LineSpeakerSt TimeContentEn Time
1VLD_int_011.1390Alright.1.4001
3 2.1648So can you say your name and today's date for me?4.5849 
4VLD_se0_ag3_m_016.3183My name is /RD-NAME-4/.7.9830
6 8.5985Today's date is-10.1046 
7VLD_int_0111.4055The fifteenth.12.0560
8VLD_se0_ag3_m_0113.8058the fifteenth of,15.2279
10 16.3237um,16.9300 
12 17.1326May.17.5174 
13VLD_int_0117.8147Mm-hm.18.1411
14VLD_se0_ag3_m_0119.0550Um,19.6752
16 20.3793you need time?21.0647 
17VLD_int_0121.7782Mm-mm.22.0300
18VLD_se0_ag3_m_0122.2305Oh.22.5942
19VLD_int_0122.8833When's your birthday?23.4568
20VLD_se0_ag3_m_0125.0364Three, twenty-six, nineteen seventy-six.27.3772
21VLD_int_0128.6268And where were you born?29.9651
22VLD_se0_ag3_m_0131.1203Valdosta, Georgia.32.0529
23VLD_int_0135.6713Um.36.2029
25 36.6214What neighborhood do you claim?37.8384 
26VLD_se0_ag3_m_0138.9062What neighborhood [do I] claim?40.4204
27VLD_int_0139.7176[Mm-hm.]40.0393
28 40.5196Mm-hm.40.7667
29VLD_se0_ag3_m_0141.2703Um.41.9860
31 44.3886I guess I- West Side.45.7036 
33 46.9625The West Side of Valdosta.48.0258 
34VLD_int_0149.8617Uh, how long have you lived here?51.3212
35VLD_se0_ag3_m_0153.4661Um.53.9930
37 57.3515More or less,58.3610 
39 60.0665um,60.6634 
41 61.8011basically all my life except for,63.6756 
43 64.8227um,65.3962 
45 67.1250maybe,67.5726 
47 67.8664a seven, eight year period.69.7549 
48VLD_int_0170.1978Where'd you live th-70.9191
50 71.1738then?71.4988 
51VLD_se0_ag3_m_0172.2250Um, Oklahoma City,73.6519
53 74.2068Oklahoma.74.7570 
54VLD_int_0176.4123Mkay.76.8646
56 77.8707And79.0877 
58 79.4654where- where'd you go to school?80.5938 
59VLD_se0_ag3_m_0181.9600Um,82.5196
61 83.1491I did most of my schooling84.5841 
63 85.7685actually,86.3840 
65 87.1531in Oklahoma, my middle school years.89.4382 
67 90.3416And middle school, /MFA/, elementary, middle school93.6196 
69 94.3191and we left96.2075 
71 96.9851my sophomore year.98.6731 
72VLD_int_01100.5755Where'd you graduate from school?101.7485
73VLD_se0_ag3_m_01102.3836I graduated from104.1508
75 105.0461/RD-SCHOOL-3/ High.105.7502 
76VLD_int_01107.0372And where do you- do you currently go to school?108.6960
77VLD_se0_ag3_m_01109.1296Yes. [I] currently-110.2254
78VLD_int_01109.6192[Where-]109.8710
79VLD_se0_ag3_m_01110.7850I currently go to /RD-SCHOOL-6/ College.112.7014
80VLD_int_01113.9930And what are you studying there?114.9291
81VLD_se0_ag3_m_01115.6705Um,116.2161
83 117.7176I'm studying-118.7154 
85 119.6205I'm on my basics right now.120.9058 
87 121.7685Doing all my core, but122.9948 
89 123.5963I'm going into sociology.124.8413 
90VLD_int_01126.1877Hm.126.4722
92 126.8359Mkay.127.2462 
94 127.8058Oh- we'll talk about that in a minute.129.2046 
96 129.8901And do you currently work?131.7179 
97VLD_se0_ag3_m_01133.1669No, not right now. I'm unemployed.135.6431
98VLD_int_01136.6361Mkay.137.0278
100 137.3811And what's your- Where was your father born?139.4187 
101VLD_se0_ag3_m_01140.2068Um,140.6887
103 141.5497I think he was born in Valdosta.143.5687 
104VLD_int_01145.2276What about your mama?145.9130
105VLD_se0_ag3_m_01146.5705She was most definitely-147.7502
107 148.3843I think she was born in Valdosta too.150.1796 
108VLD_int_01151.4909What does your dad do?152.2767
109VLD_se0_ag3_m_01153.0135Um.153.5310
111 155.4242He's the tire man.156.7146 
113 159.3632Uh, he sells used tires.161.8159 
