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[edit] Nicole Bk's Introduction

Nicole seemed like a warm happy person. She sat smiling as we began to exchange “First Date” information. The basics were covered, she is a Unitarian, but is not religious; she is a liberal who flip-flops (typical), and is a fun loving, easily amused, good person. She tells me how clumsy she can be and the images of falling phones and iPods come into my brain. Even her friends are goofy and clumsy. She then tells me of her favorite music; which is everything, but mostly new punk; Coheed and Cambria, Taking Back Sunday, and Matchbook Romance to name a few. The conversation then turns to family and childhood. She is originally from Cape Cod, but moved when she was younger. Her family is very large. She is one of 5, with 3 sisters and one brother. I feel bad for him; I can only imagine what it is like growing up with 4 sisters. She is the second oldest, with the age range being 5-19. It seemed as if she has a good relationship with her family and siblings, which helped her become the kind and open-minded person that I gathered from our conversation. More basics were covered, from favorite food, which are peanut butter and jelly and chocolate (she has a huge sweet tooth). Her major is communication with a speciation in music and public relations. From here we turned to more personal information. I asked if she was a virgin and her sexual orientation, but she politely said that she did not feel comfortable telling someone she never met before that. She did say though that she has had a couple of boyfriends, all of whom are now her best friends. She is big on friendships. The last thing we got into before class was over was her fears. Typical of most people they are spiders and bugs. Nikki, from our brief interview, is a good kind person. She values her friends and her family, both of which are noticeable in her demeanor and how she carries herself.

nicki 15:31, 24 October 2006 (EDT)

[edit] Adam's Response

My introduction reads like mad-libs, just a fill-in-the-blank, run of the mill paper. She used all the information I gave her, which I know was the assignment, but it was not personalized or unique. For this reason she is right and wrong with my characterization. Right in the fact that she used everything I gave her during our interview, down to my quote on how I would characterize myself, but she stops short on making her own. There is none of her voice in the piece of writing. Because of this there were no surprises or misinformed statements.