Line Spkr StTime Content EnTime 1 DCB_int_01 0.4254 And, 1.0269 2 DCB_int_01 1.0269 (pause 0.25) 1.2741 3 DCB_int_01 1.2741 were you born and grew up in DC? 2.9387 4 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3.0786 Born and raised. 3.9786 5 DCB_int_01 4.6862 What neighborhoods? 5.4462 6 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 5.7260 Uh, 6.8311 7 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 6.8311 (pause 0.18) 7.0083 8 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 7.0083 I was right th- 7.6937 9 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 7.6937 (pause 0.17) 7.8661 10 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 7.8661 there off of uh, where Benning Road turns into Southern Avenue. 11.0266 11 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 11.0266 (pause 0.32) 11.3436 12 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 11.3436 Hillside Road. 12.4114 13 DCB_int_01 12.7099 Mm-hm. 13.2554 14 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 13.3254 That area. 14.0854 15 DCB_int_01 14.1647 Does it have a specific name- I don't really- It's 16.1732 16 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 16.3178 I don't [think it- No, it's-]` 18.0944 17 DCB_int_01 16.5976 [/that area./] 17.7773 18 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 18.3042 It- They usually try to incorporated all of that with Benning [Heights.] 22.2537 19 DCB_int_01 21.5775 [Heights.] 22.2816 20 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 22.7048 [S- And so- ] 23.8396 21 DCB_int_01 22.7421 [Oh, but] Benning Heights [is not that far] [down] 25.9595 22 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 24.3383 [/Since we're fr-/] 25.0092 23 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 25.0092 (pause 0.23) 25.2404 24 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 25.2404 [down-] 26.0020 25 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 26.4010 So, I don't [what they call our area.] 28.7425 26 DCB_int_01 27.3825 [Okay, we'll call it Benning Heights], [but you on the Northeast] side, [right?] 30.6012 27 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 29.2185 [] 29.7761 28 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 29.7761 (pause 0.52) 30.2975 29 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 30.2975 [No, I'm in] 30.7463 30 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 30.8460 [on the DC-] on the Southeast [side.] 32.3511 31 DCB_int_01 30.9639 [You on the S-] 31.4082 32 DCB_int_01 31.4082 (pause 0.55) 31.9567 33 DCB_int_01 31.9567 [You on the] Southeast side. Okay. 33.1807 34 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 33.3621 Where you walk across the street and Maryland is [on the other side.] 36.1569 35 DCB_int_01 35.3319 [Oh, the other side.] Okay, so you're down by um, 37.8434 36 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 37.8479 You know where um, 38.7818 37 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 38.7818 (pause 0.30) 39.0833 38 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 39.0833 it used to be called Antoinette Gardens when we were coming up, but it's called Highline Ridge now? 42.8052 39 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 42.8052 (pause 0.66) 43.4671 40 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 43.4671 The apartment complex that [sit on the-] 45.2417 41 DCB_int_01 44.8090 [And it's a] high rise. 46.0353 42 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 46.4070 Not necessarily a high rise, 48.2521 43 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 48.2521 (pause 0.33) 48.5785 44 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 48.5785 but 48.9095 45 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 48.9095 (pause 0.38) 49.2903 46 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 49.2903 say for instance you're going up Benning Road. 50.7726 47 DCB_int_01 50.7863 Mm-hm. 51.1146 48 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 51.1127 You know where Benning Road turns into Southern Avenue, [where you] bare right like you going up the hill? 54.6919 49 DCB_int_01 52.8864 [Mm-hm.] 53.2384 50 DCB_int_01 53.2384 (pause 1.41) 54.6511 51 DCB_int_01 54.6511 Mm-hm. 55.0953 52 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 55.2495 Soon as you bare right, 56.4644 53 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 56.4644 (pause 0.15) 56.6186 54 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 56.6186 make that very first right hand turn. That's Easy Place. 59.4860 55 DCB_int_01 60.0935 Oh, okay. 60.8913 56 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 60.9095 It's a hidden street. 62.6684 57 DCB_int_01 62.7727 No, I know because um, one of my friends lives, if you keep going down Southern, right where you cross the line? 67.7346 58 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 67.7300 Mm-hm. 68.0972 59 DCB_int_01 68.0519 There's like a Chinese restaurant or some rib place? 71.1958 60 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 71.2548 Johnny Boys? 72.2431 61 DCB_int_01 72.2340 Yes, [she lives right] next door to that. That- 74.4418 62 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 72.5740 [Okay.] 73.1815 63 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 74.6276 [Okay, in that apartment complex. That's Penn] Southern. 77.1188 64 DCB_int_01 74.7500 [the apartment complex right there-] 76.5476 65 DCB_int_01 76.5476 (pause 0.57) 77.1142 66 DCB_int_01 77.1142 Mm-hm. 77.6628 67 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 77.6356 [] 78.7236 68 DCB_int_01 77.8895 [Okay so you up] on this side? [So you're not] very far from here at all. What, like, [five, ten- five minutes] if that? 83.2865 69 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 79.4490 [Yes.] 79.9159 70 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 79.9159 (pause 0.85) 80.7636 71 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 80.7636 [No, not at all.] 81.8109 72 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 81.8109 (pause 0.42) 82.2348 73 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 82.2348 [Yes.] 82.6700 74 DCB_int_01 83.6719 [Um,] 84.1932 75 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 83.6991 [Yes.] 84.1660 76 DCB_int_01 84.5604 alright. 84.8868 77 DCB_int_01 84.8868 (pause 0.46) 85.3447 78 DCB_int_01 85.3447 And where'd you go to school? 86.6820 79 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 87.0175 I went- 87.5479 80 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 87.5479 (pause 0.32) 87.8676 81 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 87.8676 Elementary school I went to /RD-SCHOOL-5/. 89.6356 82 DCB_int_01 89.7580 Mm-hm. 90.1161 83 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 90.4063 And that's over on New Jersey Avenue, Northwest. 92.5642 84 DCB_int_01 92.8588 I 93.2079 85 DCB_int_01 93.2079 (pause 0.40) 93.6046 86 DCB_int_01 93.6046 used to tutor there. 94.7380 87 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 94.7380 And high school, I went to /RD-SCHOOL-2/ and /RD-SCHOOL-5/. 99.9582 88 DCB_int_01 104.8362 Perfect. 105.5071 89 DCB_int_01 105.5071 (pause 0.23) 105.7361 90 DCB_int_01 105.7361 And what do you do now? 106.4478 91 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 107.7580 My field of choice is customer service rep. 110.7500 92 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 110.7500 (pause 0.46) 111.2079 93 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 111.2079 I'm a customer service rep. 112.6292 94 DCB_int_01 113.8985 Perfect (really quietly). 114.5740 95 DCB_int_01 114.5740 (pause 1.31) 115.8796 96 DCB_int_01 115.8796 And where your mother and father born here? 117.7927 97 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 118.3572 No, my dad was born and raised in New York, 121.5170 98 DCB_int_01 121.4943 Hm. 121.7255 99 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 121.8887 the Bronx. 122.5551 100 DCB_int_01 122.6956 Oh. 123.0583 101 DCB_int_01 123.0583 (pause 0.26) 123.3167 102 DCB_int_01 123.3167 Mm-hm. 123.7247 103 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 123.9582 And my mom was born and raised in Petersburg, Virginia. 127.4263 104 DCB_int_01 129.8222 And what do they do? 130.5113 105 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 131.4905 Well my mom, 132.3111 106 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 132.3111 (pause 0.39) 132.7055 107 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 132.7055 before she passed, she was um, 134.8634 108 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 134.8634 (pause 1.07) 135.9356 109 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 135.9356 quality assurance coordinator 137.6311 110 DCB_int_01 137.7625 Mm-hm. 138.1796 111 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 138.2975 for JB Johnson Nursing Home. 140.2290 112 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 140.2290 (pause 1.49) 141.7180 113 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 141.7180 And my dad is a retired postal service worker. 145.4354 114 DCB_int_01 147.3145 Perfect. 147.7316 115 DCB_int_01 147.7316 (pause 0.23) 147.9628 116 DCB_int_01 147.9628 How did- 148.2574 117 DCB_int_01 148.2574 (pause 0.19) 148.4478 118 DCB_int_01 148.4478 How did you guys end up here? 149.6492 119 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 150.5785 My- 150.8777 120 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 150.8777 (pause 0.34) 151.2132 121 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 151.2132 Okay. 151.6258 122 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 151.6258 (pause 0.21) 151.8343 123 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 151.8343 [] 154.2393 124 DCB_int_01 152.8271 [Uh-oh. It's sound like it's a story.] And that's what this whole thing is about. [When I ask] you questions, and it makes you think of a story, 157.5260 125 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 155.3591 [Okay.] 155.9121 126 DCB_int_01 157.8751 please feel free to tell it. 158.8316 127 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 158.7863 Mm-hm. This is the story that I got. [] 161.2864 128 DCB_int_01 160.5119 [] 161.2864 129 DCB_int_01 161.5132 Now, if it's true or not- 162.6873 130 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 162.7009 My dad and my mom's cousin were in the military together. 166.7924 131 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 166.7924 (pause 0.68) 167.4679 132 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 167.4679 And 168.2703 133 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 168.2703 (pause 0.38) 168.6465 134 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 168.6465 he- my dad went to Norfolk 170.8271 135 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 170.8271 (pause 0.73) 171.5593 136 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 171.5593 for a weekend or something with my mom's cousin. 174.1116 137 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 174.1116 (pause 0.43) 174.5377 138 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 174.5377 And they met then. 175.5940 139 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 175.5940 (pause 0.60) 176.1924 140 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 176.1924 How they ended up in Petersburg was because DC- I mean how they ended up in DC was DC 181.1498 141 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 181.1498 (pause 0.22) 181.3719 142 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 181.3719 is almost like a middle point between New York and Petersburg. 184.9012 143 DCB_int_01 185.4996 Oh. 186.2385 144 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 186.2793 So they made it convenient for both [of 'em.] 188.7727 145 DCB_int_01 188.4644 [So he was] in the Navy? 189.3439 146 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 189.8358 No, he was in the Army. 190.7244 147 DCB_int_01 190.9012 [He was in the Army.] 191.4679 148 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 190.9148 [Airborne], [jumping out of] planes. 192.5423 149 DCB_int_01 191.6175 [Oh, okay.] 192.0572 150 DCB_int_01 192.6737 Oh. Mm-mm. [I'm good, thank you] 195.9151 151 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 193.6711 [] 195.9500 152 DCB_int_01 196.0444 I'm okay with that. 196.9782 153 DCB_int_01 196.9782 (pause 0.31) 197.2865 154 DCB_int_01 197.2865 Um, 197.8305 155 DCB_int_01 197.8305 (pause 0.31) 198.1433 156 DCB_int_01 198.1433 so do you remember your childhood home? 200.2196 157 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 200.8452 We still live in my childhood [home.] 202.5158 158 DCB_int_01 202.3164 [Oh], so this- Okay. So tell me about that neighborhood and how have you seen that neighborhood change, like over the last twenty years or so? 208.4297 159 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 208.5022 Okay. Well, when we were coming up, the neighborhood was full of kids. 212.0474 160 DCB_int_01 212.2559 Mm. 212.3828 161 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 212.7092 We were those kids that could go outside- 215.4044 162 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 215.4044 (pause 0.16) 215.5631 163 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 215.5631 I mean play, rip and run- And this is 218.0111 164 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 218.0111 (pause 0.45) 218.4599 165 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 218.4599 my childhood, so 219.5298 166 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 219.5298 (pause 0.59) 220.1169 167 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 220.1169 we had not a care in the world. 221.6265 168 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 221.6265 (pause 0.29) 221.9212 169 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 221.9212 Where versus now, you know, a lot of kids have a lot of cares that- 224.4282 170 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 224.4282 (pause 0.58) 225.0062 171 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 225.0062 So we would go out, 225.8358 172 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 225.8358 (pause 0.20) 226.0398 173 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 226.0398 play. All of us that grew up together are still really really close. We [consider] each other family. 231.9764 174 DCB_int_01 230.4662 [Mm.] 230.9027 175 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 232.5974 And over the last couple of years, 235.0137 176 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 235.0137 (pause 0.68) 235.6983 177 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 235.6983 we've seen a lot of the residents that had been there since the early seventies, they've either passed on 241.3900 178 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 241.3900 (pause 0.34) 241.7346 179 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 241.7346 or they've gotten older and [their] kids are back in the house. 244.5476 180 DCB_int_01 243.0334 [Mm.] 243.2873 181 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 245.0916 Um, the newest people on our block actually just moved in 249.7701 182 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 249.7701 (pause 0.82) 250.5929 183 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 250.5929 maybe about three weeks ago. 251.7807 184 DCB_int_01 252.2793 Hm. 252.6511 185 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 253.0545 Um, whereas though, prior to then, 255.1445 186 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 255.1445 (pause 0.69) 255.8358 187 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 255.8358 um, 256.4524 188 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 256.4524 (pause 0.42) 256.8740 189 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 256.8740 the newest neighbors have been there f- within the last five years. 259.8751 190 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 259.8751 (pause 0.63) 260.5052 191 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 260.5052 So there- Th- More kids are coming back to the [neighborhood slowly] but surely. 264.2567 192 DCB_int_01 262.5612 [/Mm-hm./] 263.2049 193 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 264.7327 Whereas though, 265.3447 194 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 265.3447 (pause 0.28) 265.6258 195 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 265.6258 at one point in time, as we grew up, 267.4663 196 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 267.4663 (pause 0.44) 267.9038 197 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 267.9038 there weren't any more kids there. 269.2502 198 DCB_int_01 269.4271 Oh cause y'all were the- [y'all were the kids] 271.9703 199 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 270.2068 [We were the kids], yeah. 272.0066 200 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 272.2423 [So.] 272.6503 201 DCB_int_01 272.4962 [And] how many- 273.1626 202 DCB_int_01 273.4369 How- How do you feel like as a ne- Are you s- guys still close knit, or do you feel like with 278.4418 203 DCB_int_01 278.4418 (pause 0.24) 278.6820 204 DCB_int_01 278.6820 some of the newer people coming in, it's- 280.5113 205 DCB_int_01 280.5113 (pause 0.16) 280.6700 206 DCB_int_01 280.6700 the neighborhood is- 281.5204 207 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 281.5298 They come in and they end up blending [right with] the neighborhood. 284.5415 208 DCB_int_01 283.2767 [Right in.] 283.7572 209 DCB_int_01 284.9132 Cool. 285.4255 210 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 285.4595 Whereas though when were coming- When we were like, 287.3409 211 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 287.3409 (pause 0.24) 287.5767 212 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 287.5767 in our teens, we would do block parties. You know, it was- It's almost like- 291.6885 213 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 291.6885 (pause 0.77) 292.4614 214 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 292.4614 Where we live it's Easy Place, and then we get to the end of Easy Place, 296.2287 215 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 296.2287 (pause 0.44) 296.6684 216 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 296.6684 Forty Sixth Street runs [there, so] that was part of our community. 300.4335 217 DCB_int_01 298.4116 [Mm-hm.] 298.8241 218 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 300.6919 And then you go up, and if you turn l- left or right, that's Reed Terrace and that was part of our community. So they had a 306.6828 219 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 306.6828 (pause 0.47) 307.1498 220 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 307.1498 community 308.3511 221 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 308.3511 (pause 1.28) 309.6273 222 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 309.6273 organization called Easy Place Community Square, 312.1796 223 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 312.1796 (pause 0.92) 313.0953 224 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 313.0953 where we incorporated and got everybody out, and 316.3209 225 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 316.3209 (pause 0.31) 316.6292 226 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 316.6292 the neighbors will decorate their front yards. We would 319.4762 227 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 319.4762 (pause 0.34) 319.8207 228 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 319.8207 block off the street, have a good time. DJ, ponies, you name it, we had it. 324.1887 229 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 324.1887 (pause 0.42) 324.6103 230 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 324.6103 And that was up until, I wanna say, 327.3711 231 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 327.3711 (pause 0.32) 327.6908 232 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 327.6908 328.1169 233 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 328.1169 (pause 0.51) 328.6292 234 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 328.6292 they stopped doing it 329.6855 235 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 329.6855 (pause 0.52) 330.2068 236 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 330.2068 early 330.6783 237 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 330.6783 (pause 0.24) 330.9140 238 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 330.9140 two thousand. 332.1018 239 DCB_int_01 332.6322 Why? 332.8906 240 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 333.4187 Oh, well nobody knows. 334.6790 241 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 334.6790 (pause 0.25) 334.9284 242 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 334.9284 I guess people got tired of 336.0527 243 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 336.0527 (pause 0.59) 336.6420 244 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 336.6420 soliciting help and 338.0202 245 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 338.0202 (pause 0.23) 338.2514 246 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 338.2514 you know, some of the dynamics changed where neighbors just 341.0644 247 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 341.0644 (pause 0.40) 341.4679 248 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 341.4679 were getting older and didn't want to do it anymore. 343.4444 249 DCB_int_01 344.2287 [Do you-] 344.5778 250 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 344.2514 [Um-] 344.5460 251 DCB_int_01 344.9405 Do you feel like, 346.4750 252 DCB_int_01 346.4750 (pause 0.93) 347.4089 253 DCB_int_01 347.4089 especially that neighborhood, because gentrification is happening all over [DC], and it's 351.8902 254 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 350.9994 [Right.] 351.4663 255 DCB_int_01 352.0897 starting to push its way over this way. Do you feel like that is effecting your neighborhood? 356.6775 256 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 357.0130 No, because all of the residents that are still there are staying firmly in- 361.7255 257 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 361.7255 (pause 0.90) 362.6276 258 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 362.6276 staying right in DC. 363.9500 259 DCB_int_01 364.2574 Really? 364.5793 260 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 364.5929 And 365.2321 261 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 365.2321 (pause 0.49) 365.7263 262 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 365.7263 it's home. 366.2657 263 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 366.2657 (pause 0.44) 366.7100 264 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 366.7100 [It's] no way that they gonna push us out. 368.5732 265 DCB_int_01 366.7372 [Mm-hm.] 367.0001 266 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 368.7614 That's why 369.4868 267 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 369.4868 (pause 0.30) 369.7860 268 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 369.7860 even now, 370.6836 269 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 370.6836 (pause 0.33) 371.0145 270 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 371.0145 my dad still lives in our h- in the house. 372.6919 271 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 372.6919 (pause 0.52) 373.2132 272 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 373.2132 But 373.5487 273 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 373.5487 (pause 0.21) 373.7572 274 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 373.7572 I refuse to leave DC. 375.1399 275 DCB_int_01 375.8404 Mm. 376.0670 276 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 375.9673 Because you're not gonna push [me] out of my city . [And that's what] they're trying to do. They're trying to push us out 381.0085 277 DCB_int_01 377.1784 [Hm.] 377.3928 278 DCB_int_01 377.3928 (pause 1.24) 378.6353 279 DCB_int_01 378.6353 [/that's right/] 379.2586 280 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 381.4913 to PG County, Charles County. 383.5812 281 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 383.5812 (pause 0.41) 383.9892 282 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 383.9892 I refuse to go. I- I- I tried Maryland. 386.7772 283 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 386.7772 (pause 1.15) 387.9265 284 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 387.9265 It's nothing like DC. 388.8385 285 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 388.8385 (pause 0.14) 388.9782 286 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 388.9782 [] 389.9711 287 DCB_int_01 389.4180 [ Why do you say] that? Because you know, it's interesting. When I talk to people who are from Maryland, they're like, oh I'm from the DMV, you know. We know DC. And when I talk to people from DC, they're like, uh, no. They are not real DC people. 398.8543 288 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 398.7818 No, they're not. 399.6567 289 DCB_int_01 399.6318 How do you s- Why do you feel like it's different? Like why is this your city? 403.1951 290 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 404.9019 Just the love you get from it. I mean, I guess cause I grew- actually grew up in the city, 410.3783 291 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 410.3783 (pause 0.45) 410.8271 292 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 410.8271 I have a deep love for DC. 413.6945 293 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 413.6945 (pause 0.59) 414.2884 294 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 414.2884 I- That's one of the reasons- I went to school in Atlanta. 416.5596 295 DCB_int_01 416.8815 Mm-hm. 417.2397 296 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 417.2737 I got my two year Associate's degree. I couldn't wait to get back home. 420.4017 297 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 420.4017 (pause 0.85) 421.2495 298 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 421.2495 A- I came back home, and 422.8860 299 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 422.8860 (pause 0.40) 423.2850 300 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 423.2850 I'm here. 424.6065 301 DCB_int_01 424.3980 And Atlanta's another chocolate-ish kind of city. 427.5034 302 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 427.9114 Yeah, [but-] 428.9450 303 DCB_int_01 428.3964 [But it's] a different feel. 429.6772 304 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 429.6092 It's a different feel. It's a little more southern. 432.0708 305 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 432.9367 And 433.6394 306 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 433.6394 (pause 0.29) 433.9250 307 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 433.9250 I didn't know it. 434.7500 308 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 434.7500 (pause 0.16) 434.9087 309 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 434.9087 I knew home. 435.6594 310 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 435.6594 (pause 0.19) 435.8540 311 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 435.8540 [That's all I knew was] home. So I came on back home. 439.3039 312 DCB_int_01 435.8993 [Mm.] 436.7062 313 DCB_int_01 436.7062 (pause 2.45) 439.1588 314 DCB_int_01 439.1588 You said, I got to get back home. 440.5778 315 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 440.3919 Mm, [yes.] 441.1159 316 DCB_int_01 440.9042 [So] how did you end up back at your house? Cause when you left to go to Atlanta, how'd you end up back? 445.6711 317 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 446.1471 When I came back home, I had no place to go. I didn't leave home until I was- How old is my son? /RD-NAME-1/ is seven. 452.0066 318 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 452.0066 (pause 0.94) 452.9450 319 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 452.9450 I didn't leave home home until I was like thirty six, thirty seven. I stayed home all that time. 457.9930 320 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 457.9930 (pause 0.92) 458.9132 321 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 458.9132 And at that point it was just time for me to spread my wings. 461.6991 322 DCB_int_01 462.0028 And to see something different, do something different, and come back to the place you call home. 465.4119 323 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 463.6348 [Mm-hm.] 464.1018 324 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 465.4128 Yep. 465.8018 325 DCB_int_01 465.8902 What's your best- 466.8105 326 DCB_int_01 466.8105 (pause 0.46) 467.2729 327 DCB_int_01 467.2729 thinking about like, these block parties- I want you to tell me in- in as much detail as you can recall, like your best memory 473.4316 328 DCB_int_01 473.4316 (pause 0.34) 473.7761 329 DCB_int_01 473.7761 of kind of your neighborhood, 475.5079 330 DCB_int_01 475.5079 (pause 0.30) 475.8116 331 DCB_int_01 475.8116 probably when you were a little younger, 477.3213 332 DCB_int_01 477.3213 (pause 0.41) 477.7361 333 DCB_int_01 477.7361 um, 478.2393 334 DCB_int_01 478.2393 (pause 0.49) 478.7334 335 DCB_int_01 478.7334 and hanging out on the stoop, or hanging out or having a party, like give me some detail. 483.4210 336 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 483.4210 Well, 483.8925 337 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 484.3436 484.8694 338 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 484.8694 (pause 0.40) 485.2684 339 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 485.2684 what we used to do, is have surprise water fights. 488.1698 340 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 488.1698 (pause 1.00) 489.1671 341 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 489.1671 Somebody, 490.3028 342 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 490.3028 (pause 0.23) 490.5294 343 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 490.5294 would just go in the house and get a pitcher of water and come back out and dump it on somebody. 493.9214 344 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 493.9214 (pause 0.33) 494.2559 345 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 494.2559 And this is what we did as kids. 496.0852 346 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 496.0852 (pause 0.46) 496.5430 347 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 496.5430 So then next thing you know, you got all the kids scurrying in the house to get something or going to the side, getting a water hose, or 502.5113 348 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 502.5113 (pause 0.68) 503.1868 349 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 503.1868 we 503.4361 350 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 503.4361 (pause 0.17) 503.6084 351 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 503.6084 bike riding up and down the streets, skating up and down the streets. And then, 507.1762 352 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 507.1762 (pause 0.20) 507.3734 353 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 507.3734 we had a lady that lived next do- still lives next door to my dad, 510.5241 354 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 510.5241 (pause 0.53) 511.0500 355 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 511.0500 that 511.3764 356 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 511.3764 (pause 0.24) 511.6122 357 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 511.6122 she would get some of us neighborhood kids and take us on bus rides. 515.2412 358 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 515.2412 (pause 0.19) 515.4316 359 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 515.4316 She- We'd ride from 516.6511 360 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 516.6511 (pause 0.36) 517.0092 361 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 517.0092 our side of town all the way up to Georgetown. 519.1785 362 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 519.1785 (pause 1.09) 520.2710 363 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 520.2710 We'd go to the GC Murphy's up Georgetown, 523.2767 364 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 523.2767 (pause 0.14) 523.4172 365 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 523.4172 the Woolworth's. I mean, little things like that, 525.7769 366 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 525.7769 (pause 0.51) 526.2892 367 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 526.2892 and I'm noticing now n- 527.6356 368 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 527.6356 (pause 0.21) 527.8487 369 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 527.8487 kids nowadays, they don't- 528.8687 370 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 528.8687 (pause 0.14) 529.0092 371 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 529.0092 They don't do that. I even see that with my niece and nephew. 531.6182 372 DCB_int_01 531.8812 Mm. 532.2212 373 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 532.8377 I'm like, y'all crazy. 533.9303 374 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 533.9303 (pause 0.24) 534.1751 375 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 534.1751 Get out, explore. That's how you gonna know things. 