_se0_ag2_f_022677.6551[Uh.]2678.5971
2081VLD_int_012677.9909[Or was there another church] before that?2679.1706
2082VLD_se0_ag2_f_022679.3664There wasn't a church, um, before that. We went to Greater Union and then like, when we decided to leave Greater Union,2685.0352
2084 2685.4875we were like, searching for churches so we were going all around2689.1606 
2086 2689.5589and stuff. And then we like,2691.1350 
2088 2691.2935found Lighthouse2692.4593 
2090 2692.6504you know just up l- right on the little corner.2695.4435 
2092 2696.3468So we were like, let's go to this church. And we liked it because Pastor /RD-NAME-3/ was like,2700.6247 
2094 2701.1283he was very-2702.3034 
2096 2703.6416like he wasn't one of those pastors that-2705.4223 
2098 2705.5707that's gonna scream the word at you,2707.6177 
2100 2707.8602he pretty much teaches it.2709.4969 
2102 2710.0865And that's why we decided to go,2712.0282 
2104 2712.6510but, um,2713.4717 
2106 2714.4649of course2715.1630 
2108 2715.3169we don't go there anymore. But,2717.2054 
2110 2718.7055that's pretty much why we2720.0683 
2112 2720.2396chose Lighthouse2721.4688 
2114 2722.1081after Greater Union, cause we went to visit a lot of churches. We went to Crossroads, we went to CrossPointe.2727.9075 
2116 2728.6022We had visited2729.5208 
2118 2730.4101some church2731.8463 
2120 2732.0421it was like, a Church of Christ but it was-2734.0179 
2122 2734.6054[it wasn't a-]2735.0031 
2123VLD_int_012734.8013[It was] a no for you?2735.7059
2124VLD_se0_ag2_f_022735.9017It wasn't a good experience.2737.6403
2126 2738.6968Cause my dad in the middle2740.3008 
2128 2740.4361of the service, he cracked a joke.2742.3479 
2130 2744.2490I mean, it wasn't like-2745.2562 
2132 2745.7178I mean, it wasn't-2746.6597 
2134 2747.7715he didn't crack a joke, like nobody heard it, but he started laughing.2751.2066 
2136 2752.0661And like, them-2752.8015 
2138 2752.9600them people in there were like,2754.0685 
2140 2755.7857they weren't a very-2756.9018 
2142 2757.0198they don't even think they use like, music or anything.2759.3795 
2143VLD_int_012759.7292Oh, so it was very quiet.2760.8936
2144VLD_se0_ag2_f_022760.9403Yeah.2761.5465
2146 2762.1013They might sing but it- it's not like2763.9838 
2148 2764.3429piano, guitar, nothing like that,2766.3199 
2150 2767.2512so it was awkward.2768.3377 
2152 2769.9790And we had to sit the rest of the service until it was over.2772.7872 
2153VLD_int_012774.0378So that was a no.2775.0105
2154VLD_se0_ag2_f_022775.1056That was a no.2775.8983
2155VLD_int_012776.0055Um,2776.6266
2157 2777.7574and so,2778.7786 
2159 2778.9931that's when we met. So how did you find out-2781.0854 
2161 2781.3279cause we met through Girls of [Grace, right? So] how'd you find out about the2784.1616 
2162VLD_se0_ag2_f_022782.2918[Mm-hm.]2783.0099
2163VLD_int_012784.8378program? Do you remember?2785.8543
2164VLD_se0_ag2_f_022786.6330I don't [know.]2787.2332
2165VLD_int_012787.3218[I] think I just told your mom and dad [/inaudible./]2789.2572
2166VLD_se0_ag2_f_022788.2290[Yeah I think y'all] just came like,2790.1102
2167 2790.2874at- one day at church and y'all just was like, hey we doing Girls of Grace,2794.1829
2169 2794.4207you know. <laugh>2795.4139 
2171 2795.7030I think I saw that was to it, I was like, I ain't wanna do it. <laugh>2798.8911 
