What year was it?
1998
What were your favorite bands?
Metallica, REM, Corrosion of Conformity, Tom Waits
What was your favorite outfit?
Jeans, a loud shirt, rings, tons of necklaces, hats.
What was up with your hair?
It was down to my nipples and had been dyed a half-dozen times -- a mixture between my natural blonde roots with brown, black, and red segments throughout.
Who were your best friends?
Eric, Clay, Tara, Nikola, Bryan, Colby, Dan, Ryan
What did you do after school?
I walked around thinking about music, staring into the clouds.
Did you take the bus?
No, I either got a ride to school or I walked. It was about a 20 minute walk.
Who did you have a crush on?
Nikola. . . and everyone else.
Did you fight with your parents?
Yup. I'm quite different from them.
Who did you have a CELEBRITY crush on?
Natalie Imbruglia
Did you smoke cigarettes?
No.
Did you lug all of your books around in your backpack all day because you were too nervous to find your locker?
Not one or the other.
Did you have a 'clique'?
No, cliques are dumb.
Did you have "The Max" like Zach, Kelly, and Slater?
I used to hang out in the woods at lunch with the boys, and we light wells, plastic bags, garbage, school work, report cards on fire, or throw sticks at each other. . . we'd litter.
Who did you want to be just like?
Mr. James Hetfield
What did you want to be when you grew up?
An English and History teacher. Hah! Currently I'm a poet, a musician, which is grand, but I'm also wandering around with the awful, horrible, morally bleak pretences of being a freelance magazine writer.
Where did you think you'd be at the age you are now?
I didn't know. . . I thought I'd be teaching or something. Which I've done. . . all the things I've set out to do I'm done, although not as well as I could've.
What classes did you take?
Band, chorus, socials, that sort of thing. classes have never been important to me.