115 162.4116And does other mechanic work.163.6612 
116VLD_int_01164.2347And what does your mom do?165.2093
117VLD_se0_ag3_m_01166.2211My mom is,167.3682
119 168.1131um,168.7193 
121 170.6684a behavioral health counselor.172.4729 
122VLD_int_01179.9453Um, okay.181.2136
124 182.5658And-183.9600 
126 184.5942Alright. So I'm going to186.4302 
128 187.0830select to have my computer open, but189.0974 
130 189.6849not gonna really be190.6548 
132 191.5816using it a lot.192.4815 
134 192.7053<clears throat>193.2555 
136 193.4887Just wanted to type some information.194.9109 
138 198.4116Mkay. So tell me a little bit about200.6731 
140 202.3704kind of growing up a little bit.203.6900 
141VLD_se0_ag3_m_01205.1390Um,205.6939
143 207.2233as far as-208.4776 
144VLD_int_01209.9546What do you remember from your childhood?211.2462
145VLD_se0_ag3_m_01211.8431What I remember (laughing)?212.7057
146VLD_int_01212.8349Mm-hm.213.1473
147VLD_se0_ag3_m_01213.8840Um,214.3597
149 214.8195I had a good childhood.216.0896 
151 216.9522Um.217.5351 
153 219.6089I love coming to220.7140 
155 223.5433Valdosta in the summer times.225.2653 
157 225.8887And going to the Boys and Girls Club.227.7401 
159 228.4719Meeting up with old friends.230.2520 
161 231.0121And,231.6709 
163 234.4953um, swimming. And236.1446 
165 237.0027riding bicycles. And238.7886 
167 239.8147playing marbles.240.8776 
168VLD_int_01242.7183I didn't know you went to the Boys and Girls Club.244.3177
169VLD_se0_ag3_m_01244.6861Yes,245.2569
171 245.3814I did.245.8891 
172VLD_int_01246.1549The one right up the street?247.0781
173VLD_se0_ag3_m_01247.1527Right up the road.248.1253
174VLD_int_01248.8256Oh.249.6882
175VLD_se0_ag3_m_01249.8887That's where I learned how to swim actually.251.5767
176VLD_int_01252.3181Hm.252.8170
178 254.4969Who was your best friend when you were growing up?255.9167 
179VLD_se0_ag3_m_01256.3830My best friend when I was [growing] up?257.9730
180VLD_int_01257.5627[Mm-hm.]257.8145
181VLD_se0_ag3_m_01259.4185Uh.260.9109
183 264.0199Man.264.5514 
185 265.0874I have to say it was probably, um,266.8862 
187 267.5203/RD-NAME-4/.268.5881 
189 269.8378And /RD-NAME-5/.271.1201 
190VLD_int_01271.9629Hm.272.3360
192 273.2918Do you still keep in contact with them now?274.6394 
193VLD_se0_ag3_m_01275.3622Yes. Um, but I see /RD-NAME-2/ all the time.278.1508
195 278.7789/RD-NAME-2/ is more or less like my cousin.280.7700 
197 281.3528We call each other cuz, but we really ain't cousins cousins, but we just285.0867 
199 285.7628call each other cousins, cause we been287.6746 
201 289.6552knowing each other for so long.291.0727 
203 291.5809And /RD-NAME-3/ he's currently,293.5487 
205 294.1082he- he stays in Virginia, but every time he comes-296.9235 
207 297.5110every time he comes home, he always299.5487 
209 300.2808go out his way to make sure he stop by and302.5131 
211 303.2872give me a holler.304.0193 
212VLD_int_01305.1057Where'd you live when you were growing up?306.3414
214 306.7797Like when you were in Valdosta, when you were- Before you moved to Oklahoma.309.7721 
215VLD_se0_ag3_m_01310.0659Oh.310.5368
217 311.3389Man, at my grandmother's house.312.7377 
218VLD_int_01314.5504[Oh.]314.7649
219VLD_se0_ag3_m_01314.6903[Yeah.]314.8722
220 316.6907Grandma /RD-NAME-4/.317.8051
222 319.4407I'm talking about that was a great place.320.9375 
224 321.9633A lot of love.323.0684 
