INTERVIEW WITH: BRIDGET FULLER€¦ · bridget fuller 11/14/18 christian: it is thursday november...
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INTERVIEW WITH:
BRIDGET FULLER
11/14/18
CHRISTIAN: IT IS THURSDAY NOVEMBER FOURTEENTH, IT’S ABOUT TEN FIFTEEN
IN THE MORNING. THIS IS MIKE CHRISTIAN SITTING HERE WITH
BRIDGET FULLER. GOOD MORNING BRIDGET.
FULLER: (INAUDIBLE)
CHRISTIAN: ALL RIGHT WE’RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PARTY AT YOUR
FRIEND JEANNE’S THE OTHER WEEKEND AND IF YOU WOULD JUST
TELL ME ABOUT BASICALLY GOING TO THE PARTY.
FULLER: OK, A RECAP, UM LET’S SEE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO I WANT TO SAY
BE THERE AT LIKE SEVENISH, SIX THIRTY, SEVEN O’CLOCK.
CHRISTIAN: OK.
FULLER: WHILE I WAS ON MY WAY, I ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING
BECAUSE KNOWING ME I CAN BE A STRAIGHT STRAGGLER, STRAY
STRAGGLER COMING IN ON THOSE MINUTE, OH WE NEED MORE ICE.
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CHRISTIAN: RIGHT.
FULLER: OR OH WELL WE’RE O0UT OF SPRITE OR YOU KNOW, BLAH, BLAH.
SO I ALWAYS ASK BEFORE I HIT MY DESTINATION, IS THERE
ANYTHING I CAN GET ANYBODY.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: AND OH, (INAUDIBLE) SO YOU KNOW, I DROP HER A LINE AND SAID
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU NEED?
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: BLUEBERRY VODKA, OK BLUEBERRY VODKA I THINK THAT WAS
THEIR DRINK OF CHOICE, THEY WANTED BLUEBERRY VODKA AND
SOME SIMPLE SYRUP AND I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE ENDED UP
USING MAYBE A, DON’T TAKE ME TO THAT BUT MAYBE A GINGER
BEER OR SOMETHING.
CHRISTIAN: OK.
FULLER: TO MAKE (INAUDIBLE)
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CHRISTIAN: OK, JUST SCOOT IN A LITTLE CLOSER, SO JUST SO I CAN WRITE
BETTER.
FULLER: OK AND THEN YOU KNOW WE STOPPED AND WE GOT A NICE
(INAUDIBLE) OF THE BLUEBERRY VODKA BECAUSE THERE WERE
NINE WOMEN INVOLVED, YOU KNOW AND GOD FORBID, GOD
FORBID YOU KNOW WOMEN CAN PUT AWAY YOU KNOW THE
ALCOHOL AND YOU KNOW SOME PEOPLE PUT AWAY THE WINE,
EVERYTHING. UM I’M KIND OF YOUR, I’M KIND OF YOUR MOTHER
HEN WHENEVER I’M AT PARTIES AND MY VERY FIRST PRIORITY IS
CHILDREN, GRANTED THERE WERE NO CHILDREN THIS TIME.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: BUT THE WEEKEND BEFORE THERE WAS. UM I’VE BEEN A NANNY
FOR NINE YEARS AND NOT JUST WITH MY OWN CHILDREN.
CHRISTIAN: RIGHT.
FULLER: OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN, COMPLETELY TRUST ME AND UM SO
I’M VERY ADAMANT ABOUT WATCHING WHAT’S GOING ON YOU
KNOW AND IT’S LIKE STOP FLIPPING YOUR HEAD AROUND, YOU’RE
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GOING TO KNOCK YOUR HEAD INTO THE DAMN WALL, I’M NOT
DOING ANY ER THINGS FOR YOU. STOP BEING STUPID.
CHRISTIAN: RIGHT.
