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Hi how are you very good on yourself I'm

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great thanks Hi how are you hi I'm fine

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thank you what's your name I'm Anna

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Sarah how's that spelled a n n a s a r a

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h hello how are you I'm good thanks

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what's your name Laura how's that

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spelled l a u r a uh what's your name

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Shelly how's that spelled s h e l l i

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what's your name my name is Joe how is

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that spelled j o

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e what's your name my name is Beth how's

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that spelled b e t

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h what's your name my name is Sarah

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how's that spelled s a r a

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h how old are you 34 how old are you I'm

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49 how old are you I'm 25 how old are

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you uh 20 but almost 21 pretty soon and

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how old are you I'm 33

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where are you from I'm from

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Mongolia where are you from Columbus

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Ohio where are you from uh San

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Francisco where are you from I was born

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on the East Coast outside of Washington

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DC but now I live in Santa Monica where

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are you from um I was born in Taiwan

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grew up in Dallas Texas and now I'm here

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for college

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are you a student no I'm not what's your

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job I'm a deputy sheriff cool are you a

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student yes I

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am are you a student yeah uh junior

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almost a

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senior are you a student I not I'm an

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actor are you a student I'm a student

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and a

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teacher what's your teaching job uh

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third grade so I'm forever a

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student what's your job or occupation

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I'm a graphic

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designer what's your job or occupation

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I'm a

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chef what's your job my job is a

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computer

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engineer what's your job I work in

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technology at University of Southern

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California

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what is your favorite of type of food

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wow

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I I love all foods so that's that's kind

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of it's kind of tough to answer that one

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just everything I eat

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everything what is your favorite um food

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my favorite food is

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steak what is your favorite food Mexican

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food

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what is your favorite

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food Sushi what is your favorite um

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food pepperoni

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pizza what are your favorite hobbies or

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activities well um I like to play tennis

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you can see I just came from playing

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tennis um and I'm an artist so paint and

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I draw and I make things and um I like

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to just hang out at the

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beach what are your favorite hobbies or

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activities I I like to play poker um I'm

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an avid poker player and I also act and

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stuff like that so how often do you play

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poker probably two to three nights a

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week yeah either with friends or

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sometimes few of us go to the casino

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that's that kind of thing what are your

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favorite hobbies or activities I like to

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read and walk on the

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beach what are your favorite hobbies or

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activities I like to play poker I like

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uh watching movies I like going to

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restaurants um and I love uh being out

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in

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nature what are your favorite

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hobbies favorite hobbies do I have

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hobbies I like I have a lot of

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interest what's your favorite

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season I love the

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summer why is that your favorite the

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summer is my favorite season because I

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love to go to the beach and um just sit

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out in the sand for a couple of hours

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and walk in the

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ocean and feel the

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wind what's your favorite season I would

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have to say fall why is it your favorite

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uh I love Halloween and I just love how

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it's transition it transitions over from

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hot to cold what's your favorite

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season uh summer why is it your

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favorite uh the weather's good every day

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it's warm we can go to the beach and

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play sports

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outside why do you like summer it's warm

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it's sunny and it's very laidback in

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Southern California

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so about your routine do you wake up

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early yes what time do you wake up

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7:30 do you wake up early um not as

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early as I should I wake up around 7

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7:15 yeah

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do you wake up early oh not unless I

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have to go to school but uh like today I

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woke up at noon so not

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usually do you wake up early I wake up

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very early what time do you wake up 4:00

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a.m. do you usually take a shower in the

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morning or at night always in the

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morning

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do you usually take a shower in the

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morning or at night usually in the

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morning do you eat breakfast oh I love

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breakfast that's yeah my big meal do you

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eat breakfast um not every

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day what do you usually eat for

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breakfast um well this is kind of funny

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because I eat soup for breakfast and my

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colleagues of course think I'm crazy

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because most people in America eat eggs

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and stuff like or cereal but I like

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soup do you eat breakfast sometimes if I

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can what do you usually eat for