226 324.3833Good eating.325.0781 
228 327.9586I always /someone/ going home.329.3575 
229VLD_int_01332.6064So, before you moved, what was your relationship like in the family? Cause you were one of the youngest- you were one of the youngest,338.6577
231 339.7115like you were the baby.340.6907 
232VLD_se0_ag3_m_01342.5978Yeah, I was.343.8149
233VLD_int_01344.1588Were you spoiled?344.9421
234VLD_se0_ag3_m_01349.0688Kind of.349.6144
236 350.4106Cause grandma would used to351.7861 
238 353.8331always take my side.355.3066 
240 356.1354So yeah I was kind of spoiled.357.5856 
241VLD_int_01358.1218Whatchu mean she used to always take your side?359.7399
242VLD_se0_ag3_m_01359.8564I couldn't do no wrong in her eyes.361.6050
244 362.3919So,362.8768 
246 364.1638if they said I did something, <laugh> I probably did it, but I lied.367.7356 
248 367.9023<laugh> [I] didn't do that grandma.370.9518 
249VLD_int_01369.5856[<laugh>]370.1498
250VLD_se0_ag3_m_01371.9404I didn't do it.372.6258
252 374.8256To get out of- actually I know I won't get a butt whooping.377.2736 
254 377.8670At that's when switches- woah, woah boy you didn't want no switch whooping.380.9375 
256 381.8980Ooh wee.382.5648 
258 383.2363That's when those switches was-384.2901 
260 385.0128well you got a real whooping then.386.5784 
262 388.2850And, uh,388.8772 
264 390.1409but yeah most- I was- yeah, I would say I was spoiled,393.3058 
266 393.6742a little bit.394.2151 
267VLD_int_01394.9612So who lived in the house with y'all?396.2621
268VLD_se0_ag3_m_01397.0455It was actually, me, grandmama,399.8747
270 401.0731um,401.9777 
272 402.7191mama,403.2740 
274 404.7183um,405.3431 
276 406.2384/RD-NAME-2/,406.8213 
278 407.9124/RD-NAME-3/,408.7284 
280 409.8277um, my Aunty /RD-NAME-1/411.4131 
282 416.4619yeah that's-417.0354 
284 417.5390that's everybody.418.2897 
286 419.5440Mm-hm.419.9637 
287VLD_int_01420.5232All y'all lived in the three bedroom house with one bathroom?423.7068
288VLD_se0_ag3_m_01424.6721Yes.425.2596
290 426.4067We did.426.9382 
291VLD_int_01429.0074Did it feel crowded?429.9167
292VLD_se0_ag3_m_01432.2668Well,432.7972
294 435.0027not really.435.7675 
296 437.0917It- it really didn't.438.2248 
298 439.6785It- it-440.0888 
300 440.3733not at that time.441.4457 
302 442.2571You know, I was young so.444.0383 
304 445.5164You know.445.9641 
306 447.4131I would always go get in the bed. I always had a place to sleep in grandma bed.451.1154 
308 451.7318In grandma bed, I don't know what it was about grandma bed,454.5844 
310 455.0786if you was sick,455.9739 
312 457.3028if something was going on,458.8325 
314 459.8394or460.2859 
316 461.6195you was tired. She had the best bed in the world.464.6218 
318 465.1074It seemed like you could just466.3278 
320 466.7522go melt in her bed for some strange reason.469.3954 
321VLD_int_01471.5224[So how did y'all] end up moving to Oklahoma?473.3164
322VLD_se0_ag3_m_01471.7497[<clears throat>]472.0668
323 474.3641Uh,475.6184
325 475.7245I really-476.3726 
327 477.5523Mama actually ended up moving479.9118 
329 480.4387because,481.4599 
331 482.3213um,483.0627 
333 486.4573my Aunt /RD-NAME-2/ son,487.9790 
335 488.1280/RD-NAME-3/.488.7830 
337 489.6223/RD-NAME-1/,489.9300 
339 490.4010was, um, stationed in Oklahoma I think at that time.493.4599 
341 494.0895And494.7703 
343 495.9067mama's, uh, she wanted to change the environment.499.0670 