2173 2799.0963<laugh>2799.4833 
2174VLD_int_012799.5626Do you remember?2800.4943
2175VLD_se0_ag2_f_022800.6231I remember not wanting to do it, but I do remember I r- I remember liking it.2804.0629
2176VLD_int_012804.6332Oh, [good.]2805.5547
2177VLD_se0_ag2_f_022805.2301[Yeah,] I just don't remember wanting to do it. [<laugh>]2808.7212
2178VLD_int_012807.9705[<laugh>]2808.6746
2179 2809.0243Uh, you- no you are real, cause I think I remember the f-2811.4566
2181 2811.6296I wanna say like, the first day- cause you knew the people- you knew the girls, [but you were-]2815.6277 
2182VLD_se0_ag2_f_022814.9716[Mm-hm.]2815.6277
2183VLD_int_012815.7583you were [kind of must- mm.]2817.7260
2184VLD_se0_ag2_f_022816.2704[Standoffish.]2817.2937
2185VLD_int_012818.1078And the girl said you was mean. I [knew better.]2820.1028
2186VLD_se0_ag2_f_022819.3427[<gasp>] Oh my [gosh.]2821.7301
2187VLD_int_012821.0307[But sh- you were] standoffish, [you were. But then you got] better.2823.8984
2188VLD_se0_ag2_f_022822.3596[Oh my gosh.]2823.5298
2189 2823.9284That's just my personality. When I-2825.7512
2191 2825.9241well not anymore. But that like,2827.7800 
2193 2828.0491at the time I was like,2829.6325 
2195 2829.7506what was I? Like, fifteen years old, sixteen?2832.5768 
2197 2833.1876Younger?2833.7471 
2199 2834.1248But I was like,2835.0968 
2201 2835.3532not- never in a good mood.2836.9479 
2203 2837.6567I don't know why. I think I was depressed at that time,2839.6617 
2205 2840.1234[so.]2840.3991 
2206VLD_int_012840.2026[At] what?2840.7236
2207VLD_se0_ag2_f_022841.2445<ts> I had a lot of stuff going on in my mind.2843.8184
2209 2844.4432Not in my life, but in my mind.2845.9913 
2210VLD_int_012846.7933Do you know what I [remember the most?]2848.4194
2211VLD_se0_ag2_f_022847.2956[Demons.]2848.0324
2212 2848.5639What?2848.9877
2213VLD_int_012849.0209Was2849.6131
2215 2849.9022I asked2850.4464 
2217 2850.8685one of the questions was about2852.0971 
2219 2853.3607someone you admire, someone you2855.5492 
2221 2856.8613liked, or2857.9757 
2223 2858.5606something like that. And do you remember what you said?2860.0829 
2225 2861.2464Demi Lovato.2862.1172 
2226VLD_se0_ag2_f_022862.4355Did I?2863.2278
2228 2864.5651Did I really?2865.5708 
2230 2865.7914Oh my gosh, what in the world. <laugh>2868.4793 
2231VLD_int_012868.4793That make [sense?]2869.2440
2232VLD_se0_ag2_f_022869.0668[That] makes sense, [though.]2870.1393
2233VLD_int_012869.8455[Mm-hm.]2870.6510
2234VLD_se0_ag2_f_022870.2838[She-] she suffers from depression.2872.1210
2235 2873.8403But at the time- I mean, at the time I was suffering from depression.2876.3873
2236VLD_int_012876.9831And that's- and I think that [you-]2878.8843
2237VLD_se0_ag2_f_022878.2268[And her music] was,2879.6396
2238 2880.2272yeah at the time.2881.3533
2239VLD_int_012881.9685You weren't even ready for me to remember that.2883.2122
2240VLD_se0_ag2_f_022883.4140I wasn't.2884.2719
2242 2884.9294How do you remember that?2886.0485 
2244 2886.7060Hm.2887.4194 
2246 2887.7645<laugh>2888.2811 
2248 2888.7037You probably got it in your, like, notebook or something.2890.6156 
2249VLD_int_012890.7414[Mm-mm.]2891.1937
2250VLD_se0_ag2_f_022891.0865[No?]2891.4222
2251VLD_int_012892.2909I mean, I do have a notebook but2893.8795