536.3783 376 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 536.3783 (pause 0.44) 536.8180 377 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 536.8180 I remember us when we became teenagers, 539.9031 378 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 539.9031 (pause 0.34) 540.2431 379 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 540.2431 getting- 540.5105 380 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 540.5105 (pause 0.29) 540.8007 381 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 540.8007 having our summer jobs, getting our checks. 542.7364 382 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 542.7364 (pause 0.51) 543.2442 383 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 543.2442 We would 543.9500 384 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 543.9500 (pause 0.41) 544.3572 385 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 544.3572 get on the bus- get on the W four, catch it up to Alabama and /??/ Road, and get on the thirty two bus and catch that all the way up Georgetown 550.5340 386 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 550.5340 (pause 0.15) 550.6836 387 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 550.6836 to go shopping, to hang out. 552.1433 388 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 552.1433 (pause 0.48) 552.6193 389 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 552.6193 Or on a Saturday, 553.5668 390 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 553.5668 (pause 0.64) 554.2060 391 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 554.2060 when the Senator was open, we'll get our little movie money, go down there and spend all day at the Senator. 559.6258 392 DCB_int_01 559.7527 What's the Senator? 560.4690 393 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 560.7183 The movie theater that used to be right there on Benning Road. 563.3953 394 DCB_int_01 563.7081 I did not know that. 565.0500 395 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 565.0455 You didn't know that? Oh, child, we saw [the /same/-] 567.2873 396 DCB_int_01 567.0198 [Cause I'm] not from DC, [so-] 568.3934 397 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 568.1396 [Yeah], well- it- You know where the Subway is next to the Downtown Locker Room? 571.9295 398 DCB_int_01 573.1581 I think [so.] 573.9500 399 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 573.7270 [It's a] Subway and a Beauty and Barber Supply that sits right there. 576.6964 400 DCB_int_01 576.7372 Mm-hm. 577.1407 401 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 577.3674 That used to be the Senator. 579.2397 402 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 579.2397 (pause 1.22) 580.4614 403 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 580.4614 And if you look at the top of the billboard- They didn't tear the whole front 583.2359 404 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 583.2359 (pause 0.30) 583.5396 405 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 583.5396 portion of the- of the building down, 585.2079 406 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 585.2079 (pause 0.29) 585.5026 407 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 585.5026 but if you look 586.2484 408 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 586.2484 (pause 0.17) 586.4161 409 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 586.4161 at the very top of 587.3727 410 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 587.3727 (pause 0.15) 587.5223 411 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 587.5223 those two locations, you'll see it still says senator. 590.3692 412 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 590.3692 (pause 0.36) 590.7319 413 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 590.7319 And that was our neighborhood movie theater. 592.8377 414 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 592.8377 (pause 0.34) 593.1777 415 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 593.1777 For about 593.5585 416 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 593.5585 (pause 0.21) 593.7671 417 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 593.7671 a dollar fifty to two dollars, you could go down there and see two movies. 596.9359 418 DCB_int_01 597.3507 Oh, no, honey. You can't even get a [/inaudible/.] 599.5449 419 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 599.0598 [No, you] can't [nowadays.] 600.8143 420 DCB_int_01 600.0980 [You can barely play] pacman for a dollar. 601.9522 421 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 601.9567 Mm-hm. So those are things that we did. I remember where Unity Health Clinic, 606.3556 422 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 606.3556 (pause 0.17) 606.5287 423 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 606.5287 right there on [Minnesota Avenue] used to be a Giant. 608.6753 424 DCB_int_01 607.1362 [Mm-hm.] 607.4580 425 DCB_int_01 609.9038 Really? 610.3073 426 DCB_int_01 610.3073 (pause 0.16) 610.4705 427 DCB_int_01 610.4705 [And then-] 611.0825 428 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 610.4750 [Yes.] 611.1097 429 DCB_int_01 611.2366 So then they closed before Safeway opened? 613.1906 430 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 613.2858 They closed long before Safeway opened. There used to be a Giant um- 617.0100 431 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 617.0100 (pause 1.03) 618.0391 432 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 618.0391 trying to think. 619.0500 433 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 619.0500 (pause 1.13) 620.1834 434 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 620.1834 You know right there on Benning Road where they tore the Popeye's down? 622.7198 435 DCB_int_01 623.1369 Mm, up this way? [Uh-huh.] [By- pass] the Denny's. 625.5668 436 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 623.8985 [Yes.] 624.2249 437 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 624.2249 (pause 0.34) 624.5695 438 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 624.5695 [That used-] 625.0636 439 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 625.0636 (pause 0.47) 625.5306 440 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 625.5306 Yes, that used to be Gino's 627.8721 441 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 628.0262 Fried Chicken. 628.7833 442 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 628.7833 (pause 0.90) 629.6855 443 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 629.6855 Um, at the top of Coral Hills where 632.4508 444 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 632.4508 (pause 0.20) 632.6503 445 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 632.6503 the Shoppers is now? 633.8834 446 DCB_int_01 634.9102 /I don't know./ 635.3409 447 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 635.6855 At the very [t-] 636.3383 448 DCB_int_01 635.9665 [Go-] keep going [up.] 637.0364 449 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 636.8233 [Keep] going up. [At the very] top of Coral Hills, that used to be a Giant and a CVS. 640.8060 450 DCB_int_01 637.5079 [Mm-hm.] 637.9204 451 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 641.3364 When CVS- Before CVS became CVS it was called People's, 644.7138 452 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 644.7138 (pause 0.56) 645.2782 453 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 645.2782 People's Drug [Store.] 646.4369 454 DCB_int_01 646.1350 [Mm-hm.] 646.8876 455 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 646.9420 Um, 647.7036 456 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 647.7036 (pause 0.67) 648.3745 457 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 648.3745 Trying to think of what else has changed. 650.1562 458 DCB_int_01 650.5642 Cause there's another People's- If you 651.7882 459 DCB_int_01 651.7882 (pause 0.17) 651.9628 460 DCB_int_01 651.9628 go down like, New York and um- 654.1343 461 DCB_int_01 654.1343 (pause 0.58) 654.7145 462 DCB_int_01 654.7145 Is it New York and P? Or go passed P? 656.9813 463 DCB_int_01 656.9813 (pause 0.23) 657.2079 464 DCB_int_01 657.2079 Like, go passed Flor- Like, toward [Florida?] 659.3863 465 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 659.0598 [Yeah] it's a lot of CVS' along the line, but 661.0908 466 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 661.5578 these are things that we saw change, you know, over the years. 664.6518 467 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 664.6518 (pause 0.73) 665.3772 468 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 665.3772 Um, I remember when- 667.6711 469 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 667.6711 (pause 0.96) 668.6322 470 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 668.6322 Where the laundromat is, 669.7927 471 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 669.7927 (pause 0.17) 669.9673 472 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 669.9673 um, right there at the corner East Capitol and Benning Road? 672.4335 473 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 672.4335 (pause 0.46) 672.8913 474 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 672.8913 And the Benco Shopping Center? 674.2740 475 DCB_int_01 674.2695 Mm-hm. Mm-hm. 674.9405 476 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 675.1354 That used to be 676.4021 477 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 676.4021 (pause 0.20) 676.6020 478 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 676.6020 a grocery store. 677.5495 479 DCB_int_01 678.7281 Wow. 679.2167 480 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 679.2676 Where um, Kipp DC is [now?] 682.1985 481 DCB_int_01 681.7406 [Mm-hm.] 682.2030 482 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 682.4342 That used to be what we used to call The Market. 684.5559 483 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 684.5559 (pause 0.22) 684.7735 484 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 684.7735 We used to can go down there, 685.9748 485 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 685.9748 (pause 0.37) 686.3420 486 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 686.3420 and it was different little- e- sh- stands inside of there. We could shop for hair goods, 690.7055 487 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 690.7055 (pause 0.34) 691.0500 488 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 691.0500 t shirts. 691.9340 489 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 691.9340 (pause 0.41) 692.3466 490 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 692.3466 You- they had a place in there that had the best f- 694.3164 491 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 694.3164 (pause 0.29) 694.6110 492 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 694.6110 ch- steak and cheese. 695.8351 493 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 695.8351 (pause 0.45) 696.2884 494 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 696.2884 I mean these are all the things that we saw- 698.3738 495 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 698.3738 (pause 0.15) 698.5234 496 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 698.5234 You know, we've seen change over the years. 700.5014 497 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 700.5014 (pause 0.42) 700.9238 498 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 700.9238 The um, corner store that sits right there next to 703.2540 499 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 703.2540 (pause 0.15) 703.4036 500 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 703.4036 Kipp used to be 704.4236 501 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 704.4236 (pause 0.34) 704.7591 502 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 704.7591 a People's Drug Store. 705.8607 503 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 705.8607 (pause 0.66) 706.5249 504 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 706.5249 And if you go further up Benning Road, 708.1932 505 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 708.1932 (pause 1.00) 709.1951 506 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 709.1951 on 709.6575 507 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 709.6575 (pause 0.27) 709.9295 508 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 709.9295 the left hand side, right there- I think that's Benning Road and H, 712.4388 509 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 712.4388 (pause 0.51) 712.9510 510 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 712.9510 that used to be 713.8260 511 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 713.8260 (pause 0.59) 714.4154 512 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 714.4154 the only black owned 715.8207 513 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 715.8207 (pause 0.92) 716.7364 514 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 716.7364 record store 717.6613 515 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 717.6613 (pause 0.50) 718.1622 516 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 718.1622 on this side of town, and it was called Anne's Record Shop. 720.7327 517 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 720.7327 (pause 1.12) 721.8524 518 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 721.8524 And then 722.6322 519 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 722.6322 (pause 0.32) 722.9518 520 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 722.9518 where the hair braiding place is now, that used to be a cleaners. 725.8441 521 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 725.8441 (pause 0.68) 726.5241 522 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 726.5241 And then, 727.4852 523 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 727.4852 (pause 0.18) 727.6620 524 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 727.6620 the twenty four hour store 729.3122 525 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 729.3122 (pause 0.22) 729.5276 526 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 729.5276 used to be an actual Seven Eleven. 731.4135 527 DCB_int_01 732.5332 [Mm.] 732.9412 528 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 732.7278 [] 734.4082 529 DCB_int_01 733.4943 [So this neighborhood] has changed. [What do you-] 735.4165 530 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 734.9722 [It has] changed dramatically. 737.3908 531 DCB_int_01 737.6673 And do you foresee it changing it even more? 739.5306 532 DCB_int_01 739.5306 (pause 0.73) 740.2559 533 DCB_int_01 740.2559 Like, 740.5551 534 DCB_int_01 740.5551 (pause 0.22) 740.7705 535 DCB_int_01 740.7705 not even just like, the people, but I'm just saying like, as we continue to build. Cause it seems like they started building in the middle, and now they just expanding out, expanding out, expanding out. 748.9148 536 DCB_int_01 748.9148 (pause 0.85) 749.7671 537 DCB_int_01 749.7671 Or you think it's kind of at a point where it's gonna stand still? 751.9884 538 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 752.0202 I think it's gonna be the point where it stands still cause a lot of 756.0028 539 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 756.0028 (pause 1.06) 757.0591 540 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 757.0591 Ward Seven and Ward Eight 758.9903 541 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 758.9903 (pause 0.28) 759.2669 542 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 759.2669 are those lost wards where 761.5767 543 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 761.5767 (pause 0.46) 762.0391 544 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 762.0391 we're the last to get everything. 763.8570 545 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 763.8570 (pause 0.68) 764.5324 546 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 764.5324 /When- didn't/- And the sad part about it is Ward Eight is even 767.1505 547 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 767.1505 (pause 0.25) 767.3999 548 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 767.3999 last to get 768.0753 549 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 768.0753 (pause 0.69) 768.7644 550 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 768.7644 what [we get.] 769.5714 551 DCB_int_01 769.0409 [/inaudible/] Yeah. 770.1471 552 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 770.6186 So, 771.3122 553 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 771.3122 (pause 0.25) 771.5593 554 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 771.5593 I mean- And to me, 772.6609 555 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 772.6609 (pause 0.29) 772.9465 556 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 772.9465 the change, 773.8577 557 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 773.8577 (pause 2.44) 776.2967 558 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 776.2967 I don't think it will be accepted well. 778.0398 559 DCB_int_01 778.6972 Why not? 779.1188 560 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 779.2049 Because 779.9439 561 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 779.9439 (pause 0.55) 780.4924 562 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 780.4924 in these areas, you have a lot of places what they consider to be affordable housing. 785.5359 563 DCB_int_01 785.7489 Mm-hm. 786.2884 564 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 786.5287 And if you come in and you're remodeling and rebuilding, where- 789.7769 565 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 789.7769 (pause 0.15) 789.9310 566 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 789.9310 where are the people that can't 791.2230 567 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 791.2230 (pause 0.27) 791.4905 568 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 791.4905 afford 792.2204 569 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 792.2204 (pause 0.80) 793.0183 570 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 793.0183 market rent- Where are they gonna go? 794.8180 571 DCB_int_01 794.8996 Right. 795.2487 572 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 795.5638 You gonna push them out 796.6201 573 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 796.6201 (pause 0.37) 796.9873 574 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 796.9873 somewhere else. 797.8895 575 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 797.8895 (pause 0.71) 798.5967 576 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 798.5967 Or the ra- the rate of homelessne- ness is gonna go up. 801.9106 577 DCB_int_01 802.5793 Yeah, 802.9184 578 DCB_int_01 802.9184 (pause 0.15) 803.0679 579 DCB_int_01 803.0679 and it's already rough. Like, if you think about 805.7482 580 DCB_int_01 805.7482 (pause 0.18) 805.9295 581 DCB_int_01 805.9295 where you can get really fresh produce or 808.1260 582 DCB_int_01 808.1260 (pause 0.62) 808.7425 583 DCB_int_01 808.7425 you know, fresh food, like [beside] at the grocery store- It's 811.5668 584 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 810.6057 [Yeah.] 810.8777 585 DCB_int_01 811.8343 limited. 812.3828 586 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 812.7546 And um, actually our church did a um- 815.4180 587 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 815.4180 (pause 0.24) 815.6628 588 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 815.6628 They had a study group with someone from GW 818.9178 589 DCB_int_01 819.2261 Mm-hm. 819.5615 590 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 819.5865 about 820.1214 591 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 820.1214 (pause 0.44) 820.5657 592 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 820.5657 the changes 821.3953 593 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 821.3953 (pause 0.23) 821.6265 594 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 821.6265 in the dy- The changes in dynamics within Ward Seven. 824.8090 595 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 824.8090 (pause 0.58) 825.3870 596 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 825.3870 And I was telling her where- Like a lot of these government agencies- 829.9794 597 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 829.9794 (pause 0.36) 830.3375 598 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 830.3375 DHS for- is the prime [example]- I've really have a 833.1686 599 DCB_int_01 831.8948 [/example/] 832.4388 600 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 833.3681 big problem with them 834.4425 601 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 834.4425 (pause 0.73) 835.1679 602 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 835.1679 because 835.6983 603 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 835.6983 (pause 0.47) 836.1698 604 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 836.1698 you go over there- That's the one right there on Alabama Avenue. 838.7244 605 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 838.7244 (pause 0.75) 839.4769 606 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 839.4769 You go over there, 840.2975 607 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 840.2975 (pause 0.52) 840.8188 608 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 840.8188 and 841.2903 609 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 841.2903 (pause 0.65) 841.9386 610 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 841.9386 you're trying to get assistance, 843.2442 611 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 843.2442 (pause 0.17) 843.4097 612 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 843.4097 but the attitude- 844.2242 613 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 844.2242 (pause 0.75) 844.9782 614 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 844.9782 You got to deal with the attitude, and I actually had to tell somebody in there, 848.3919 615 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 848.3919 (pause 0.25) 848.6458 616 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 848.6458 Ma'am, you don't know my circumstance. 850.2982 617 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 850.2982 (pause 0.50) 850.8014 618 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 850.8014 You don't know what prompted me to get to where I am. I'm not one of these lazy individuals out here 855.8948 619 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 855.8948 (pause 0.42) 856.3164 620 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 856.3164 that's just looking for a handout, I lost my job. 858.4244 621 DCB_int_01 858.7417 Mm-hm. 859.2540 622 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 859.2948 So, that's why I'm here for this. 860.9314 623 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 860.9314 (pause 0.13) 861.0629 624 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 861.0629 I don't have to come here f- 862.1985 625 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 862.1985 (pause 0.29) 862.4932 626 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 862.4932 for the attitude. 863.4497 627 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 863.4497 (pause 0.73) 864.1796 628 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 864.1796 And 864.4516 629 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 864.4516 (pause 0.62) 865.0696 630 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 865.0696 these are things that you have to incur within our community. And like you said, the fresh fruit. 869.5223 631 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 869.5223 (pause 0.57) 870.0935 632 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 870.0935 You go look at the Safeway down there on- on Minnesota Avenue, 873.1717 633 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 873.1717 (pause 0.78) 873.9492 634 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 873.9492 it's terrible. 874.8130 635 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 874.8130 (pause 0.64) 875.4497 636 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 875.4497 And that's one of the only grocery stores that we have within the Ward Seven community on this side. 880.3073 637 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 880.3073 (pause 0.32) 880.6292 638 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 880.6292 So, 881.1052 639 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 881.1052 (pause 0.93) 882.0391 640 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 882.0391 if we don't go there, we have to have a car to go 884.5642 641 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 884.5642 (pause 0.26) 884.8271 642 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 884.8271 elsewhere. 885.4527 643 DCB_int_01 885.5593 Mm-hm. Cause I go there, 887.6764 644 DCB_int_01 887.6764 (pause 0.26) 887.9348 645 DCB_int_01 887.9348 you know sometimes just to get some bananas or something, and I'm just like, really? 891.1694 646 DCB_int_01 891.1694 (pause 0.21) 891.3779 647 DCB_int_01 891.3779 And then it's one line for fifty people. 893.9031 648 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 893.9257 Mm-hm. 894.2884 649 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 894.2884 (pause 0.29) 894.5740 650 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 894.5740 Mm-hm. 894.8505 651 DCB_int_01 894.8777 It's 895.1996 652 DCB_int_01 895.1996 (pause 0.36) 895.5586 653 DCB_int_01 895.5586 [awful.] 896.3077 654 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 895.5749 [And I-] I live in- I live in Mayfair 897.9450 655 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 898.8619 right over here um, 900.5689 656 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 900.5689 (pause 0.37) 900.9404 657 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 900.9404 901.0878 658 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 901.0878 (pause 0.25) 901.3415 659 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 901.3415 off of Kenilworth Avenue, 902.3895 660 DCB_int_01 902.6023 Uh-huh. 902.9584 661 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 903.1508 and 903.6298 662 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 903.6298 (pause 0.18) 903.8099 663 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 903.8099 I shouldn't have to leave outside of my community to go to the grocery store. 906.9240 664 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 906.9240 (pause 0.50) 907.4233 665 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 907.4233 But I do. I find myself traveling to Laurel or I'm going out to Forestville. 911.3694 666 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 911.3694 (pause 0.40) 911.7695 667 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 911.7695 You know, somewhere like that. 913.0058 668 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 913.0058 (pause 0.14) 913.1449 669 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 913.1449 So, 913.5952 670 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 913.5952 (pause 0.13) 913.7221 671 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 913.7221 in those aspects, when we were coming up, we had more grocery stores and [things like] that that we could choose from, 919.1408 672 DCB_int_01 917.3069 [Mm-hm.] 917.7531 673 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 919.7179 and 920.2214 674 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 920.2214 (pause 0.58) 920.7986 675 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 920.7986 it was better. 921.7360 676 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 921.7360 (pause 0.15) 921.8864 677 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 921.8864 You know, it was a lot better. Now, they just giving us what they feel like 925.2635 678 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 925.2635 (pause 0.16) 925.4231 679 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 925.4231 we should have. 926.1845 680 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 926.1845 (pause 0.88) 927.0646 681 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 927.0646 And 927.5927 682 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 927.5927 (pause 0.25) 927.8413 683 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 927.8413 if we don't voice our opinion, it's never gonna [change.] 930.1173 684 DCB_int_01 929.6957 [That's the-] Yep. 930.7354 685 DCB_int_01 931.0056 That's- That's the one thing [/gotta/.] 932.3650 686 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 932.0494 [And if] you look up and you see 933.7471 687 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 933.9027 corner store after corner store after corner store after corner store, 938.1957 688 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 938.1957 (pause 0.57) 938.7687 689 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 938.7687 come on now. 939.3705 690 DCB_int_01 939.7389 Mm-hm. 940.2342 691 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 940.2710 Not everybody is in the business of going to grab something 943.5816 692 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 943.5816 (pause 0.17) 943.7535 693 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 943.7535 quick to eat. 944.5231 694 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 944.5231 (pause 0.16) 944.6868 695 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 944.6868 [I cook.] 945.6897 696 DCB_int_01 944.7032 [Right.] 945.0961 697 DCB_int_01 945.7061 Mm-hm. 946.1645 698 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 946.2259 You can look at my son and tell 947.3352 699 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 947.3352 (pause 0.14) 947.4744 700 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 947.4744 I cook. So, 948.7638 701 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 948.7638 (pause 0.47) 949.2336 702 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 949.2336 you know, it's just things that 950.6130 703 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 950.6130 (pause 0.27) 950.8832 704 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 950.8832 they don't have to offer, but 952.2791 705 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 952.2791 (pause 0.47) 952.7498 706 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 952.7498 I'm not going anywhere . 953.9164 707 DCB_int_01 954.2388 Right. 954.5990 708 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 954.8160 [] 967.2866 709 DCB_int_01 954.8160 [How do you- How did you- Cause I- I know your son. I know /RD-NAME-1/, and I- The reason- And it's so funny how I know him because] 960.1937 710 DCB_int_01 960.1937 (pause 0.38) 960.5744 711 DCB_int_01 960.5744 [um,] 960.9715 712 DCB_int_01 960.9715 (pause 0.53) 961.5036 713 DCB_int_01 961.5036 [I do attendance, and I check attendance and things like that. So I see his name often, and I think y'all, um- The DC Trust-] 967.2948 714 DCB_int_01 967.8392 You were part of the DC Trust program, 969.8491 715 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 970.0241 [Mm-hm.] 970.4580 716 DCB_int_01 970.2083 [and] so, 970.8182 717 DCB_int_01 971.0351 I have to check their and send their attendance records in so I- I know /RD-NAME-1/, and I al- When I go over there, I say, hey Ch- You know, he probably doesn't know me, but I always say something. And when he lost his tooth it was so funny to me. [I thought it was so cute.] 981.3935 718 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 980.4275 [] 981.9462 719 DCB_int_01 982.0321 Anyway, 982.4783 720 DCB_int_01 982.4783 (pause 0.32) 982.8017 721 DCB_int_01 982.8017 um, how did you come to Boys- How did you come 984.9180 722 DCB_int_01 984.9180 (pause 0.23) 985.1503 723 DCB_int_01 985.1503 to bring him to the Boys and Girls Club? Was it here when you guys were 987.8478 724 DCB_int_01 987.8478 (pause 0.36) 988.2081 725 DCB_int_01 988.2081 younger? 988.5519 726 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 988.5560 No, but I did go to the Boys and Girls Club up in Georgetown every summer cause my mom worked at Georgetown University. 994.8493 727 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 994.8493 (pause 0.41) 995.2641 728 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 995.2641 So therefore, she had to /pus/- 996.9741 729 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 996.9741 (pause 0.25) 997.2238 730 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 997.2238 put me somewhere, and 998.7671 731 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 998.7671 (pause 0.37) 999.1396 732 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 999.1396 that's where I got a lot of expo- 1000.5108 733 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1000.5108 (pause 0.42) 1000.9325 734 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1000.9325 Here's where I got a lot of exposure to everything. 1003.2606 735 DCB_int_01 1003.5267 Mm. 1003.7273 736 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1003.8050 Um, 1004.2594 737 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1004.2594 (pause 0.34) 1004.5951 738 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1004.5951 I remember being in a Monopoly tournament, winning a [gold medal.] 