345 499.8224W- um,500.4659 
347 501.0208cause of something that had went on here.502.7367 
349 503.3709So she decided to move out there.505.0495 
351 505.8550And so,506.5778 
353 506.8109she moved out there507.9394 
355 508.7181when I was maybe eight years old.510.5459 
356VLD_int_01513.1840And then comes your very special little person.516.5926
357VLD_se0_ag3_m_01516.9283Yeah.517.4039
358VLD_int_01517.8364So how did your /favoritest/ person in the whole world-520.6435
360 521.1237How did that happen?522.0190 
361VLD_se0_ag3_m_01524.3866Well,524.8109
363 526.1818um,526.8207 
365 528.2428I think mama was working at,529.5345 
367 529.7291uh, /RD-WORK-4/531.0861 
369 531.7295when she met, um,532.8393 
371 533.5994my favorite person's daddy.535.3713 
373 535.9856<laugh>537.9081 
375 538.7213And, uh,539.7392 
377 540.9796soon after that they542.2001 
379 543.6316got in a relationship and545.3849 
381 547.0017I think, uh,548.1068 
383 549.6736I know they got married.550.8393 
385 552.3314And552.9758 
387 553.4121then553.9110 
389 555.0954a little while after that, um,556.7274 
391 558.3687baby girl came.559.4794 
393 560.9508I think that's how it went.562.0792 
395 562.7181I'm not for sure cause you know it's- it's-564.6532 
397 565.1043it's been so long ago.566.5685 
399 567.6363So.568.1072 
401 568.5036But I think that's how it went.569.9304 
402VLD_int_01571.4587So how was it like, going from the only child to then- now being like the big brother?575.8232
403VLD_se0_ag3_m_01576.9376Well I-577.4599
405 578.7596I enjoyed it.579.7295 
407 580.0280I mean because581.0724 
409 582.4387more or less583.1428 
411 583.9017it was something for me to do and585.5197 
413 586.0792I had somebody that I could protect.587.8512 
415 588.6252And then, I wanted a little sister.590.7363 
417 591.2866She was precious.592.4616 
419 593.2543And, um,594.0283 
421 597.8834you know.598.2937 
423 599.9677Somebody I could boss around, cause I was always getting bossed around.603.0021 
425 604.0140[So- (laughing) <laugh>] but that didn't turn out right either608.0929 
426VLD_int_01604.0233[<laugh>]606.4527
427VLD_se0_ag3_m_01608.8650after a few years <laugh>.611.1797
429 612.4993Yeah, but613.1474 
431 613.6732more or less, it- it was just615.2912 
433 616.2005I was- I was happy to have somebody else. You know, in the house with me.619.5484 
434VLD_int_01620.7596So let's back up a little bit. Let's talk about when you moved to Oklahoma,623.3615
436 623.7299um,624.2335 
438 625.5520because that was627.3285 
440 627.5505like627.9608 
442 628.0867so your mama had629.0100 
444 629.6068like the first apartment631.2388 
446 633.1775like so that was your first time living634.6836 
448 635.2758outside of635.9799 
450 636.5954grandma /RD-NAME-2/ house.637.6911 
451VLD_se0_ag3_m_01637.9091Mm-hm.638.3661
452VLD_int_01638.6272So how was that, like you had your own room?640.8514
453VLD_se0_ag3_m_01642.1011Yeah,642.7615
455 642.9872it was nice.643.9709 
457 644.6039I had a partner named /RD-NAME-2/ back then.646.6789 
459 647.3177Me and /RD-NAME-2/ used to play together all the time.649.4580 
461 650.3012He was a650.8164 
463 651.0080caucasian651.8787 
465 652.1064uh, male.653.0053 
466VLD_int_01653.8120[This was at the same] apartment like /RD-ADDRESS-4/?656.0875
467VLD_se0_ag3_m_01653.8260[/Yeah./]654.5881
468 656.4221No, this is- we stayed in Oak Ridge.658.5483