2252VLD_se0_ag2_f_022894.0334[Hm.]2894.5836
2253VLD_int_012894.0381[it's in DC.]2894.8757
2254VLD_se0_ag2_f_022895.1919[Gotcha.]2895.6255
2255VLD_int_012895.2665[I just-] I remember.2896.3436
2256 2896.7026I remember because I didn't know who Demi Lovato was at the [time.]2899.7475
2257VLD_se0_ag2_f_022899.6169[Really?]2900.3490
2258VLD_int_012899.9154[Like,]2900.2231
2259 2900.5402because I wanna say she had just really come out for real, for [real.]2903.5311
2260VLD_se0_ag2_f_022903.4439[Yeah,] cause she was on Disney Channel, but she was just an [actress.]2906.7719
2261VLD_int_012906.1610[But she wasn't] main- like, she wasn't mainstream with [music yet.]2908.9948
2262VLD_se0_ag2_f_022908.3373[Yeah, no] she wasn't.2909.7175
2263VLD_int_012909.7735And so2910.6954
2265 2910.8786I remember going to look up, like I was like, who is this Demi Lovato? [Cause I was very] invested, I wanted to [know like, whatchu girls were like-]2916.7279 
2266VLD_se0_ag2_f_022913.6750[Mm-hm.]2914.3585
2268 2915.1984[Wow.]2917.4693 
2269VLD_int_012917.2594[what was] going on, so I could be kind of hip.2919.2678
2270VLD_se0_ag2_f_022919.2865Wow, Demi Lovato. I can't believe I said that.2922.8523
2272 2923.9667Hm.2924.3071 
2274 2924.7021Interesting.2925.2850 
2276 2925.9192Cause I have a whole new-2927.2761 
2278 2927.9229like, I- I listen to Demi, but I- like, I have a whole new person,2931.5786 
2280 2931.8071now.2932.1555 
2281VLD_int_012932.1555Who?2932.4306
2282VLD_se0_ag2_f_022932.8596Tori Kelly.2933.7115
2283VLD_int_012934.3038I do love Tori [Kelly.] (whispered)2935.5208
2284VLD_se0_ag2_f_022935.2364[Tori] Kelly is [amazing. Yes.]2937.7820
2285VLD_int_012935.8265[/inaudible/]2936.9124
2287 2937.4792[What's your] favorite song?2938.3885 
2288VLD_se0_ag2_f_022938.5444<ts>2938.6516
2290 2938.9081My favorite song is, It Is Well, from her newest album.2942.1302 
2291VLD_int_012942.9648How'd you2943.4611
2293 2943.7901come to like Tori Kelly?2944.8580 
2294VLD_se0_ag2_f_022946.0224Uh, I liked her since that2948.2173
2296 2948.4131v- YouTube video when she was singing with the girl who was beatboxing Thinking About You.2953.3096 
2298 2954.7440And I also knew her from American Idol, when Simon said no to her.2957.9588 
2300 2958.8307And like,2959.5535 
2302 2959.8846he was telling her, her voice was aggravating and stuff.2962.2253 
2304 2962.9828So I was like, oh my gosh Simon. Oh.2965.0204 
2306 2965.7245But I started following her on YouTube and stuff, and2969.0929 
2308 2969.4815I've been following her for years now.2971.8689 
2310 2972.2626Like, I think that video was released in like, two thousand2974.9438 
2312 2975.3168twelve or something.2976.5606 
2314 2977.3452No, maybe sooner than that,2978.6034 
2316 2978.8220but.2979.0459 
2317VLD_int_012979.8712I've never seen that video,2981.1675
2319 2981.6558so I have to go look at it.2982.6586 
2320VLD_se0_ag2_f_022982.7083Yeah, you do. It's a good video. That's like her- that was like her- not coming out video, but that was like her-2987.7442
2322 2988.2618when she first- when people started noticing her,2990.5025 
2324 2990.8810was that video.2991.5618 
2325VLD_int_012991.8462That video.2992.4265
2327 2992.9640Um.2993.5562 
2328VLD_se0_ag2_f_022996.6870And [I've] been to see her [live.]2998.6711
2329VLD_int_012996.7863[um-]2997.0427