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breakfast usually for breakfast uh toast

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and eggs scrambled

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eggs do you eat breakfast

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always uh what do you usually eat for

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breakfast um right now I'm having a tiny

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bit of cereal one piece of turkey bacon

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and uh a small amount of egg

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whites that's my that's my usual right

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about

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now where do you usually eat lunch I eat

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lunch at my desk I bring my lunch to

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work every day to save money and I make

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a salad and I eat it at my

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desk so what do you usually eat for

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lunch uh um brown rice sauted

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vegetables what do you usually eat for

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lunch usually for lunch maybe some fried

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rice or maybe a small salad maybe some

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pasta where do you usually eat lunch uh

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at school usually yeah what do you

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usually eat for

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lunch pasta rice whatever they have

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sometimes leftover

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Sushi where do you eat

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lunch I don't know wherever I am I guess

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yes uh uh i' like to have lunch out with

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friends but if not I just whip up

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something at

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home what do you usually eat for lunch

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um God I don't know if there's a usual I

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guess if if there's anything I eat more

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than anything else it would be just sort

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of like a sandwich with some chips and

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and and a small salad but I wouldn't say

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that's usual I would say 20% of the time

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I have that 80% of the time I have just

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random other stuff

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when do you work when what are my hours

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um I start at 9: and I finish at 600 5

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days a

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week what time do you get home I'm

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usually home by 7

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o'clock do you work yes I work at the

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admissions Department of my

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school what time do you get home uh um

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sometimes 5 sometimes 10 p.m. I have

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night classes too so it's

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tough what time do you get home from

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work I usually get home about 8 o'clock

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in the

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evening do you work I do I'm an

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actor when do you work whenever I can

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get work okay so I mean you know I guess

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almost every day I'm doing something

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that relates to my work whether I'm

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acting or trying to get acting work or

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you know

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rehearsing what time do you get

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home I spend most of the day at home

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unless I have some sort of work thing so

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it really depends you know if I'm doing

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some big shoot I I'll usually get home

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late like 8 9

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10 if not I spend most of the day at

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home and sort of pop out for dinner or

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take care of the dog or whatever

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what time do you usually go to bed oh I

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like to sleep so I usually go to bed as

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early as possible like

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10:00 what time do you usually go to

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bed uh I went to bed at 4:00 last night

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so pretty late I'm a night

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owl what time do you usually go to bed

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oh around 11:00

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p.m. what time do you usually go to bed

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I usually go to bed about

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midnight what time do you usually go to

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bed um between 12 and

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1 do you exercise or play any sports um

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I try to exercise um I'm playing tennis

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again and I like to walk on the beach

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and I like to ride my bike but I don't

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really play any team

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sports how often do you ride your bike

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um probably three times a week do you

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exercise or play any sports I like to

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say I do but I've been pretty busy

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lately

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so sometimes summer usually though yes

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okay so what do you do Sports wise uh I

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run a lot I ran track in high school and

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that's as far as competitive Sports Go

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so how often do you run I used to do it

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daily but now it's hard to find the time

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haven't done it since probably June do

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you exercise or play any sports I do

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exercise I do yoga three four times a

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week do you exercise or play any sports

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I like to play basketball and for

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exercise I usually just go to the gym

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and run on the treadmill lift weights do

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you exercise or play any sports I

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exercise a few times a week yeah what do

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you do I uh either I lift weights or I

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go hiking with the dog or uh do

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Pilates

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yeah how often do you do Pilates maybe

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once a week once once or twice a

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week do you cook um not very very often

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because I live alone so cooking for one

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is not very interesting so I usually

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make a salad or you know I open a can of

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soup do you

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cook I try

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to uh but I mess up the kitchen

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sometimes so I not so good at it but I

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think it's the effort that counts how

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often do you cook um once or twice a

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week the usual spaghetti easy stuff do

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you cook I love to

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cook how often do you cook every

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day and what do you

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cook Saed vegetable brown rice that's my