1007.9384 739 DCB_int_01 1007.7664 [] 1009.3521 740 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1008.3927 [I remember us going] swimming. I remember us going 1010.7956 741 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1011.0576 on nature hikes through the woods. I re- I mean, 1013.4635 742 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1013.4635 (pause 0.37) 1013.8319 743 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1013.8319 these are all the things that I remember so, 1015.6371 744 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1015.6371 (pause 0.36) 1016.0014 745 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1016.0014 the experience that I had with the Boys and Girls Club, is what drew me here. 1020.1634 746 DCB_int_01 1020.4581 Mm-hm. 1020.7692 747 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1020.6955 And not only that, 1021.8048 748 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1022.0300 the aftercare is affordable. 1023.5926 749 DCB_int_01 1023.8628 [Mm-hm.] 1024.2681 750 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1024.0634 [Whereas] though, when he was at Arts and Technology, 1026.3189 751 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1026.7200 1026.8756 752 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1026.8756 (pause 0.54) 1027.4108 753 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1027.4108 first of all, they didn't give vouchers. 1028.9786 754 DCB_int_01 1029.5353 Hm. 1029.7727 755 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1029.6581 Second of all, 1030.4154 756 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1031.2913 y- 1031.4674 757 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1031.4674 (pause 0.45) 1031.9176 758 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1031.9176 y- I was paying three hundred and thirty six dollars a month 1034.6633 759 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1034.6633 (pause 0.52) 1035.1873 760 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1035.1873 just for aftercare. 1036.5258 761 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1036.5258 (pause 0.91) 1037.4345 762 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1037.4345 And 1038.0117 763 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1038.0117 (pause 0.36) 1038.3668 764 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1038.3668 for fifty dollars a month here, 1039.9019 765 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1039.9019 (pause 0.22) 1040.1188 766 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1040.1188 he gets exposed to a whole lot more 1041.7562 767 DCB_int_01 1042.4111 Mm-hm. 1042.8941 768 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1042.9750 versus 1043.4539 769 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1043.4539 (pause 0.16) 1043.6136 770 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1043.6136 yeah, 1043.9329 771 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1043.9329 (pause 0.16) 1044.0966 772 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1044.0966 you got- They fed him in the evenings. I can do that. 1046.7450 773 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1046.7450 (pause 0.24) 1046.9825 774 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1046.9825 I can cook, so- 1048.1276 775 DCB_int_01 1047.6672 [Right .] 1048.5497 776 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1048.6188 You know, they fed him in the evenings, and 1051.1567 777 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1051.1567 (pause 0.75) 1051.9017 778 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1051.9017 they did homework. They do that here. 1053.1912 779 DCB_int_01 1053.5023 Mm-hm. 1053.8584 780 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1054.4796 And, 1054.7456 781 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1054.7456 (pause 0.16) 1054.9094 782 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1054.9094 like I said I- my experience coming up was always a good one, so I wanted him to have, you know, that same- 1059.7550 783 DCB_int_01 1059.7836 So you went to Jelleff? 1060.9953 784 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1061.1918 [Yes.] 1061.7116 785 DCB_int_01 1061.2081 [with Bob.] 1062.0432 786 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1062.6081 I don't remember who. It's been so long. [I'm for-] 1064.8792 787 DCB_int_01 1064.2403 [Oh, but he's] been there for like forty ye- 1066.0578 788 DCB_int_01 1066.2748 He's probably been there longer than you've been alive. 1068.4525 789 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1068.5589 He probably [was-] 1069.6181 790 DCB_int_01 1069.4380 [The] little old- He's like a old- Well, he probably wasn't so old then, but 1072.6799 791 DCB_int_01 1073.2980 like, kind of a lanky white guy, 1075.2863 792 DCB_int_01 1075.2863 (pause 0.47) 1075.7572 793 DCB_int_01 1075.7572 and he's still- If you see him, you'll be like, yep, I [remember. Cause he start- I] think he was the pool guy at first. 1080.5096 794 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1077.8817 [] 1078.6840 795 DCB_int_01 1080.7379 And then he moved to do like, 1082.3343 796 DCB_int_01 1082.3343 (pause 0.32) 1082.6577 797 DCB_int_01 1082.6577 games and then [soccer] or something he used to do- And now he's like- He's been there [forever.] 1086.8933 798 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1083.6237 [Mm-hm.] 1083.9635 799 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1083.9635 (pause 2.65) 1086.6150 800 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1086.6150 [And just] like I send /RD-NAME-1/ here during spring break, 1089.3248 801 DCB_int_01 1089.3084 Mm-hm. 1089.7997 802 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1089.8365 I was there during [spring break.] 1091.5302 803 DCB_int_01 1090.7156 [Spring break.] 1091.5424 804 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1091.7594 You know? And it- it- 1092.6681 805 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1092.6681 (pause 0.29) 1092.9629 806 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1092.9629 it's just a good experience. And I tell 1094.9359 807 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1094.9359 (pause 0.47) 1095.4066 808 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1095.4066 any of my friends that have kids, 1097.0594 809 DCB_int_01 1097.0512 Mm-hm. 1097.3336 810 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1097.3745 Get 'em to the Boys and Girls Club. 1099.0651 811 DCB_int_01 1099.1388 It's a life changing- And I've never- I didn't, you know, know about the Boys and Girls Club, and I had one right up the street. 1104.3037 812 DCB_int_01 1104.3037 (pause 0.31) 1104.6107 813 DCB_int_01 1104.6107 But I was really involved in school, 1106.2358 814 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1106.2685 Mm-hm. 1106.6165 815 DCB_int_01 1106.6236 so I didn't go, you know, after school. I usually was at school until seven or eight o'clock. 1110.2709 816 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1110.2750 Mm-hm. 1110.6843 817 DCB_int_01 1110.9094 And so, 1111.5726 818 DCB_int_01 1111.5726 (pause 0.33) 1111.8990 819 DCB_int_01 1111.8990 um, I didn't know much about Boys and Girls Club til I moved here, and I was like, Oh my goodness. Like, it literally was probably- 1118.0463 820 DCB_int_01 1118.0463 (pause 0.52) 1118.5662 821 DCB_int_01 1118.5662 From here to Seven Eleven 1119.8925 822 DCB_int_01 1119.8925 (pause 0.19) 1120.0849 823 DCB_int_01 1120.0849 was the distance it was from- from my house. 1121.8857 824 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1121.9064 [Wow.] 1122.4959 825 DCB_int_01 1122.3145 [And didn't] know anything about it. 1123.8375 826 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1123.8743 And see that was one- Cause um, 1125.7696 827 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1125.7696 (pause 0.12) 1125.8924 828 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1125.8924 /RD-NAME-2/ school, Arts and Technology, ended up closing. 1128.4825 829 DCB_int_01 1128.9451 Mm. 1129.2152 830 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1129.4772 And I felt as it was time for him to have a change of scenery. 1132.8297 831 DCB_int_01 1133.0989 Mm-hm. 1133.4959 832 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1133.4755 And one of the reasons why I chose DC Prep where he goes to school at 1137.8135 833 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1138.0140 was because 1139.0333 834 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1139.0333 (pause 0.55) 1139.5859 835 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1139.5859 they still picked up 1140.4906 836 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1140.4906 (pause 0.23) 1140.7239 837 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1140.7239 from the Boys [and Girls Club.] 1142.1506 838 DCB_int_01 1141.3870 [Mm-hm. They have the bus] [after school], that brings 'em here. Mm-hm. 1144.1204 839 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1142.5240 [Mm-hm.] 1142.9251 840 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1144.5298 And I d- I mean, and I trust all the staff member here. They love /RD-NAME-1/ to death, even though they drive- He drives 'em crazy, but 1150.3823 841 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1150.3823 (pause 0.54) 1150.9186 842 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1150.9186 I- I- I trust 'em. 1152.1016 843 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1152.1016 (pause 0.14) 1152.2448 844 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1152.2448 I really do, 1152.9489 845 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1152.9489 (pause 0.21) 1153.1577 846 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1153.1577 and I know that they will look out for him. 1155.2770 847 DCB_int_01 1155.5595 Mm-hm. 1155.9320 848 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1155.9115 And that- that's important to me. 1157.3688 849 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1157.5775 [And-] 1157.8559 850 DCB_int_01 1157.5939 [It's like] another family. 1158.9028 851 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1158.9028 Yeah, and even my dad, 1160.2659 852 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1160.5647 he said, oh, 1161.1583 853 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1161.1583 (pause 0.30) 1161.4571 854 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1161.4571 I st- Cause when they send him the donation request, 1164.3061 855 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1164.3061 (pause 0.35) 1164.6530 856 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1164.6530 he said, oh, I make sure I give to them because /RD-NAME-1/ goes there. So he gives back in his own [way too as well], 1170.8453 857 DCB_int_01 1169.8175 [/Way/ Mm-hm.] 1170.9149 858 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1171.3734 which is good. 1172.1552 859 DCB_int_01 1172.3804 So do you have- Okay, let's 1173.6452 860 DCB_int_01 1173.6452 (pause 0.14) 1173.7803 861 DCB_int_01 1173.7803 before we go back- I want to go back to /RD-NAME-1/ for a minute, but I want to go- 1176.5692 862 DCB_int_01 1176.5692 (pause 0.40) 1176.9722 863 DCB_int_01 1176.9722 Do you have brothers and sisters? 1178.2043 864 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1178.3598 I have one brother. 1179.3586 865 DCB_int_01 1179.7270 Oh so it's just two of y'all. 1180.7617 866 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1180.8067 Yeah. 1181.2119 867 DCB_int_01 1181.2733 I talked to another lady she has- It was fifteen of them. 1183.8154 868 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1183.9791 Jesus. 1184.6995 869 DCB_int_01 1184.8182 I said, 1185.3749 870 DCB_int_01 1185.3749 (pause 0.26) 1185.6359 871 DCB_int_01 1185.6359 I can't imagine. [I'm- I'm a] one and one. Yeah. I'm the younger sister, 1189.1399 872 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1186.5528 [It's just-] 1187.1382 873 DCB_int_01 1189.4305 and I [have a older brother.] 1190.2164 874 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1189.6024 [I'm- And I'm-] I'm the youngest of the- It's [seven years] between me and my brother. [] 1195.2503 875 DCB_int_01 1191.3493 [w- w- w-] 1191.9526 876 DCB_int_01 1191.9526 (pause 0.33) 1192.2785 877 DCB_int_01 1192.2785 [Oh my- It's seven years between me and my brother!] 1194.3129 878 DCB_int_01 1194.3129 (pause 0.92) 1195.2299 879 DCB_int_01 1195.2299 Ah! 1195.7088 880 DCB_int_01 1196.1621 That's great. 1196.6370 881 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1196.7229 [Yeah-huh.] 1197.1773 882 DCB_int_01 1196.9767 [So I] know how it is to be the little sister, and like I don't- I don't- Mm-mm- And yeah- Always getting him in trouble cause I never got in trouble for anything. It was always his fault. 1203.5702 883 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1203.6071 Well we had our fair share. 1205.1871 884 DCB_int_01 1205.4900 Oh okay. [I'm sorry f-] 1207.1182 885 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1206.2790 [But he used to just] torture me. 1207.8959 886 DCB_int_01 1208.4895 Yeah, [that's the-] that's- 1209.8076 887 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1209.0789 [He-] 1209.4760 888 DCB_int_01 1210.0859 Mm-hm. 1210.4543 889 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1210.4912 Let me see. He's burned my ear tryna curl my hair. 1213.2286 890 DCB_int_01 1214.2397 [] 1215.9121 891 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1214.4771 [Um, he burnt] my leg tryna put creases in some socks. [] 1221.0092 892 DCB_int_01 1218.8479 [] 1220.8700 893 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1221.9947 See, my mother- my mother when we were coming up, 1224.3075 894 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1224.3075 (pause 0.29) 1224.6022 895 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1224.6022 she 1225.3472 896 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1225.3472 (pause 0.19) 1225.5396 897 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1225.5396 went to school at night, 1226.7349 898 DCB_int_01 1226.9150 [Mm-hm.] 1227.4635 899 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1227.0542 [and] 1227.2998 900 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1227.7449 that's how she finally earned her Bachelor's degree. 1230.0577 901 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1230.0577 (pause 0.25) 1230.3074 902 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1230.3074 And I think it was in 1231.3308 903 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1231.3308 (pause 0.67) 1232.0021 904 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1232.0021 eighty seven or eighty eight, she earned her Bachelor's degree. 1234.2402 905 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1234.2402 (pause 0.70) 1234.9361 906 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1234.9361 So of course, 1235.7588 907 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1235.7588 (pause 0.43) 1236.1887 908 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1236.1887 I had to stay home with my brother. 1237.5845 909 DCB_int_01 1237.6213 Mm-hm. 1238.1412 910 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1238.3244 I know this so- may sound gross, but he sat on my head and farted before. I mean he's 1243.0482 911 DCB_int_01 1243.1782 [So he did] all them little- big brother stuff. 1245.2494 912 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1243.1823 [done-] 1243.5630 913 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1243.5630 (pause 1.68) 1245.2413 914 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1245.2413 Yes! 1245.7693 915 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1245.9658 But 1246.2278 916 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1246.2278 (pause 0.20) 1246.4283 917 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1246.4283 if something was to happen or somebody messes with me, 1249.2109 918 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1249.2109 (pause 0.29) 1249.5015 919 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1249.5015 he was on it, 1250.0664 920 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1250.0664 (pause 0.61) 1250.6804 921 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1250.6804 dead on it. Cause I remember 1252.1663 922 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1252.1663 (pause 0.50) 1252.6657 923 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1252.6657 one of the girls we grew up with, 1253.8364 924 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1253.8364 (pause 0.95) 1254.7892 925 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1254.7892 she smacked me in my face. 1256.1318 926 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1256.1318 (pause 0.46) 1256.5903 927 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1256.5903 It didn't hurt that bad 1257.8592 928 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1257.8592 (pause 0.62) 1258.4814 929 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1258.4814 but I saw my brother standing over there, so [I /crowd/] 1261.0020 930 DCB_int_01 1260.2963 [Oh.] 1260.6204 931 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1261.2803 real loud. 1262.1972 932 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1262.1972 (pause 0.34) 1262.5329 933 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1262.5329 And he came to my rescue. [] 1264.9059 934 DCB_int_01 1264.3412 [You /made/ it-] You made it- [It di- It might not even hurt.] 1266.4943 935 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1265.3563 [] 1266.4984 936 DCB_int_01 1266.8608 [Ah!] 1267.5709 937 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1266.8873 [] 1267.5709 938 DCB_int_01 1267.7387 You had to fall out. 1268.5124 939 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1268.5206 I was like, [ah!] I remember it like [it was yesterday. ] 1272.3100 940 DCB_int_01 1268.7621 [Do the whole, act it all up.] 1270.1129 941 DCB_int_01 1270.1129 (pause 0.84) 1270.9551 942 DCB_int_01 1270.9551 [] 1272.3100 943 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1272.7890 I remember we used to camp outside at night 1275.4404 944 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1275.4404 (pause 0.89) 1276.3288 945 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1276.3288 in the front yard. 1277.3398 946 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1277.3398 (pause 0.86) 1278.1954 947 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1278.1954 One, two o'clock in the morning, we outside [with our /home made/-] 1281.0679 948 DCB_int_01 1280.0896 [And see kids don't do-] 1281.0556 949 DCB_int_01 1281.2071 They can't do that today. 1282.2182 950 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1282.2959 No they- You can't, but 1283.9702 951 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1283.9702 (pause 0.98) 1284.9485 952 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1284.9485 like, /RD-NAME-1/- I make him go outside. 1286.9041 953 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1286.9041 (pause 0.52) 1287.4281 954 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1287.4281 He is not one of those kids that has to have video games. 1290.6445 955 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1290.6445 (pause 0.45) 1291.0907 956 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1291.0907 Cause actually he's been punished from his video games since January, and he hasn't even aksed for it. 1295.7613 957 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1295.7613 (pause 0.72) 1296.4807 958 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1296.4807 He would rather go outside, 1297.7210 959 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1297.7210 (pause 0.47) 1298.1917 960 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1298.1917 and I'm like this, goodbye. 1299.4443 961 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1299.4443 (pause 0.17) 1299.6162 962 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1299.6162 Go ahead. Cause that's what we did. 1301.1103 963 DCB_int_01 1301.2076 Mm-hm. 1301.7806 964 DCB_int_01 1301.7806 (pause 0.25) 1302.0344 965 DCB_int_01 1302.0344 We don't have enough of that. 1303.3443 966 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1303.4098 [Mm-mm.] 1303.9215 967 DCB_int_01 1303.6759 [Kids] will sit in front of a TV all day. 1305.5793 968 DCB_int_01 1305.8127 Don't know nothing about a bike, 1307.3303 969 DCB_int_01 1307.3303 (pause 0.53) 1307.8584 970 DCB_int_01 1307.8584 double dutch, [hopscotch.] 1309.4343 971 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1308.4928 [He actually taught] hisself how to ride his bike 1311.0799 972 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1312.5075 one day (laughing). 1313.1133 973 DCB_int_01 1314.2635 Did he have a lot of accidents? 1315.7699 974 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1315.9296 No! 1316.4003 975 DCB_int_01 1316.6572 Really? 1317.0911 976 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1317.0155 He just happened to take his bike outside one day- No, what happened was his tire was flat, so he was like, mom! 1322.1382 977 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1322.6039 The man said that he can um, 1324.8962 978 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1324.8962 (pause 0.41) 1325.3096 979 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1325.3096 fix your t- fix my tire for me. 1327.3195 980 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1327.3195 (pause 0.40) 1327.7237 981 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1327.7237 So I said, what man? 1328.9845 982 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1328.9845 (pause 0.80) 1329.7827 983 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1329.7827 So I walked over there- 1331.4733 984 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1331.4733 (pause 1.38) 1332.8518 985 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1332.8518 I'm tryna turn my [phone off.] 1334.0389 986 DCB_int_01 1333.6950 [Oh, it's] okay. 1334.4973 987 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1334.5301 I walked over there to him and um- 1337.2481 988 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1337.2481 (pause 3.45) 1340.7019 989 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1340.7019 walked over there and was like, he's not over here bugging you is he? He was like, no, my- I'm'a come out here with my son, and 1346.1165 990 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1346.1165 (pause 0.33) 1346.4481 991 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1346.4481 I- 1346.6405 992 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1346.6405 (pause 0.15) 1346.7919 993 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1346.7919 /I have to/ do all the little boys' bikes. So, 1348.4825 994 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1348.4825 (pause 0.23) 1348.7148 995 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1348.7148 the guy was like, I'm'a tighten up his training wheels, too. 1350.8557 996 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1350.8557 (pause 0.31) 1351.1627 997 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1351.1627 /RD-NAME-1/ was like, I don't want my training wheels on! So I said, 1353.8517 998 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1353.8517 (pause 0.32) 1354.1703 999 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1354.1703 well just keep 'em on for right now. So the next day, he went outside with his bike. He come back in the house. Mom, one of my training wheels came off. 1360.2398 1000 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1360.2398 (pause 0.26) 1360.5018 1001 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1360.5018 He took it off. 1361.2386 1002 DCB_int_01 1361.5047 [] 1363.0929 1003 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1361.9018 So (laughing), 1362.4912 1004 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1363.3713 I said, [well-] 1364.2473 1005 DCB_int_01 1363.8492 [But it] came off. [Mm-hm.] 1365.4666 1006 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1365.2164 [I said], well, guess what? 1366.7514 1007 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1367.3818 If 1367.8280 1008 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1367.8280 (pause 0.15) 1367.9795 1009 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1367.9795 that happened, 1368.6099 1010 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1368.6099 (pause 0.18) 1368.7859 1011 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1368.7859 I don't know how you gonna ride your bike cause I'm not buying no more training wheels /w-/. 1371.5970 1012 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1371.5970 (pause 0.88) 1372.4771 1013 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1372.4771 So then the next day 1373.4022 1014 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1373.4022 (pause 0.24) 1373.6437 1015 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1373.6437 he went back out there. 1374.5484 1016 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1374.5484 (pause 0.43) 1374.9792 1017 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1374.9792 The other one mysteriously came off, and he was like, ma, I know how to ride my bike now. I said, no you don't. 1379.7255 1018 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1379.7255 (pause 0.49) 1380.2168 1019 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1380.2168 Yes I do. So then, 1381.6403 1020 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1381.6403 (pause 0.17) 1381.8122 1021 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1381.8122 where the walk way is, my bedroom window is right there. He was right there on his bike on the walk way. 1385.8718 1022 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1385.8718 (pause 0.43) 1386.2975 1023 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1386.2975 So I said, /RD-NAME-1/, you don't know how to ride your bike. He said, yes I do. I said, let me see. 1390.1699 1024 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1390.1699 (pause 0.48) 1390.6529 1025 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1390.6529 He got on his bike and took off. My heart just melted cause I was like, that's not my baby anymore! 1395.8587 1026 DCB_int_01 1395.8547 Growing up. 1396.4441 1027 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1396.6846 I was like, wow. 1398.3179 1028 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1398.3179 (pause 0.34) 1398.6535 1029 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1398.6535 So then he gets on the phone and calls Dad. 1400.2008 1030 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1400.2008 (pause 0.50) 1400.6962 1031 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1400.6962 I need a bigger bike. 1401.6172 1032 DCB_int_01 1401.8945 Uh! 1402.6190 1033 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1402.9834 So now he- he got a bigger bike. 1404.5962 1034 DCB_int_01 1405.1447 Well he, 1405.6400 1035 DCB_int_01 1405.6400 (pause 0.27) 1405.9061 1036 DCB_int_01 1405.9061 Ay. 1406.1558 1037 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1406.2202 And I want one that switch gears, too. I said, okay. 1409.1184 1038 DCB_int_01 1409.1102 Oh, wow. 1409.9330 1039 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1410.3751 He's fancy. 1411.0300 1040 DCB_int_01 1410.9519 Mm-hm. 1411.4803 1041 DCB_int_01 1411.8313 It wasn't just the regular little give me something. Mm-mm. 1414.0417 1042 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1414.0376 [Mm-mm.] 1414.4552 1043 DCB_int_01 1414.2464 [I got]- I- It need to be this color with this and this and this. 1417.1886 1044 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1417.2295 Mm-hm. 1417.8230 1045 DCB_int_01 1417.8230 And he's seven now. 1418.9201 1046 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1418.8832 S- He's seven. [He'll be-] 1419.7646 1047 DCB_int_01 1419.4604 [And he's] been going to the Boys and Girl- for a year and a half? Two years? 1422.4977 1048 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1422.8365 Two- 1423.0411 1049 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1423.0411 (pause 0.28) 1423.3236 1050 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1423.3236 Two years. 1423.9581 1051 DCB_int_01 1423.9703 Two years. 1424.5680 1052 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1425.1697 Getting ready to go into his third year. 1426.7989 1053 DCB_int_01 1426.8275 Okay. 1427.3147 1054 DCB_int_01 1427.3147 (pause 0.24) 1427.5552 1055 DCB_int_01 1427.5552 Oh, he one of our long termers. 1429.1025 1056 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1429.1802 Mm-hm. 1429.5978 1057 DCB_int_01 1429.5814 Mm-hm. 1430.0521 1058 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1430.1831 And he's doing a be- He's gonna be here. Uh-huh. [He's gonna be a-] 1432.8357 1059 DCB_int_01 1430.9404 [/He gonna be l-/] 1431.9065 1060 DCB_int_01 1431.9065 (pause 0.40) 1432.3035 1061 DCB_int_01 1432.3035 [He's gonna be a] 1432.8357 1062 DCB_int_01 1432.9994 junior staff. [/unintelligible/] 1434.7708 1063 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1434.2510 [That's right.] 1434.9878 1064 DCB_int_01 1435.0287 That's right. We need a- [We] need especially black males. Like, 1438.7036 1065 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1436.1421 [Mm-hm.] 1436.6088 1066 DCB_int_01 1439.1293 not even just Boys and Girls- Like I'm just saying, the state of [black males right now-] 1442.9730 1067 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1441.6795 [And see, a lot of times] he gets a chance to have that interaction with males. 1446.8853 1068 DCB_int_01 1447.0245 Mm-hm. 1447.3970 1069 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1447.3847 Yeah, my dad is around. My dad is seventy three. 1449.7129 1070 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1450.6421 My brother is around, but he works all the time. 1453.3110 1071 DCB_int_01 1453.3601 Mm-hm. 1453.7449 1072 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1453.5893 So, 1454.2238 1073 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1454.6321 and /RD-NAME-2/ father does not step up to the plate like he should 1458.6519 1074 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1458.6519 (pause 0.40) 1459.0479 1075 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1459.0479 as a father 1459.9566 1076 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1459.9566 (pause 0.18) 1460.1327 1077 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1460.1327 of a young black male. 1461.3311 1078 DCB_int_01 1461.3279 Mm-hm. 1461.8314 1079 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1461.9624 So, a lot of the interaction that he gets between here and church 1465.5145 1080 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1465.5145 (pause 1.15) 1466.6606 1081 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1466.6606 is the only [interaction he gets] with a male. So, 1468.9652 1082 DCB_int_01 1467.4097 [/interaction he-/] 1467.9299 1083 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1470.3437 like I tell /Mr. Jack/, take him under your wing. 1472.0425 1084 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1472.0425 (pause 0.26) 1472.3045 1085 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1472.3045 [] And he was like, that's my boy. I'm'a make sure he alright. I said, and if you need to jack him up, go ahead. Cause guess what? It takes a [village.] 1478.6769 1086 DCB_int_01 1472.4846 [Mm-hm.] 1472.9635 1087 DCB_int_01 1472.9635 (pause 5.22) 1478.1869 1088 DCB_int_01 1478.1869 [Village.] 1478.6769 1089 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1479.2295 And 1479.8271 1090 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1479.8271 (pause 0.66) 1480.4852 1091 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1480.4852 between here and church, 1482.3845 1092 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1482.3845 (pause 0.55) 1482.9330 1093 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1482.9330 that's my village. 1483.8950 1094 DCB_int_01 1483.9073 What church do you go to? 1484.7178 1095 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1484.7587 Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, right off Sheriff Road. 1487.0950 1096 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1487.0950 (pause 1.60) 1488.6996 1097 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1488.6996 It's um, right up the street from D- Uh, First Baptist Church of Deanwood. 1492.4277 1098 DCB_int_01 1492.6119 Okay. 1492.9394 1099 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1493.2218 Forty six eleven Sheriff Road. 1494.8142 1100 DCB_int_01 1494.9615 Okay, I'm'a have to come visit. I [always like to ask] where [people go.] 1498.1296 1101 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1496.3441 [Please!] 1496.9336 1102 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1496.9336 (pause 0.70) 1497.6376 1103 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1497.6376 [Our Family] and Friends Day is August second. 