2331 2998.5302[Oh,] you have?2999.2470 
2332VLD_se0_ag2_f_022999.2843[Yes.]2999.7506
2333VLD_int_012999.4102[Where'd you go?]2999.9324
2334VLD_se0_ag2_f_023000.1283Atlanta.3000.7578
2336 3001.6717And now I'm seeing her in April.3003.6294 
2337VLD_int_013003.9039Where?3004.2350
2338VLD_se0_ag2_f_023004.4121Orlando.3004.9950
2340 3005.4613<laugh>3005.8981 
2341VLD_int_013006.0136Who was she, um, performing with in A- in Atlanta?3008.3414
2342VLD_se0_ag2_f_023009.6366In Atlanta, she w- wasn't performing with anybody.3012.6451
2343VLD_int_013012.6929There were [no other] acts in [the show?]3013.9239
2344VLD_se0_ag2_f_023012.8281[But-]3013.1265
2346 3013.6161[I mean,] there was her- there was her group and that was it.3016.1621 
2347 3016.3392Like, [when her- when] she sung It Is Well, she had a group of people, but that's like the people who3021.0055
2348VLD_int_013016.6037[Hm.]3017.2285
2349VLD_se0_ag2_f_023021.4485sing in the background.3022.5006
2350VLD_int_013023.3949Because my friend went to her concert, it was her and-3026.4072
2352 3027.0040<sound effect> it was like another like,3028.6127 
2354 3028.7713bigger name.3029.6326 
2355VLD_se0_ag2_f_023029.6559Really?3030.1315
2356VLD_int_013030.1315Mm-hm.3030.8496
2357VLD_se0_ag2_f_023031.4231Hm.3031.8381
2358VLD_int_013032.2485But I can't remember who it was- but it was like,3033.8792
2360 3034.1869it wasn't hip h- it was like, [pop-ish-]3036.0508 
2361VLD_se0_ag2_f_023035.7896[Was it] that- was that from last year?3038.1444
2362VLD_int_013038.7133<ts>3038.8485
2364 3039.2961So that concert was-3041.5690 
2366 3043.4901yeah. It had to be like,3044.3201 
2368 3044.4973last summer-ish, summer- [spring, summer.]3047.4010 
2369VLD_se0_ag2_f_023046.5756[Oh.]3047.7414
2370 3048.8465I didn't go see her during the summer. She mighta had another concert before then, or she was on tour or something.3053.8225
2371VLD_int_013053.8704[Mm-hm.]3054.5466
2372VLD_se0_ag2_f_023054.1922[She's always] on tour.3055.2460
2373VLD_int_013056.0247Um.3056.5834
2374VLD_se0_ag2_f_023056.6795So it mighta been Atlanta, but3058.3908
2376 3058.7592f- for this, the show I went to, there was no like, special guests or anything.3062.4149 
2377VLD_int_013062.4988Oh d- this wasn't Atlanta, though.3063.9570
2378VLD_se0_ag2_f_023064.3157[Oh.]3064.9489
2379VLD_int_013064.6611[This was,] I wanna say- where'd they- did they go to L- was it LA or somewhere in Texas?3068.6622
2380VLD_se0_ag2_f_023068.7632Oh, it was probably either Kierra Sheard or Kirk Franklin or,3073.0644
2382 3073.7825um,3074.3502 
2384 3074.4486somebody else that was on the album.3077.0333 
2386 3078.9790Her newest album.3080.1074 
2388 3080.2566I don't know, it was somebody else that was on the [album.]3082.2150 
2389VLD_int_013081.9446[But I don't] feel like it was i- like, t- I feel like it was pop.3084.7317
2390VLD_se0_ag2_f_023085.3891Pop?3085.9440
2391VLD_int_013085.9813Like it was a-3086.5069
2392VLD_se0_ag2_f_023086.5209[Ariana Grande?]3087.6355
2393VLD_int_013086.8147[artist.]3087.3369
2394 3089.3640[Mm-mm.]3090.3199
2395VLD_se0_ag2_f_023089.9795[She] was with Ariana Grande for one, like,3092.9264
2396 3093.5546place.3094.1235
2397VLD_int_013094.9395Maybe. [I-]3095.5643
2398VLD_se0_ag2_f_023095.2705[But it] wasn't, um,3096.4591
2399 3097.3382<ts> it wasn't on this past tour.3098.8863