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main dish and of course Mongolian

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dumplings that's my

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favorite do you cook um do I cook not

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well not often don't c i very very

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rarely let's go with no

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how often do you watch TV oh not really

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often but sometimes how often do you

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watch TV every

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day do you read books magazines or the

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newspaper I read the newspaper um

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Thursday through Sunday I get it

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delivered and I read books all the time

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and sometimes I read

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magazines how often do you read

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magazines um usually just like when I'm

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at the hairdresser or the doctor's

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office do you read uh any books

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magazines or the newspaper uh I I read

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online mainly I read my news online and

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magazines not really don't have the time

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how often do you read um if it's

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newswise uh every day books

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wise uh not in a while not at Le not at

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least not for

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pleasure do you read any books or

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magazines or the newspaper I do read

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books yeah how often do you read books

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every

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day do you read books or magazines or

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the newspaper I like to read books and

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sometimes magazines how often do you

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read magazines magazines probably once a

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week do you read books or magazines or

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the newspaper I don't read uh I don't

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read the newspaper magazines very rarely

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and books I'm trying to read uh more of

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uh there was a time where I hardly read

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any books at all how often do you read

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books right now my New Year's resolution

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was to read three books this year so far

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I have read at almost three so I'm very

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happy what kind of uh food do you like

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uh Mexican food what kind of food do you

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like I like everything uh I like I like

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burgers I like pizza I like sushi

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I like um I like Italian

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food everything yeah what kind of food

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do you like I like all kinds of foods I

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don't have any one specific kind of food

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that I love I do love meat um

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and I don't know I love chicken I love

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fish I like vegetables uh I love salads

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I love all those things I love eggs so

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what kind of food do you like

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um I would say

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pasta

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yes what kind of movies do you like do

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you like drama comedy action sci-fi um I

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like more of the action but because I

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have a lot of kids you tend to see more

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of the cartoons what kind of movies do

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you like again I I love all sorts of

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movies um I used to be a film study

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major so um I watched a lot of different

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kinds of movies now I watch a lot of

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children's movies because I have kids

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what kind of movies do you like I like

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movies uh in

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which uh the it's centered on the

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characters and the dialogue uh as

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opposed to sort of big Fantastical

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stories or or

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CGI or any of that I like real simple

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stories about people do you prefer um

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comedy or Drama

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Action uh you know it it either either

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comedy or drama it it's it really it's

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about the the sort of people you know

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what I mean whether it's funny or not

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isn't important to me as much is the

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sort of emotion of it what kind of um

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movies do you like

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drama not

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action yeah what kind of uh movies do

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you like

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well I don't like um action movies very

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much and I'm not really into like chick

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flicks I like movies that have a little

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more substance to them more I guess sort

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of like

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dramas what kind of movies do you

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like uh I like sort of Epic movies or

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movies that have a big message that kind

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of thing

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what kind of um music do you

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like any any kind all type of music

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music is number one in my life yeah what

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kind of uh music do you like um I listen

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to um a lot of different kinds of music

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but most of my favorite music is

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something that they call sort of

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alternative country kind of like um

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honky ton type

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music what kind of music do you like

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alternative rock um sometimes Jazz

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classical music that kind of thing

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anything but

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rap what kind of music do you like I

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like classic rock and roll I like

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classical I like a whole I don't know a

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whole variety of music

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so what kind of music do you like uh

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Rock what kind of music do you like um I

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like Spanish music like

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and Kumbia stuff like

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that what about books what kind of books

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do you like do you like fiction

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non-fiction biographies novels I like

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history and you know non-fiction

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probably but I mean I'm up for some

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sci-fi once in a while science fiction

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what kind of books do you like do you

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like uh non-fiction fiction bi

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graphies uh I like pretty much spread

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out but mostly uh just criminal type

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types of books I guess maybe because of

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my job but uh just kind of mysteries

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stuff like that what kind of books do

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you like um books I read a lot of

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children's

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literature um I really like Victorian