1499.7744 1104 DCB_int_01 1500.2492 Okay. 1500.6668 1105 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1500.7650 Um, 1501.1211 1106 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1501.1211 (pause 0.23) 1501.3493 1107 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1501.3493 both seven forty five and eleven ser- eleven o'clock service. I got to sing in both of those services. It's gonna be dynamic. 1506.1509 1108 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1506.1509 (pause 0.59) 1506.7394 1109 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1506.7394 Cause we're gonna have a um, pastor from /Rafting/ Creek, South Carolina come up and preach 1511.1193 1110 DCB_int_01 1511.6382 [Okay.] 1512.1867 1111 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1511.6392 [for Family and] Friends Day, so please come out. 1513.6030 1112 DCB_int_01 1513.7135 /Say/- I- I- I like to do the early, so I'll probably come to the seven forty five. 1517.5900 1113 DCB_int_01 1517.5900 (pause 0.49) 1518.0761 1114 DCB_int_01 1518.0761 Um, 1518.6819 1115 DCB_int_01 1518.6819 (pause 0.40) 1519.0831 1116 DCB_int_01 1519.0831 so 1519.5743 1117 DCB_int_01 1519.5743 (pause 0.13) 1519.7053 1118 DCB_int_01 1519.7053 let me ask you this. W- Are you close to any of your other family? I know you have your dad, 1523.5930 1119 DCB_int_01 1523.5930 (pause 0.22) 1523.8140 1120 DCB_int_01 1523.8140 do your um- aunts, uncles? 1525.8444 1121 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1526.1514 Well my mom was a only child, 1527.9934 1122 DCB_int_01 1528.2585 Oh! 1528.6719 1123 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1529.2286 and my dad has 1531.4923 1124 DCB_int_01 1533.0636 /Sorry./ 1533.5174 1125 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1533.6403 two brothers and a sister. 1535.3022 1126 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1535.3022 (pause 1.67) 1536.9764 1127 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1536.9764 They're not as close 1538.3004 1128 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1538.3004 (pause 0.28) 1538.5841 1129 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1538.5841 as I think family should be. 1540.8150 1130 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1540.8150 (pause 0.36) 1541.1753 1131 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1541.1753 They're close, but they're not real close cause 1543.1237 1132 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1543.1237 (pause 0.19) 1543.3110 1133 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1543.3110 one uncle lives in North Carolina and another one is in Michigan, and then 1546.2542 1134 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1546.2542 (pause 0.62) 1546.8723 1135 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1546.8723 my aunt is in Kansas. 1548.6202 1136 DCB_int_01 1549.0694 Oh, so y'all kind of- geographically they're spread out, [so-] 1551.8611 1137 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1551.4027 [Yeah.] 1551.8652 1138 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1552.2418 But 1552.4956 1139 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1552.4956 (pause 0.24) 1552.7330 1140 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1552.7330 they come down every s- Like when my great aunt passed in New York, um, 1556.4939 1141 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1556.4939 (pause 0.75) 1557.2430 1142 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1557.2430 the middle of 1557.8406 1143 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1557.8406 (pause 0.23) 1558.0698 1144 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1558.0698 last summer, 1558.7207 1145 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1558.7207 (pause 0.48) 1559.1996 1146 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1559.1996 my uncles were here. 1560.2465 1147 DCB_int_01 1560.4144 Mm-hm. 1560.7091 1148 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1560.7050 My aunt didn't come down, but my uncles were here. 1562.4815 1149 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1562.8295 So we got a chance to spend time with them, and 1565.1863 1150 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1565.1863 (pause 0.16) 1565.3500 1151 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1565.3500 /RD-NAME-1/ got a chance to, you know, interact with them. 1567.8061 1152 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1567.8061 (pause 0.55) 1568.3546 1153 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1568.3546 But like as far as my cousins and things like that are concerned, 1571.7838 1154 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1571.7838 (pause 0.52) 1572.3078 1155 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1572.3078 my mother had cous- her cou- her first cousins, and we grew up with their children, 1577.2639 1156 DCB_int_01 1577.6078 [Mm-hm.] 1578.1666 1157 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1577.8984 [and then] we always had extended family cause my godmother is here. She had five girls, 1582.6580 1158 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1583.1902 and um, 1584.2667 1159 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1584.2667 (pause 0.63) 1584.8971 1160 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1584.8971 I do have 1585.5029 1161 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1585.5029 (pause 0.19) 1585.6902 1162 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1585.6902 m- one of my girlfriends, 1586.9305 1163 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1586.9305 (pause 0.17) 1587.0984 1164 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1587.0984 we say we're sisters 1588.2200 1165 DCB_int_01 1588.3141 [Mm-hm.] 1588.7726 1166 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1588.5884 [Cause] we've been friends since she was three and I was six. So that's my [sister. 1592.0340 1167 DCB_int_01 1591.5998 [Sister, yeah.] 1592.3901 1168 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1592.4433 So 1592.8404 1169 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1592.8404 (pause 0.23) 1593.0737 1170 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1593.0737 her and I sometimes are each other's backbone. We're each other's support system, too, as far as 1598.6029 1171 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1598.6029 (pause 0.36) 1598.9631 1172 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1598.9631 anything is concerned. 1600.3181 1173 DCB_int_01 1600.7806 And do- 1601.2268 1174 DCB_int_01 1601.2268 (pause 0.18) 1601.4059 1175 DCB_int_01 1601.4059 Do you all like get together, do family stuff? [Like go to] [reunions], 1605.3315 1176 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1603.6491 [I do f-] 1604.1485 1177 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1604.1485 (pause 0.77) 1604.9221 1178 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1604.9221 [I- I-] 1605.3315 1179 DCB_int_01 1605.5116 Sunday dinner? 1606.3180 1180 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1606.4275 No, I do Sunday dinner every Sunday at my house. 1608.7976 1181 DCB_int_01 1608.9777 Okay, I'm [coming over.] 1609.8817 1182 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1609.3011 [Um-] 1609.7800 1183 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1610.1894 Please do. 1610.7493 1184 DCB_int_01 1610.7493 Mm-hm. 1610.9712 1185 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1610.9637 And- I- 1611.4952 1186 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1611.7449 People like, well why do you cook so much? 1613.7169 1187 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1613.7169 (pause 0.40) 1614.1180 1188 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1614.1180 Because 1614.4864 1189 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1614.4864 (pause 0.23) 1614.7198 1190 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1614.7198 I grew up 1615.3051 1191 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1615.3051 (pause 0.20) 1615.5098 1192 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1615.5098 in a family- with my mom. 1616.9138 1193 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1616.9138 (pause 0.42) 1617.3344 1194 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1617.3344 If you come past, 1618.5338 1195 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1618.5338 (pause 0.92) 1619.4548 1196 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1619.4548 and it's Sunday, 1620.8916 1197 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1620.8916 (pause 0.24) 1621.1331 1198 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1621.1331 I can offer you a meal. 1622.1688 1199 DCB_int_01 1622.3560 Mm-hm. 1622.7572 1200 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1622.8063 And I'm a firm deliver in Sunday dinner because Sunday starts your week off, 1626.2652 1201 DCB_int_01 1626.4290 Mm-hm. 1626.9161 1202 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1626.9775 so I do two meats, the fresh vegetable, 1629.5390 1203 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1629.5390 (pause 0.21) 1629.7477 1204 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1629.7477 a starch, maybe two starches depending on /?/ in the day, 1632.4412 1205 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1632.4412 (pause 0.24) 1632.6786 1206 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1632.6786 that's how I- 1633.3499 1207 DCB_int_01 1633.8974 Okay- Amen. So I- Yes. 1635.5062 1208 DCB_int_01 1635.5062 (pause 0.17) 1635.6740 1209 DCB_int_01 1635.6740 /Cut me a little ?/ 1637.1926 1210 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1637.2868 [] 1638.8780 1211 DCB_int_01 1637.6992 [Thank you. Yes.] 1639.3898 1212 DCB_int_01 1639.9137 Um, 1640.3026 1213 DCB_int_01 1640.3026 (pause 0.34) 1640.6465 1214 DCB_int_01 1640.6465 alright so let's talk a little bit about school if you don't mind for a few minutes. Um, so you went to /RD-SCHOOL-5/, 1647.0805 1215 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1647.1802 Mm-hm. 1647.5293 1216 DCB_int_01 1647.6190 /RD-SCHOOL-2/, and then /RD-SCHOOL-3/. 1649.3634 1217 DCB_int_01 1649.3634 (pause 0.79) 1650.1575 1218 DCB_int_01 1650.1575 Tell me a little bit about 1651.4224 1219 DCB_int_01 1651.4224 (pause 0.53) 1651.9505 1220 DCB_int_01 1651.9505 school. Did you have a favorite teacher? What was your favorite subject? 1655.2365 1221 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1655.4452 My favorite teacher at elementary school was Miss /RD-NAME-4/. 1659.5304 1222 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1659.5304 (pause 1.30) 1660.8352 1223 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1660.8352 She was 1661.4370 1224 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1661.4370 (pause 0.20) 1661.6375 1225 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1661.6375 the 1662.4521 1226 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1662.4521 (pause 0.15) 1662.5995 1227 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1662.5995 best eighth grade teacher cause she cared about her kids, 1665.6726 1228 DCB_int_01 1665.8855 Mm. 1666.1110 1229 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1666.0042 and we cared about her. 1667.2322 1230 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1667.7398 And she's actually the principal over at 1670.3596 1231 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1670.3596 (pause 0.22) 1670.5755 1232 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1670.5755 um- 1671.2264 1233 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1671.2264 (pause 0.32) 1671.5457 1234 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1671.5457 1671.7217 1235 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1671.7217 (pause 0.75) 1672.4749 1236 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1672.4749 I can't think of the name of the elementary school, but it's on- right on Minnesota Avenue. 1676.5877 1237 DCB_int_01 1676.6369 /?/ 1676.9602 1238 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1677.4433 No. 1677.6889 1239 DCB_int_01 1677.9713 Pass- 1678.4625 1240 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1678.4912 Minnesota and 1679.3303 1241 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1679.3303 (pause 0.52) 1679.8502 1242 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1679.8502 uh, Eli Place. 1681.0567 1243 DCB_int_01 1681.7526 Oh um, mm-hm. 1683.3368 1244 DCB_int_01 1683.3368 (pause 0.74) 1684.0777 1245 DCB_int_01 1684.0777 I can see it. 1684.8309 1246 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1684.8513 I can see it too, but I can't [think of the name.] 1686.9584 1247 DCB_int_01 1686.1725 [Think of the name.] 1686.9625 1248 DCB_int_01 1687.6502 Yup. 1687.8549 1249 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1688.0063 But that's the school that she's at, and she impacted all of our lives cause she's one that- 1693.3636 1250 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1693.3636 (pause 1.17) 1694.5384 1251 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1694.5384 She just didn't accept- When it came down to her kids, she just didn't accept no for an answer. 1699.3062 1252 DCB_int_01 1699.5723 Mm-hm. 1699.8507 1253 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1700.3623 And her heart was there. 1702.0845 1254 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1702.0845 (pause 0.69) 1702.7764 1255 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1702.7764 And actually after our class left, she left the school . 1705.8833 1256 DCB_int_01 1706.5414 [Oh], and then that's when she- And so she's been principal since then, or did she do some other things [and then come back?] 1711.5926 1257 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1706.5506 1706.7225 1258 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1706.7225 (pause 4.18) 1710.9009 1259 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1710.9009 [I think she's been] principal since then. 1712.9670 1260 DCB_int_01 1713.0735 Oh so she's been there for a [minute.] 1714.5921 1261 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1714.1541 [Mm-hm.] 1714.5962 1262 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1715.0506 [Mm-hm.] 1715.3985 1263 DCB_int_01 1715.1570 [Okay.] 1715.6687 1264 DCB_int_01 1715.9593 Yeah, I can see it just as plain as day. 1717.7318 1265 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1718.2383 What [is the name?] (whispering) 1719.0857 1266 DCB_int_01 1718.4553 [Can't think of the] name of the place. 1719.8798 1267 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1722.3758 Mm. 1722.5968 1268 DCB_int_01 1722.7728 It'll probably come to me, [just when] you're [not even] thinking about. 1725.3476 1269 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1723.6979 [Uh-huh.] 1724.2628 1270 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1724.2628 (pause 0.09) 1724.3529 1271 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1724.3529 [I-] 1724.6558 1272 DCB_int_01 1725.7283 Did you have a favorite subject? 1726.7598 1273 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1728.6172 Mm, no. 1729.0716 1274 DCB_int_01 1729.4113 [No?] 1729.6733 1275 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1729.4154 [I wa-] 1729.8043 1276 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1730.1850 1730.4388 1277 DCB_int_01 1731.2697 Did you [/you didn't like sch-/?] 1732.2685 1278 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1731.4089 [School wasn't] my big- 1732.7556 1279 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1733.0944 It wasn't my big- I- I did it because I had [to], 1735.6364 1280 DCB_int_01 1735.4440 [Mm-hm.] 1736.1317 1281 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1736.2504 but it wasn't one- 1737.2001 1282 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1737.2001 (pause 0.40) 1737.6012 1283 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1737.6012 anything that I enjoyed 1738.7914 1284 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1738.7914 (pause 0.26) 1739.0493 1285 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1739.0493 until I got to /RD-SCHOOL-5/. 1740.7644 1286 DCB_int_01 1741.5667 Why? 1741.8451 1287 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1742.3404 I was on a pom squad. 1743.4579 1288 DCB_int_01 1744.5171 So it wasn't even school that you- [You liked all the extra curricular- It wasn't even the school that you] was like, oh [God.] 1749.5592 1289 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1745.8925 [] 1748.4222 1290 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1748.4222 (pause 0.87) 1749.2931 1291 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1749.2931 [And then] part of the reason, my brother graduated from /RD-SCHOOL-2/, too, 1751.8228 1292 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1752.0807 when it was all boys. 1753.1081 1293 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1753.1081 (pause 0.29) 1753.3988 1294 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1753.3988 I was the second graduating class 1755.0269 1295 DCB_int_01 1755.5468 [/That it was-/] 1755.9889 1296 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1755.6532 [um], of coed. 1756.5988 1297 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1757.4830 Do you remember Coach /Battle/? 1758.8215 1298 DCB_int_01 1759.3209 Mm-hm. 1759.5870 1299 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1759.9953 He 1760.3146 1300 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1760.3146 (pause 0.33) 1760.6421 1301 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1760.6421 was the first graduating class 1762.0625 1302 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1762.0625 (pause 0.23) 1762.2958 1303 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1762.2958 from /RD-SCHOOL-2/ 1762.8198 1304 DCB_int_01 1763.9905 [Okay.] 1764.6209 1305 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1764.1297 [in the co ed] 1764.8706 1306 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1764.9965 in- uh- when we went coed. So he came out in ninety, and I came out in ninety one. 1768.6151 1307 DCB_int_01 1768.8934 Mm, okay. 1769.8840 1308 DCB_int_01 1769.8840 (pause 0.60) 1770.4847 1309 DCB_int_01 1770.4847 I didn't realize he was that old. Like, I didn't realize- I thought- Not old, like, oh, he's old but I didn't realize- thought we were closer in age. 1776.7753 1310 DCB_int_01 1776.7753 (pause 0.41) 1777.1846 1311 DCB_int_01 1777.1846 Um, 1777.8068 1312 DCB_int_01 1777.8068 (pause 0.50) 1778.3062 1313 DCB_int_01 1778.3062 but we're ten years- Okay. 1779.5343 1314 DCB_int_01 1779.5343 (pause 0.18) 1779.7144 1315 DCB_int_01 1779.7144 Alright. 1780.2056 1316 DCB_int_01 1780.2056 (pause 0.34) 1780.5484 1317 DCB_int_01 1780.5484 And did- 1781.1359 1318 DCB_int_01 1781.1359 (pause 0.92) 1782.0589 1319 DCB_int_01 1782.0589 so you were on the pom squad. What was your favorite 1784.3962 1320 DCB_int_01 1784.3962 (pause 0.22) 1784.6173 1321 DCB_int_01 1784.6173 moment of that- I m- Just being a part of something, was it a competition you all went [to?] 1789.4506 1322 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1789.2050 [We] did band competitions. We went to Florida and did a band competition, 1794.1202 1323 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1794.6523 and we loved our band director, Miss Nines. 1798.6505 1324 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1798.6505 (pause 0.45) 1799.0967 1325 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1799.0967 She was a feisty white lady (whispering) [] 1802.0890 1326 DCB_int_01 1801.7654 [] 1802.6480 1327 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1802.7552 that didn't take no for an [answer] again, 1804.7323 1328 DCB_int_01 1803.9833 [/Answer./] 1804.2166 1329 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1805.0680 and when it came down to her kids, 1806.8896 1330 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1806.8896 (pause 0.18) 1807.0656 1331 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1807.0656 she was involved. 1808.2599 1332 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1808.2599 (pause 0.92) 1809.1809 1333 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1809.1809 You know, in every aspect. If our grades was slipping, she would pull us by the shirt collar and say, look, get it together, else you're gonna be off my team. 1816.7285 1334 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1816.7285 (pause 0.54) 1817.2644 1335 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1817.2644 So she made sure that her kids were 1819.6924 1336 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1819.6924 (pause 0.43) 1820.1205 1337 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1820.1205 on top of their [game.] 1821.2605 1338 DCB_int_01 1820.6977 [And you did it all] through high school? Nine through twelve? 1822.7526 1339 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1822.8335 No. 1823.2715 1340 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1823.2715 (pause 0.29) 1823.5621 1341 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1823.5621 Uh, eleventh and twelfth [grade. Yeah.] 1825.3796 1342 DCB_int_01 1824.9416 [Eleventh and] twelve. 1825.8626 1343 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1826.2105 [Yeah.] 1826.6117 1344 DCB_int_01 1826.2310 [Okay.] Cause I know like, ours you can't- You have- Not in ninth grade, you can't do it. You have to be- 1830.1882 1345 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1830.0811 Y- We could have, but when we were um, 1832.4638 1346 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1834.7848 a all girls school they didn't have [a pom] squad. 1837.0512 1347 DCB_int_01 1836.1790 [Have it.] 1836.6127 1348 DCB_int_01 1837.0603 Gotcha. 1837.4986 1349 DCB_int_01 1837.4986 (pause 0.12) 1837.6199 1350 DCB_int_01 1837.6199 [Okay.] 1838.0628 1351 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1837.8250 [Yeah], and I wasn't one 1839.2332 1352 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1839.5585 that was built f- to be a cheerleader. 1841.0553 1353 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1841.0553 (pause 0.26) 1841.3117 1354 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1841.3117 My rhythm is not 1842.1930 1355 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1842.1930 (pause 0.25) 1842.4401 1356 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1842.4401 the [best.] 1842.9391 1357 DCB_int_01 1842.5847 [Hm.] 1842.7945 1358 DCB_int_01 1843.1676 Mm-hm. 1843.4240 1359 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1843.5825 [] 1845.4244 1360 DCB_int_01 1843.5965 [Oh I understand. I understand. I was-] Mm-mm. 1845.8056 1361 DCB_int_01 1846.3651 I made dance team one year, and everybody was like, what? I was like, I don't know. They musta- was looking at somebody else, but I made it. 1852.2299 1362 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1846.3745 [Yeah.] 1846.9294 1363 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1846.9294 (pause 5.29) 1852.2159 1364 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1852.2159 Yeah. 1852.6822 1365 DCB_int_01 1852.7289 Um, so I understand that. 1854.0158 1366 DCB_int_01 1854.0158 (pause 0.21) 1854.2303 1367 DCB_int_01 1854.2303 You're not [coordinated. Two left feet.] 1856.1001 1368 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1855.0836 [And then I was the-] I was the one that- 1857.2192 1369 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1857.4559 I want to say a class clown, 1859.0040 1370 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1859.0040 (pause 0.73) 1859.7314 1371 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1859.7314 [but I] believed in having [fun.] 1861.5965 1372 DCB_int_01 1859.7500 [Mm.] 1860.2443 1373 DCB_int_01 1860.2443 (pause 1.03) 1861.2701 1374 DCB_int_01 1861.2701 [/What./] 1861.6525 1375 DCB_int_01 1861.8810 You were the class clown [.] 1863.7189 1376 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1862.7250 [And I never spent] money- my own money on lunch. 1865.4050 1377 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1866.2490 I used to go around with a cup every day (laughing), 1868.3240 1378 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1868.3240 (pause 0.61) 1868.9383 1379 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1868.9383 that put [on the side of it] (laughing), 1870.4258 1380 DCB_int_01 1869.3161 [] 1870.2884 1381 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1871.2091 The poor, the needy, the greedy- 1872.4821 1382 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1872.4821 (pause 0.24) 1872.7246 1383 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1872.7246 The poor, the needy 1873.8110 1384 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1873.8110 (pause 0.37) 1874.1841 1385 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1874.1841 and greedy fund. Please help me get my lunch. And I would get my lunch that way every day. [] 1880.0628 1386 DCB_int_01 1878.7577 [/Oh ma-/ somebody] else ge]- /Amen/. 1880.7856 1387 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1880.7576 1881.9500 1388 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1882.2952 Every day, and then 1883.3537 1389 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1883.3537 (pause 0.50) 1883.8526 1390 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1883.8526 my favorite subject in high school, 1885.8064 1391 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1885.8064 (pause 0.61) 1886.4125 1392 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1886.4125 Mr. /RD-NAME-3/. 1887.4244 1393 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1887.4244 (pause 0.65) 1888.0714 1394 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1888.0714 Um, 1888.6356 1395 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1888.6356 (pause 0.49) 1889.1252 1396 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1889.1252 he taught Social Justice. 1890.7526 1397 DCB_int_01 1891.3867 Mm. 1891.8437 1398 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1891.8204 And 1892.7063 1399 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1893.7496 he impacted everybody's lives cause we were able to o- 1897.1862 1400 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1897.1862 (pause 0.66) 1897.8437 1401 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1897.8437 He opened our eyes to a lot of things, be it the Civil Rights Movement, 1901.5402 1402 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1901.5402 (pause 0.48) 1902.0158 1403 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1902.0158 apartheid over in South Africa, 1904.4778 1404 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1904.4778 (pause 0.59) 1905.0642 1405 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1905.0642 um- We had to do a three dimensional tour of DC 1908.6919 1406 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1908.6919 (pause 0.59) 1909.2795 1407 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1909.2795 where 1909.8623 1408 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1909.8623 (pause 0.76) 1910.6177 1409 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1910.6177 we could either start over at Arlington Cemetery and walk from Arlington Cemetery 1915.4007 1410 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1915.4007 (pause 0.55) 1915.9509 1411 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1915.9509 back over to DC or start in DC and end at Arlington Cemetery where we would have to 1920.6826 1412 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1920.6826 (pause 1.70) 1922.3846 1413 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1922.3846 pick something up at each one of the landmarks. 1924.4724 1414 DCB_int_01 1924.3745 Mm-hm. 1924.9060 1415 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1924.9480 H- Um, we had to do a shaving of a certain name on the um- 1929.7508 1416 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1929.7508 (pause 0.38) 1930.1273 1417 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1930.1273 What wall is that? Is that the AIDS Wall 1932.1044 1418 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1932.1044 (pause 1.31) 1933.4100 1419 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1933.4100 that's downtown? 1934.3939 1420 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1934.3939 (pause 0.63) 1935.0234 1421 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1935.0234 I can't remember which wall it is. The Vietnam Memorial, 1937.5438 1422 DCB_int_01 1937.5109 Mm-hm. 1937.9319 1423 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1938.2863 we w- had to do a rubbing from off of there. 1940.6290 1424 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1940.6290 (pause 0.13) 1940.7609 1425 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1940.7609 Um, 1941.1866 1426 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1941.1866 (pause 1.07) 1942.2532 1427 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1942.2532 we had to meet at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. 1946.1701 1428 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1946.1701 (pause 0.59) 1946.7623 1429 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1946.7623 It was just so many things, 1947.9500 1430 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1947.9500 (pause 0.31) 1948.2579 1431 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1948.2579 and that gave us an opportunity to see DC on foot 1951.8670 1432 DCB_int_01 1952.3892 Mm-hm. 1952.8882 1433 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1952.9488 because we couldn't catch the bus to each one of those locations. We had to walk it. 1956.7013 1434 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1956.7013 (pause 0.69) 1957.3914 1435 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1957.3914 So that opened [our eyes.] 1958.5944 1436 DCB_int_01 1958.0255 [And you ain't have your] cell phone where you can [take a picture and a] selfie. 1961.1485 1437 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1959.6004 [Exactly.] 1960.5470 1438 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1961.3770 And then um, 1962.4075 1439 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1962.4075 (pause 0.45) 1962.8598 1440 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1962.8598 we worked at soup kitchens. 1964.2866 1441 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1964.2866 (pause 0.41) 1964.7016 1442 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1964.7016 We [had to]- 1965.0781 1443 DCB_int_01 1964.7154 [Mm.] 1965.4152 1444 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1965.1514 [It was] mandatory for us to volunteer at the soup kitchens. 1967.7500 1445 DCB_int_01 1967.7640 As part of the [class?] 1968.8551 1446 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1968.6826 [As] part of the [class], 1969.7831 1447 DCB_int_01 1969.6059 [Wow.] 1970.0255 1448 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1970.0861 so that gave us an opportunity to see 1972.7149 1449 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1972.7149 (pause 0.97) 1973.6801 1450 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1973.6801 life on the other [side.] 1974.9531 1451 DCB_int_01 1974.5545 [Side] Mm-hm. 1975.4567 1452 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1976.1887 Um, what else did we do (whispering)? 1977.5363 1453 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1977.5363 (pause 1.34) 1978.8734 1454 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1978.8734 He used to give- 1979.6521 1455 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1979.6521 (pause 0.30) 1979.9505 1456 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1979.9505 He used to just do crazy stuff. He was just like, 1982.4685 1457 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1982.4685 (pause 0.30) 1982.7716 1458 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1982.7716 weird. 1983.7415 1459 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1983.7415 (pause 0.57) 1984.3139 1460 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1984.3139 But everybody that came through his class, 1986.8365 1461 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1986.8365 (pause 0.17) 1987.0090 1462 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1987.0090 learned 1987.7318 1463 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1987.7318 (pause 0.18) 1987.9090 1464 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1987.9090 something. 1988.7250 1465 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1988.7250 (pause 0.71) 1989.4326 1466 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1989.4326 And my brother even had him, 1990.7708 1467 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1990.7708 (pause 0.36) 1991.1299 1468 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1991.1299 and he graduated from /RD-SCHOOL-2/ in eighty four, 1993.0044 1469 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1993.0044 (pause 0.76) 1993.7691 1470 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1993.7691 [so] 1994.4545 1471 DCB_int_01 1994.3265 [Wow.] 1994.7295 1472 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1995.1435 a lot of the teachers, 1996.2812 1473 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1996.2812 (pause 0.48) 1996.7568 1474 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1996.7568 that my brother had- 1997.7174 1475 DCB_int_01 1997.9878 You had 'em [too? And then-] And you were his little sister? 