469VLD_int_01659.3084Oh, [mm- I don't remember that.]660.8098
470VLD_se0_ag3_m_01659.8353[You stayin- No] you don't remember cause you was a baby.662.3381
471 663.0935Yeah. Y- w- yeah we stayed in Oak Ridge then.665.9472
473 666.6140And667.2995 
475 668.5806yeah, um,669.5598 
477 670.5903me and /RD-NAME-2/ were friends.672.1085 
479 672.9124Yup.673.3554 
481 674.9210And mama used to fix me lunch.676.6789 
483 677.9565It used to be nice. It was real nice.680.3160 
485 682.2406And then later on683.4436 
487 683.9659after684.7399 
489 685.8030things kind of got a little rocky with,687.5924 
491 688.5437um,689.1872 
493 689.3877mama and her husband-690.6606 
495 691.5279That's when we later moved to-693.4479 
497 694.3059over there at /RD-ADDRESS-4/.695.9892 
498VLD_int_01696.4591Mm.696.7296
499VLD_se0_ag3_m_01696.7343On the South Side,697.7741
501 698.5062on the Southeast Side rather.699.8631 
503 701.5977Yeah, cause actually702.6455 
505 703.1073we was in the better neighborhood, but then we ended up705.6579 
507 706.2734moving to a707.2619 
509 708.1281A little bit708.5142 
511 708.7015worser neighborhood.709.6342 
513 710.4003Well quite worse711.3268 
515 712.6697I'm gonna say.713.3179 
516VLD_int_01715.7694So, how was-717.3595
518 717.9423But I think I was old enough then,719.5324 
520 720.0033so I remember we used to play together.721.4896 
521VLD_se0_ag3_m_01721.8394Mm-hm.722.4502
522VLD_int_01722.8699[Uh.]723.4667
523VLD_se0_ag3_m_01723.3548[I] used to walk you to the nursery.724.7117
524VLD_int_01724.8702Mm-hm.725.3459
525VLD_se0_ag3_m_01725.4718Mm-hm.726.1665
526VLD_int_01727.2798Um.727.9419
528 728.5528What was your- So I don't- I don't remember Oak Ridge,731.1257 
530 731.5370but how- but I- What was your fondest memory734.1424 
532 734.5854kind of growing up?735.8351 
533VLD_se0_ag3_m_01736.6138[My fondest w- (whispered).737.7142
534VLD_int_01736.6371[Um.]737.0334
535 738.2633Mm-hm.738.6223
536VLD_se0_ag3_m_01738.9161My fondest memory growing up?740.5201
537VLD_int_01741.1030Mm-hm.741.4481
539 741.7045Maybe at Oak Ridge and then at /RD-ADDRESS-4/.743.9940 
540VLD_se0_ag3_m_01745.2145Um.745.8720
542 747.3268I had this dude748.4133 
544 749.1666that was in my class750.4463 
546 750.9348I can't remember his name,752.1238 
548 752.9212but, um,753.5600 
550 755.1034he was real good at break dancing.756.8788 
552 757.3824And so he- he got a chance to be- um,759.7745 
554 760.3527to go out760.9402 
556 761.5557and762.1131 
558 762.8601visit- he- he got a chance to- he won a trip to go visit at765.9936 
560 766.5625Los Ange w-767.2992 
562 767.6573the-767.8634 
564 768.0500go to Los Angeles769.0886 
566 769.5782and, um,770.3756 
568 771.0377be in a break dancing contest.772.7816 
570 773.4578And then when he came back, he had a real tattoo.776.2777 
572 776.9864And I couldn't believe it because we was in elementary.779.2386 
574 779.7411And his parents allowed him to get a tattoo.781.7228 
576 782.1331So that was like the coolest thing ever.784.0067 
578 784.5905Man I wanted a tattoo so bad.786.3484 
580 786.8275You know what I'm saying.787.7694 
582 788.0958We- we, uh, matter of fact,789.7185 
584 790.2501I burnt [RD-NAME-2] with a r- uh, with a razor trying to put a793.3264 
586 793.6948a- a- razor burn /?/ tattoo on [him (laughing).]796.3200 
587VLD_int_01795.9414[<laugh>]796.9672