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children's

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literature and um lately I've been

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reading a lot of magazines because I

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just don't have the attention span that

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I used to have before so a lot of

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magazines these days

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yeah what kind of books do you like uh

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books that my friends

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recommend do you have any brother or

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sisters I do I have three Brothers No

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Sisters okay and are you the oldest or

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youngest or in the middle somewhere I'm

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in the middle somewhere I'm second to

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the

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last do you have any brothers or sisters

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I do how many brothers or sisters do you

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have I have two brothers and two

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sisters how old are they uh let's see 25

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22

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36 and 30 okay and are you the oldest

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youngest or the oldest I'm the oldest do

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you have any brothers or sisters I have

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one brother what's his name his name is

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Omid and how old is he he is

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30 what does he look like is he tall

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short does he have dark hair like me but

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a little bit taller and more

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muscular and what kind of movies does

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your brother

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like um a like the kind of that I like

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actually yeah what kind of music does he

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like hip-hop do you have a brother or

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sister I have one brother and one sister

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I'm I'm the youngest kid what does your

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um sister look like my sister and I look

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a lot alike and we sound a lot alike so

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when we're together people know we're

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sisters what's her name her name's Sue

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and how old is she she's 5 years older

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than me so that makes her

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54 yeah great and what's your brother's

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name his name is John how old is he he's

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10 years older than me so he's

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59 what does he look like um he looks

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like we look all kind of look the same I

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think I look a lot like my brother so he

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looks like me I look like him very tall

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dark hair kind of like athletic looking

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yeah what kind of music does your

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brother like I don't know I don't

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actually don't know my brother very well

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so I couldn't answer that

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question or your sister my sister I

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don't know what kind of music she

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listens to we don't really talk about

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that kind of stuff we talk more like

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about hair and clothes

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and um do you have any cousins um I have

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distant cousins but I'm not close with

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them our I come from a very small family

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and we're not very tightnit

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do you have a brother or sister I have

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one sister older sister what kind of

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movies does your sister like comedies

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she likes comedies especially satire

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that kind of stuff okay what kind of

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music does your sister like she likes

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kind of club music what does your sister

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look

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like she I've been told she's a female

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version of me but uh I I don't

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know okay so is she is she tall short

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um does she have black hair brown hair

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she she's kind of she get she dyes her

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hair sometimes she's about this tall and

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uh how else do you describe a person

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really do you have any

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cousins yeah but they're all back in

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Taiwan so I don't really don't really

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keep in touch with them very well sadly

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how many cousins do you

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have wow um a

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lot maybe 10 to 20 20 I have a lot of

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nephews I have like nine nephews and

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nieces do you have any kids I have two

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kids I have an almost 11year old and a

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seven-year-old and what kind of things

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do your kids like they like to go to the

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playground they like to play with

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friends so you have kids I do yes how

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many kids do you have I have uh two boys

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one girl and one on the way so

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four how old are your kids I got a

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12-year-old a six-year-old a

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three-year-old and like I said one on

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the

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way did you have a good weekend I had a

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good weekend last weekend I did

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something that I for the first time I

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bought a brand new car

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did you have a good weekend yes I did um

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what did you do it was Labor Day weekend

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so I went to the casino on Friday and

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then went to a few parties and then my

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friend's birthday was Monday so we

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actually hung around Beverly Hills and

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stuff mhm okay so what did you do in

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Beverly Hills we uh well I caught up I

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caught up with him later they went like

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I guess star star searching something

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like that and we met up at like chees

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Cake Factory that was

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nice did you have a good weekend oh yes

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we're on spring break now so I'm

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particularly relaxed yes what did you do

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um yesterday I went for a walk around

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the Silver Lake Reservoir and then and I

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didn't have my kids cuz um my kids dad

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and I are split up so um they were with

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their dad and so I went for a walk

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around the Silver Lake Reservoir and

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what did I do and then I came home and I

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did some writing for some a project that

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I have to do that was it and then I

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picked up my

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kids did you have a good weekend I did I