2000.1421 1476 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1998.4821 [Uh-huh.] 1998.9624 1477 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 1998.9624 (pause 1.06) 2000.0255 1478 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2000.0255 [Uh-huh.] 2000.4965 1479 DCB_int_01 2000.2633 [Mm-hm.] 2000.7343 1480 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2001.0887 And they used to say, we feel so sorry for you. 2005.0183 1481 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2005.0183 (pause 0.90) 2005.9229 1482 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2005.9229 But yeah, Social Justice was like the best class. 2009.6941 1483 DCB_int_01 2009.7733 And so, the fact that you got to do DC like that, right? Being a native, I think sometimes we forget- 2014.4910 1484 DCB_int_01 2014.4910 (pause 1.31) 2015.8060 1485 DCB_int_01 2015.8060 We- 2016.1371 1486 DCB_int_01 2016.1371 (pause 0.39) 2016.5287 1487 DCB_int_01 2016.5287 Like the monuments and all, that's like a very touristy thing 2019.4978 1488 DCB_int_01 2019.4978 (pause 0.24) 2019.7403 1489 DCB_int_01 2019.7403 but do you feel like a lot of natives take advantage of that? Like, do you think a lot of 'em go down and hang out [at the Washing-] 2025.1260 1490 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2024.5851 [No.] 2025.0280 1491 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2025.4699 They don't take- 2026.2253 1492 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2026.2253 (pause 0.81) 2027.0366 1493 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2027.0366 take- 2027.3350 1494 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2027.3350 (pause 0.39) 2027.7221 1495 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2027.7221 They don't take advantage of it. 2029.0277 1496 DCB_int_01 2029.4706 And why not? 2030.2027 1497 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2030.8322 M- 2030.9488 1498 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2030.9488 (pause 0.25) 2031.1959 1499 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2031.1959 They just- I mean some of 'em 2033.0413 1500 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2033.0413 (pause 0.28) 2033.3257 1501 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2033.3257 aren't taught to go and do those types of things. 2035.9416 1502 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2035.9416 (pause 0.45) 2036.3892 1503 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2036.3892 Some of 'em are just taught to just 2038.4491 1504 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2038.4491 (pause 0.17) 2038.6216 1505 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2038.6216 accept the city for what it is. 2040.2629 1506 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2040.2629 (pause 0.61) 2040.8691 1507 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2040.8691 But if they get out, and they see the beauty that's within the city, 2043.9735 1508 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2043.9735 (pause 0.32) 2044.2952 1509 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2044.2952 [I think] a lot of people would appreciate it a lot more. 2046.9111 1510 DCB_int_01 2044.2999 [Mm-hm.] 2044.6076 1511 DCB_int_01 2047.0463 I agree. 2047.5266 1512 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2048.9115 [And uh, I really] do. But, 2050.5796 1513 DCB_int_01 2048.9115 [I agree.] 2049.7000 1514 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2051.3117 they don't. 2052.0112 1515 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2052.0112 (pause 0.38) 2052.3935 1516 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2052.3935 It's sad. 2053.0883 1517 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2053.0883 (pause 0.48) 2053.5732 1518 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2053.5732 I look around at- 2054.3752 1519 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2054.3752 (pause 0.22) 2054.5944 1520 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2054.5944 sometimes at some of these kids 2056.4398 1521 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2056.4398 (pause 0.47) 2056.9060 1522 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2056.9060 that are 2057.4423 1523 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2057.4423 (pause 0.17) 2057.6148 1524 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2057.6148 our future, and I just 2059.1244 1525 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2059.1244 (pause 0.14) 2059.2636 1526 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2059.2636 get sick to my stomach 2060.6270 1527 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2060.6270 (pause 0.55) 2061.1726 1528 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2061.1726 because I'm like, 2061.9688 1529 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2061.9688 (pause 0.28) 2062.2532 1530 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2062.2532 these are the people that's gonna have to take care of us when we get older. 2065.1023 1531 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2065.1023 (pause 0.63) 2065.7318 1532 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2065.7318 That's why I refuse to allow my son to be 2069.0040 1533 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2069.0040 (pause 0.32) 2069.3210 1534 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2069.3210 any old thing out here. 2070.5241 1535 DCB_int_01 2070.8458 Mm-hm. 2071.2002 1536 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2071.1349 He might try his hand in getting over, but 2073.5072 1537 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2073.8196 it's not gonna happen. 2074.9480 1538 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2074.9480 (pause 0.89) 2075.8386 1539 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2075.8386 It's not gonna happen. You know how- well- 2077.5779 1540 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2077.5779 (pause 0.33) 2077.9090 1541 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2077.9090 I mean, a lot of people might say that this is petty. I m- He's not allowed to say, yeah. 2081.6241 1542 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2081.6241 (pause 0.42) 2082.0485 1543 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2082.0485 What is yeah? 2082.7246 1544 DCB_int_01 2083.0510 I love that. 2083.5359 1545 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2083.6991 It's yes. 2084.6410 1546 DCB_int_01 2084.6131 Mm-hm. 2084.9954 1547 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2085.3300 And if he say's, yeah to me, I'm like, what do you say? Oh, yes Mommy. 2089.3634 1548 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2089.3634 (pause 0.43) 2089.7970 1549 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2089.7970 Ye- I mean, it's certain things that we have to instill in our kids. And [if we] don't instill it, [then nobo-] The streets are gonna get 'em, [and] 2096.5991 1550 DCB_int_01 2093.2138 [Right.] 2093.5915 1551 DCB_int_01 2093.5915 (pause 0.77) 2094.3609 1552 DCB_int_01 2094.3609 [Then nobody else-] 2095.4380 1553 DCB_int_01 2095.4380 (pause 0.61) 2096.0488 1554 DCB_int_01 2096.0488 [Mm-hm.] 2096.6224 1555 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2097.2892 that's why I try to- Between here and church I try to keep him involved in something. 2101.6199 1556 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2101.6199 (pause 0.62) 2102.2447 1557 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2102.2447 He sings in a choir at church too, 2104.0033 1558 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2104.0033 (pause 0.23) 2104.2299 1559 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2104.2299 so I try to keep him as busy as possible. 2106.7013 1560 DCB_int_01 2106.7339 If you could give on piece of advice, 2108.8975 1561 DCB_int_01 2108.8975 (pause 0.55) 2109.4512 1562 DCB_int_01 2109.4512 either thinking about something that you could do over, 2111.9365 1563 DCB_int_01 2111.9365 (pause 0.66) 2112.5987 1564 DCB_int_01 2112.5987 or 2113.3960 1565 DCB_int_01 2113.3960 (pause 0.30) 2113.6945 1566 DCB_int_01 2113.6945 if you- Like, you said, you looking at kind of our youth today- If you could give one piece of advice, what would it be and why? 2119.0417 1567 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2120.5991 Go to school and get your education 2122.7242 1568 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2122.7242 (pause 0.98) 2123.7081 1569 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2123.7081 because that is the only way that we are gonna be able to progress as a society 2128.7848 1570 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2128.7848 (pause 0.43) 2129.2185 1571 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2129.2185 is through education. 2130.6360 1572 DCB_int_01 2131.0696 Mm. 2131.4706 1573 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2131.7271 There are so many programs, so many opportunities within the city 2136.4401 1574 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2136.4401 (pause 0.36) 2136.8038 1575 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2136.8038 that we don't take advantage of. 2138.3799 1576 DCB_int_01 2138.7203 Mm-hm. 2139.0887 1577 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2139.4792 Like, 2140.0387 1578 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2140.0387 (pause 0.43) 2140.4724 1579 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2140.4724 I r- lost my job in December. I could have sat at home and did nothing all day, 2144.8835 1580 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2144.8835 (pause 0.49) 2145.3731 1581 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2145.3731 but I went and took free classes from UDC Work Force Development. I got a cert- I got my certification in Front Desk. 2151.4326 1582 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2151.4326 (pause 0.44) 2151.8709 1583 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2151.8709 I was gonna go back and do Leasing and Property Management cause that's where I want to go next with my customer service experience, 2157.5736 1584 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2157.5736 (pause 0.35) 2157.9222 1585 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2157.9222 but then I ended up getting the temp position that I have now. 2160.2117 1586 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2160.2117 (pause 0.76) 2160.9670 1587 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2160.9670 But 2161.3168 1588 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2161.3168 (pause 0.23) 2161.5499 1589 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2161.5499 once I'm finished this temp assignment, 2163.0141 1590 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2163.0141 (pause 0.22) 2163.2321 1591 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2163.2321 I'm still gonna go back [to school], and 2165.1019 1592 DCB_int_01 2164.3931 [/Back in-/] 2164.9107 1593 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2165.5682 I did free- Buy Back, office- Free computer classes. It's no reason why anybody in this city should not know how to work a computer. 2172.3469 1594 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2172.3469 (pause 0.71) 2173.0603 1595 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2173.0603 Because there are programs out there that we need to take advantage of. 2177.0506 1596 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2177.0506 (pause 1.13) 2178.1837 1597 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2178.1837 We get a lot more advanta- 2179.3168 1598 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2179.3168 (pause 0.36) 2179.6805 1599 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2179.6805 more things to do here in DC than you do in Maryland. 2182.5470 1600 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2182.5470 (pause 0.83) 2183.3770 1601 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2183.3770 Maryland offers nothing. 2184.6056 1602 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2184.6056 (pause 0.82) 2185.4240 1603 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2185.4240 [Take] advantage [of it.] 2186.5431 1604 DCB_int_01 2185.4240 [That's]- 2185.6975 1605 DCB_int_01 2185.6975 (pause 0.71) 2186.4079 1606 DCB_int_01 2186.4079 [That's right.] 2186.8555 1607 DCB_int_01 2187.0514 Everything comes to DC. 2188.5610 1608 DCB_int_01 2188.5610 (pause 0.09) 2188.6542 1609 DCB_int_01 2188.6542 [Everything.] 2190.0251 1610 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2188.6822 [Yeah, take it.] 2189.8386 1611 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2190.2210 Take- If they offering it, 2191.5313 1612 DCB_int_01 2192.0209 [Take it.] 2192.6037 1613 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2192.0488 [take advantage] of it cause like/RD-NAME-2/ 2194.0807 1614 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2194.2952 um- 2194.8827 1615 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2194.8827 (pause 0.72) 2195.6008 1616 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2195.6008 /RD-NAME-1/ has 2196.3049 1617 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2196.3049 (pause 1.46) 2197.7691 1618 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2197.7691 four older sisters, 2198.7763 1619 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2198.7763 (pause 0.62) 2199.3999 1620 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2199.3999 and two of his older sisters 2200.8107 1621 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2200.8107 (pause 0.07) 2200.8766 1622 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2200.8766 I raised through foster care. 2202.2956 1623 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2202.2956 (pause 0.89) 2203.1862 1624 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2203.1862 And 2203.7551 1625 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2203.7551 (pause 0.70) 2204.4545 1626 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2204.4545 I used to tell them, 2205.3232 1627 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2205.3232 (pause 0.10) 2205.4184 1628 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2205.4184 I hate the situation that y'all are in, 2207.4749 1629 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2207.4749 (pause 0.42) 2207.8946 1630 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2207.8946 but y'all are in the best situation that anybody could aks for. 2211.1773 1631 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2211.1773 (pause 0.26) 2211.4419 1632 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2211.4419 Go to school, get your education. Get those grades- 2213.2418 1633 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2213.2418 (pause 0.36) 2213.6008 1634 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2213.6008 They will pay for four- any four year [institution.] 2216.1654 1635 DCB_int_01 2215.3960 [/?/] 2215.6572 1636 DCB_int_01 2215.6572 (pause 0.33) 2215.9882 1637 DCB_int_01 2215.9882 [Mm-hm.] 2216.5011 1638 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2216.5384 If it's Princeton that you want, 2218.0434 1639 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2218.0434 (pause 0.38) 2218.4258 1640 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2218.4258 guess what? You can do [Princeton.] 2220.5147 1641 DCB_int_01 2219.8666 [Princeton.] 2220.4681 1642 DCB_int_01 2220.6826 Yup. 2221.0183 1643 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2221.1629 Take advantage of what they giving you because 2223.3346 1644 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2223.3346 (pause 0.27) 2223.6004 1645 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2223.6004 guess what? Hindsight is twenty twenty, and that's when the /woulda shoulda couldas/ are gonna set in. 2227.9050 1646 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2227.9050 (pause 0.17) 2228.0722 1647 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2228.0722 Want to know how? Cause I'm the /woulda coulda shoulda/. 2230.4491 1648 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2230.4491 (pause 0.57) 2231.0180 1649 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2231.0180 I came back home. 2231.9132 1650 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2231.9132 (pause 0.61) 2232.5241 1651 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2232.5241 2232.6826 1652 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2232.6826 (pause 0.62) 2233.3074 1653 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2233.3074 I went to UDC. 2234.2354 1654 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2234.2354 (pause 0.85) 2235.0887 1655 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2235.0887 Started out going to school full time, 2236.9647 1656 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2236.9647 (pause 0.66) 2237.6288 1657 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2237.6288 not working. 2238.1927 1658 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2238.1927 (pause 0.19) 2238.3869 1659 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2238.3869 My mother and them was like, we don't want you to work. We want you to focus on your education. 2241.6855 1660 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2241.6855 (pause 0.69) 2242.3745 1661 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2242.3745 But they wasn't putting the money in my pocket cause I could go party now! 2245.3168 1662 DCB_int_01 2245.5499 Mm. 2245.8437 1663 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2246.0442 So 2246.7576 1664 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2246.7576 (pause 1.11) 2247.8662 1665 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2247.8662 f- 2248.0714 1666 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2248.0714 (pause 0.09) 2248.1630 1667 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2248.1630 I started 2248.8827 1668 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2248.8827 (pause 0.61) 2249.4936 1669 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2249.4936 going to school full time, and I was working full time. 2252.0395 1670 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2252.0395 (pause 0.73) 2252.7716 1671 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2252.7716 I was going to school on 2254.8781 1672 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2254.8781 (pause 0.28) 2255.1578 1673 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2255.1578 Tuesdays and Thursdays from eight o'clock in the morning to eight o'clock at night. 2258.5198 1674 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2258.5198 (pause 0.93) 2259.4524 1675 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2259.4524 I was working Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, 2261.5215 1676 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2261.5215 (pause 0.26) 2261.7827 1677 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2261.7827 Friday and Saturday. 2262.9904 1678 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2262.9904 (pause 1.38) 2264.3706 1679 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2264.3706 So [eventually] 2265.4664 1680 DCB_int_01 2264.8730 [Mm.] 2265.1959 1681 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2266.4474 2266.5133 1682 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2266.5133 (pause 0.07) 2266.5796 1683 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2266.5796 after awhile, I got tired of doing that. 2268.3562 1684 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2268.3562 (pause 0.83) 2269.1909 1685 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2269.1909 School 2269.8716 1686 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2269.8716 (pause 0.12) 2269.9929 1687 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2269.9929 became part time. 2271.1306 1688 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2271.1306 (pause 0.33) 2271.4559 1689 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2271.4559 Work became full time. 2272.9294 1690 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2272.9294 (pause 0.88) 2273.8060 1691 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2273.8060 So eventually, 2274.8272 1692 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2274.8272 (pause 0.33) 2275.1536 1693 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2275.1536 you know what happens. 2276.1701 1694 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2276.1701 (pause 0.18) 2276.3473 1695 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2276.3473 School became nonexistent at all, 2278.3838 1696 DCB_int_01 2278.6729 Mm-hm. 2278.9900 1697 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2279.0506 and 2279.6195 1698 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2279.6195 (pause 1.45) 2281.0743 1699 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2281.0743 w- at- at the age that I'm at now, 2282.9301 1700 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2282.9301 (pause 0.21) 2283.1388 1701 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2283.1388 that's where the /woulda coulda shouldas/, 2284.6403 1702 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2284.6403 (pause 0.30) 2284.9433 1703 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2284.9433 you know, set in. I thought I was on top of the world, 2287.2095 1704 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2287.2095 (pause 0.62) 2287.8297 1705 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2287.8297 and here it is, 2288.8229 1706 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2288.8229 (pause 0.38) 2289.1994 1707 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2289.1994 I- I'm the lowest thing on the totem pole now 2291.2464 1708 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2291.2464 (pause 0.72) 2291.9645 1709 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2291.9645 because I don't have that 2293.5033 1710 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2293.5033 (pause 0.17) 2293.6758 1711 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2293.6758 degree behind [my name.] I don't have those credentials that they're looking for. 2297.4003 1712 DCB_int_01 2294.4405 [Mm.] 2294.7763 1713 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2297.7174 Yes, I have the experience, but they don't want to pay me the money because I don't have that degree. 2301.5678 1714 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2301.5678 (pause 0.41) 2301.9781 1715 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2301.9781 Or I don't have 2302.9620 1716 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2302.9620 (pause 0.25) 2303.2138 1717 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2303.2138 what exactly they're looking for in way of education. 2306.0582 1718 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2306.0582 (pause 0.51) 2306.5664 1719 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2306.5664 So I'm fighting with- 2307.7916 1720 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2307.7916 (pause 0.19) 2307.9781 1721 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2307.9781 I have 2308.5563 1722 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2308.5563 (pause 0.15) 2308.7102 1723 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2308.7102 seventeen plus years of customer service experience, 2311.8996 1724 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2311.8996 (pause 0.92) 2312.8182 1725 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2312.8182 but they want you to have a degree in something else. 2314.9340 1726 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2314.9340 (pause 0.77) 2315.7034 1727 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2315.7034 So, I have to accept a job pay of seventeen dollars a hour when I know my potential 2320.4724 1728 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2320.4724 (pause 0.35) 2320.8268 1729 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2320.8268 to make much more, 2322.1184 1730 DCB_int_01 2322.5287 Mm. 2322.7899 1731 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2322.9018 but I don't have that. 2323.8297 1732 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2323.8297 (pause 0.46) 2324.2913 1733 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2324.2913 So I- I told them, take advantage of whatever educational opportunities that there are afforded out here, 2329.6199 1734 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2329.6199 (pause 0.21) 2329.8297 1735 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2329.8297 take advantage of 'em. 2330.6877 1736 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2330.6877 (pause 0.57) 2331.2554 1737 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2331.2554 Because that's the only way that we gonna be able to get ahead, 2333.4749 1738 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2333.4749 (pause 0.25) 2333.7267 1739 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2333.7267 [if you just] keep going to school. And of course, they didn't listen. 2336.3100 1740 DCB_int_01 2333.7267 [Mm-hm.] 2334.2956 1741 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2336.5338 2336.9022 1742 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2336.9022 (pause 1.31) 2338.2159 1743 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2338.2159 One of 'em dropped out 2339.7127 1744 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2339.7127 (pause 1.49) 2341.2002 1745 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2341.2002 eleventh grade year, 2342.4872 1746 DCB_int_01 2342.8835 Mm. So close. 2344.0061 1747 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2344.6822 and the other one, she graduated from high school. 2348.6364 1748 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2348.6364 (pause 1.29) 2349.9268 1749 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2349.9268 And she started- I don't know what happened cause I actually ended up having them removed from my house, 2353.6945 1750 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2353.6945 (pause 0.58) 2354.2773 1751 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2354.2773 but um, 2355.3778 1752 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2355.3778 (pause 1.25) 2356.6309 1753 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2356.6309 she started going to UDC but I don't know what happened 2359.3168 1754 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2359.3168 (pause 0.17) 2359.4893 1755 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2359.4893 but she's not in school anymore. 2361.2705 1756 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2361.2705 (pause 0.67) 2361.9455 1757 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2361.9455 So, I'm just like, y- 2363.4050 1758 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2363.4050 (pause 0.23) 2363.6335 1759 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2363.6335 y'all blew it 2364.6220 1760 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2364.6220 (pause 0.52) 2365.1396 1761 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2365.1396 because free- free! Nobody has to pay for [anything.] 2369.1392 1762 DCB_int_01 2368.6869 [You ain't gonna] be in debt. 2369.8200 1763 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2370.0112 Exactly! [You don't have to worry about] going out here getting a- a loan. None of that. 2374.9364 1764 DCB_int_01 2371.1582 [And debt is real.] 2372.1374 1765 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2375.8060 So, 2376.3655 1766 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2376.3655 (pause 1.84) 2378.2074 1767 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2378.2074 I just tell anybody, get your education. 2380.1833 1768 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2380.1833 (pause 0.82) 2380.9993 1769 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2380.9993 Do what you got to- 2381.6801 1770 DCB_int_01 2381.7920 Do. 2382.0904 1771 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2382.1930 [Do what you got to] do. 2383.2328 1772 DCB_int_01 2382.1930 [/You know-/] 2382.7292 1773 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2383.4940 Education, education, education. 2385.0886 1774 DCB_int_01 2385.1073 It's important. 2385.8131 1775 DCB_int_01 2385.8131 (pause 0.11) 2385.9231 1776 DCB_int_01 2385.9231 It- 2386.0660 1777 DCB_int_01 2386.0660 (pause 0.19) 2386.2602 1778 DCB_int_01 2386.2602 People don't realize- Cause that's the one thing. Once you get it, can't nobody take that away [from you.] 2390.4089 1779 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2389.9053 [Exactly. Exactly.] 2391.9243 1780 DCB_int_01 2390.6700 [They can steal your phone.] They can steal your car. They can break into your house. But once you get that, they cannot take that out your [mind.] 2396.6047 1781 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2396.1011 [Mm-hm.] 2396.5767 1782 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2397.2156 And I t- It's- It's funny. I look back at 2399.8314 1783 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2399.8314 (pause 0.51) 2400.3432 1784 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2400.3432 the group of girls that 2401.4623 1785 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2401.4623 (pause 0.26) 2401.7188 1786 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2401.7188 I used to run with. 2402.8006 1787 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2402.8006 (pause 0.66) 2403.4627 1788 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2403.4627 I was always that one that was on top of my game, making money. 2406.8608 1789 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2406.8608 (pause 0.46) 2407.3224 1790 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2407.3224 Now all of 'em surpassing me. And I'm like, okay. 2410.5352 1791 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2410.5352 (pause 1.20) 2411.7335 1792 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2411.7335 It's time for me to get on my game. 2413.4623 1793 DCB_int_01 2413.6209 Talk about your friends a little bit, when you talk about the group of girls you used to run with. 2416.7963 1794 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2417.4584 2417.8128 1795 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2417.8128 (pause 0.79) 2418.6043 1796 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2418.6043 They were 2419.3877 1797 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2419.3877 (pause 1.36) 2420.7493 1798 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2420.7493 I was what they considered from the private homes. 2422.9642 1799 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2422.9642 (pause 0.33) 2423.2952 1800 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2423.2952 They was from the projects 2424.5449 1801 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2424.5449 (pause 0.34) 2424.8888 1802 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2424.8888 down in Simple City. 2425.9799 1803 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2425.9799 (pause 0.44) 2426.4229 1804 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2426.4229 I don't know if you heard it- [That's where they] grew up at. 2428.2927 1805 DCB_int_01 2427.0710 [Mm-hm.] 2427.5140 1806 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2428.9548 But 2429.3698 1807 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2429.3698 (pause 0.42) 2429.7930 1808 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2429.7930 those were my homies. They still are. Those are my- 2432.3902 1809 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2432.3902 (pause 0.30) 2432.6933 1810 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2432.6933 Those are my girls! 2433.6632 1811 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2433.6632 (pause 0.35) 2434.0129 1812 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2434.0129 Even though we came from two separate sides of the track, 2436.1205 1813 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2436.1205 (pause 0.24) 2436.3572 1814 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2436.3572 that never 2437.0007 1815 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2437.0007 (pause 0.78) 2437.7841 1816 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2437.7841 was a barrier for us. 2439.2016 1817 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2439.2016 (pause 0.74) 2439.9430 1818 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2439.9430 You know, cause like I used to 2441.0015 1819 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2441.0015 (pause 0.27) 2441.2672 1820 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2441.2672 tell th- And I think they got a lot of their work ethics from me because they used to say, are you serious? You're still at work? 2446.6797 1821 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2446.6797 (pause 0.15) 2446.8289 1822 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2446.8289 Oh, uh-huh. 2447.4444 1823 DCB_int_01 2447.5422 2447.8719 1824 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2448.1532 I'm not gonna sit at- Whatever has to happen is gonna happen after I get off of work, but I'm going to work. I will party 2453.5750 1825 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2453.5750 (pause 0.46) 2454.0308 1826 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2454.0308 one, two o'clock in the morning, but guess what? I'm gonna get up and go to work. It's no calling in. 2457.3694 1827 DCB_int_01 2457.7192 [Mm-hm.] 2458.0735 1828 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2457.8777 [It-] it w- That wasn't an option. 