2401 3099.5764<laugh>3100.0147 
2402VLD_int_013100.0381Okay, [so clearly I've- I am seeing my- I remember that] like Demi Lovato3103.9429
2403VLD_se0_ag2_f_023100.4424[<laugh> It's okay.]3102.9231
2404 3103.9970[Yes. No,] it's okay.3105.8933
2405VLD_int_013104.1261[clearly I did not.]3105.0447
2406 3106.0286So let's talk a little bit about-3107.6406
2408 3108.6944well first of all, how did you end up at3110.1493 
2410 3110.5150the optical, cause.3111.7253 
2411VLD_se0_ag2_f_023112.3848Oh my gosh.3113.5086
2413 3114.1148Just blessings, because I was actually a cashier.3117.7785 
2414VLD_int_013117.8391Mm-hm, I [remember.]3119.0080
2415VLD_se0_ag2_f_023118.8556[And,]3119.6889
2416 3119.8288um, somebody was scouting me3121.8339
2418 3122.7245while I was on the register,3124.0894 
2420 3124.2619and I was just like,3125.5862 
2422 3126.0105one day my, um,3127.5666 
2424 3127.7158like, the- when the MSS is over, /RD-NAME-2/ came and was like,3130.7407 
2426 3131.2816um, hey the- this lady wants you over in optical to talk with her.3135.9898 
2428 3136.3862I was like,3136.9271 
2430 3137.3488okay that's a little bit weird, but okay I'll go.3139.2296 
2432 3139.8714And, um,3140.9485 
2434 3141.1630so I went3141.9138 
2436 3142.0770and she was like, hi would you like to- would you be interested in working3145.9832 
2438 3146.2956in my d- in this department?3147.6698 
2440 3147.8423I was like,3148.4066 
2442 3148.9614I don't know nothing about glasses.3150.3459 
2444 3151.6633But she was like,3152.5485 
2446 3152.8943do you want to work in this department?3154.9087 
2448 3155.0765I was like,3155.7993 
2450 3156.1537yes ma'am. <laugh>3157.2681 
2452 3158.1234I guess.3158.9782 
2454 3159.9326And, I mean, there was a pay raise so I was like, sure.3162.9643 
2456 3163.4065But she interviewed me and3165.2307 
2458 3165.6667got me on there. She had been like, scouting me the whole time and looking at me and like,3169.6708 
2460 3170.0252watching my work ethic and stuff.3171.6326 
2462 3171.8750So she was like,3172.7797 
2464 3173.1200she'll be perfect over here.3174.4073 
2466 3175.6121And she was like, and she's black, so.3177.4740 
2467VLD_int_013178.1021Cause she's black, right? [Is this] Miss, uh, /RD-NAME-2/?3180.8205
2468VLD_se0_ag2_f_023178.9554[She is.]3179.3097
2469 3180.8811Yes. [You know her?]3182.2163
2470VLD_int_013181.3961[Mm. Mm-hm.]3182.3100
2471VLD_se0_ag2_f_023182.4313Oh my gosh. [Yeah.]3183.9141
2472VLD_int_013183.5643[Small] world.3184.3850
2473VLD_se0_ag2_f_023184.6135Small world. But yeah, she recruited me over there and, um,3187.6910
2475 3187.9075she don't work over there anymore but she's-3189.7042 
2477 3190.3229she recruited me and she started me over there.3192.2953 
2478VLD_int_013192.4818Where is she now?3193.1207
2479VLD_se0_ag2_f_023193.1893She's at Walmart on /RD-ADDRESS-3/ Road. She works in that department.3196.7331
2480VLD_int_013197.0735Hm.3197.6330
2481VLD_se0_ag2_f_023198.0547Yep.3198.5257
2482VLD_int_013199.1458Um, I know her from3201.0390
2484 3201.5379church.3202.0881 
2485VLD_se0_ag2_f_023202.3353Really?3202.8896
2486VLD_int_013202.8896So before Pastor /RD-NAME-3/ was at Lighthouse, he was at Antioch. And [that's where I met them.]3207.1250
2487VLD_se0_ag2_f_023206.2075[Oh,] yep. [She did go.]3208.3278