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did I had a nice actually three-day

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weekend so found out this weekend I'm

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having a boy

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so so um what did you do this weekend uh

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see Friday I found out I was going to

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have a boy and then uh

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yesterday uh I did my taxes last minute

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oh yeah I did my taxes and uh we just

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went out with the kids and today we went

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to church this morning and then we were

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here at the

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park did you have a good weekend I did

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what did you do uh I went to Italian

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food at columbos and Eagle Rock and then

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we went to the brewery art walk

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yesterday yeah who did you go with uh my

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girlfriend over there Denise

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did you eat breakfast this

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morning um I did I had soup this

28:45

morning where did you eat I ate it at

28:48

home on at my in front of my television

28:52

okay what time did you eat breakfast um

28:54

probably

28:56

9:00 okay did did you eat breakfast this

28:59

morning yes we had eggs bacon and toast

29:03

what time did you eat breakfast

29:05

11:30 did you have lunch this afternoon

29:09

no did you eat breakfast this morning I

29:12

did eat breakfast this morning I had

29:14

Thai food for

29:16

breakfast left where did you eat

29:19

breakfast I ate breakfast at my

29:22

house what time did you eat I ate

29:25

breakfast

29:26

at M H 10:30 or so I think it was around

29:32

10:30 did you have lunch this

29:35

afternoon I did not really have lunch I

29:39

had such a late breakfast and then I had

29:42

a cafe frappe from

29:45

McDonald's for

29:48

lunch

29:49

so did you eat lunch this afternoon I

29:52

did we stopped by Burger

29:54

King unhealthy Burger King but it was

29:57

good

30:00

and what time did you eat lunch uh it

30:02

was about

30:05

2:00 did you eat uh lunch this

30:09

afternoon yeah but I can't really

30:12

remember what I had for lunch actually I

30:14

ate at my place before I came here so I

30:17

don't know what time did you eat

30:20

probably around noon

30:25

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30:34

were you born in the United States

30:38

yes when were you born um what Year

30:42

1961 and where were your parents born my

30:45

parents were born in Pennsylvania um

30:48

both of

30:49

them where were your grandparents born

30:53

my

30:54

grandparents well I didn't know my

30:56

grandparents on my father's side and I

30:58

didn't know my grandpa cuz he died

31:00

before I when I was a baby but my

31:02

grandmother I was born in Pennsylvania

31:07

also what did your grandparents do for a

31:09

living I have no my grandmother didn't

31:12

do anything for a

31:13

living that was sort of before the era

31:16

when women worked and I don't know what

31:19

my grandpa did

31:21

actually were you born in the United

31:23

States no I was born in

31:26

Taiwan and when were you born

31:28

uh

31:29

1990 where were your parents born same

31:33

place

31:34

Taiwan where were your grandparents born

31:38

uh on my dad's side Taiwan my mom's side

31:41

he came from China

31:44

yeah so what did your grandparents do

31:46

for a

31:47

living um my mom's side uh he was a

31:52

soldier my dad's side he was a

31:55

businessman mhm were you born in United

31:58

States I was born in Washington

32:01

DC and where did you grow up I grew up

32:04

in Washington

32:05

DC uh when were you born I was born in

32:09

1967 where were your parents born my dad

32:12

was born in Germany and my mom was born

32:14

in New York City and what did your

32:17

parents do for a living my mom's uh an

32:20