2459.5657 1829 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2459.9096 So now- And they're the s- 2460.9401 1830 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2460.9401 (pause 0.15) 2461.0893 1831 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2461.0893 exact opposite. I mean, I'm still that way but you know, they that- 2464.1295 1832 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2464.1295 (pause 0.22) 2464.3486 1833 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2464.3486 the 2464.5445 1834 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2464.5445 (pause 0.37) 2464.9175 1835 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2464.9175 direct opposite, but I used to tell them all the- get- Get up off your butt! Do a job. Don't let no- Ain't no man gonna take care of you always. 2470.7823 1836 DCB_int_01 2470.9735 Mm-hm. 2471.3232 1837 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2471.2533 That's gonna get tired after awhile, 2472.7021 1838 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2473.0333 and don't no man want no woman that's just gonna sit home and do nothing all day. 2476.1994 1839 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2476.1994 (pause 0.65) 2476.8476 1840 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2476.8476 So by all means, get up. 2477.8501 1841 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2477.8501 (pause 0.24) 2478.0914 1842 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2478.0914 [Do what you got to do.] One of 'em is um, 2480.0545 1843 DCB_int_01 2478.1380 [/And do something/] 2478.7769 1844 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2481.6958 a leasing 2482.2880 1845 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2482.2880 (pause 0.19) 2482.4792 1846 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2482.4792 specialist for Arlington Federal 2484.9401 1847 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2484.9401 (pause 0.34) 2485.2805 1848 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2485.2805 Government 2485.7467 1849 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2485.7467 (pause 0.21) 2485.9519 1850 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2485.9519 Housing Authority. 2486.8285 1851 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2486.8285 (pause 0.66) 2487.4860 1852 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2487.4860 Um, 2487.9430 1853 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2487.9430 (pause 0.49) 2488.4372 1854 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2488.4372 my best friend is now 2490.2418 1855 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2490.2418 (pause 0.54) 2490.7815 1856 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2490.7815 a GM for Lucky Strike. 2492.3902 1857 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2492.3902 (pause 0.92) 2493.3088 1858 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2493.3088 Um, 2494.8103 1859 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2494.8103 (pause 0.43) 2495.2439 1860 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2495.2439 those two are the only ones. 2496.3665 1861 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2496.3665 (pause 0.47) 2496.8375 1862 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2496.8375 Course my sister, she's in home health care. 2498.9778 1863 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2498.9778 (pause 0.99) 2499.9710 1864 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2499.9710 Um, my girlfriend Shawnie, I saw her 2502.3304 1865 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2502.3304 (pause 0.24) 2502.5717 1866 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2502.5717 work the system. 2503.5323 1867 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2503.5323 (pause 0.54) 2504.0685 1868 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2504.0685 She was a single mother of two 2506.0269 1869 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2506.0269 (pause 0.75) 2506.7776 1870 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2506.7776 on public assistance, but she used public assistance 2509.5742 1871 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2509.5742 (pause 0.39) 2509.9612 1872 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2509.9612 to the best of her ability. 2511.0990 1873 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2511.0990 (pause 0.40) 2511.5000 1874 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2511.5000 She started working- 2512.7321 1875 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2512.7321 (pause 0.09) 2512.8201 1876 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2512.8201 Her daughter might have been 2513.9807 1877 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2513.9807 (pause 0.73) 2514.7116 1878 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2514.7116 two at the time. 2515.7717 1879 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2515.7717 (pause 0.12) 2515.8962 1880 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2515.8962 Her youngest daughter was two at the time. 2517.4347 1881 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2517.4347 (pause 0.66) 2518.0922 1882 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2518.0922 And she did the welfare to work program. 2520.3386 1883 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2520.3386 (pause 0.79) 2521.1312 1884 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2521.1312 And she got 2521.6655 1885 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2521.6655 (pause 0.12) 2521.7901 1886 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2521.7901 a job 2522.3250 1887 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2522.3250 (pause 0.09) 2522.4166 1888 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2522.4166 at 2522.6731 1889 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2522.6731 (pause 0.13) 2522.8050 1890 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2522.8050 Virginia Hospital Center 2524.3533 1891 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2524.3533 (pause 0.49) 2524.8429 1892 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2524.8429 out in Virginia in the human resources department. She's now 2527.6815 1893 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2527.6815 (pause 0.50) 2528.1851 1894 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2528.1851 the human resources- 2529.4860 1895 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2529.4860 (pause 0.32) 2529.8078 1896 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2529.8078 Head of human resources over there. 2531.7848 1897 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2531.7848 (pause 0.40) 2532.1858 1898 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2532.1858 So 2532.5262 1899 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2532.5262 (pause 0.30) 2532.8282 1900 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2532.8282 the system, 2533.4437 1901 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2533.4437 (pause 0.21) 2533.6535 1902 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2533.6535 if you use it, it'll [work for you.] 2535.5373 1903 DCB_int_01 2534.6863 [Work. Mm-hm.] 2535.4667 1904 DCB_int_01 2535.5513 As a hand- 2536.1975 1905 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2536.1715 And when I say she took advantage- And I think that's part of the reason why when I did have to go and sign up for TANF in January, 2542.6098 1906 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2543.7289 I said, I can make it work for me. 2545.2059 1907 DCB_int_01 2545.5089 Mm-hmm. 2545.8447 1908 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2545.8726 Cause the lady- 2546.5394 1909 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2546.5394 (pause 0.21) 2546.7539 1910 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2546.7539 I was feeling kind of bad about going because I'm like, 2549.2672 1911 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2549.2672 (pause 1.04) 2550.3106 1912 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2550.3106 Welfare, me? 2551.1312 1913 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2551.1312 (pause 0.15) 2551.2805 1914 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2551.2805 No! I'm not sup- It's a humbling experience because it makes you realize, 2555.2066 1915 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2555.2066 (pause 0.83) 2556.0366 1916 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2556.0366 you know, 2556.4236 1917 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2556.4236 (pause 1.45) 2557.8773 1918 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2557.8773 it's things that you need to change. 2559.3834 1919 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2559.3834 (pause 0.78) 2560.1621 1920 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2560.1621 It's things that you should have done better. 2561.8641 1921 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2561.8641 (pause 0.18) 2562.0448 1922 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2562.0448 Once again, the [hindsight] is always twenty twenty, 2564.0219 1923 DCB_int_01 2562.5950 [Hm.] 2562.8188 1924 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2564.6607 but I was feeling some type of way because that 2566.7536 1925 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2566.7536 (pause 0.10) 2566.8489 1926 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2566.8489 wasn't 2567.2703 1927 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2567.2703 (pause 0.10) 2567.3655 1928 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2567.3655 the place where I should have been. 2568.8002 1929 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2568.8002 (pause 0.65) 2569.4483 1930 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2569.4483 I'm- I'm- Like I said, I've always been one to work. I've been working since I was 2572.6331 1931 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2572.6331 (pause 0.35) 2572.9828 1932 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2572.9828 seventeen, eighteen years old. 2574.4003 1933 DCB_int_01 2574.4971 Right. 2574.8748 1934 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2574.9214 So, to have to go and do something like that, it opens your eyes to a whole lot. 2580.2546 1935 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2580.2546 (pause 0.45) 2580.7023 1936 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2580.7023 But the lady was like, /RD-NAME-3/, 2582.0685 1937 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2582.0685 (pause 0.21) 2582.2737 1938 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2582.2737 2582.4695 1939 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2582.4695 (pause 0.10) 2582.5674 1940 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2582.5674 I know 2583.2762 1941 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2583.2762 (pause 0.41) 2583.6912 1942 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2583.6912 that 2584.2227 1943 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2584.2227 (pause 1.95) 2586.1754 1944 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2586.1754 you have a- 2586.6090 1945 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2586.6090 (pause 0.11) 2586.7162 1946 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2586.7162 y- you know, you have reservations about coming down here. She was like, but do you know that you're in the best predicament that you possibly can because 2592.9354 1947 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2592.9354 (pause 0.43) 2593.3691 1948 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2593.3691 TANF will pay for your four year degree. 2595.1643 1949 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2595.1643 (pause 2.23) 2597.3931 1950 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2597.3931 They will pay for it. 2598.4190 1951 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2598.4190 (pause 0.56) 2598.9747 1952 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2598.9747 They pay al- [an- uh-] 2600.4342 1953 DCB_int_01 2599.8000 [I did not] know that. 2600.6440 1954 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2600.7140 Yes! 2601.1896 1955 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2601.1896 (pause 0.52) 2601.7072 1956 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2601.7072 You- They give you five years to be on the system, 2603.9022 1957 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2603.9022 (pause 1.06) 2604.9607 1958 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2604.9607 and 2605.3011 1959 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2605.3011 (pause 0.34) 2605.6368 1960 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2605.6368 if you can obtain a four a year degree within those five years, 2607.9356 1961 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2607.9356 (pause 0.32) 2608.2527 1962 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2608.2527 they're- 2608.6491 1963 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2608.6491 (pause 0.18) 2608.8263 1964 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2608.8263 they will pay for it as long as it's an accredited school within the District of Columbia. 2612.9238 1965 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2612.9238 (pause 0.39) 2613.3108 1966 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2613.3108 So you can go to Howard. You can go to Trinity. You can go to UDC. You can go to GW. You can go to Georgetown. 2618.3782 1967 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2618.3782 (pause 0.49) 2618.8678 1968 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2618.8678 They will pay for it. 2620.3320 1969 DCB_int_01 2620.8216 Amen! I love that. 2622.3918 1970 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2622.4012 I- You love it? I love it too. 2624.1591 1971 DCB_int_01 2624.7513 I love that. 2625.9123 1972 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2626.3553 [Yes.] 2626.9801 1973 DCB_int_01 2626.3553 [Um], 2626.9801 1974 DCB_int_01 2627.4919 yes m'am? Can we help you? 2628.6670 1975 DCB_int_01 2628.6670 (pause 0.53) 2629.1985 1976 DCB_int_01 2629.1985 [I mean- I mean we're almost done. Can-] Thank you. Thank you. It's not your turn. 2632.4999 1977 DCB_int_01 2632.4999 (pause 1.33) 2633.8323 1978 DCB_int_01 2633.8323 Yes. 2634.3779 1979 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2635.2452 [] 2636.4249 1980 DCB_int_01 2635.2452 [] 2636.4249 1981 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2636.6394 But yeah- 2636.9704 1982 DCB_int_01 2636.9005 See, she come in here messing with [my stuff.] 2638.7936 1983 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2637.8844 [] Yeah, but they pay for it. 2639.9629 1984 DCB_int_01 2640.8208 I did not know that. 2642.4155 1985 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2642.5927 And they- 2643.2502 1986 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2643.2502 (pause 0.17) 2643.4227 1987 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2643.4227 while they are paying for it, 2644.7656 1988 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2644.7656 (pause 0.18) 2644.9417 1989 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2644.9417 they will pay you 2646.2473 1990 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2646.2473 (pause 0.36) 2646.6110 1991 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2646.6110 to go to school. 2647.5482 1992 DCB_int_01 2648.4901 So you in a- That's a good situation [to be in.] 2651.5945 1993 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2650.8531 [How-] 2651.5991 1994 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2652.3219 And after she said that, it made me feel a little bit [better.] 2654.6953 1995 DCB_int_01 2654.3363 [Better.] 2654.7326 1996 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2655.1184 Um, 2655.4927 1997 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2655.4927 (pause 0.13) 2655.6186 1998 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2655.6186 how they do it now, 2656.8356 1999 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2656.8356 (pause 1.09) 2657.9209 2000 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2657.9209 they make you 2658.9607 2001 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2658.9607 (pause 0.36) 2659.3244 2002 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2659.3244 go to job readiness class. 2661.0590 2003 DCB_int_01 2661.6372 Oh, excuse me. 2662.3087 2004 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2662.2900 They make- It's okay. 2663.0547 2005 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2663.2634 They make you go to um, 2666.1031 2006 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2666.1031 (pause 1.17) 2667.2735 2007 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2667.2735 job readiness- 2668.0629 2008 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2668.0629 (pause 1.41) 2669.4686 2009 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2669.4686 Okay. 2669.7810 2010 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2669.7810 (pause 0.53) 2670.3126 2011 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2670.3126 Depending upon w- 2671.0746 2012 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2671.0746 (pause 0.09) 2671.1647 2013 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2671.1647 Once you do the assessment, cause they give you a s- assessment once you go in- 2674.0522 2014 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2674.0522 (pause 0.47) 2674.5174 2015 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2674.5174 Depending upon where you score at on the assessment, 2676.5923 2016 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2676.5923 (pause 0.25) 2676.8395 2017 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2676.8395 they'll tell you you need skill classes [to get up] to par 2680.3133 2018 DCB_int_01 2679.4227 [Mm.] 2679.8377 2019 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2680.6992 or you're ready 2681.4313 2020 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2681.4313 (pause 0.70) 2682.1354 2021 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2682.1354 to go to work. 2683.0633 2022 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2683.0633 (pause 0.39) 2683.4503 2023 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2683.4503 So, and then they assign you a vendor. 2685.3388 2024 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2685.3388 (pause 0.24) 2685.5813 2025 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2685.5813 So, if you go to the vendor for at least thirty hours a week, 2688.7669 2026 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2688.7669 (pause 0.31) 2689.0773 2027 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2689.0773 they give you extra seventy five dollars in a- 2690.9145 2028 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2690.9145 (pause 0.15) 2691.0683 2029 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2691.0683 a week in addition to the monthly stipend that they already give you. 2694.5504 2030 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2694.5504 (pause 1.20) 2695.7534 2031 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2695.7534 All you got to do is get off your lazy butt and go [do it.] 2697.5719 2032 DCB_int_01 2697.2642 [And go] to work. 2697.9123 2033 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2698.2667 They hadn't even assigned me to a vendor but guess what? I was getting up going to- 2701.5837 2034 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2701.5837 (pause 0.14) 2701.7188 2035 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2701.7188 um- 2702.2990 2036 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2702.2990 (pause 0.69) 2702.9937 2037 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2702.9937 What is the name of it? 2703.9636 2038 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2703.9636 (pause 0.21) 2704.1781 2039 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2704.1781 I can't think of the name of the- 2705.2646 2040 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2705.2646 (pause 0.20) 2705.4686 2041 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2705.4686 the- 2705.7064 2042 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2705.7064 (pause 0.59) 2706.2939 2043 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2706.2939 program I was going to. 2707.4830 2044 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2707.4830 (pause 0.60) 2708.0845 2045 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2708.0845 That extra seventy five dollars came in handy. 2710.0615 2046 DCB_int_01 2710.0802 Mm-hm. 2710.5465 2047 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2710.7365 That's gas. 2711.4899 2048 DCB_int_01 2711.5012 I was just- Cause gas is ex- 2712.7695 2049 DCB_int_01 2712.7695 (pause 0.22) 2712.9934 2050 DCB_int_01 2712.9934 [/It ain't cheap./] 2714.0565 2051 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2713.1845 [Yeah, that- I mean], 2714.2244 2052 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2714.4062 and I'm like, okay. 2715.6699 2053 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2715.6699 (pause 1.42) 2717.0909 2054 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2717.0909 How can y'all not take advantage of this? 2719.3711 2055 DCB_int_01 2719.2218 Mm-hm. 2719.6741 2056 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2720.8166 And then even when I started going to UDC, as long as I had somebody sign off on my time sheets over there at the Work Force Development building, 2727.1150 2057 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2727.1150 (pause 0.31) 2727.4227 2058 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2727.4227 I was still getting my money. 2728.3413 2059 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2728.3413 (pause 1.48) 2729.8230 2060 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2729.8230 And that's how they do it. 2730.8908 2061 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2730.8908 (pause 0.76) 2731.6555 2062 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2731.6555 And 2732.0145 2063 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2732.0145 (pause 0.14) 2732.1591 2064 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2732.1591 when I say people they don't take advantage of it, 2734.4579 2065 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2734.4579 (pause 0.19) 2734.6491 2066 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2734.6491 they don't at [all.] 2736.4431 2067 DCB_int_01 2736.2240 [And it's] to better themselves. 2737.5576 2068 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2737.5716 Yeah, and then the- the thing about it is they have 2740.2341 2069 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2740.2341 (pause 0.15) 2740.3868 2070 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2740.3868 different locations to do the Work Force Development. I went to PR Har- Over- PR Harris over on South Capitol Street, 2746.6106 2071 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2746.6106 (pause 0.50) 2747.1095 2072 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2747.1095 but they have a Work Force Development office right here on 2749.5772 2073 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2749.5772 (pause 0.09) 2749.6638 2074 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2749.6638 East Capitol Street at the old Shadd Elementary school. 2752.0988 2075 DCB_int_01 2753.1282 So it's not even like you got to go anywhere out the [way.] 2755.6601 2076 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2755.2228 [ And when] I say they offer so many things, 2757.9776 2077 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2758.6013 HVAC, 2759.5618 2078 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2759.5618 (pause 0.24) 2759.7996 2079 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2759.7996 um, 2760.3778 2080 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2760.3778 (pause 0.51) 2760.8861 2081 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2760.8861 leasing and property management, customer service rep, 2763.4927 2082 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2763.4927 (pause 0.55) 2764.0382 2083 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2764.0382 uh, front desk representative, 2765.9354 2084 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2765.9354 (pause 0.10) 2766.0359 2085 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2766.0359 um- 2766.4991 2086 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2766.4991 (pause 0.57) 2767.0679 2087 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2767.0679 They even have a program where you can do hospitality up at Bertie Backus. 2771.1655 2088 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2771.1655 (pause 0.56) 2771.7297 2089 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2771.7297 Um- 2772.4291 2090 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2772.4291 (pause 0.30) 2772.7322 2091 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2772.7322 What else? (whispered) 2773.2311 2092 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2773.2311 (pause 0.77) 2774.0005 2093 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2774.0005 Computer classes. 2775.3481 2094 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2775.3481 (pause 0.41) 2775.7631 2095 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2775.7631 You can go to be a um, 2777.3351 2096 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2777.3351 (pause 0.93) 2778.2659 2097 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2778.2659 2778.7415 2098 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2778.7415 (pause 0.59) 2779.3337 2099 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2779.3337 dialysis technician, 2781.0730 2100 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2781.0730 (pause 0.26) 2781.3341 2101 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2781.3341 um, home health [aid.] 2783.3940 2102 DCB_int_01 2783.2121 [So that's] a range of stuff. 2784.3685 2103 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2784.3219 They have- When I say so many things, 2787.4787 2104 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2787.6465 um, carpentry, 2789.4173 2105 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2789.4173 (pause 0.91) 2790.3265 2106 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2790.3265 uh- What else? Electrician. 2792.8725 2107 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2792.8725 (pause 0.17) 2793.0450 2108 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2793.0450 I- 2793.1942 2109 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2793.1942 (pause 0.18) 2793.3714 2110 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2793.3714 It's so many things that they offer 2795.6877 2111 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2795.6877 (pause 0.32) 2796.0095 2112 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2796.0095 that- 2796.2053 2113 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2796.2053 (pause 0.97) 2797.1799 2114 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2797.1799 When I see classes half empty, 2798.9797 2115 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2798.9797 (pause 0.23) 2799.2129 2116 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2799.2129 they crazy. 2800.0522 2117 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2800.0522 (pause 0.15) 2800.2003 2118 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2800.2003 I- I just don't get it. 2801.2867 2119 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2801.2867 (pause 0.80) 2802.0887 2120 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2802.0887 And [then not only] do they offer classes during the day, but they offer classes at night [too.] 2806.3040 2121 DCB_int_01 2802.2566 [Wow.] 2802.9747 2122 DCB_int_01 2802.9747 (pause 3.05) 2806.0242 2123 DCB_int_01 2806.0242 [To fit] anybody- To 2807.2867 2124 DCB_int_01 2807.5059 really get you [into- mm.] 2808.9747 2125 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2808.0794 [That's why I'm] gonna go and do that leasing property management because 2811.5766 2126 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2811.8797 if I can get that certification 2813.4370 2127 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2813.4370 (pause 0.27) 2813.7110 2128 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2813.7110 under my belt 2814.4478 2129 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2814.4478 (pause 0.53) 2814.9794 2130 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2814.9794 accomp- m- 2815.6135 2131 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2815.6135 (pause 0.17) 2815.7814 2132 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2815.7814 along with 2816.4001 2133 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2816.4001 (pause 0.09) 2816.4867 2134 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2816.4867 this 2816.7363 2135 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2816.7363 (pause 0.09) 2816.8264 2136 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2816.8264 front desk one that I already have and my customer service experience, 2819.9768 2137 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2819.9768 (pause 0.30) 2820.2753 2138 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2820.2753 I can live, 2820.7369 2139 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2820.7369 (pause 0.61) 2821.3477 2140 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2821.3477 you know, way on 2822.1591 2141 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2822.1591 (pause 0.20) 2822.3549 2142 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2822.3549 what my salary would be. 2823.6092 2143 DCB_int_01 2823.8750 Mm-hm, [cause you'll have] more /in there/- [You can] bargain. Say, no, look. This is what I bring to the table. 2828.7326 2144 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2824.4194 [And-] 2824.7132 2145 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2824.7132 (pause 0.67) 2825.3800 2146 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2825.3800 [Mm-hm.] 2825.9675 2147 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2828.7932 Right. 2829.2922 2148 DCB_int_01 2829.2222 Yup, [and people] don't do that enough. Like, 2831.2727 2149 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2829.5766 [It-] 2829.8097 2150 DCB_int_01 2831.9395 build your skills because people will pay you. 2834.7279 2151 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2834.8585 [Mm-hm.] 2835.3621 2152 DCB_int_01 2835.1802 [You] know, saying if you have x, y, and z people will be like, hey. Look. 2839.0462 2153 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2839.1053 And I'm [going-] 2839.7534 2154 DCB_int_01 2839.4503 [We need to] keep her. 2840.2990 2155 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2840.3596 Not only am I gonna do that, I'm gonna go back to Byte Back 2843.4219 2156 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2843.4219 (pause 0.18) 2843.5991 2157 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2843.5991 and do um, 2844.8208 2158 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2844.8208 (pause 0.96) 2845.7814 2159 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2845.7814 office track 2846.6906 2160 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2846.6906 (pause 0.21) 2846.9051 2161 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2846.9051 where- 2847.2455 2162 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2847.2455 (pause 0.17) 2847.4180 2163 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2847.4180 I'm good with um, Word, 2849.3380 2164 DCB_int_01 2849.4499 Mm-hm, 2849.7530 2165 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2850.0514 and I'm good with- 2851.4363 2166 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2851.4363 (pause 1.32) 2852.7606 2167 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2852.7606 Word and it's another one that I'm good with (whispered)- 2854.7750 2168 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2854.7750 (pause 0.14) 2854.9137 2169 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2854.9137 But as far as 2856.2006 2170 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2856.2006 (pause 0.66) 2856.8628 2171 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2856.8628 Power Point and Excel, I'm not good with but they offer all of those in one class. 