FULLER: AND UM I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS TAM LIKED SO
MUCH ABOUT ME IS EVEN THOUGH I HAD A COUPLE OF DRINKS, I
STILL KEPT MY FACULTIES ABOUT ME. UM YOU KNOW IF A CHILD
WENT MISSING THEN I’M LIKE HUM, I SAW THAT KID RECENTLY,
WHERE IS HE AT. IT’S JUST INBRED. UM SO THEY WERE DRINKING,
SO WERE BLUEBERRY VODKA, SIMPLE SERVE, SPRITE OR GINGER
ALE THING. I WAS JUST HAVING LIKE A SMIRNOFF ICE BOTTLES,
(INAUDIBLE)
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: BUT NOT THE MALTED PART.
CHRISTIAN: RIGHT.
FULLER: SO I MEAN IT WAS VERY LOW BUT IT KEEPS ME STILL COHERENT
FOR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY IF SOMETHING HAPPENS.
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CHRISTIAN: SURE.
FULLER: I GOT MY FACULTIES ABOUT ME.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: (INAUDIBLE) PROTECTIVE PERSON. I DON’T CARE ABOUT A WHOLE
LOT OF PEOPLE BUT THE ONES I DO CARE ABOUT I WANT TO TAKE
GOOD CARE OF.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: THAT WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT I HAVE MET TAM. THE FIRST
TIME WAS THE WEEKEND BEFORE FOR PUMPKIN CARVING.
CHRISTIAN: OK.
FULLER: UH HER KIDS THOUGHT IT WAS AWESOME BECAUSE I GOT TO USE
POWER TOOLS, I HAVE A SAWZALL.
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
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FULLER: GO IN THE TOP OF THAT WITH THAT SAWZALL AND GET THAT LID
OFF THEN STICK THIS THING ON THE DRILL AND IT GOES, AND ALL
THE GUTS YOU KNOW.
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: SO IT’S SUPER EASY FOR THEM TO CUT THEM OUT OR SCOOP IT OUT.
I’M ALL ABOUT EFFICIENCY AND I LIKE POWER TOOLS. SO UM YOU
KNOW THEY ALL THOUGHT THAT I WAS JUST THE CAT’S MEOW
BECAUSE I WOULD GO OUT THERE AND DO THOSE THINGS BUT KIDS
HAVE BEEN MY LIFE. AND TAM WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE. I CAN’T
TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES THAT WOMAN GRABBED ME AND
GOES, I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE LIKE INCREDIBLE, CAN WE TAKE YOU
HOME FOR A WHILE? BECAUSE I’M A NEAT FREAK TOO.
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: I MEAN I’M OCD, I’M A SUPER NEAT FREAK. I DON’T LIKE TO LEAVE
ANYBODY’S HOUSE IN A MESS, I WILL NOT LEAVE UNTIL I HAVE
SWEPT THE FLOOR UP.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
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FULLER: MADE SURE THE DISHES ARE IN, I’M THAT PERFECT FRIEND. I MEAN
I’M NOT BOASTING OR ANYTHING BUT I’M THAT PERFECT FRIEND
CHRISTIAN: NO.
FULLER: YOU WANT TO BE AT THEIR PARTY.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: YOU KNOW SHE’S NOT WAKING UP THE NEXT MORING GOING OH
MY GOD.
CHRISTIAN: WHAT A MESS.
FULLER: YEAH SO AND I DON’T HAVE A BIG CIRCLE OF FRIENDS. I’M VERY
CLOSE, I’M VERY PROTECTIVE. I HAVE JEANNE YOU KNOW, I HAVE
A LITTLE CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH MY BOSS TO THE POINT
WHERE HE UNDERSTANDS MY ANXIETY ISSUES AND STUFF.
CHRISTIAN: RIGHT.
FULLER: YOU KNOW UM, I’VE HAD TIME WITH HIS KIDS.
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CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: THEY COME HERE, THEY PLAY WHILE DADDY’S WORKING.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: UM I MEAN OVERALL, I, I DON’T SEE MY DOWNFALL. I DON’T TRUST
PEOPLE THOUGH.
