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interview with the geno
friday, may 31, 2002, 730 post | geno in blue,
gina in grey
gina's dorm room at the rhode island school of design.
providence, ri.
gina, why is it raining right now in providence?
the weather is being sad for me. and it's
really humid and icky outside.
what makes such an occassion sad?
i'm going home in like... [checkes watch] half
an hour.
so how
does it feel to go home and be done with sophomore year?
i've conquered the unconquerable.
[giggles, and giggles more as she looks at a digital picture grace took.]
i learned so----o much. eugene, if you ever need a table, give me a
call. i'll make you a nice table.
and
you make tables because...?
because the table saw is my bitch, and i
can--oh--i don't have to make just tables. i can make, like,
anything.
so
what do you have planned for home?
um... right... like immediately?
like, right when i get home?
no, for
the summer.
oh,
i'm going to arizona. i'm going to draw again... for missions
again, like i did last summer. and hopefully i'll get to draw like a
did last summer... and bust out some cool stuff. like my old
pastor gave me a personal mission and he wants me to draw god. how
am i supposed to do that? [pauses.] do you think i can do
that?
gina, you can do whatever you put your heart to. [laughs.]
[picks up the phone and talks to her mother in
korean.]
so,
if you could describe yourself in three words, what would they be and why?
three? that's a hard one. [thinks,
then whisper-laughs.] misunderstood. because i am
misunderstood... just first impression wise. um...
[thinks, and shifts feet.] mm... okay! i'm friendly.
one more word? [pauses.] wait, so it was misunderstood,
friendly, and... can it be more than three words? [geno
refuses.] mm... misunderstood, friendly, and... i
could be crazy sometimes.
like crazy-cool or crazy-popular or crazy-annoying or crazy/beautiful?
[laughs.] have you ever seen that movie?
i went to go watch it with my friend back at home and like, the main
character in the morning--she was really artsy and she was into
photography and i was like, "i want to be just like her." and then
my friend was like, "omigosh, jay hernandez is SO HOT." but that
doesn't answer your question. crazy... crazy-weird.
ha
ha. crazy-weird. sounds good to me. so for all the
eligible bachelors out there reading your interview, how would you like to
put yourself out on the market?
do i have to
answer that? could you change the question?... i'm not the
type of girl that most guys would want anyway.
aw,
why would you say that? haven't you had your share of boytoys?
boytoys? boys are horribly evil. [geno
grumbles.] they don't know a good thing when it's right in front of
them. that's how stupid they are.
so
then why don't you just date girls?
[laughs.]
if i could, i would... but i can't, so there. [continues to
laugh.] i don't know sometimes... i think about, and i think
that i would make a better guy than a girl... in certain aspects.
'cause if you think about it, i'm not the girliest girl... are you
done? um, and um, my relatives said that my brother and i should
change places because he was all into shopping and getting himself to look
good, and i just wouldn't give a damn.
your brother! tell us about your brother!
mm... he's
a senior in high school; he should be going to prom tonight but he's
not and he has his reasons. mm... he's uh... i didn't
think he could articulate his thoughts until this year. and--sadly--i
underestimated him, and i shouldn't have. he says we have a really
good relationship--um--and i guess i could agree with that now because he
tells me a lot of stuff and i guess we look out for each other a lot more
than we used to... than we should have before... but that's
because he grew up, and that's a good thing.
that's
cool. it's always nice to connect with siblings. i think it's
hard for me since my sister is nine years older. but anyway.
as we're nearing the end of this interview, lets get to some gritty
questions. what is your goal in life?
what is my goal in life? to...
[thinks.] to get a nice job, learn as much about myself as
possible... no, learn to be a better person... um...
maybe somewhere down the road i'll get married and have kids... live
out the ultimate american dream. [laughs.] my dad is living
out the ultimate american dream! what's there for me then?
what are
you passionate about?
that's a very good question. [thinks
hard.] gosh, what am i passionate about? [sighs.]
um... [thinks profusely.] people. but not just
anybody... the people i connect with... ooh. i'll do
nice things for them. i'm passionate about... my work...
uh... my major... because i get to do everything... i
don't know. a lot of different things drive me. what do you
think?
i think
you are passionate about your work, definitely. industrial design
seems right up your alley. i can recall pretty vividly times when
we'd walk and you'd see some lamp in some random building and say, "that
lamp is so nice. i want a lamp like that. i want to make that
lamp."
no, you know what i do? like... if i
see something i like... i always say, "i can make that." you
know what i did? i think i just told grace. i don't know if
you were listening... but that head massge thingie at the mall...
it's called the octopus... like, it was so---o nice. and, um,
i picked one up and i studied it carefully, and i took approximate
measurements in my head... took mental notes... and then, when
we got home, i made a ghetto one... like a bootleg one. it
doesn't work as well but pretty good... it's a bootleg. not
too shabby. but that was the first time that i said i could make it
and actually made it. so...
nice.
well, as we close up this interview, do you have any last words?
what kind of words? what do you want me to
say? like, specifically.
just anything. like, something you might close a letter with.
or some words of advice. or some closing thoughts on the year.
or some teasers about what's to come. anything.
i'll leave with a tiny bit of advice...
always strive to be a better person and don't think that the person that
you were is a perfect image of yourself because you're always changing and
you're always making the conscious effort to become a better person.
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posted 05.31.2002
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