2861.1142 2172 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2861.1142 (pause 0.35) 2861.4592 2173 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2861.4592 And once you complete the class, they give you a free computer. 2864.0472 2174 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2864.0472 (pause 1.04) 2865.0916 2175 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2865.0916 What more can you ask [for.] 2866.5651 2176 DCB_int_01 2866.2154 [For.] 2866.5511 2177 DCB_int_01 2866.7412 Right, [and now you know what to] do- 2868.0328 2178 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2867.0349 [You going to school-] 2867.7717 2179 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2867.7717 (pause 0.26) 2868.0281 2180 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2868.0281 You going to school [for free], and they gonna give you a free computer. 2870.4855 2181 DCB_int_01 2868.6809 [Yeah.] 2869.0586 2182 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2871.4460 Take advantage of it. 2872.2620 2183 DCB_int_01 2872.4241 That's great. 2873.2168 2184 DCB_int_01 2873.2168 (pause 0.42) 2873.6364 2185 DCB_int_01 2873.6364 That is great. And how long is the class? 2875.2591 2186 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2875.7301 Six weeks. 2876.4622 2187 DCB_int_01 2877.0264 That is nothing. 2877.8937 2188 DCB_int_01 2877.8937 (pause 1.23) 2879.1235 2189 DCB_int_01 2879.1235 That is no- How often? Is like, once a week, twice a week? 2881.9213 2190 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2882.1870 When I did the beginners one and two- 2884.0848 2191 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2884.0848 (pause 0.17) 2884.2562 2192 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2884.2562 I did that just to 2885.0069 2193 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2885.0069 (pause 0.19) 2885.1935 2194 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2885.1935 do something cause I knew all the stuff (laughing). 2887.0819 2195 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2887.0819 (pause 0.48) 2887.5576 2196 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2887.5576 Um, 2887.9725 2197 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2887.9725 (pause 0.63) 2888.6020 2198 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2888.6020 we went on Mondays- Mondays and Wednesdays. 2891.2261 2199 DCB_int_01 2891.4686 So just twice a week. That is [good.] 2893.4363 2200 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2893.0353 [I did] that. I did my- 2894.5041 2201 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2894.6440 on Mondays and Wednesdays I did that class, and then 2897.1841 2202 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2897.1841 (pause 0.51) 2897.6924 2203 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2897.6924 Monday though Thursday, 2899.0959 2204 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2899.0959 (pause 0.82) 2899.9119 2205 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2899.9119 we were in- 2900.8259 2206 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2900.8259 (pause 0.49) 2901.3155 2207 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2901.3155 I was in my class at UDC. 2902.6526 2208 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2902.6526 (pause 0.20) 2902.8531 2209 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2902.8531 I would go to one from UDC from nine to one, 2904.8395 2210 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2904.8395 (pause 0.42) 2905.2638 2211 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2905.2638 and then- 2905.7534 2212 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2905.7534 (pause 0.58) 2906.3316 2213 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2906.3316 No, nine to twelve, and then at one o'clock, my computer class would start so I'd go from one to three to that. 2910.8861 2214 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2910.8861 (pause 0.43) 2911.3151 2215 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2911.3151 That's my day. 2912.1124 2216 DCB_int_01 2912.5181 Mm-hm. 2912.9844 2217 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2913.3434 Other than that, I be just sitting in the house looking crazy. 2915.5945 2218 DCB_int_01 2915.9675 And the good thing about that is 2917.5762 2219 DCB_int_01 2917.5762 (pause 0.09) 2917.6695 2220 DCB_int_01 2917.6695 most jobs, 2918.6393 2221 DCB_int_01 2918.6393 (pause 0.31) 2918.9518 2222 DCB_int_01 2918.9518 basic financial stuff, is Excel. 2920.7458 2223 DCB_int_01 2920.7458 (pause 0.46) 2921.2028 2224 DCB_int_01 2921.2028 Most- When you give presentations, that's [Power Point.] 2923.5482 2225 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2922.8814 [Power Point.] 2923.3990 2226 DCB_int_01 2923.7534 And then if you can type- 2924.6906 2227 DCB_int_01 2924.6906 (pause 0.39) 2925.0823 2228 DCB_int_01 2925.0823 You know what I mean? Like, you can run 2926.9090 2229 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2926.9090 Mm-hm. 2927.3707 2230 DCB_int_01 2927.3846 the- You can manage the office or manage the business because those are your basic things. You got to be able to sell and market your product [and be able to] present about it. 2934.9234 2231 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2933.5152 [Mm-hm.] 2934.1307 2232 DCB_int_01 2935.2405 You got to make sure your books are right, 2936.6580 2233 DCB_int_01 2936.6580 (pause 0.26) 2936.9191 2234 DCB_int_01 2936.9191 and you got to just make sure you report- Do you know what I [mean?] 2939.0721 2235 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2938.8344 [Mm-hm.] 2939.2494 2236 DCB_int_01 2939.3427 And that's great- I didn't know about that serv- That is awesome. 2942.1824 2237 DCB_int_01 2942.1824 (pause 0.32) 2942.5041 2238 DCB_int_01 2942.5041 And people don't take adv- Like you said. And sometimes I think it's ignorance and sometimes it's laziness. Sometimes they just don't know it's there, 2947.9166 2239 DCB_int_01 2947.9166 (pause 0.21) 2948.1264 2240 DCB_int_01 2948.1264 but sometimes they know and they're just like, uh, I don't care, and that's the ones that really make me mad. 2952.2100 2241 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2952.2100 And then the thing about it is, 2953.4909 2242 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2953.5775 a lot of the times 2954.6300 2243 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2954.6300 (pause 0.81) 2955.4414 2244 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2955.4414 the city won't let the people know about these [programs. You got to go and research] it for [yourself, but-] 2959.5809 2245 DCB_int_01 2957.2494 [Mm, that's- Mm-hm.] 2958.4338 2246 DCB_int_01 2958.4338 (pause 0.66) 2959.0959 2247 DCB_int_01 2959.0959 [Yourself.] 2959.4550 2248 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2960.1124 And not everybody is gonna do the research. 2962.1921 2249 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2962.1921 (pause 0.32) 2962.5127 2250 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2962.5127 You have some that you have to take by the hand 2964.7182 2251 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2964.7182 (pause 0.38) 2965.0959 2252 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2965.0959 [and lead 'em] to [it.] 2966.1264 2253 DCB_int_01 2965.0959 [Mm.] 2965.5342 2254 DCB_int_01 2965.5342 (pause 0.38) 2965.9166 2255 DCB_int_01 2965.9166 [Mm-hm.] 2966.3969 2256 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2966.4342 And- 2966.6953 2257 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2966.6953 (pause 0.22) 2966.9191 2258 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2966.9191 And once you lead it to 'em, it's left up to them whether or not they gonna take it- 2970.1508 2259 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2970.1508 (pause 0.10) 2970.2478 2260 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2970.2478 Some will, some [won't.] 2971.4561 2261 DCB_int_01 2971.2125 [Mm.] 2971.4969 2262 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2972.6720 I know I did. 2973.3220 2263 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2973.3220 (pause 0.07) 2973.3913 2264 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2973.3913 I- I did the research cause I- 2974.8461 2265 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2974.8461 (pause 0.09) 2974.9362 2266 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2974.9362 I- 2975.1189 2267 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2975.1189 (pause 0.25) 2975.3660 2268 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2975.3660 Sitting at home was not a [option] for me, 2977.1426 2269 DCB_int_01 2976.4230 [Option.] 2976.7522 2270 DCB_int_01 2977.5296 [Kudos to you.] 2978.4342 2271 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2977.6088 [and plus] 2978.2290 2272 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2978.2290 (pause 0.16) 2978.3922 2273 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2978.3922 um- 2978.9051 2274 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2980.3087 It was a dramatic effect on /RD-NAME-1/, too. 2982.8255 2275 DCB_int_01 2982.9980 Mm. 2983.3664 2276 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2983.8746 When he would see me- okay, Mommy just throwing on something to take me back- 2986.7983 2277 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2986.7983 (pause 0.23) 2987.0256 2278 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2987.0256 take me to school, and she coming back home so I'm'a act up in school so I can go back home with her. 2990.9051 2279 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2990.9051 (pause 0.49) 2991.3947 2280 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2991.3947 No. 2991.8144 2281 DCB_int_01 2992.4194 [Mm.] 2992.8857 2282 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2992.4521 [It's] not gonna happen. 2993.6737 2283 DCB_int_01 2993.7017 [Mm-hm.] 2994.1214 2284 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2993.9209 [Cause he] was used to Mommy getting up, dropping him off at school. She going to work, come back and picking him up, not going home. 2999.0489 2285 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 2999.4359 So once he saw that 3001.1286 2286 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3001.1286 (pause 0.63) 3001.7581 2287 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3001.7581 I was back doing some of the regular routines, he got a little bit 3004.8962 2288 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3004.8962 (pause 0.26) 3005.1608 2289 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3005.1608 you know, [better of it because] 3006.3265 2290 DCB_int_01 3005.6038 [Mm-hm.] 3005.9862 2291 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3006.6343 our situation 3007.5156 2292 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3007.5156 (pause 0.46) 3007.9772 2293 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3007.9772 can have a dramatic effect on our children 3009.9543 2294 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3009.9543 (pause 0.44) 3010.3914 2295 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3010.3914 in so many ways. You might think- 3012.2706 2296 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3012.2706 (pause 0.28) 3012.5550 2297 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3012.5550 Well I- at least I thought, 3013.7860 2298 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3013.7860 (pause 0.39) 3014.1731 2299 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3014.1731 he's not paying attention to me. [You know, he's l-] 3016.1828 2300 DCB_int_01 3015.6092 [Oh. ] 3016.5080 2301 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3016.5080 But he 3017.0207 2302 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3017.1420 [clearly was.] 3018.4280 2303 DCB_int_01 3017.3893 [Every little thing.] 3018.8162 2304 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3018.8768 He clearly was, and I was like, okay. I got to do something about this. 3022.9382 2305 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3022.9382 (pause 0.55) 3023.4872 2306 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3023.4872 [And I did.] 3024.1960 2307 DCB_int_01 3023.5199 [Mm.] 3023.9545 2308 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3024.5783 Cause that's my baby. He my only baby. 3026.7326 2309 DCB_int_01 3027.0170 Oh, he Momma's little [boy.] 3028.9976 2310 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3028.8158 [And] I'm not- I knew when I was pregnant with him, I wasn't having any more kids. 3031.8093 2311 DCB_int_01 3031.9586 You're done? 3032.4761 2312 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3032.6207 Uh-uh. 3032.9191 2313 DCB_int_01 3033.3201 [I have] one. I understand. [I understand.] 3036.4851 2314 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3034.2935 [If-] 3034.6899 2315 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3034.6899 (pause 0.94) 3035.6318 2316 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3035.6318 [If they would have tied] my tubes then- 3037.8560 2317 DCB_int_01 3037.5156 [ I understand.] 3039.5952 2318 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3038.4482 [do you know-] 3039.5300 2319 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3040.0102 They gonna tell me, no, we can't do that cause you only have [one and] you're [not married.] 3043.9213 2320 DCB_int_01 3042.7975 [One.] 3043.1053 2321 DCB_int_01 3043.1053 (pause 0.20) 3043.3058 2322 DCB_int_01 3043.3058 [Mm-hm.] 3043.8886 2323 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3044.6580 I know what I'm'a have. Let me have my moment 3048.9467 2324 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3048.9467 (pause 0.36) 3049.3104 2325 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3049.3104 cause he came early, and the lady when they were wheeling me in the d- labor and delivery room, 3052.9510 2326 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3052.9510 (pause 0.31) 3053.2587 2327 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3053.2587 Well next time, you're gonna have to have a cerclage done. I said, there will be no next time. 3056.9005 2328 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3056.9005 (pause 0.43) 3057.3295 2329 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3057.3295 So guess- Miss me with all of that. 3059.2821 2330 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3059.2821 (pause 0.21) 3059.4919 2331 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3059.4919 [So it's] not gonna be a next [time. ] 3062.9844 2332 DCB_int_01 3059.5898 [Uh-huh.] 3060.2006 2333 DCB_int_01 3060.2006 (pause 0.83) 3061.0340 2334 DCB_int_01 3061.0340 [] 3062.9844 2335 DCB_int_01 3063.4041 I'm'a ask you a couple more things cause I don't want to take too much more of your time, but um, 3067.7254 2336 DCB_int_01 3067.7254 (pause 0.41) 3068.1358 2337 DCB_int_01 3068.1358 let's talk about a couple fun things. [So one of]- One big thing that's a DC thing is go go music. 3074.3829 2338 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3069.8797 [Okay.] 3070.3739 2339 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3070.3739 (pause 3.94) 3074.3176 2340 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3074.3176 Yes! [] 3079.0167 2341 DCB_int_01 3075.7305 [Okay. Obviously you know what I'm talking about.] 3078.2799 2342 DCB_int_01 3079.0540 So tell me your experience with go go. How did you- What was your first time? What do you think about it? Do you like? Do you not like it- [Obviously you like it.] 3086.9611 2343 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3085.9213 [I l- I love go go.] 3088.2387 2344 DCB_int_01 3087.3388 [You love it.] 3087.9543 2345 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3088.7598 Not- 3089.1748 2346 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3089.1748 (pause 0.42) 3089.5945 2347 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3089.5945 The go go now is not the go go 3091.9959 2348 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3091.9959 (pause 0.27) 3092.2616 2349 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3092.2616 that I grew up on. 3093.3807 2350 DCB_int_01 3093.5113 Mm. What do you mean? Sh- Tell me the difference cause I've heard a lot of different things. 3097.6601 2351 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3097.9119 3098.4435 2352 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3098.4435 (pause 3.09) 3101.5339 2353 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3101.5339 The lyrics. 3102.8908 2354 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3102.8908 (pause 2.42) 3105.3155 2355 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3105.3155 The dances. 3106.6071 2356 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3106.6071 (pause 2.48) 3109.0913 2357 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3109.0913 The atmosphere as a whole. 3110.8538 2358 DCB_int_01 3111.5486 Hm. 3111.8424 2359 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3112.0196 We could go to the go go 3113.9815 2360 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3113.9815 (pause 0.40) 3114.3778 2361 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3114.3778 and everybody would party together. 3116.4155 2362 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3116.4155 (pause 0.66) 3117.0730 2363 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3117.0730 You might have a fight here and there, 3119.1841 2364 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3119.1841 (pause 0.53) 3119.7110 2365 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3119.7110 you might not. 3120.3172 2366 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3120.3172 (pause 0.90) 3121.2125 2367 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3121.2125 But everybody was there to do the w- had one common goal, and that was to party. 3125.7017 2368 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3125.7017 (pause 0.99) 3126.6903 2369 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3126.6903 I grew up with 3127.9306 2370 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3127.9306 (pause 0.27) 3128.1964 2371 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3128.1964 my first- very first band- My brother worked at Crystal Skates, 3131.8201 2372 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3131.8201 (pause 0.70) 3132.5177 2373 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3132.5177 and 3132.9420 2374 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3132.9420 (pause 0.55) 3133.4876 2375 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3133.4876 they would have the go go bands on the back skating rink. 3136.0336 2376 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3136.0336 (pause 0.93) 3136.9650 2377 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3136.9650 And Trouble Funk was my very first go go I went to. I may have been in like, the eighth grade. 3142.9242 2378 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3142.9242 (pause 0.62) 3143.5478 2379 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3143.5478 But I was with my big brother, and we were partying. 3146.1358 2380 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3146.1358 (pause 0.31) 3146.4435 2381 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3146.4435 Even though my mother came to get me at twelve o'clock, 3147.9480 2382 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3147.9480 (pause 0.44) 3148.3846 2383 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3148.3846 [but- ] 3149.6691 2384 DCB_int_01 3148.3846 [] 3149.6691 2385 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3150.3312 Um, 3150.9141 2386 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3150.9141 (pause 0.17) 3151.0819 2387 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3151.0819 I remember 3152.3782 2388 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3152.3782 (pause 0.51) 3152.8911 2389 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3152.8911 when I got a little older, maybe 3154.3506 2390 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3154.3506 (pause 0.30) 3154.6479 2391 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3154.6479 twenty one, twenty two, 3157.0167 2392 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3157.0167 (pause 0.76) 3157.7767 2393 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3157.7767 I remember Rhythms Night Club 3159.4973 2394 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3159.4973 (pause 0.63) 3160.1268 2395 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3160.1268 out in Landover. 3161.3613 2396 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3161.3613 (pause 0.85) 3162.2100 2397 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3162.2100 All ladies were free before eleven. 3163.9725 2398 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3163.9725 (pause 0.35) 3164.3269 2399 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3164.3269 Of course me and my girlfriends were, one two three four and five in line 3167.5525 2400 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3167.5525 (pause 0.20) 3167.7483 2401 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3167.7483 3169.3104 2402 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3169.3104 (pause 0.19) 3169.5016 2403 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3169.5016 for the free one. I remember when they lost their liquor license but we could bring 3174.1862 2404 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3174.1862 (pause 0.13) 3174.3144 2405 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3174.3144 alcohol in our water bottles. 3176.5228 2406 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3176.5228 (pause 0.90) 3177.4227 2407 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3177.4227 And 3178.3133 2408 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3178.3133 (pause 0.79) 3179.1049 2409 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3179.1049 we would just party. When I say party- Oh my God, we would just party. 3183.2595 2410 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3183.2595 (pause 0.69) 3183.9543 2411 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3183.9543 I remember the East Side down Southwest. 3186.8395 2412 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3186.8395 (pause 0.47) 3187.3104 2413 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3187.3104 I remember the Black Hole up Northwest. 3189.6139 2414 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3189.6139 (pause 0.14) 3189.7491 2415 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3189.7491 I remember Triples Night Club that used to be on Branch Avenue. 3195.1942 2416 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3195.1942 (pause 1.36) 3196.5546 2417 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3196.5546 I remember when down Southwest when they built the Nat Stadium and all of [that.] 3201.0404 2418 DCB_int_01 3200.7699 [Mm-hm.] 3201.2315 2419 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3201.6745 Um, the Mirage was down- That was one of the big night [clubs.] 3205.4410 2420 DCB_int_01 3204.9887 [I've heard about] that before. 3206.4342 2421 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3206.9284 I remember the Mirage. 3208.6024 2422 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3208.6024 (pause 2.07) 3210.6763 2423 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3210.6763 I remember the Ibex, up on- 3212.7326 2424 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3212.7326 (pause 0.19) 3212.9191 2425 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3212.9191 in uh, Northwest that used to sit right on the corner of Georgia Avenue and New Hampshire Avenue. 3218.5088 2426 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3218.5088 (pause 1.69) 3220.1968 2427 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3220.1968 Um- 3221.7856 2428 DCB_int_01 3221.7856 That's where the Georgia uh- Georgia Avenue metro station is now. 3225.4274 2429 DCB_int_01 3225.4274 (pause 0.70) 3226.1268 2430 DCB_int_01 3226.1268 Like right- 3226.6257 2431 DCB_int_01 3226.6257 (pause 0.37) 3226.9930 2432 DCB_int_01 3226.9930 You [said Georgia] and New Hampshire- 3227.8556 2433 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3227.1095 [It's a-] 3227.5432 2434 DCB_int_01 3228.0095 But right [somewhere in there- Mm-hm.] 3229.7581 2435 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3228.6250 [Yeah, right up in that area.] Um, 3230.3829 2436 DCB_int_01 3230.9005 [Cause we have a Club] over there. 3232.0662 2437 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3230.9284 [I remember-] 3231.5626 2438 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3232.3308 I remember 3233.6178 2439 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3233.6178 (pause 1.01) 3234.6250 2440 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3234.6250 3234.7462 2441 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3234.7462 (pause 0.64) 3235.3850 2442 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3235.3850 going to the 3236.0285 2443 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3236.0285 (pause 0.26) 3236.2850 2444 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3236.2850 high schools, 3237.1429 2445 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3237.1429 (pause 0.33) 3237.4740 2446 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3237.4740 Catholic schools, 3238.3833 2447 DCB_int_01 3238.5733 Mm-hm. 3238.8671 2448 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3239.0069 where I went- 3239.4919 2449 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3239.4919 (pause 0.46) 3239.9535 2450 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3239.9535 They used to have the bands there. 3241.4969 2451 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3241.4969 (pause 0.41) 3241.9073 2452 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3241.9073 We could party. 3242.8398 2453 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3242.8398 (pause 0.92) 3243.7584 2454 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3243.7584 I remember home coming. 3245.0721 2455 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3245.0721 (pause 0.41) 3245.4779 2456 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3245.4779 We had go go bands every year for home coming. 3247.8746 2457 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3247.8746 (pause 1.22) 3249.0963 2458 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3249.0963 Um, 3250.0755 2459 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3250.0755 (pause 0.75) 3250.8298 2460 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3250.8298 [] 3251.0163 2461 DCB_int_01 3250.8437 [So it] was a big thing- [It was DC It was-] It was- 3254.3875 2462 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3252.6156 [Yeah!] 3253.4596 2463 DCB_int_01 3254.5787 It was the [thing.] 3256.0056 2464 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3255.5579 [Mm-hm.] 3256.0102 2465 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3256.1781 Um, some of the be- 3257.1748 2466 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3257.1748 (pause 0.43) 3257.6085 2467 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3257.6085 We had, when we first went- go go first came about, you had Air Raid, 3261.3388 2468 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3261.3388 (pause 0.70) 3262.0417 2469 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3262.0417 Trouble Funk, 3263.0721 2470 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3263.0721 (pause 0.34) 3263.4080 2471 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3263.4080 Junk Yard. 3264.4058 2472 DCB_int_01 3264.9327 I know [Junk Yard.] 3265.9819 2473 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3265.2451 [Um], 3266.0518 2474 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3266.8165 it's not the same Junk Yard. 3268.0009 2475 DCB_int_01 3268.3215 Oh, different- [Okay.] 3269.2541 2476 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3268.9277 [How they] came up 3269.7623 2477 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3269.9395 was 3270.5457 2478 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3270.5457 (pause 0.80) 3271.3431 2479 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3271.3431 they used to play in front of the subway stations 3273.5486 2480 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3273.5486 (pause 0.25) 3273.8004 2481 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3273.8004 beating on- 3274.6246 2482 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3274.6246 (pause 0.91) 3275.5385 2483 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3275.5385 You know the big paint buckets? 3276.9933 2484 DCB_int_01 3277.1146 Mm-hm. 3277.4410 2485 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3277.7907 The white plastic [ones?] 3279.0963 2486 DCB_int_01 3278.7233 [Mm-hm.] 3279.1616 2487 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3279.3668 That's how they got their start. 3280.3600 2488 DCB_int_01 3280.4567 And that's why they was called Junk [Yard.] 3281.7903 2489 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3281.4686 [Mm-hm.] 3281.9069 2490 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3282.8721 Um, Trouble Funk, 3283.9073 2491 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3283.9073 (pause 0.53) 3284.4342 2492 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3284.4342 Essence has always been [around.] 3286.0635 2493 DCB_int_01 3285.7724 [I know] Essence. 3286.8169 2494 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3287.0582 Um, 3287.9535 2495 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3287.9535 (pause 1.44) 3289.3897 2496 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3289.3897 Northeast Groovers. 3290.8398 2497 DCB_int_01 3290.9657 Mm-hm. 3291.5346 2498 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3292.6945 Who else? 3293.7903 2499 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3293.7903 (pause 1.25) 3295.0400 2500 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3295.0400 Um, 3295.7907 2501 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3295.7907 (pause 0.69) 3296.4761 2502 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3296.4761 3296.7699 2503 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3296.7699 (pause 0.67) 3297.4414 2504 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3297.4414 I remember Fat Rodney used to 3299.3827 2505 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3299.3827 (pause 0.13) 3299.5109 2506 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3299.5109 rap with one of the go go bands. 3301.4494 2507 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3301.4494 (pause 0.30) 3301.7487 2508 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3301.7487 Um, 3302.9424 2509 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3302.9424 (pause 1.37) 3304.3122 2510 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3304.3122 I'm trying to think. 3305.0816 2511 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3305.0816 (pause 0.32) 3305.3986 2512 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3305.3986 I was a go go fanatic. Chuck Brown. [Oh!] 3307.6573 2513 DCB_int_01 3307.2731 [Mm!] 3307.6928 2514 DCB_int_01 3307.8980 3308.2030 2515 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3308.2943 I remember, 3309.1616 2516 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3309.1616 (pause 0.51) 3309.6745 2517 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3309.6745 at one time, 3310.6584 2518 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3310.6584 (pause 0.42) 3311.0769 2519 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3311.0769 if Chuck or Essence wasn't playing at the Cabaret, 3313.4876 2520 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3313.4876 (pause 0.15) 3313.6368 2521 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3313.6368 I wasn't going. 3314.8911 2522 DCB_int_01 3315.1942 Okay. 3315.6512 2523 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3315.7771 I remember 3316.5558 2524 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3316.5558 (pause 0.27) 3316.8251 2525 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3316.8251 partying with Chuck right up front, 3318.4385 2526 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3318.4385 (pause 0.93) 3319.3710 2527 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3319.3710 dancing, having a good time. 3321.3528 2528 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3321.3528 (pause 1.05) 3322.4008 2529 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3322.4008 And when he died, I was just like, there go go go music down hill (whispering). 