2488VLD_int_013207.7229[And she was at] Antioch, [yep.] Cause her mom and dad were there before her3211.6991
2489VLD_se0_ag2_f_023208.8094[Yup.]3209.2897
2490VLD_int_013211.8483dad died. [I think her mom still] goes [there.]3214.4022
2491VLD_se0_ag2_f_023212.6410[Mm-hm.]3213.5316
2493 3214.2637[Mm-hm.]3214.8717 
2494VLD_int_013214.6634[I'm not] sure if she and her husband still go [there.]3217.0648
2495VLD_se0_ag2_f_023217.0041[Right.]3217.6380
2496VLD_int_013217.7383[Mm-hm.]3218.1722
2497VLD_se0_ag2_f_023218.0880[I] don't know if they do, but I've heard her say something about Antioch before.3221.7320
2498VLD_int_013221.8836Mm-hm.3222.3592
2499VLD_se0_ag2_f_023222.5457[Mm-hm.]3223.0773
2500VLD_int_013222.5970[Small world.]3223.4270
2501VLD_se0_ag2_f_023223.3244[Yeah, very.]3224.8339
2502VLD_int_013223.9806[You weren't ready for me] to tell [you that.]3225.5286
2503VLD_se0_ag2_f_023225.0610[I wasn't] either, I wasn't, I [wasn't. <laugh>]3227.4298
2504VLD_int_013226.6571[Pulling all of these little surprises out right here.]3228.7960
2505VLD_se0_ag2_f_023227.7002[I wasn't, I] wasn't. Oh my gosh.3230.2928
2506VLD_int_013230.6132So let's talk a little bit about3231.9422
2508 3232.7162<ts> Valdosta3233.8993 
2509VLD_se0_ag2_f_023234.1184Mm.3234.6547
2510VLD_int_013235.3075Um.3235.8530
2512 3236.1548A first- a fun question first, so talk about the Lowndes, Valdosta rivalry.3239.4934 
2513VLD_se0_ag2_f_023240.4357Ooh. <laugh>3241.7396
2515 3242.8727I've been in this rivalry forever. <laugh>3245.6178 
2517 3246.0655But, um,3246.9856 
2519 3247.4177so3248.1451 
2521 3249.2103pretty much- like talk about it as far as people who don't know [it?]3252.7242 
2522VLD_int_013252.2878[Mm-hm.]3252.8088
2523VLD_se0_ag2_f_023253.5002So,3254.2556
2525 3254.4701I think the /RD-SCHOOL-1/, /RD-SCHOOL-3/ rivalry has been around since3257.7514 
2527 3259.0651whenever Lowndes became a school. Cause I'm pretty sure Vald- I think Valdosta was a school before Lowndes was a school, right?3264.2209 
2529 3265.7803Were [they?]3266.2653 
2530VLD_int_013266.0834[That's sounds] good, we'll go with that.3267.2585
2531VLD_se0_ag2_f_023267.0067[Okay. <laugh>]3268.4895
2532VLD_int_013267.8600[I don't know.]3268.4522
2533VLD_se0_ag2_f_023268.8252Anyway,3269.5654
2535 3269.9770but, um. [<laugh>]3271.2266 
2536VLD_int_013270.8209[Make me] lie.3271.7048
2537VLD_se0_ag2_f_023271.9514I mean, they're two high schools in the same city.3274.6086
2539 3275.1968And3275.9708 
2541 3276.9034they don't like each other for some odd reason.3279.0750 
2543 3279.1822<laugh>3279.6718 
2545 3280.2720I mean, they are on two different sides of the city so I guess,3283.7173 
2547 3283.8332but not really though.3284.8357 
2549 3285.3486Cause like,3286.0247 
2551 3286.9340I mean, not really.3287.7907 
2552VLD_int_013287.7907No, cause Valdosta- yeah.3289.1940
2553VLD_se0_ag2_f_023289.4367They're not really on two different sides of the city.3291.4137
2554VLD_int_013291.4497Lowndes is on the like, south3294.2568
2556 3294.4899end of the city. [And Valdosta-]3295.8409 
2557VLD_se0_ag2_f_023295.2114[They like what,] twenty minutes away from each other? Fifteen, [twenty minutes?]3298.2036
2558VLD_int_013297.5928[This whole city] is- you can [drive the whole city in twenty minutes.]3300.2926
2559VLD_se0_ag2_f_023298.9031[<laugh> But] anyway, yeah. <laugh>3302.1960
