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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
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morning where did you eat I ate it at
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home on at my in front of my television
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okay what time did you eat breakfast um
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probably
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9:00 okay did did you eat breakfast this
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morning yes we had eggs bacon and toast
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what time did you eat breakfast
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11:30 did you have lunch this afternoon
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no did you eat breakfast this morning I
29:12
did eat breakfast this morning I had
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Thai food for
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breakfast left where did you eat
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breakfast I ate breakfast at my
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house what time did you eat I ate
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breakfast
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at M H 10:30 or so I think it was around
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10:30 did you have lunch this
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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
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lunch
29:49
so did you eat lunch this afternoon I
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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
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was about
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2:00 did you eat uh lunch this
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afternoon yeah but I can't really
30:12
remember what I had for lunch actually I
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ate at my place before I came here so I
30:17
don't know what time did you eat
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probably around noon
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were you born in the United States
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yes when were you born um what Year
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1961 and where were your parents born my
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parents were born in Pennsylvania um
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both of
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them where were your grandparents born
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my
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grandparents well I didn't know my
30:56
grandparents on my father's side and I
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didn't know my grandpa cuz he died
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before I when I was a baby but my
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grandmother I was born in Pennsylvania
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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
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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
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uh
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1990 where were your parents born same
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place
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Taiwan where were your grandparents born
31:38
uh on my dad's side Taiwan my mom's side
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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
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DC and where did you grow up I grew up
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in Washington
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DC uh when were you born I was born in
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1967 where were your parents born my dad
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was born in Germany and my mom was born
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in New York City and what did your
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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
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born my grandparents were born in an
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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
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of
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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
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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
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1973 where were your parents born my mom
34:14
was born in Panama and my dad was born
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here in Los Angeles
34:18
area where were your grandparents born
34:22
uh my one of my grandfathers was born in
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Jamaica and the other one was was born I
34:28
believe in Oklahoma so United
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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
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younger I was quiet I was a kid that was
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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
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were younger compared to
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now pretty consistent through through uh
35:47
Through the
35:48
Ages were you very different when you
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were younger compared to now
35:55
absolutely I'm more confident now I did
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lack confidence when I was younger
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especially teenage years and you know uh
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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
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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
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stores and restaurants and um bars and
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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
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types of places yes there is yes are
38:09
there mostly houses or apartments or
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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
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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
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