attorney and my dad was a labor

32:22

lobbyist where were your grandparents

32:25

born my grandparents were born in an

32:29

area in between Russia and um Poland and

32:34

both both of them I I think one was born

32:36

more toward Poland and one was born more

32:38

toward Russia or in Russia and the

32:40

others were born in a little town in

32:44

Germany and what did your grandparents

32:46

do for a living um my grandma one of

32:49

them was a house cleaner and one was a

32:51

dentist both grandmas and one was and

32:55

then my grandpa's um one was was a a

32:59

professor and the other was

33:01

a I don't know he made valves for he

33:05

worked in Factory were you born in the

33:08

United States yes I

33:09

was and where were you born I was born

33:12

here in Los Angeles California did you

33:15

grow up here I did I grew up in the city

33:17

of

33:19

Glendale and um were your parents born

33:21

here no they were born in Columbia South

33:24

America where were your grandparents

33:26

born uh same place Columbia South

33:30

America and what did they do for a

33:32

living uh my parents or grandparents um

33:36

your parents uh my mom worked for the

33:39

State of California till she retired and

33:42

my dad just did odd jobs what did your

33:45

grandparents do for a living honestly

33:48

I'm not sure what my grandfather did I

33:49

know my maternal grandmother was a

33:52

school teacher and then I'm not sure

33:54

about my dad's side were you born in the

33:57

United States

33:59

yes where were you born Riverside

34:03

California where did you grow up Palm

34:06

Springs

34:08

California when were you born

34:11

1973 where were your parents born my mom

34:14

was born in Panama and my dad was born

34:16

here in Los Angeles

34:18

area where were your grandparents born

34:22

uh my one of my grandfathers was born in

34:25

Jamaica and the other one was was born I

34:28

believe in Oklahoma so United

34:31

States what did your grandparents do for

34:34

a living my grandfather worked in the

34:36

Panama Canal for 30 years and then

34:39

retired and then my other grandfather

34:41

here the United States worked at

34:43

Northrop

34:44

aircraft defense

34:49

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34:54

contractor were you very different when

34:57

you were younger compared to now very

35:00

different

35:02

yes how were you different uh when I was

35:05

younger I was quiet I was a kid that was

35:07

kind of

35:08

quiet um I hadot I had friends but I was

35:11

not out as

35:13

outgoing you know as now so were you

35:16

very different when you were younger

35:18

compared to

35:20

now I think I was quieter when I was

35:23

younger but i' I'm I I can see how I'm

35:26

the same now yeah pretty enthusiastic

35:29

and I try a lot of different things but

35:33

not I'm not too too bad of a risk taker

35:37

so yeah were you very different when you

35:40

were younger compared to

35:42

now pretty consistent through through uh

35:47

Through the

35:48

Ages were you very different when you

35:51

were younger compared to now

35:55

absolutely I'm more confident now I did

35:57

lack confidence when I was younger

36:00

especially teenage years and you know uh

36:03

but yeah I I grew more confidence

36:05

especially with the type of job I

36:10

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36:18

do is your neighborhood convenient yes

36:22

very

36:23

convenient is there a supermarket or

36:25

bank or drugstore any your neighborhood

36:28

all of those things yes is there a lrat

36:31

or post office yes

36:35

yes is your neighborhood

36:38

convenient I don't I don't live around

36:39

here I live up in the valley so uh not

36:43

really no the one1 is a terrible

36:45

terrible existence of a

36:48

highway um is there a supermarket Bank

36:52

drugstore in your neighborhood what is

36:54

there in your neighborhood I my

36:56

apartment complex uh right downstairs

36:58

there's a 7-Eleven across the street

37:00

there's a supermarket so that's very

37:03

convenient is there a post office or

37:06

lrat post office uh that's a bit a drive

37:09

away lrat I don't know okay is your

37:13

neighborhood convenient yeah my

37:15

neighborhood's very convenient I live um

37:17

in Eagle Rock on the edge of Highland

37:19

Park what is there in your neighborhood

37:22

there are a lot of houses in my

37:23

neighborhood um mostly it's

37:26

residential and and um then there are