2560 3302.8546I guess, but anyway there's a rivalry.3304.7710
2562 3305.1674Um,3305.6990 
2564 3306.2025pretty much with- just with the football team though. It's not really basketball3309.3673 
2566 3309.7684and-3309.9362 
2568 3310.1973I mean, somewhat with basketball, but not on like, the level of football. Like I remember3314.3600 
2570 3315.0361the rivalry being people fighting after games because their team lost and stuff like that. It used to be very violent.3321.1932 
2571VLD_int_013321.3970Hm.3321.7561
2572VLD_se0_ag2_f_023321.9659From what I remember.3322.9964
2574 3323.6306I used to- I think I started going to the games when3326.2515 
2576 3326.8700my best friend that I grew up with,3328.6792 
2578 3329.1755her sister was in the3330.7935 
2580 3331.3857band at Valdosta,3332.4944 
2582 3332.7566and we used to always sit with3334.3932 
2584 3334.6264the band.3335.4984 
2586 3336.5262And3337.3702 
2588 3337.9298after the game, if it was a Lowndes, Valdosta game, it would just be3341.3667 
2590 3341.4601violent so3342.5367 
2592 3343.4666the sister of my3344.5704 
2594 3344.6885best friend would be like, y'all need to wait. Um,3347.0478 
2596 3347.2483wait for me3348.0922 
2598 3348.4000to come out the band room before y'all go anywhere,3350.7684 
2600 3351.3270stuff like that. So yeah, that was3352.9857 
2602 3353.4007a intense time.3354.5669 
2604 3355.0140I didn't know nothing about football though, at the time. I was just like, oh, this is fun. I like hearing the band. So nice.3360.2185 
2606 3360.4797I don't care about football.3361.5428 
2608 3362.2282But3362.5881 
2610 3363.4219I started to grow to love football, and I loved the rivalry that-3366.6287 
2612 3366.9971that it-3367.3561 
2614 3367.5193takes place. It's not violent or anything.3369.8144 
2616 3370.5536Like it's trash-talking on3371.9291 
2618 3372.0970Facebook.3372.6505 
2620 3372.7764That's it, pretty much.3373.9299 
2622 3375.0240No fighting that I know of.3376.7945 
2624 3377.1536Betting, a lot of betting goes on.3379.0187 
2626 3379.2006I don't bet because-3380.4103 
2628 3381.2170I mean I don't- who-3382.2708 
2630 3382.6485who trying to lose money? But-3384.0287 
2632 3384.8494cause you never know, each year is-3386.4335 
2634 3387.5386each year you never know.3388.8209 
2636 3389.0387Both teams have3390.0785 
2638 3390.3723pretty good teams and3391.7684 
2640 3392.9649each year, y- year in and year out, so I don't know. It just depends on the year, you never know if your team's gonna win or not.3398.3490 
2642 3399.1346<ts>3399.2559 
2644 3399.8434I remember one year, um,3401.3077 
2646 3401.7039Valdosta won in like, the last forty seconds of the game?3404.1226 
2648 3405.5075And3406.1323 
2650 3406.2862I was like, really saddened.3407.6498 
2652 3407.8037That's when I was at /RD-SCHOOL-1/.3408.9274 
2654 3409.8740[I was like, oh my gosh.]3411.6179 
2655VLD_int_013409.9299[<laugh>]3411.2822
2656VLD_se0_ag2_f_023411.9350<laugh>3412.1495
2657VLD_int_013412.2194<laugh>3412.7883
2658VLD_se0_ag2_f_023413.4665And my brother was- we was all just standing on the- in the stands like, what in the world just happened?3417.5503
2660 3418.0594The last forty seconds. And like, they just came back and won. I think it was like, two, three touchdowns3422.6744 
