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Name: Tricia
Three words to describe yourself: happy, relaxed, laid-back
Tricia was born in Dothan, Alabama and says the town is otherwise known as "the best pit stop on the way to Panama City." Until the age of 17, she lived in Smyrna, Georgia and after high school, she got an apartment in Marietta. After graduating with a degree in Psychology and a minor in English, Tricia got married and worked as a business manager for Psychological Resources. Tricia said, "I figured I would be there for a year and a half," but she worked for the company for 27 years. "It was a small company that did a lot of stuff . . . so I was never bored," she said. Now, Tricia works with accounting and enjoys working with numbers. For the future, Tricia would like to "have enough money to be comfortable in retirement," and would like to have a nicer house. Belize, Costa Rica, Alaska, and Vancouver are a few places Tricia would like to travel to. ricia has only been west of the Mississippi River three times, and other than living in Alabama, she has not lived outside of Cobb County. fter her father died when she was younger, Tricia's aunt and uncle took her to Windsor, Canada because they wanted to make sure that Tricia could still see places other than her home. In her free time, Tricia likes doing charity work, playing computer games, and solving Sudoku puzzles. Tricia is married to a professional clown when I asked how living with a clown was, she said, "He always keeps me laughing!" Her mother's dream was to write, so when she retires, Tricia is thinking about writing a book.

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Name: Kaley
Three words to describe yourself: ambitious, successful, confident
Kaley is from Powder Springs, Georgia but moved to Dallas, Georgia. She went to Chattahoochee Tech to study cosmetology, and she said that it is a family tradition to become a costmetologist because her grandmother, both of her aunts, and Kaley's sister are all cosmetologists. I asked Kaley what her favorite part about the profession is and she replied, "I love the technique . . . the chemistry of it . . . I love the outcome." She is also a make-up artist and used to work for Bare Essentials as a traveling artist for a year. Now, Kaley works as an independent makeup artist for events such as weddings and pageants. In the future, Kaley would like to own a salon as well as be someone who travels for weddings. She would also like to go back to school to study medical administration. Kaley said she has always had an interest in the medical field, but did not want to become a nurse. Kaley has also been married and divorced and she lives "very independently."

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Name: Kimberly
Three words to describe yourself: quirky, granola-crunchy, passionate
Kimberly was born in Fullerton, California, moved to Georgia, and then went to Virginia for college. While in Virginia, Kimberly said that she changed her major almost every semester. "It was like: Ooo something shiny!" she said. After seven years of living in Virginia, Kimberly moved back to Georgia to be closer to her family. She wants to go back to school and get a degree in business because she said, "You can do anything with it." For a career, Kimberly said, "I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up," but maybe something with a lot of traveling. She just got back from a vacation to the Bahamas and wants to live in Hawaii someday because "the culture is just incredible . . . it's very diverse." Eventually, Kimberly would also like to have a family, and she wants to be involved with outreach for young adults such as a resource center. For traveling, Kimberly wants to go to Italy, the UK, the Panama Canal, and Germany. She loves her job as a receptionist because she likes the feeling of "being a hostess" and being able to help others. Kimberle also describes herself as a "very crafty person" who likes "putting stuff together." She said that she taught herself how to knit from Youtube and she made scarves for people for Christmas.

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Name: David
Three words to describe yourself: adventurous, dissatisfied, willing
David was born in Beaumont, Texas and lived there until the age of 17 then he "got the hell out of dodge" and went to college in Tulsa, Oklahoma to study Telecommunications and Advertising. After graduating, he moved to New York City and lived there for four years as an aspiring actor. David said that he started getting work after five months of living in New York. His first job was on a soap opera called Doctors that was on NBC. His fifth year was split between living in New York City and Los Angeles for Pilot Season. David decided to permanently move to Los Angeles and lived there for the next 23 years. For the first ten years, David was a full time actor working and nor working. When he met Louise Hay, David became involved in visionary and New Thought music. During this time, David was taking New Thought classes, but not necessarily to become a minister. He said, "I was taking classes for me . . . and it just sort of evolved from there." The next step after taking classes was to become a minister, so David traveled to different centers as a guest speaker and a musician. Afterwards, David started a church in Mobile, Alabama and had the church for four years. David used to take groups of people on "sacred site journeys" to places like Machu Picchu or the Great Wall of China. One time he went to Angkor Wat, which is the largest Hindu temple in the world in Cambodia and David said, "I had a life changing experience and I decided to devote myself to the people." Since then, he has been going back to Cambodia every year for the past nine years and raises money for his school in Cambodia. David planned on living full time in Cambodia, but he received a call from Atlanta to see if he was interested in becoming their minister, so he took the offer. Currently, David has a couple of books that are in the process of being finished, and this August, he will be apart of a conference in Geneva, Switzerland. For the future, David would like to do more global events and he also says, "Never underestimate what you're capable of doing."

