[01.10] LINDA

What is the biggest sacrifice you've made for someone else?

[linda] I have given up my time for them, a big sacrifice, when I was supposed to go somewhere else and something else came up. So I sacrificed myself and did something else for someone else, so that they would be able to do something.

What were they doing...what made you make the sacrifice?

[linda] They were going on a trip.

Where was the trip to?

[linda] To China. My sister was going to China to adopt a girl. It was a disaster. I had this vacation planned with my girlfriends to go to Sandals. You know, to party and who knows... Anyway, my sister all of a sudden decides that she has to be a Mother and makes these impromptu plans to fly to China to basically find a child. Oh, God that was such a disaster.

Why, that sounds wonderful?

[linda] Yeah, except for the fact that she got arrested. Turns out that you need to get that kind of thing cleared in advance. They don't take child abduction lightly over there.

You're saying that your sister went to China and tried to steal a child?

[linda] Oh, God no. It wasn't anything like that. She is just an idiot and didn't get her paperwork cleared in advance. She ended up coming back empty handed.

And you didn't get to go to Sandals...

[linda] Exactly!

If you could erase one mistake in your life, what would it be?

[linda] Being mean to my Mom.


Now or in the past?

[linda] No, in the past. Now, we get along great.

But growing up there were times you were a little more...


[linda] Yeah, growing up. I was a rebel. I got into all kinds of trouble. You know, one of those girls that got into trouble for the sake of being one of the "bad girls."

You had a bit of a wild streak in you?

[linda] Oh yes, you could say that. You might say I enjoyed toying with the boys. And girls! (laughs nervously) Oh, God, I can't believe I just said that. OK, next question!

What is the last thing that was stolen from you?

[linda] Oh gosh (pause), my video camera. My house was broken into and they stole my video camera that had my daughter’s marriage proposal on it.

Wow!

[linda] Yeah, It was horrible….

Yeah, talk about the term "Violated."

[linda] Yeah.

You know, not only were they in your house but... and I don’t mean to make you relive this.

[linda] No, no. It was horrible. They stole that, one of my daughter’s violins, $600, Forty-Niner watch... Hmmm, what else?... A couple of little things. But I mean, it was just certain things that they stole.




How do most people misjudge you?

[linda] How do they misjudge me? Some people think I am a snob.

Why do you think they are coming up with that?

[linda] Because, when I'm around a group, I am shy. And I don’t talk very much. So then they think I'm a snob. And they pass judgment on me.

What fears haunt you?

[linda] That something would happen to my family and I wouldn’t be able to get there in time.

If you had to guess, how will you die?

[linda] I hope I die in my sleep. And I don’t know. (laughs)

Who is your biggest fan?

[linda] Who is my biggest fan? Probably my grandkids.

When God grants you one answer, what will your question be?

[linda] That I live a healthy life.

Well, it is a question. You get to ask a question.

[linda] Oh, I get to ask Him a question?

Yeah.

[linda] Can I live a healthy life? Without sickness.

What is your most deviant behavior?

[linda] The most deviant? And what do you mean by that?

Something that is a behavior you have that nobody else knows about, don’t care about changing, or should change or...?

[linda] I am basically a good person so I don’t have any bad vices. You know, I don't have anything that I uh... I am not mean or anything like that so I really don't have anything.

OK, but there must be something. You couldn't be the bad girl growing up and not have anything deviant in your personality.

[linda] I am anonymous in your blog, huh?

Yeah, you are anonymous. Uh, so let's hear it. What is your most deviant behavior?

[linda] Oh wow, I've never told anyone that I do this. Ok, I touch things.

You touch things? What does that mean...like inappropriate touching?

[linda] No, you pervert. (laughs) It isn't so much that I touch things but rather that I move people's stuff. Like when you came into the shop and sat down your recorder?

Yeah?

[linda] When you weren't looking I picked it up and moved it to the side counter. (pause) I'm weird, huh?

No, I mean. (stammers) I don't get it. You moved my iPod?

[linda] Uh-huh. Just enough to make you go out of your way when you picked it up again.

And you do this all the time?

[linda] Constantly, I can't stop myself. I do it in people's homes, all the time at work and even when I'm out in public. Say like when I'm shopping, I'm always taking blouses off of one counter and putting them on another where they don't belong.

Why do you think you do this?

[linda] I don't know...it gives me a sense of power. Like I got away with something.

Have you ever been caught?

[linda] Oh, I get caught all the time. But people usually just look at me like I'm clueless.

Addiction comes in many forms. What are you addicted to?

[linda] Caffeine, I'm addicted to caffeine. Oh yeah, I got to have my tea everyday with caffeine. At least five cups. (laughs)

Wow!

Who do you owe an apology to and why haven't you or won't you give it to them?

[linda] I would say my Dad. And I can’t give it to him because he's passed away. When he was sick at the V.A. hospital, he was really mean to the whole family because he didn’t want us to visit him and I yelled at him and told him that he was being selfish. And I never got a chance to tell him sorry for yelling at him. So, that's it.