588VLD_se0_ag3_m_01796.4086[<laugh>] We wanted tattoo just that bad (laughing).799.4756
589 800.5854I wouldn't let him burn me though. I was like man, no.803.2619
591 804.4778Yup.804.9348 
593 805.9311That was- that was one of my fondest memories.808.2128 
595 809.1500Yeah.809.3692 
597 809.8012That was cool.810.5250 
598VLD_int_01813.6859What about when we moved, when we were a little older?816.2924
599VLD_se0_ag3_m_01817.6062A little older?818.3336
600VLD_int_01818.7398Mm-hm.819.0804
601VLD_se0_ag3_m_01819.7651Uh,820.5578
602VLD_int_01822.5757Mkay, I'll give you one.823.3777
604 824.6833Talk about when we used to play Nintendo.826.3760 
605VLD_se0_ag3_m_01828.0445Oh yeah. We used to have- yeah we used to have a great time.830.3663
607 830.8204Me and my little sister playing Nintendo.832.4832 
609 832.9635That was more or less like,834.0453 
611 834.7902uh, our bonding moment.836.2616 
613 836.8876After we had to play school though.838.5345 
614VLD_int_01838.7630[<laugh>]841.2005
615VLD_se0_ag3_m_01840.0966[<laugh>]841.1213
617 841.1981School then Nintendo. And Nintendo then school.843.9843 
618 845.0568Yeah.845.4671
620 845.7142So I knew that she would one day-847.1446 
622 847.7321she- sh- I knew849.0843 
624 849.8940that she would one day become a teacher851.5843 
626 852.1840of some sort852.9954 
628 853.4337because853.9746 
630 854.8049the love that she had for school.856.4496 
632 858.8135Yup.859.0606 
633VLD_int_01859.9326What was your favorite Nintendo game?861.4993
634VLD_se0_ag3_m_01862.0636Uh, the Mario Brothers.863.4438
635VLD_int_01863.6723Which one?864.1432
636VLD_se0_ag3_m_01864.7529Um, actually it was the first one.866.5705
637VLD_int_01868.0869Really?868.6511
638VLD_se0_ag3_m_01869.1080Yeah.869.3505
640 871.7881[But then-]872.3523 
641VLD_int_01871.7881[Alright.]872.2265
642VLD_se0_ag3_m_01872.7999but then-873.3734
644 873.7549then I likeded fourth too.875.0381 
646 876.1048The one with the raccoon where you could fly.878.1145 
648 878.7766I used to [like that- yeah]880.0682 
649VLD_int_01879.1729[Oh yeah],879.8073
650 880.0713yeah.880.4459
652 881.1873I think Mario three was my favorite one.883.3078 
653VLD_se0_ag3_m_01883.7274Oh, with Yoshi?884.4455
654VLD_int_01884.8372[No, that's- that] was Mario four.886.4739
655VLD_se0_ag3_m_01885.0843[Is that the one?]885.6952
656 886.9309[Yeah.]887.2339
657VLD_int_01887.1453S- Super Mario. [Super Mario]888.9867
658VLD_se0_ag3_m_01888.8974[Oh yeah.]889.3358
659VLD_int_01889.2208when we got the new one.890.1937
660VLD_se0_ag3_m_01890.3989Oh, yeah, [yeah.]891.3781
661VLD_int_01891.2382[Then] somebody broke in our [house.]892.8823
662VLD_se0_ag3_m_01892.5112[Yeah.]893.2433
663VLD_int_01894.2120<exhale>894.8835
664VLD_se0_ag3_m_01895.3544[Yeah that was-]895.9886
665VLD_int_01895.3544[That was so sad.]896.2404
666VLD_se0_ag3_m_01896.7020That was the most-897.5413
668 898.0402And then I- mama she stopped me from going over there, I was gonna beat him with the stick.901.3731 
669VLD_int_01901.4104[<laugh>]903.7278
670VLD_se0_ag3_m_01903.0022[mama talking about] whatchu going to do with that stick? I'm finna go get my Nintendo back.906.3869
671 906.9907I know it's over there.907.9886
672VLD_int_01909.0238Talk about your friend Jed.910.4543
673VLD_se0_ag3_m_01911.1314Oh, man.912.1665
675 912.6830You know what, I just recently914.0352 
677 915.5227ah, man916.1242 