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: YOU KNOW AND IT’S MORE GROWN UP PEOPLE THAT I DON’T
TRUST, IT’S NOT SO MUCH CHILDREN. BUT UM, I WAS THERE FIRST,
TAM GOT IN LATE, SHE CAME HOPPING ALONG INTO THE FRONT
DOOR, TRYING TO TAKE HER BOOTS OFF TO BE CONSIDERATE
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: NEW CARPET, SO SHE WAS HOPPING AROUND TRYING TO GET HER
BOOTS OFF, LEFT THEM AT THE, AT THE, WHATEVER YOU CALL
THAT, I’M NOT SURE WHATEVER THERE IN THE DINNING ROOM.
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CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: SHE BROUGHT HER BAG IN, LAID IT BEHIND THE BACK SIDE OF THE
UM SECTIONAL COUCH, INSISTED SHE WAS READY TO PUT HER
PAJAMAS ON, SO SHE PUT HER PAJAMAS ON. UM WE MADE DRINKS,
MADE COMPLETE ASSES OF THEIR SELVES DANCING, JOSE SAT
BACK WITH HIS CAMERA MAKING IT LOOK LIKE HE WAS DOING
SOMETHING REALLY RECORDING IT WAS VERY EMBARRASSING.
FOR THEM, NOT ME. AND THEN UM AND OF COURSE TAM KNOWS
THAT YOU KNOW, I’M IN A SHELL, I HAVEN’T QUIET WARMED UP
YET SO YOU KNOW LITTLE STOOPER SHE WAS IN, SHE WAS LIKE OH
THERE IS NO HIDING SO SHE COMES AND SHE PLOPS ON TOP OF ME.
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: YOU KNOW, MEANWHILE I’M HOLDING THIS BOTTLE, I’M LIKE I
DON’T WANT TO SPILL THIS ON JEANNE’S FURNITURE SO JOSE WAS
BESIDE ME AND I’M LIKE DUDE CAN YOU TAKE THIS?
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: I THINK THAT PICTURE IS EVEN IN THERE AND YOU KNOW AND
SHE’S ALL LOVEY, LOVEY AND SHE’S A VERY SWEET PERSON.
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SOME OF IT COULD BE BROUGHT OUT BY ALCOHOL, MAYBE SOME
POT, I DON’T KNOW ANY OF HER EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES,
NONE OF MY BUSINESS.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: DON’T PUSH IT ON ME, I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT WHAT YOU
DO. BUT I HAVE MY LINES AND JUST AS HAPPY AS COULD BE. AND
THEN PEOPLE STARTED LEAVING, NICHOLE LEFT, SHE HAD TO GO
TAKE CARE OF HER PUPPY. SARAH LEFT, SAME OLD DEAL, TAKE
CARE OF HER PUPPY. STACEY AND TOM STAYED, THEY WENT UP
AND I THINK THEY STAYED IN REESE’S ROOM AND UM PAULA WENT
UP AND STAYED IN EMMA’S ROOM.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: SO WE WERE HAVING THE ADULT PARTY.
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: NOBODY IS DRIVING DRUNK, NO ONE’S LEAVING. JEANNE AND JOSE
WENT TO BED. STACEY AMD MARCY WENT TO BED, STACEY AND
MARCY UM MARCY AND JEN WENT TO BED, STACEY WENT BY
HERSELF WITH TOM. I HUNG OUT A LITTLE BIT LONGER WITH TAM
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AND I’M LIKE, I’M LIKE TOOTS, IT’S NO OFFENSE TO YOU BUT JEN
WAS REALLY OVERWHELMING TO ME.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: AND THERE’S JUST A LOT OF YOU KNOW, THINGS I STILL GOT TO
GET USE TO AND I FEEL BETTER IF I WAS AT MY OWN HOME
BECAUSE I WOULDN’T HAVE SLEPT THERE, I DON’T SLEEP AT
STRANGE PEOPLE’S HOUSES. I WILL STAY UP ALL NIGHT LONG
BECAUSE I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
CHRISTIAN: RIGHT.
