Post by Mur on Jun 19, 2010 22:46:06 GMT -5
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I once knew a girl, in the years of my youth,
with eyes like the summer, all beauty and truth
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[/sup]Hello, AUTUMN ADRIANNA HARPER.
>> Is there anything you would rather be called?
"Just call me Autumn, thank you.”
>> You know, has anyone ever told you that you look exactly like...?
“Anne Hathaway. Yes, I hear that a lot, but I have to agree. It’s a pretty nice comparison, too!”
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Let's talk about your personality.
>> What are a few of your favorite things?
“Hmm…lets see…Traveling. I love traveling. I have this wall in my bedroom that has a lot of shelves on it, and on the shelves there are just a whole bunch of tiny jars filled with dirt and sand from all the places I’ve been - and empty ones with places I’d like to go written all over them, like Madrid, Spain and Florence, Italy. Uh…Lets see…Baseball, I like Baseball, too. I have three older brothers, and the closest one I have to my age is 6 years older than me, and it was one of the few things we had in common growing up, so I really have a love of the sport. I like music - as long as it’s not rap, movies, art, dressing up, going out with friends. I like also like caring for things, watching them grow. Plants, pets, whatever. It makes me feel a little accomplished, I guess.”
>>That's interesting. Is there anything you absolutely dislike?
“Bats. Not baseball bats, but like the animal? I hate those. My brother once shoved one in my face, and it was a horrible experience. I don’t like cats, either. My aunt had this really crazy one that attacked me a lot when I was a kid. Aside from that, this is probably going to sound really stupid, but I hate public pools. There are always so many people, and too many slides and stuff taking up all the space so you can’t actually swim. I’d much rather actually enjoy myself swimming in a lake than being squished in a clean pool.”
>> Hm, what is your greatest fear?
"You’re probably going to think I’m crazy, but ghosts. Ever since I was little, I’ve always been afraid of ghosts. Vampires, werewolves, zombies…none of that other stuff really scared me as a kid, except for ghosts. And I haven’t really ever lost that fear. I mean, what’s scarier than something you can’t see – or stop – attacking you? That’s like…worse than being mugged or murdered, really.”
>> Yeah, that is scary. Do you have any dreams for the future?
“Thousands. And I don’t just mean the usual ‘finding the right, handsome and perfect guy, having a great career, settling down, and becoming a mom’ kind of stuff, either. I have great expectations for the future; places to go, things to do. So I guess aside from the usual stuff that everyone believes in, I’d like to go to Spain, Italy, Egypt, China, and Brazil. You know, really interesting places with a lot of history, nature and stuff. I think it’d be cool to climb Mt. Everest, too, but I don’t think I’d ever get to do that – I’m too chicken for that much adventure.”
>> Wow, I hope you succeed. Can you tell me a little bit about yourself?
“Okay, well…I’m kind of a tom-boy, which you can guess with having three brothers. My parents both say I’m very independent, which I can agree with. I’m not really a hopeless romantic, waiting for the right guy to come along to share my life with. I believe that you can have an adventure and let anyone in at any time. I’d rather live a little, get married, and live on from then, rather than to love and live. There’s no fun in telling your kids you got married right out of high school, I’d like to be able to tell them about all the adventures and life that they can experience, too.”
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So far so good. Now for history.
>> So tell me, where are you from? What did you think of it?
"My parents had been living in Australia for two years when I was born, but we all moved back a year later, so I was too little to contract an accent, and when we arrived in America, where my parents and family originally lived, their accents went away, so I never really had the chance. I was raised there the rest of my life, except for once, when we went to Germany for a year. I was about…14 then, so it was just my parents and I. So yes, America is my home, and I love it there. I’ve been nearly everywhere in America, and that’s what sparked my interest in traveling. But yes, I love it there, and I don’t consider anywhere else my home – though I would like to go everywhere.”
>> Do you have any other family? Parents? Siblings? Extended? What do you think about them?
“I have three older brothers, their families, and of course parents. My mother, Emily, was a nurse until my brother Benjamin was born. And my dad’s a pilot, so whenever he’d get a lot of flights to certain places, we’d usually move, or go along with him. He was gone a lot growing up, though, so I usually stuck with my mom and brothers. My oldest brother, Tyler, is eleven years older than me. He’s married to a girl that…well…let’s just say my parents don’t exactly like her, and they don’t have any kids yet. My second oldest brother, Kyle, is also married – he’s eight years older than me. So he’s got two kids – Rebecca and Ethan - and a beautiful, nice wife whose name is Tamara. So we’re pretty close, but he lives in Canada with them, so it’s kind of hard to get together. And my last brother, Benjamin, went into dad’s profession, so he’s working full-time and doesn’t really have time to settle down. When I was little, though, he’d get in a lot of trouble. He used to think he could get away with anything, until he was about 16, and got caught smoking. Needless to say my mother was pissed, but we got it over with. I have no idea what they did growing up, because we were the kids on the block that could usually get away with anything – not that we did everything, but…I’m sure there are a lot of things they don’t know about.”
>> What is your worst memory/memories?
“There were a couple of times we got really scared that maybe my dad’s plane crashed, but those weren’t really my worst memories…My worst memory was probably when my parents found out that Tyler was getting married. I was about 12, so I didn’t really get much about what was happening, but all of a sudden we stopped talking to him, and I thought he died. But then my brothers started calling him and stuff, so I still got to talk to him a lot, and hear about a lot of things in his life. So it all worked out…decently. I can’t say we’re all happy, because Tyler thinks he’s going to be this big rock-star, but...to say the least, it’s not working out.”
>> What is your best memory/memories?
"I know the perfect answer for this one! Fourth of July weekend, when I was 10. My dad wasn’t working, but we were in Nebraska, so we all went out to this park in the pitch-black darkness, and we sat around waiting for fireworks. My whole family was there, brothers and all, and we were sitting in this meadow with a picnic dinner. And because it was the fourth of July, there were a whole bunch of fireworks shows, but my dad had found the perfect spot between these three towns, so no matter which way you turned, you could see fireworks shooting up in the air among the stars, making it even more beautiful than usual. That is by far the best thing I have ever seen.”
>> Where are you now? What are you doing with your life?
“I’m in a really, really comfortable place in my life right now. I’m not really looking for anything, I enjoy what I’m doing, which is studying to be a botanist, and I’m just kind of taking life as it comes at me. I’m not in a rush to do anything, but I’m not wasting my time, either, so it’s great.”
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