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Name: Bob
Three words to describe yourself: impatient, creative, driven
Bob was born in Martinsville, Virginia and he moved to Atlanta in 1979 because he "didn't want to grow up in a small town." His first job was at the Peachtree Plaza Hotel as a lunch waiter and then he ended up working as a night sommelier. After this job, he worked for a few caterers, and then he became a flight attendant for TWA Airlines. When 9/11 happened, Bob was furlowed from TWA and he moved on to work for a floral design service and began his entertainment business. This summer, starting in Atlanta, Bob is going to take his character of "Baton Bob" on tour to all 50 states. He is going to be telling the story of Baton Bob that evolved in St. Louis after 9/11. He will be opening at Park Tavern on August 10th. His mom is 80 years old and "she has an exclusive hat collection." Bob is "going to take some of her hats to honor her." He said, "I want to use the spirit of my character to create a platform to help create change for the social issues in this country." On his bucket list, Bob would like to be on stage twirling his batons with Adele when she sings "Set Fire to the Rain." "I want Baton Bob to become a household name all over the world, not just in Atlanta or America," Bob says. He also lives in non-fear saying, "God is not about fear." As a final note, Bob says, "We need more laughter and craziness now more than ever."

Bonnaroo

Hey everybody! I'm going to be out of town until Monday with no internet access, so I am very sorry if I have interviewed you and you will have to wait longer than I anticipated. Being out of school for the summer, I thought that I would have more time to catch up on this thing, but working 40 hours a week, it has been the exact opposite. I will do my best to keep up with this thing, but just please be patient. It does take time to write the interviews! Thank you and have a wonderful day!!
--Mandy

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Name: Tori
Three words to describe yourself: obnoxious, fun, annoying
For the first three years of her life, Tori lived in Fort Wayne, Indiana and now she lives in Garrett, Indiana. She just finished the 8th grade and will be going to high school in the fall. She is excited about going and says, "I'll get treated like an adult and I won't have people watching over me." Tori is nervous, however, because her new school is very big. In her free time, Tori plays a lot of sports including softball and volleyball. Because she has always loved helping people, Tori aspires to become a nurse. She says, "Even though I come from a big city, I don't do 'big-city-things'." Instead, Tori hunts and takes pictures of the outdoors. For about two hours (at the airport), Tori has been to Puerto Rico, and she has traveled to St. Thomas. Germany is on Tori's list of places she would like to go to because she said, "I've heard a lot of interesting things about Germany." She also wants to go to the Anne Frank museum. If Tori could do anything in the world, she would go to Haiti to volunteer, and she would buy a new phone.

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Name: Carol
Three words to describe yourself: a nature lover
Carol was born in Defiance, Ohio and has lived in Indiana since 1959. She was a factory worker and has worked for two companies. For 35 years, Carol worked for a company making car parts like steering wheels, and then she worked for another factory making spray gun equipment for painting. She is now retired and says, "Family, friends, and my church family are very important to me." Normally, Carol and her husband (see below) put 10,000 miles every summer on the Harley. Her favorite place that she has traveled to was South Dakota and seeing Old Faithful and Yellowstone. She said they got stuck in a buffalo herd once. She still wants to take a cruise to Hawaii and Alaska and would like to see the Grand Canyon. One time, Carol took a raft ride on the Colorado River near the Hoover Dam with her dad, stepmom, and her sister's mother-in-law who was 83 years old at the time. She says, "I think we've been very fortunate of the friends we've had because they live all over the country." Carol has ten brothers and sisters, and she has ten grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. As a kid living with all those siblings, Carol said, "We always played in the woods . . . we were pretty close." Carol also mentions, "I have a very special mother-in-law who will be 97 in July . . . I call her mom . . . she doesn't have high blood pressure or high cholesterol or anything!"