679 916.7070good thing that you said something about that.918.3764 
681 918.8182I just recently, um, made contact with Jed.921.5320 
683 921.9423Through Facebook.922.6972 
685 923.0208And I got to talk to everybody in the family.925.7694 
687 927.4341Everybody.928.3200 
689 928.9122And Jed and them,929.8401 
691 931.2099they called me buff.932.4175 
693 933.1776You know what I'm saying.934.1661 
695 935.0334So,935.5230 
697 936.0255man.936.7436 
699 937.6015Now that was- that was nice.939.1590 
701 939.7356Because I got to talk to his mother.941.5790 
703 942.6037His daddy /RD-NAME-1/.944.1284 
705 945.4714His sisters. Both of his sisters.947.7795 
707 948.5571And everybody remember me like it was950.7580 
709 950.8985yesterday.951.4620 
711 952.6744[Yeah.]953.1500 
712VLD_int_01952.7024[How'd you meet] Jed?953.5976
713VLD_se0_ag3_m_01954.2726I met Jed, um,955.4756
715 957.3595we actually met, um,958.9430 
717 959.0665in middle school.959.9567 
719 960.6923And we was playing football together.962.3290 
721 962.7113And me and Jed was on the line.964.2874 
723 965.0334And Jed used to be like, man-966.7995 
725 967.8813You know Jed used to always say, man come over to my house man.970.8889 
727 971.5663I was like Jed man, you stay so far away man, you know.974.3663 
729 976.1900Man, I ain't wanna come over there man.977.6583 
731 978.1712And so it just so happen one day, his daddy came and pick me up.980.9398 
733 982.1521And then, uh, from then on,983.7364 
735 984.3426I started riding my bicycle,986.0119 
737 986.5481I take my bicycle up-987.9423 
739 988.8749up the, oh, cause we had this big wall,991.0102 
741 991.1464or- i- or991.8207 
743 992.2364well we called this high hill.993.6998 
745 994.2174You know what I'm saying. you had to walk up this hill996.0499 
747 996.6363but it had a lot of997.5409 
749 998.2330it was a lot of wooded area,999.7092 
751 999.8724like,1000.1009 
753 1000.3480vines and bushes and stuff.1001.9847 
755 1002.4924with a lot of sticker /brows./1003.7508 
757 1004.4135So you would either have to1005.6019 
759 1006.3060climb up the wall.1007.4205 
761 1007.9975Or walk down,1008.9115 
763 1009.1839through all the bushes and stuff,1010.6554 
765 1011.2056to get to1012.0356 
767 1012.5765the opening, where Jed and them s- where was the-1015.4477 
769 1016.7393where the housing was back behind the projects.1019.4951 
771 1020.6643So,1021.0700 
773 1023.0937um, it was almost like- especially during the summer,1025.7515 
775 1026.2167during the summer, I went over there almost every day.1028.3476 
777 1029.1589But, uh, during school,1031.1034 
779 1031.7515we mighta hung out maybe once or twice1034.0678 
781 1034.6460or you know what I'm saying. If my mama allowed me to go over there some-1038.2726 
783 1040.3383It was cool.1040.9818 
784VLD_int_011042.9739So,1043.5230
786 1044.0488let's fast forward a little bit.1045.4150 
788 1045.9839Um,1046.5201 
790 1046.9771well first of all, talk about football.1048.1894 
791VLD_se0_ag3_m_011050.0453Yeah I had- uh,1050.8539
793 1051.5734I used to love football.1052.6693 
795 1053.9283Um.1054.4832 
797 1058.0212When we was in middle school, we- uh,1059.9283 
799 1062.1152we had a1062.6455 
801 1062.7995winning tradition at1063.7181 
803 1063.9652/RD-SCHOOL-3/ High School.1065.0004 
805 1066.0262<cough>1066.3060 
807 1067.9689And, um,1068.7097 