3325.2638 2530 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3325.2638 (pause 0.24) 3325.5016 2531 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3325.5016 Um, 3326.3502 2532 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3326.3502 (pause 0.83) 3327.1802 2533 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3327.1802 let me see. It was another- Before Bella Donna came along, there was another all girl group 3331.4456 2534 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3331.4456 (pause 0.57) 3332.0192 2535 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3332.0192 um, go go band. I can't think of the name of it. 3334.2807 2536 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3334.2807 (pause 0.67) 3334.9463 2537 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3334.9463 Um, there used to be a famous rapper that used to um, 3337.2731 2538 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3337.2731 (pause 0.83) 3338.1078 2539 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3338.1078 rap with Essence called Stinky Dink. 3339.9683 2540 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3339.9683 (pause 1.37) 3341.3380 2541 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3341.3380 3342.8395 2542 DCB_int_01 3343.1146 My go go is very [limited], 3344.7186 2543 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3344.1731 [] 3344.7046 2544 DCB_int_01 3344.8585 [but I'm learning] more and more every day. 3346.5884 2545 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3344.8772 [Uh-huh.] 3345.6559 2546 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3345.6559 (pause 0.93) 3346.5873 2547 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3346.5873 I'm trying to think- 3347.4219 2548 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3347.5245 Uh- Go go is just- 3348.7509 2549 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3348.7509 (pause 0.61) 3349.3617 2550 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3349.3617 If you hear go go, you know that's DC. 3350.9191 2551 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3350.9191 (pause 0.42) 3351.3434 2552 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3351.3434 Point blank. 3351.9030 2553 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3351.9030 (pause 0.26) 3352.1641 2554 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3352.1641 Now actually, 3352.7481 2555 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3352.7481 (pause 0.07) 3352.8208 2556 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3352.8208 just this past weekend, DC did- 3354.6716 2557 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3354.6716 (pause 0.34) 3355.0120 2558 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3355.0120 DC take over Miami, 3356.3922 2559 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3356.3922 (pause 0.67) 3357.0637 2560 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3357.0637 where Back Yard band played in Miami. 3359.0163 2561 DCB_int_01 3359.8276 I did not [know that]! 3361.4550 2562 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3360.6390 [They called it- They] had- It was- 3362.1777 2563 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3362.4528 The weekend that just passed was called DC Take Over. 3364.8531 2564 DCB_int_01 3365.6831 Wow. And why do- Is there anything else you can think of it that's like DC that other people- that's just not really- 3371.6831 2565 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3373.0167 Chicken wings and mumbo [sauce.] 3374.4482 2566 DCB_int_01 3374.3223 [Mumbo] sauce? 3375.0543 2567 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3375.0870 3377.2448 2568 DCB_int_01 3377.4173 I had no clue what that [was. I didn't] know go go, 3380.5647 2569 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3378.9141 [] 3379.6788 2570 DCB_int_01 3380.8865 I didn't know mumbo sauce. 3382.3273 2571 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3382.7598 Chicken wings and mumbo sauce. 3384.3592 2572 DCB_int_01 3384.8022 Where did that come from? 3385.7627 2573 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3386.0099 Your guess is as good as mine. [Cause I don't eat mumbo sauce. Give me so me hot sauce. ] 3390.2146 2574 DCB_int_01 3386.9410 [mine- ] 3389.6929 2575 DCB_int_01 3389.6929 (pause 0.51) 3390.2006 2576 DCB_int_01 3390.2006 It's real- If they make it too sweet, it's not- If it's sweet and spicy, just the right- I like it. 3395.6224 2577 DCB_int_01 3395.9628 But if it's too sweet, I'm just like, ew. I could this is [like sugar.] 3399.3015 2578 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3398.3969 [And one of the big] landmarks that used to be in this area too, was um, the Chef's Table. 3403.3244 2579 DCB_int_01 3403.8606 Mm-hm, yeah like a block or two from [here.] 3406.0060 2580 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3405.8564 [Yes.] We used to- 3407.3660 2581 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3407.6411 That was like 3408.2193 2582 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3408.2193 (pause 0.36) 3408.5783 2583 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3408.5783 the 'it' place to go. 3410.1964 2584 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3410.1964 (pause 0.77) 3410.9657 2585 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3410.9657 It was like one of the fancy restaurants back in the day because that was like, one of the only restaurants that sold chitlins. 3417.0497 2586 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3417.0497 (pause 0.34) 3417.3901 2587 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3417.3901 They had chitlins and pig feet on the f- buffet bar. [] 3422.5228 2588 DCB_int_01 3421.0063 [Wow.] 3421.5088 2589 DCB_int_01 3422.5507 See that's what I know- I'm from down south, so that's what I know. 3425.0721 2590 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3425.1608 Mm-hm. 3425.9582 2591 DCB_int_01 3425.9395 Um- 3426.2333 2592 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3426.2240 Chitlins, 3426.8495 2593 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3426.9049 pig feet. 3427.9213 2594 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3427.9213 (pause 0.40) 3428.3176 2595 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3428.3176 3428.8725 2596 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3428.8725 (pause 0.41) 3429.2875 2597 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3429.2875 I eat chitlins. I eat- I don't eat pig feet, but I eat chitlins. 3432.2659 2598 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3432.2659 (pause 0.27) 3432.5317 2599 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3432.5317 And I cook 'em. 3433.0819 2600 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3433.0819 (pause 0.25) 3433.3337 2601 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3433.3337 [I eat pig tails.] 3434.2710 2602 DCB_int_01 3433.3337 [Oof. And your ha-] And your house be stank up. 3435.6960 2603 DCB_int_01 3435.8346 Mm. 3436.4194 2604 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3436.7039 /RD-NAME-1/ eats all that stuff too, pig tails, [chitlins.] 3439.1472 2605 DCB_int_01 3438.5317 [Oh okay. So he] don't even mind. 3439.9959 2606 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3440.1497 Mm-mm. 3440.5368 2607 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3440.5368 (pause 0.48) 3441.0170 2608 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3441.0170 He don't [mind.] 3441.7305 2609 DCB_int_01 3441.3388 [He know], oh, Momma cooking some chitlins today. 3443.5572 2610 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3443.5525 Mm-hm. 3443.9302 2611 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3444.1121 And I feel sorry for when he gets older cause whoever his girlfriend or wife is gonna be, she's gonna have to know how to cook. 3449.2001 2612 DCB_int_01 3449.5758 Mm-hm. 3449.9069 2613 DCB_int_01 3449.9069 (pause 0.62) 3450.5224 2614 DCB_int_01 3450.5224 She can't step. She can't half step with it. 3452.3223 2615 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3452.3502 Cause he's gonna come out and tell her, my mother don't cook- 3454.0942 2616 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3454.0942 (pause 0.40) 3454.4940 2617 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3454.4940 Mm, I'm going to my mother's house. [] 3457.1379 2618 DCB_int_01 3456.1773 [Right?] 3456.5457 2619 DCB_int_01 3456.5457 (pause 0.29) 3456.8395 2620 DCB_int_01 3456.8395 [Oh I'm sorry], we doing a microwave meal? Oh, [mm-mm.] Mommy, I'm on my way. Thanks. 3460.8904 2621 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3458.9611 [Mm-mm.] 3459.4367 2622 DCB_int_01 3461.2168 Um, okay. 3461.9908 2623 DCB_int_01 3461.9908 (pause 0.23) 3462.2240 2624 DCB_int_01 3462.2240 Last thing, what's your favorite television show and why? 3464.5321 2625 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3468.0981 I'm trying to think. 3469.0679 2626 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3469.0679 (pause 1.20) 3470.2710 2627 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3470.2710 What is it- Something that I- 3471.6559 2628 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3471.6559 (pause 0.74) 3472.4007 2629 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3472.4007 3472.8064 2630 DCB_int_01 3473.1980 Or your favorite book. 3474.0980 2631 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3474.7554 My favorite book- 3475.4829 2632 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3475.4829 (pause 0.69) 3476.1730 2633 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3476.1730 I have a favorite TV show too. But [my favorite] book is The Coldest Winter Ever 3479.5617 2634 DCB_int_01 3477.3014 [Oh.] 3477.6604 2635 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3479.8975 by um, Sister Souljah. 3481.5248 2636 DCB_int_01 3482.8258 Somebody just recommended I read that- It was [like a week ago.] 3485.5804 2637 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3484.6338 [Aw!] 3485.2680 2638 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3485.7902 [I have read it-] 3486.7741 2639 DCB_int_01 3485.7949 [I have never read it.] 3486.7927 2640 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3486.9420 I mean so many 3489.2408 2641 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3489.2408 (pause 0.43) 3489.6698 2642 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3489.6698 times. 3490.4531 2643 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3490.4531 (pause 0.47) 3490.9183 2644 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3490.9183 It's just the plight of this little black girl that 3493.0818 2645 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3493.0818 (pause 0.43) 3493.5155 2646 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3493.5155 was used to having it all, but then her family lost it all, and she had to get out there and fend for herself. 3499.0119 2647 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3499.0119 (pause 0.51) 3499.5248 2648 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3499.5248 When I say good read? Aw, yes. 3501.7350 2649 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3501.7350 (pause 0.40) 3502.1360 2650 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3502.1360 That one and um, 3503.8042 2651 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3503.8042 (pause 0.63) 3504.4384 2652 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3504.4384 3504.6668 2653 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3504.6668 (pause 0.83) 3505.4968 2654 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3505.4968 a book by Tracy Brown called White Lines. 3507.9122 2655 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3507.9122 (pause 0.44) 3508.3494 2656 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3508.3494 That book is [good too.] 3509.6410 2657 DCB_int_01 3508.9369 [/Do I know that?/ (whispered)] 3510.0951 2658 DCB_int_01 3510.4990 That sounds so familiar. 3511.8046 2659 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3511.8279 I read [that-] 3512.7372 2660 DCB_int_01 3512.1916 [What's that about?] 3512.7838 2661 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3512.9377 Um, it was about a girl 3514.4018 2662 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3514.4018 (pause 0.45) 3514.8530 2663 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3514.8530 that g- I think she grew up from not having anything and then she ended up 3518.3222 2664 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3518.3222 (pause 0.68) 3518.9983 2665 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3518.9983 marrying someone that was big in a gang. 3521.4452 2666 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3521.4452 (pause 0.74) 3522.1819 2667 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3522.1819 And it talked about the trials and tribulations through all of that. 3524.9330 2668 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3524.9330 (pause 0.62) 3525.5532 2669 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3525.5532 I used to- Before I had /RD-NAME-1/, I mean, 3527.0860 2670 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3527.0860 (pause 0.27) 3527.3519 2671 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3527.3519 I was reading two or three books a week. 3528.9979 2672 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3528.9979 (pause 0.69) 3529.6880 2673 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3529.6880 Um, 3530.0284 2674 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3530.0284 (pause 0.18) 3530.2056 2675 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3530.2056 my favorite movie is The Color Purple. 3531.8236 2676 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3531.8236 (pause 1.64) 3533.4592 2677 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3533.4592 3533.9208 2678 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3533.9208 (pause 0.57) 3534.4897 2679 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3534.4897 /RD-NAME-1/ [likes that] too 3535.4083 2680 DCB_int_01 3534.7694 [Woo-woo.] 3535.1751 2681 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3535.6274 cause he watched it, and he embarrassed me in the store one day. He was about 3539.1561 2682 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3539.1561 (pause 0.19) 3539.3426 2683 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3539.3426 three. 3539.6876 2684 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3539.6876 (pause 0.64) 3540.3311 2685 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3540.3311 Mom, we gonna go home and watch Purple Color? [] 3544.9800 2686 DCB_int_01 3542.9936 [] 3545.0686 2687 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3545.1980 You don't (whispered) tell people we- I ain't got you watching (whispered) [Color Purple.] 3547.6787 2688 DCB_int_01 3547.4697 [] 3548.9050 2689 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3547.9725 [] 3548.9050 2690 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3550.1081 But, The Color Purple, 3551.3519 2691 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3551.3519 (pause 0.52) 3551.8742 2692 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3551.8742 and I like 3553.0166 2693 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3553.0166 (pause 0.95) 3553.9678 2694 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3553.9678 the little drama shows. 3555.3154 2695 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3555.3154 (pause 0.24) 3555.5532 2696 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3555.5532 I like Love and Hiphop. 3556.7749 2697 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3556.7749 (pause 0.23) 3557.0022 2698 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3557.0022 That- I mean, just to see their ratchetness and their drama. 3560.2196 2699 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3560.2196 (pause 0.67) 3560.8864 2700 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3560.8864 Love and Hiphop. I like Empire. 3562.9800 2701 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3562.9800 (pause 0.56) 3563.5384 2702 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3563.5384 I haven't watched any of the season of Power this year. I started watching it last night, but I like Power. 3568.4624 2703 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3568.4624 (pause 0.37) 3568.8343 2704 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3568.8343 But for the- I like cooking shows. 3570.4290 2705 DCB_int_01 3570.7275 Mm. 3571.0026 2706 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3571.8652 Cooking shows or, 3572.9470 2707 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3572.9470 (pause 0.19) 3573.1335 2708 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3573.1335 I'm a Tyler Perry fanatic. 3574.4718 2709 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3574.4718 (pause 0.92) 3575.3892 2710 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3575.3892 I wake up on a Saturday, and I'm looking for his movies. I don't care if it's I Can Do Bad All By Myself, Daddy's Little Girl. 3581.9394 2711 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3581.9394 (pause 0.41) 3582.3451 2712 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3582.3451 You name it, 3583.0306 2713 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3583.0306 (pause 0.11) 3583.1378 2714 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3583.1378 if it's him, I'm gonna watch it. 3584.8211 2715 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3584.8211 (pause 0.66) 3585.4832 2716 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3585.4832 Um- 3585.8842 2717 DCB_int_01 3585.8936 I just did a project on Meet the Browns, the play? [I did] a project on [Brown and] Will, 3590.6999 2718 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3588.3218 [Uh-huh.] 3588.6715 2719 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3588.6715 (pause 0.93) 3589.5994 2720 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3589.5994 [ ] 3590.3082 2721 DCB_int_01 3591.1428 [um], 3591.5159 2722 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3591.2081 [Mm-hm.] 3591.5066 2723 DCB_int_01 3591.7257 and their interaction in the movie. It was- It was actually- Cause it made me look at it differently. 3595.6311 2724 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3595.6600 Mm-hm. 3596.0517 2725 DCB_int_01 3595.9911 Like studying it versus like, I'm just watching this hanging out with my friends and we [laughing] about it. 3600.2798 2726 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3599.5291 [Right.] 3599.9348 2727 DCB_int_01 3600.7508 But it was like, so funny cause as I was presenting like, a lot of my classmates hadn't seen it, so I'm presenting and their like, huh? 3605.8881 2728 DCB_int_01 3605.8881 (pause 0.41) 3606.2938 2729 DCB_int_01 3606.2938 What? And they busting out laughing, and I'm like, 3608.3408 2730 DCB_int_01 3608.3408 (pause 0.50) 3608.8444 2731 DCB_int_01 3608.8444 oh cause you haven't ever seen this before. 3610.5639 2732 DCB_int_01 3610.5639 (pause 0.34) 3610.8996 2733 DCB_int_01 3610.8996 Cracking up. 3611.4965 2734 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3611.5198 I remember- That was one of the memories I have 3613.7347 2735 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3613.7347 (pause 0.33) 3614.0657 2736 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3614.0657 before my mom passed. We went to go see Meet the Browns at Warner Theater. 3617.2307 2737 DCB_int_01 3617.2680 Mm! Mm-hm. 3617.9960 2738 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3618.0047 Uh-huh. 3618.5689 2739 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3618.5689 (pause 0.52) 3619.0912 2740 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3619.0912 That and- 3619.5854 2741 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3619.5854 (pause 0.23) 3619.8139 2742 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3619.8139 I'm trying to think, cause it was something that I did the other day and I was like, I remember when me and- 3623.4032 2743 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3623.4032 (pause 0.35) 3623.7483 2744 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3623.7483 I remember- My mother is the one that took me to see The Color Purple 3626.2056 2745 DCB_int_01 3627.5952 [Wow.] 3628.3086 2746 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3627.6045 [when it first came] out in nineteen eighty five. 3630.1353 2747 DCB_int_01 3630.5726 Wow. 3631.0439 2748 DCB_int_01 3631.0439 (pause 0.08) 3631.1285 2749 DCB_int_01 3631.1285 So how- You were what? 3632.1543 2750 DCB_int_01 3632.1543 (pause 0.18) 3632.3315 2751 DCB_int_01 3632.3315 Eleven? Ten? 3633.1475 2752 DCB_int_01 3633.1475 (pause 0.35) 3633.5019 2753 DCB_int_01 3633.5019 When it first came out. 3634.2899 2754 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3634.7877 How old am I now? 3635.6317 2755 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3635.6317 (pause 0.16) 3635.7949 2756 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3635.7949 I'm forty two now? Yeah. 3636.9559 2757 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3636.9559 (pause 0.22) 3637.1798 2758 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3637.1798 It was about that. 3637.7673 2759 DCB_int_01 3638.3735 Mm-hm. 3639.0822 2760 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3639.0822 Yeah, I was actually- No, 3640.7142 2761 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3641.0721 I was twelve 3641.9021 2762 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3641.9021 (pause 0.46) 3642.3591 2763 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3642.3591 when it came out. 3643.0352 2764 DCB_int_01 3643.2357 Oh, so that's like a very r- Cause Celie was like, 3645.4180 2765 DCB_int_01 3645.4180 (pause 0.28) 3645.6931 2766 DCB_int_01 3645.6931 in the- the first part of it, she's about eleven, twelve. 3648.8534 2767 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3648.9280 Mm-hm. I love The Color Purple. 3650.5460 2768 DCB_int_01 3650.7698 Where'd you first see it? Did y'all go to the movies to [see it?] 3652.7830 2769 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3652.4100 [We went to] a movie theater up in Georgetown. I remember it was like, 3655.5062 2770 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3655.7673 like it was yesterday. 3657.0263 2771 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3657.0263 (pause 0.36) 3657.3900 2772 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3657.3900 Cause my mother- That was my ace. We did our shopping together. 3661.0865 2773 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3661.0865 (pause 0.76) 3661.8512 2774 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3661.8512 She taught me how to cook, 3663.5345 2775 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3663.5345 (pause 0.27) 3663.8003 2776 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3663.8003 even though my dad did too, but she taught me how to cook. 3665.9301 2777 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3665.9301 (pause 0.70) 3666.6342 2778 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3666.6342 She just taught me how to be a lady. 3667.8932 2779 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3667.8932 (pause 0.69) 3668.5880 2780 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3668.5880 Some days it work, somedays it don't. [] 3672.6342 2781 DCB_int_01 3670.7224 [/Amen/] 3671.1747 2782 DCB_int_01 3671.1747 (pause 0.17) 3671.3426 2783 DCB_int_01 3671.3426 [You know, we all have them days.] [We have 'em- Honey, I] understand. 3674.4201 2784 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3672.9093 [Mm-hm.] 3673.7720 2785 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3673.7720 (pause 0.62) 3674.3968 2786 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3674.3968 But like I tell any of these kids out here nowadays, 3677.0860 2787 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3677.3706 you have to be versatile 3678.7181 2788 DCB_int_01 3678.9233 Mm-hm. 3679.3057 2789 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3679.5295 in your interaction with anybody. 3681.3527 2790 DCB_int_01 3681.4180 Yup. 3681.7397 2791 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3681.7584 You have to get out here and be lily white with the best of 'em. 3684.2565 2792 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3684.2565 (pause 0.70) 3684.9559 2793 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3684.9559 And you can- It's okay for you to be ratchet and ghetto fabulous with your girlfriends but there's a time and a place for it. 3689.8229 2794 DCB_int_01 3690.0980 That's the key, the time and place. And knowing how 3692.7512 2795 DCB_int_01 3692.7512 (pause 0.32) 3693.0682 2796 DCB_int_01 3693.0682 cause guess what? As much as they playing the game, 3695.0860 2797 DCB_int_01 3695.0860 (pause 0.59) 3695.6737 2798 DCB_int_01 3695.6737 we got to play the game too. And the problem is we don't realize that we getting played, and then we get [messed up.] 3700.9241 2799 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3700.2153 [But you know the] sad part about it is, 3702.2285 2800 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3702.9280 it's our own kind that- that 3704.4667 2801 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3704.4667 (pause 0.68) 3705.1475 2802 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3705.1475 that 3705.3807 2803 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3705.3807 (pause 0.27) 3705.6464 2804 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3705.6464 gets us 3706.3832 2805 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3706.3832 (pause 0.31) 3706.6898 2806 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3706.6898 because I worked at the /RD-WORK-2/ in Croften. I was doing my training there, 3710.6905 2807 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3710.6905 (pause 1.17) 3711.8563 2808 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3711.8563 and 3712.3552 2809 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3712.3552 (pause 0.26) 3712.6198 2810 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3712.6198 the manager, she was 3713.8135 2811 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3713.8135 (pause 0.19) 3714.0001 2812 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3714.0001 of African American descent, and 3715.9725 2813 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3715.9725 (pause 2.22) 3718.1967 2814 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3718.1967 she was one of those ones that thought that she- Because she worked out in Croften, and she lived in that area- in Annapolis area, whatever, that she was a little bit better than 3725.8042 2815 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3725.8042 (pause 0.27) 3726.0747 2816 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3726.0747 you know, 3726.4011 2817 DCB_int_01 3726.4850 [Mm-hm.] 3726.9699 2818 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3726.7648 [I] was. 3727.3383 2819 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3728.0937 So, I had a customer that came in- 3730.1687 2820 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3730.1687 (pause 0.21) 3730.3785 2821 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3730.3785 Rules are rules. 3731.3146 2822 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3731.3146 (pause 0.35) 3731.6643 2823 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3731.6643 You know? 3732.1539 2824 DCB_int_01 3732.7508 /??/ 3733.0772 2825 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3733.0632 It all depends upon 3734.4201 2826 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3734.6719 when- 3735.2501 2827 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3735.2501 (pause 0.45) 3735.7024 2828 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3735.7024 You know, sometimes we can bend 'em, sometimes we can't. 3737.8835 2829 DCB_int_01 3738.0047 Mm-hm. 3738.2938 2830 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3738.2845 But this lady had clearly 3739.7486 2831 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3739.9864 worn whatever it was. We couldn't take it back. 3742.0381 2832 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3742.0381 (pause 0.66) 3742.6991 2833 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3742.6991 So then the manager comes over and was like, I'll take her. 3745.3523 2834 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3745.3523 (pause 0.57) 3745.9258 2835 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3745.9258 So she took her, and she ended up taking the stuff back. 3747.9903 2836 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3747.9903 (pause 0.17) 3748.1629 2837 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3748.1629 First of all, you went against what I had already told her. 3750.5176 2838 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3750.5176 (pause 0.67) 3751.1891 2839 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3751.1891 We in management, we got to stick together. 3752.9190 2840 DCB_int_01 3753.0403 Mm-hm. 3753.4506 2841 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3753.4040 So if I tell her no, you need to tell her the exact same thing. I don't care if you're the store manager or not. 3757.5295 2842 DCB_int_01 3757.7300 Right. 3758.0937 2843 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3758.4574 But then she came back over, and she was like- 3760.6618 2844 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3760.6618 (pause 0.51) 3761.1747 2845 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3761.1747 Yeah, she aksed me were you from DC? 3763.3150 2846 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3763.3150 (pause 1.81) 3765.1242 2847 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3765.1242 I said, 3766.0101 2848 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3766.0101 (pause 0.87) 3766.8810 2849 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3766.8810 And how would she know anything like that? 3768.7788 2850 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3768.7788 (pause 0.96) 3769.7393 2851 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3769.7393 She said, she could tell that you was from Southeast DC. 3772.1930 2852 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3772.1930 (pause 0.08) 3772.2727 2853 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3772.2727 I said, you lying. 3773.2866 2854 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3773.2866 (pause 1.10) 3774.3824 2855 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3774.3824 Because I know one- No way, shape, form, or fashion ever came out my mouth with anything slang 3779.6037 2856 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3779.6037 (pause 0.67) 3780.2705 2857 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3780.2705 or anything hood. 3781.2124 2858 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3781.2124 (pause 0.13) 3781.3430 2859 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3781.3430 I know how to present myself in front of anybody. 3783.2011 2860 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3783.2011 (pause 0.09) 3783.2905 2861 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3783.2905 You had to have said something to her 3785.0675 2862 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3785.0675 (pause 0.42) 3785.4918 2863 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3785.4918 cause you're the only one that I know have a problem with it. 3787.9585 2864 DCB_int_01 3788.1730 Mm-hm. 3788.7279 2865 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3789.2175 And needless to say, a week later I quit. 3791.2307 2866 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3791.2307 (pause 0.35) 3791.5804 2867 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3791.5804 I couldn't do it. 3792.4057 2868 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3792.4057 (pause 1.41) 3793.8186 2869 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3793.8186 Because we got to support each other. We got to be there for each other. We- 3796.8308 2870 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3796.8308 (pause 0.17) 3797.0022 2871 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3797.0022 If we don't uplift each other, 3798.6902 2872 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3798.6902 (pause 0.56) 3799.2497 2873 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3799.2497 [nobody else is gonna do it]! 3800.7139 2874 DCB_int_01 3799.4735 [Mm-hm. Nobody else is gonna] do it. Right. It starts within. 3802.1827 2875 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3802.1454 That's why when /RD-NAME-3/ called me and was like, do you mind doing it? I said, not at all, especially if it's has- has anything with 3807.6744 2876 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3807.9029 somebody furthering their education. 3809.9068 2877 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3809.9068 (pause 0.76) 3810.6622 2878 DCB_se1_ag3_f_01 3810.6622 I have no problem with it at all. [So if you need me again, let me know.] 3814.4955 2879 DCB_int_01 3812.7139 [Well I really appreciate it.] 3814.4531