By Robert Farley (cl_kaulana) | cl_kaulana@oocities.com | Vienna Strasse/7000
Victoria Little
aka bandgrrrl
|
Vicky Little is one of our more active and, at almost 16 years old, younger community
leaders. Vicky is the ringmistress for the Vienna Citizens Webring and was a charter
member of the Vienna Welcoming Committee. Any fan of Bach will want to be sure to visit her
excellent resource page on the composer. A personable and dedicated CL, this Kentucky,
USA, native looks forward to many years helping homesteaders in GeoCities.
GeoCities User Name(s): bandgrrrl
Real Name: Victoria "Vicky" Little
Geographical Location: Kentucky (USA)
URL(s):
http://www.oocities.org/~bandgrrrl
Email Addy: little@creative-net.net
Birthday/Age: March 24, 1983 (that makes me almost 16)
Neighborhood(s)/Block(s) you are a CL in: Vienna 5500-5999
Family: Mom-Linda, Dad-O.D.,sisters-Michelle and Britney, cat-Shorty
Vocation and/or School Situation: Sophomore in high school
Favorite Composer/Composition: Kohzevnikov's Slavyanskaya (although I love Bach, too!!)
Instruments You Play: horn, piano, a little trumpet
Favorite Instrument (whether you play it or not): hmmm....probably the alto flute
Kaulana: When did you become a GeoCities homesteader?
Vicky: I think I became a homesteader in about June, because that's
when I put up my first page. So, yeah, June of 1997 sounds about right.
And for the record, I don't have any plans of deserting Geocities for a long time.
K: When did you become a community leader?
V: I believe it was sometime in August of 1997. So, gosh, that means I've
been a CL for over a year! I can't believe it!
K: What made you decide to become a CL?
V: I was helped out A LOT by a CL when I first moved into Vienna.
I guess you could say this inspired me to wantto help others just like me.
I DEFINITELY wouldn't want someone else to go through all the confusion that
I went through as a new homesteader if there was any way I could help them.
K: What's your favorite thing about GeoCities?
V: The great sense of community and knowing that there are other people
"right around the corner" that share my interests. I also love meeting people
from around the world and feeling so close to them.
K: Does being a CL give you any insight on how to get along with others or how to act in social situations?
V: As a CL, I have been introduced to people from all over the world as well as
those with different views and opinions thanmine. Through Geocities, I've learned
to accept other people's viewpoints (something that's almost VITAL in high school)
and respect the fact that we all come from different backgrounds and cultures.
K: Do you have a memorable story about helping a homesteader?
V: I remember one time I was helping a homesteader with their page and it
turned out to be someone that I knew from my English class! Talk about a
small world!
K: Besides being a community leader, are you involved in any other GeoCities groups,
such as Welcoming Committee?
V: Just Welcoming Committee, but I would be interested in working on other projects,
like HTML help pages and whatnot.
K: In your opinion, what is the one most important aspect of a good page?
(List some other important aspects, if you want.)
V: Definitely content. But this doesn't mean that a page can be great if it ONLY
has good content. I think that graphics are important as well, as long as they fit
with the layout and design (another key factor) and are NOT used excessively (which
is a MAJOR no-no).
K: Looks like, sooner or later, CLs who have been around a certain time are going to
get some free GeoCities stock. Do you have any plans for yours yet?
V: With my Geocities stocks, I had originally planned to save the money towards my
trip to France my senior year. But, if the price of stocks continues to decrease,
I may just sell them and go on a nice shopping spree (Abercrombie & Fitch, here I come!)
But I would like to save for a car or something nice, considering I'll be 16 in March.
K: What are your future plans and goals?
V: I'd like to be a professional musician (preferably play in one of those orchestras
that you hear in motion pictures) but I'd also like to become a college horn professor
or teach music in high school.
K: What would a person be surprised to find out about you?
V: Maybe that I'm a strict vegetarian, and that I LOVE swing music and dancing.
K: What are some of your favorite vegetarian meals?
V: Okay, my favorite vegetarian meal is a nice, juicy Gardenburger. The ones at the
Hard Rock Cafe in Atlanta are AWESOME. I still eat scrambled eggs and ketchup for
breakfast (I'm not vegan), usually cheese pizza or salad and cottage cheese for lunch
(good ole school lunch) and for dinner, I'm most likely to have pasta with marinara
or alfredo sauce, or Mexican food. I've tried tofu casseroles and fake meats
(like soy hotdogs and stuff) but they don't appeal too much.