809 1070.7245our eighth grade team had been undefeated for1073.1966 
811 1073.8821like six seasons.1075.2472 
813 1075.9559So we couldn't wait-1076.8652 
815 1077.8025we couldn't wait to get1078.7537 
817 1079.2899to the eighth grade team.1080.6455 
819 1081.3497And be on the eighth grade team,1082.7906 
821 1083.6952because, you know, we wanted to carry on that tradition.1085.9427 
823 1086.3670But1086.6455 
825 1087.1632we ended up-1087.8580 
827 1088.6227And then it- what's crazy is,1090.1941 
829 1090.5438we ended up losing1092.0080 
831 1092.4824the last game of the season.1094.1331 
833 1095.1263Sure did.1095.9610 
835 1097.4158We lost our last game. We broke the tradition.1099.6995 
837 1100.7859Yup.1101.1170 
838VLD_int_011101.9289That's poor.1102.5292
839VLD_se0_ag3_m_011102.7630That was poor. Yes it was.1104.4043
841 1105.5363And then not only that, now on my ninth grade year,1108.1195 
843 1108.7910my ninth grade year we only won, one game.1111.6901 
844VLD_int_011111.6855[<laugh>]1115.3085
845VLD_se0_ag3_m_011112.7626[Yeah.]1113.2755
847 1113.7092[S- shoot.]1114.6371 
849 1115.1127[We] got our butt kicked.1116.3997 
850 1117.4813For the rest of the games, w- we had- we played ten games that year1120.9355
852 1121.6722and we went one and nine.1122.9860 
854 1124.4129Not nine and one, one and nine.1126.8749 
856 1127.2899And the only game that we won,1128.7995 
858 1129.1850was against /RD-SCHOOL-3/1130.4452 
860 1130.6794at homecoming.1131.6112 
861VLD_int_011132.8983That's a- I mean if you're gonna win, that's a good [one to win.]1135.3603
862VLD_se0_ag3_m_011134.6796[Yeah, w- we] won homecoming though.1136.5587
863 1137.3785We- we- we- we did our thing on homecoming, but boy we ain't do nothing else.1141.3000
865 1141.8164And then- and then one team, we had- we went- we, uh,1144.8473 
867 1145.3136this team, uh, I'll never forget this1147.6392 
869 1148.2687/RD-SCHOOL-2/1148.8096 
871 1149.1034came down to play us.1150.4090 
873 1151.4069Oh man.1152.1203 
875 1153.3312These were some of the biggest,1155.0568 
877 1156.1013country fed white dudes. I'm- I'm talking about, man when they got off the bus,1160.2128 
879 1160.7583man I thought I was looking at pro players.1162.6934 
881 1163.1644I was like, ain't no way in the world1165.0948 
883 1165.5740these is high school football players.1167.6256 
885 1168.6468Man everybody on they line,1170.9223 
887 1171.1263was six1171.6999 
889 1172.1801foot plus.1173.0941 
891 1174.0453Everybody.1174.9359 
893 1175.9991Man, then they had-1177.2207 
895 1178.4413I was like,1179.0867 
897 1179.6629they still coming out of the bus.1181.4535 
899 1182.2733Man, those folks1183.4059 
901 1183.8537mercy ruled us,1185.1920 
903 1185.5417in the first half.1186.9779 
905 1188.0084Them folks beat us so bad in the first half,1190.5112 
907 1192.0686that-1192.4183 
909 1193.3089it was unreal.1194.2648 
910VLD_int_011195.8584Do you remember the score?1196.6931
911VLD_se0_ag3_m_011197.5790Man it was like1198.3950
913 1199.1877forty eight to nothing in a- in a second.1201.1356 
914VLD_int_011201.4621[<laugh>]1202.4273
915VLD_se0_ag3_m_011201.8537[And that-] and that's the second quarter, not-1203.4345
916 1203.8868you know what I'm saying. That's going- that's before we go in1206.3290
918 1207.4341for half time.1208.6278 
920 1209.0987So our coach was just like, he just threw the towel in.1211.9384