37:29

stores and restaurants and um bars and

37:34

different kinds of

37:36

things is your neighborhood convenient

37:39

it is yes what is there in your

37:43

neighborhood stores down this you know

37:46

close by there's gas stations uh home

37:49

improvement

37:50

stores um nothing like Target or any of

37:54

that stuff I do have to drive some ways

37:56

to get to those

37:58

um but just the necessary things to get

38:00

me buy every week okay so is there a

38:03

supermarket post office Lun matat those

38:05

types of places yes there is yes are

38:09

there mostly houses or apartments or

38:11

condos uh where I live there's mostly

38:14

houses and when you get to the um busier

38:17

streets you do see more of the

38:20

apartments is your neighborhood

38:22

convenient oh yeah it's convenient

38:24

there's a lot of things that are within

38:26

walking distance post office the store

38:28

the bank the bus stop the Metro all that

38:33

great and are there mostly houses or

38:36

apartments or condos it's a mix of

38:40

both is your neighborhood convenient yes

38:43

very yeah what is there in your

38:46

neighborhood just everything you can

38:48

imagine we live just a few few blocks

38:50

away from Ventura Boulevard and there's

38:52

just everything there so there's a

38:55

supermarket post office a mall oh

38:57

there's a post office everything

39:00

okay and are there mostly houses or

39:03

apartments or condos mostly houses in uh

39:06

in in our in our neighborhood but uh the

39:08

apartments are on the major streets

39:15

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39:23

nearby are there many buses in your

39:26

neighborhood just uh on the major

39:28

streets which is uh a block

39:31

away is there enough parking yeah oh

39:34

yeah

39:36

definitely is there much noise in your

39:38

neighborhood it's it's fairly

39:41

quiet is there much crime or

39:44

graffiti well we've had some problems in

39:46

the past but uh the police have been

39:48

very uh very helpful and uh it's uh

39:51

We've cleaned we've cleaned it up pretty

39:53

well are there many buses in your

39:56

neighborhood um yeah yeah there's a lot

39:57

of bus routes in my neighborhood yes is

40:01

there much noise um no I would say an

40:05

average amount of noise in the city

40:07

yeah is there much traffic in your

40:10

neighborhood not too bad no is there

40:14

much um

40:16

graffiti no there isn't very much

40:19

graffiti is there enough parking in your

40:21

neighborhood yes there is enough parking

40:25

are there many buses in your

40:26

neighborhood

40:28

I don't know I don't take public

40:30

transportation really is there much

40:32

noise in your neighborhood oh yeah oh

40:35

yeah I I live next to fire station so I

40:39

wake up early sometimes with against my

40:40

own

40:42

will is there much

40:44

traffic um locally in the local streets

40:48

uh sometimes during the morning hours

40:50

highways we're the capital of traffic

40:53

101 and 405 intersection m

40:58

is there much graffiti in my

41:00

neighborhood not really I haven't seen

41:02

any is there much

41:05

crime uh a few streets East uh is a city

41:08

called vanise there's a little more

41:10

crime there but I haven't personally

41:12

seen

41:13

anything is there enough parking in your

41:16

neighborhood I we have gated parking so

41:18

thank God there's a spot for

41:20

me mhm are there many buses in your

41:23

neighborhood um the buses are not on my

41:26

street street so I don't I'm not

41:28

particularly aware of them but yeah

41:30

there are buses on the Main Street which

41:32

is York Boulevard and Eagle Rock

41:35

Boulevard is there enough parking in

41:37

your

41:38

neighborhood mostly there is enough

41:40

parking in my neighborhood

41:43

yeah are there many buses in your

41:45

neighborhood yes there are a lot of uh I

41:49

think there's I believe there's three

41:50

different lines on the Main Street so

41:54

yes is there enough parking yes yes

41:57

parking is actually

41:59

great and is there much traffic crime or

42:03

graffiti uh like I said not too much

42:05

crime very very seldom I see graffiti

42:09

once in a while you do a little bit is

42:10

there much traffic in your neighborhood

42:12

traffic uh it's all right it's not too

42:16

bad but yeah it's it's

42:19

doable are there many buses in your

42:21

neighborhood there are quite a few

42:23