K: Who is your favorite swing musician and do you have a favorite swing song?
V: My favorite swing musician (actually band) would be the Cherry Poppin' Daddies.
I also like the Big Bad VooDoo Daddy and Squirrel Nut Zippers. Swing has just
barely been noticed in my part of the country (I live in Kentucky ... let's just
say we're not always up on current trends) but I LOVE IT. My favorite song is either
"So Long, Farewell, Goodbye" by the Big Bad VooDoo Daddy, or "No Mercy for Swine" by
the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. I also like to listen to local swing bands; since I'm in
band, I know people whose older siblings have actually started swing bands ... very awesome.
K: Oh yeah. I was thinking of like Frank Sinatra or Count Basie or the Dorsey Brothers,
but I guess I'm showing my age! Besides music or band, what is your favorite class in school?
V: French (II)
K: Do you plan to continue studying French? So many of the Europeans, Asians, etc.,
I talk with have at least a working knowledge of English. I feel really stupid barely
understanding much of anything else.
V: I'm going to take French throughout high school and college, but I don't think I'll
make a career out of it. I want to be a music teacher, so maybe it will come in
handy. You never know. I hate to think that kids from other countries must spend
YEARS studying English in order to graduate, and American kids don't have to know
any other language. It makes me ashamed of our education system ... if only we would
focus less on athletics and extracurriculars (which are, by the way, NO BAD THING)
then our test scores would be as high. And while I'm on the subject, ... [t]he
education systems of other countries train their students to be learning machines ...
they just process information. I think that the jobs of the future are going to require
more thinking and people skills than just knowledge. But, that's just my opinion ...
in the infamous words of Dennis Miller ... I could be wrong.
K: I think you're right on that count. Do you have a favorite movie?
V: City of Angels
K: Didn't you just want to scream: "Put your hands on the handlebars and watch
where you're going!"?
V: Yes! I just wanted to tell her to pay attention to where she was going.
Just because she was biking down a deserted country lane in the middle of
nowhere ... no, seriously, I knew as soon as they showed the truck that she
would get hit. I think I cried for the whole last hour of the movie. It's the
saddest movie I've ever seen.
K: After watching a sad movie, where do you and your family or friends like to go for fun?
V: Maybe a happy movie. Also Six Flags and the malls in Louisville.
K: What's your favorite ride/activity at Six Flags? (Is that in Louisville, too?)
V: Yes, Six Flags just opened a new branch in Louisville (it used to just be called
Kentucky Kingdom). I don't really think that any of the rides or activities are
fantastic there, but I guess these would be my favorite things to do: Favorite ride -- Hellavator
(one of those 10-story drop things ... I think it's more than 10 stories, though).
Favorite activity -- Old Tyme Pictures, where you dress up like people from the
Old West and have your picture taken in brown and white film. I love it.
K: My wife and I spent a day at Six Flags when it was Kentucky Kingdom in 1997.
We rode the coasters and enjoyed the water rides, too.
What would you recommend a first-time visitor to Kentucky be sure to do?
V: Go to the Kentucky Derby! I've never actually been to it but
my dad has been lots of times. I remember one time -- I guess it would have
been back in '94 or '95 -- he was there and he saw Kato Kaelin walk by with
this group of security guards. He said that a bunch of people were yelling
remarks at Kato, and it was the funniest thing he'd ever heard! Also,
he's seen a lot of other celebrities, including Rick Pitino (if you live
outside of Kentucky you might not
know who Rick Pitino is), Ashley Judd, and others.
Hopefully I'll get to go this year!!
K: That's a great thing to have happen practically in your backyard.
And like the end of the Kentucky Derby, we have crossed the finish line with this article.
Thanks for taking the time to
be interviewed, Vicky, and for being such an active and hard-working community leader.
Happy holidays and we'll see you in the forums.
CL_Kaulana is a former newspaper editor/reporter/photographer from Ohio now living in Hawaii,
who likes to keep his writing skills fresh by conducting interviews and writing about the
people and places he visits in Vienna, along with writing and updating
webpage after
webpage
after webpage... .
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