Day 11 - Kou

Day 11 - September 11th 2007
Location: Stanford, California
Setting: Outside the bookstore

1. Preferred nickname?
Kou
2. Birthplace?
China
3. Paper or plastic?
Paper
4. Favorite childhood toy?
Slingshot
5. Where were you on 9 -11?
Singapore
6. Best piece of advice you could give?
Stay positive, being confident
7. Favorite way to spend an afternoon?
Sports field
8. Song of the week?
Hotel California
9. Do you know any racist jokes?
No
10. Latest book or movie you’d recommend to a friend?
Transformers
11. Who wins in a caged battle-to-the-death match: Rosie O’Donnell or Oprah?
The first one, I don’t have a clue.

Day 10 - Louise

Day 10, September 10th 2007
Location: Main Street, Los Altos
Setting: backroom of starbucks

1. Preferred nickname?
Louise
2. Birthplace?
Germany
3. Paper or plastic?
Plastic? I don’t really care. Whatever has handles
4. Favorite childhood toy?
My little pony
5. Where were you on 9 -11?
I was at home and then I went to school that day. I was in Junior High
6. Best piece of advice you could give?
Oh god. umm... I don’t think I should give any advice because I never follow my advice. I would say go with the flow, but I never follow that myself.
7. Favorite way to spend an afternoon?
Honestly, doing nothing. Just hanging out with someone I really enjoy spending time with.
8. Song of the week?
Please Forgive Me by David Gray
9. Do you know any racist jokes?
Oh. Shoot. *laughs* No actually, I can never remember them.
10. Latest book or movie you’d recommend to a friend?
For the book I would say definitely A Thousand Splendid Suns. And the movie, oh the Ten, that was really funny.
11. Who wins in a caged battle-to-the-death match: Rosie O’Donnell or Oprah?
Oprah. She’s the shit

Day 9 - Manda

Day 9 - September 9th 2007
Location: Stanford, California
Setting: Cancer Clinic Event, Volunteer’s table

1. Preferred nickname?
Manda
2. Birthplace?
Washington D.C.
3. Paper or plastic?
Paper
4. Favorite childhood toy?
Stuffed animal dog
5. Where were you on 9 -11?
Kenyon College
6. Best piece of advice you could give?
Brevity is the soul of wit
7. Favorite way to spend an afternoon?
With friends
8. Song of the week?
Soweto Gospel Choir

10. Latest book or movie you’d recommend to a friend?
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
11. Who wins in a caged battle-to-the-death match: Rosie O’Donnell or Oprah?
Oprah

Day 8 - Blondie

Day: 8 - September 8th 2007
Location: Bear Creek Rd., Los Gatos, California
Setting: Wedding Reception

1. Preferred nickname?
Blondie
2. Birthplace?
Madison, Wisconsin
3. Paper or plastic?
Plastic
4. Favorite childhood toy?
My mother’s high heels
5. Where were you on 9 -11?
In an electrical engineering class. And I thought it was a joke when the professor told us.
6. Best piece of advice you could give?
Don’t worry because it creates a second problem to the initial problem you were worrying about.
7. Favorite way to spend an afternoon?
With a good book, next to the pool.
8. Song of the week?
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
9. Do you know any racist jokes?
Yes.
10. Latest book or movie you’d recommend to a friend?
The Zanzibar Chest by Aidan Hartley
11. Who wins in a caged battle-to-the-death match: Rosie O’Donnell or Oprah?
Rosie O’Donnell

Day 7 - Ann

Day 7 - September 7th 2007
Location: Main Street, Los Altos, California
Setting: Starbucks coffee in the afternoon

1. Preferred nickname?
Ann
2. Birthplace?
Youngstown Ohio
3. Paper or plastic?
Plastic
4. Favorite childhood toy?
Train
5. Where were you on 9 -11?
I was ... I was teaching. I was teaching English.
6. Best piece of advice you could give?
To listen to your parents, they know more than you think.
7. Favorite way to spend an afternoon?
Reading or doing something with my children. Probably doing something with my children would be first and reading would be second because I’ve got incredible children.
8. Song of the week?
I have no idea.
9. Do you know any racist jokes?
No
10. Latest book or movie you’d recommend to a friend?
Cleopatra’s nose it’s by a historian, and I’m trying to think if I can remember his name. It’s about how the unexpected changes the course of history.
11. Who wins in a caged battle-to-the-death match: Rosie O’Donnell or Oprah?
Oprah, I don’t like Rosie whatever her name is. She’s course and crude.

Day 6 - Debi

Day 6 - September 6th 2007
Location: Main Street, Los Altos
Setting: Starbucks

1. Preferred nickname?
Debi
2. Birthplace?
San Mateo, California
3. Paper or plastic?
Paper
4. Favorite childhood toy?
Skip it
5. Where were you on 9 -11?
At my house when I found out, and then school. And then they cancelled school.
6. Best piece of advice you could give?
Be yourself.
7. Favorite way to spend an afternoon?
Playing frisbee
8. Song of the week?
Release by Timberland
9. Do you know any racist jokes?
I probably do and I’m blanking on them. My chemistry teacher in 8th grade showed us a video on racist jokes and how they were wrong.
10. Latest book or movie you’d recommend to a friend?
Ummm... Any book by Lisa Gardener
11. Who wins in a caged battle-to-the-death match: Rosie O’Donnell or Oprah?
Oprah

Day 5 - Kathy

Day 5 - September 5th 2007
Location: Main Street, Los Altos, California
Setting: Starbucks Coffee

1. Preferred nickname?
Kathy
2. Birthplace?
Hanford California
3. Paper or plastic?
Paper
4. Favorite childhood toy?
Oh, my dolls, they’re my friends
5. Where were you on 9 -11?
At work.
6. Best piece of advice you could give?
Be happy, life’s too short.
7. Favorite way to spend an afternoon?
Probably with my family
8. Song of the week?
I don’t know if I’ve had a song this week, not enough time for music
9. Do you know any racist jokes?
Of course
10. Latest book or movie you’d recommend to a friend?
The Kite Runner
11. Who wins in a caged battle-to-the-death match: Rosie O’Donnell or Oprah?
Rosie O’Donnell