because it's really close to we live

42:25

close to Colorado so all the Metro buses

42:28

run up and down

42:29

Colorado is there enough parking uh

42:32

where we live

42:34

yeah is there much traffic in your

42:37

neighborhood there's quite a bit of

42:38

traffic cuz Colorado like I said is very

42:41

close and there's Colorado is a main

42:43

street so yeah is there much crime or

42:47

graffiti uh there's a little bit of

42:49

graffiti here and there but I don't

42:50

think that there's a whole lot of crime

42:52

you know

42:54

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43:01

what do you like about your

43:02

neighborhood um my neighborhood is still

43:05

fairly

43:06

affordable um I'm right now trying to

43:09

buy a house in my

43:10

neighborhood um and it's just it's kind

43:14

of quiet and and but but there's lots

43:17

it's comfortable for the kids and it's

43:20

just a comfortable neighborhood is there

43:22

anything that you don't like about your

43:25

neighborhood there's there's a little

43:27

bit of gang activity in parts of my

43:29

neighborhood which is a little scary but

43:32

generally it's fairly

43:35

safe what do you like about your

43:38

neighborhood I like that it's quiet I

43:40

like that it's uh up by the

43:42

mountains uh the neighbors are very nice

43:45

people it's uh pretty much I've lived

43:50

there for about three and a half years

43:52

and I don't know of any crimes that ever

43:55

happened there so I'm pretty I'm pretty

43:58

pleased is there anything that you don't

44:01

like about your

44:02

neighborhood that I don't like about my

44:05

neighborhood uh I guess like I said

44:08

there's no you know Target or the more

44:11

convenient stores like that but other

44:13

than that no there it's it's I'm

44:18

happy what do you like about your

44:21

neighborhood uh I like that it's that

44:23

everything's really close by and it's re

44:26

relatively safe compared to other parts

44:28

of the city there's not a lot of

44:30

problems

44:31

there is there anything you don't like

44:34

about your

44:35

neighborhood it's expensive to buy a

44:37

house there and I want to buy a house so

44:41

what do you like about your neighborhood

44:43

it's it's quiet uh the and the uh the

44:46

neighbors are very friendly we we know

44:49

almost all the Neighbors on our block

44:50

and uh we like we we get along very

44:53

well is there anything you don't like

44:56

about your neighborhood

44:58

the cars uh some people drive a bit too

45:05

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45:14

fast what do you usually wear to work um

45:18

I wear things similar to what I'm

45:21

wearing now except I wouldn't wear

45:23

flipflops I would wear sturdier shoes

45:27

so yeah

45:30

casual and what do you usually wear over

45:32

the weekends what I'm wearing now so

45:35

what are you wearing right now I'm

45:37

wearing a like a kind of a T-shirt and a

45:41

skirt that I just bought for

45:43

650 and um

45:46

flip-flops what do you usually wear to

45:48

work I usually wear pretty much what I'm

45:52

wearing right now with the exception of

45:54

shoes instead of sandals

45:58

what do you usually wear over the

45:59

weekends pretty much what you see right

46:02

now so what are you wearing right now uh

46:06

denim uh jeans uh a cotton shirt and uh

46:10

and sandals

46:12

okay what do you usually wear to

46:16

work uh either

46:18

uniform or just well now that I work in

46:21

the back office just you know just P

46:24

slacks and a shirt

46:27

what do you usually wear over the

46:29

weekend uh the same thing just casual

46:33

jeans and a t-shirt yeah and what are

46:37

you wearing right now I am and I'm sure

46:40

you have everybody look down I am

46:41

wearing tennis shoes cuz I needed to be

46:43

comfortable and just pretty much slacks

46:45

and a maternity

46:47

shirt what do you usually wear to

46:50

work uh we don't have a dress code so

46:52

I'll wear jeans and a a button- down you

46:55

know a collared shirt or you know that's

46:59

about it what do you usually wear over

47:01

the

47:02

weekend uh you're looking at it right

47:07

here so what are you wearing right now a

47:09

red shirt this says Panama on it and

47:11

then shorts and op sandals no shoes and

47:16

sunglasses thanks so much for chatting

47:18

with us okay see you guys bye

47:25

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