2662 3422.9995in forty seconds.3423.9833 
2663VLD_int_013424.5056That was like maybe what, five-3425.8654
2665 3426.4453was that five or six years ago?3427.8789 
2666VLD_se0_ag2_f_023427.9069It was twenty twelve, it was my brother's senior [year.]3430.1497
2667VLD_int_013429.8699[Okay.]3430.3642
2668VLD_se0_ag2_f_023430.7699No, w- was it his- yeah it was his senior year, cause we-3433.0734
2670 3433.3705[we had a winning streak and we lost] his senior year3436.0088 
2671VLD_int_013433.4218[That was six years, mm-hm.]3435.1330
2672VLD_se0_ag2_f_023436.6472of high school.3437.3606
2674 3438.7828It was so sad.3439.6501 
2676 3439.7806[<laugh>]3440.5532 
2677VLD_int_013440.2223[But that's] right3441.1362
2678 3441.6631I-3441.8963
2680 3442.0315I didn't go to the game, but I was here. That was right before I moved to DC.3444.7207 
2681VLD_se0_ag2_f_023444.9492[Really?]3445.6706
2682VLD_int_013445.5960[Mm-hm.]3446.3560
2683VLD_se0_ag2_f_023445.9084[Oh my] gosh. Oof.3447.2000
2684 3447.8622The rivalry is just- I was sad.3449.6356
2686 3451.1389But it is what it is.3452.1765 
2687VLD_int_013452.7289So you like f-3453.3244
2689 3453.4923what's your favorite sport?3454.3834 
2690VLD_se0_ag2_f_023454.4575Football.3454.9959
2691VLD_int_013455.5813Who's your favorite team?3456.3227
2692VLD_se0_ag2_f_023456.9755Like high school level, college level,3458.9826
2694 3460.3302NFL?3460.9571 
2695VLD_int_013460.9571Mm-hm, all those.3462.1300
2696VLD_se0_ag2_f_023462.3912Okay. Um, high school, obviously3464.7353
2698 3464.8798/RD-SCHOOL-1/. [<laugh>]3467.1807 
2699VLD_int_013465.9603[Obvious.]3466.7577
2701 3467.0048I don't actually [support that, but move on.]3468.8140 
2702VLD_se0_ag2_f_023467.6529[<laugh>]3469.0166
2703VLD_int_013469.0192I don't support that.3469.8159
2704VLD_se0_ag2_f_023469.8771Um, college, um,3471.8715
2706 3472.0394Georgia and Blazers.3473.7414 
2708 3474.2377Georgia and VSU.3475.1189 
2709VLD_int_013475.3568[Mm-hm.]3475.8400
2710VLD_se0_ag2_f_023475.7251[Um.]3476.2987
2711 3477.4830And co- NFL,3478.6767
2713 3479.3389I don't sometimes wanna claim the Falcons, but3482.4850 
2715 3482.7868I'm'a claim them anyway.3484.4891 
2717 3484.9550But I like the Falcons.3486.2234 
2719 3487.1873They be losing and stuff.3488.3657 
2720VLD_int_013488.7960They are disappointing-3489.4581
2722 3489.5980I mean,3490.1622 
2723VLD_se0_ag2_f_023490.2228[<laugh>]3491.0455
2724VLD_int_013490.6305[yeah.]3491.1544
2725VLD_se0_ag2_f_023491.4978Yeah.3491.9361
2727 3492.0713[They had]3492.5125 
2728VLD_int_013492.0713[Super Bowl was, ooh.]3493.2044
2729VLD_se0_ag2_f_023493.0506[They] had a chance and they just,3494.3248
2730 3494.5707you know,3494.9886
2732 3495.6804doing what Georgia teams do3497.3285 
2734 3497.5336best.3498.0735 
2735VLD_int_013499.1796I guess it's been a little pattern. The [Hawks,]3501.5484
2736VLD_se0_ag2_f_023501.0635[Mm-hm.]3502.1872
2737VLD_int_013502.9786the [Bulldogs,]3504.2992
2738VLD_se0_ag2_f_023503.9065[Yep.]3504.3775
2739VLD_int_013504.6153the Falcon, [hm.] <ts>3506.1993
2740VLD_se0_ag2_f_023505.6038[Yep.]3506.1027
2741VLD_int_013506.3579I see your [point.]3507.0573
2742VLD_se0_ag2_f_023506.9221[That's] a [Georgia thing, yep.]3508.3862
2743VLD_int_013507.2438[I see your point, I see your] point.3508.6567
2744VLD_se0_ag2_f_023508.7546It is.3509.3048