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Name: Marvin
Three words to describe yourself: ambitious, love-friends, & family
Marvin's hometown is Huntington, Indiana and says "back then, school was so easy!" Now Marvin is retired, but for 35 years, he worked at BFGoodrich Tires. The Atlanta Braves and Indiana University are his favorite sports teams.  With his Harley, Marvin has traveled all around the U.S. with his wife, and he said that Texas was his favorite place to travel to. "I love my Harley! I would love to take a month or two and just go west!" He would also like to take a cruise to Hawaii from California. Other than traveling, Marvin just wants to keep his health and says, "I've been very blessed. He has also been married for 37 years.

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Name: Madison
Three words to describe yourself: spontaneous, goofy, nice
Madison is from Marietta, Georgia and describing the city, she said, "I loved it . . . I had so many good friends!" Right now, she is pre-Journalism and she is thinking about majoring in Advertising. She says, "I like being able to put my ideas out there." Madison also enjoyed film in high school and was also in film club. For a career, Madison said she may not work for an advertising firm but also said, "We'll see what happens!" With her high school Spanish class, Madison went to Spain and said, "The trip really helped me with my Spanish skills. You also got to seee other ways of life." Greece, Germany, and generally all over Europe are where Madison would like to travel too, and she wants to go to Holland as well because there is a town in which the streets are all waterways. Madison said she would not mind having multiple homes around the world; one of which being in the Holland town and a treehouse as the other one. She also wants to see the Northern Lights, and Madison used to be in chorus and had her own Youtube channel. At UGA, she is in UGA Miracle and this summer, she is living a home and is working at Coldstone. A random fact about Madison is that she can stand on her head for a long period of time.

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Name: Julia
Three words to describe yourself: nerdy, curious, fun-loving
Julia is from Woodstock, Georgia and when I asked her how she liked growing up there, Julia replied, "It was okay . . . I miss it now." Her mom is originally from Poland while her dad is from Czechoslovakia. During the war in the 80's, Julia's mom went to a refugee camp while her husband moved to another country and she did not hear from him for three years. After he moved to America, he contacted her mom and she moved to the States as well. A few months after her arrival, her husband died in a car accident and Julia's half-brother was in the car as well. Julia says, "I want to be a writer . . . so one day it will happen . . . I think [my parent's story] would make a good love story." To pursue this, she is majoring in English at UGA and is trying to double major in either Public Relations or Advertising. Julia said she will probably start out working for a publisher before she becomes a writer. She has already written a novel, but because she only had a school year to write the story, she has to edit it. The typical novel is around 135,000 words, but Julia only wrote 80,000 words (which makes me also think of how many words I have typed for this blog so far...probably a lot). Julia describes herself as "a book nerd" and wishes she had more free time to read. Historical fiction is her favorite genre and her favorite book is 1984. She also likes reading Ayn Rand novels as well as classics, like books by Jane Austen. If Julia ever becomes rich, she wants to open a small bakery. She wants to graduate from college, get married by age 25, but does not want kids until after she travels around the world and gets ideas for books. Australia, Poland, Italy, France, and Japan are some of the countries Julia wants to visit. Julia also likes dogs and says, "I want to own every dog in the world!" and "I'm like that cat-obsessed lady from eHarmony, but with dogs . . . When you're having a bad day, a dog is always there to make you happy." For your entertainment purposes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTTwcCVajAc

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Name: Tom
Three words to describe yourself: funny, creative, jackhammer
Tom was born in Stone Mountain, Georgia but then moved to South Carolina. After a few years, he then moved to Lawrenceville, Georgia at the age of six. He said that he went to a small private school of 30 kids. "We were like a family," Tom says. At UGA, Tom wants to study marketing because his dad started out as a salesman and is now the director of sales training, which sparked Tom's interests in the field. Because he has not been accepted into the business school, however, Tom has not taken any introductory classes, so he says, "I still don't really know what marketing is." As 5th generation Irish, Tom wants to sttudy abroad in Ireland and he is also minoring in Spanish. For bucket-list-things, Tom wants to travel to exotic places, go skydiving, hang gliding, and cave diving. For traveling, Tom has been to New Zealand before and he went with his dad on his business trip. "We did so much! . . . climbed mountains . . . went spelunking . . . there were glow worms inside of the caves!" He has also been to England and France, and he wants to go to Australia because "it's like New Zealand but bigger and deadlier," he says. Tom plays the acoustic and electric guitar, and in high school, he used to play baseball and is trying out for the club team next semester.