FULLER: YOU KNOW THAT WHOLE SLEEPING WITH ONE EYE OPEN THING.
CHRISTIAN: SURE.
FULLER: AND
CHRISTIAN: YOU’RE JUST NOT COMFORTABLE.
FULLER: I HAVE TRUST ISSUES.
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CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: SO I HUNG AROUND FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER WITH HER,
WAITING FOR GARY TO SHOW UP. SHE WAS EATING A BOWL OF
GUMBO.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: AT THE ISLAND, SHE WAS NOT STUMBLING, SHE WAS NOT
SLURRING EVERYWHERE, SHE WASN’T DROOLING LIKE HAD TO
WORRY ABOUT A BIB, NONE OF THAT. I MEAN SHE SEEMED
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: PERFECTLY FINE AND GARY TEXTED ME AND TOLD ME THAT HE
WAS THERE, I WAS PUTTING MY SHOES ON, GRABBING MY BAG,
HEADING TO THE FRONT DOOR. SHE WALKED ME TO THE FRONT
DOOR, SHE GAVE ME A BIG LOVING HUG AND SHE EVEN GAVE ME A
KISS ON THE CHEEK AND SHE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW I JUST LOVE
YOU. I’M LIKE YOU JUST LOVE THE THINGS I DO BECAUSE I’M A
MOTHER HEN AND SHE SAYS NO, YOU’RE REALLY A GOOD PERSON,
OK, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I’M
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LIKE NOW TAKE YOUR ASS IN THE HOUSE AND FINISH EATING
YOUR GUMBO.
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: I MEAN, MAYBE IT’S A MOTHERING INSTINCT OR SOMETHING BUT
I’M LIKE GO PUT MORE FOOD ON THAT BELLY.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: I KNOW HOW MUCH LIQUOR YOU TOOK IN, PUT MORE FOOD ON
THAT BELLY AND UM SHE SHUT THE DOOR BEHIND ME, I TOLD HER
I WAS LIKE MAKE SURE YOU LOCK IT.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: AND PRETTY MUCH THAT WAS, THAT WAS IT. I WALKED OUT INTO
THE DRIVEWAY, GOT IN THE, GOT IN THE EXPLORER WITH GARY
AND WE TOOK OFF AND THAT WAS LIKE ONE FORTY-FIVEISH.
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
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FULLER: GIVE OR TAKE SECONDS.
CHRISTIAN: SURE.
FULLER: AND THEN AT, I GUESS IT WAS LIKE ONE FIFTY-SEVENISH AREA, UM
THE BACKDOOR OPENED, CLOSED, THE BACKDOOR OPENED AGAIN
BUT THEN IT NEVER FULLY CLOSED.
CHRISTIAN: NOW THIS IS WHAT YOU’RE TELLING ME THAT YOU HEARD FROM
SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE YOU ALREADY LEFT?
FULLER: YES, YES.
CHRISTIAN: OK.
FULLER: BUT I MEAN SEVERAL OF THEM COLLABORATED THE FACT THAT
WHEN THEY CAME UPSTAIRS THE PATIO DOOR WAS A LITTLE
CRACKED.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
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FULLER: WHICH COULD HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN SHUT, JUST NOT LATCHED
AND WIND BLEW IT OPEN SOME, THAT’S IT AND
CHRISTIAN: NOW WHEN YOU LEFT TAM WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS STILL
UP AND MOVING?
FULLER: IT WAS TAM AND ME, THAT WAS IT, THAT WAS EVERYBODY.
MARCY, MARCY TOOK THE (INAUDIBLE) JEN CAUSE JEN DOESN’T
REMEMBER CRAP UM AND SHE WAS PART OF THE REASON THAT
PUSHED ME OVER MY EDGE, A BAD STAIN BECAUSE SHE’S TOO
MUCH. SMALL DOSES, BREAK ME IN, SMALL DOSES.
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: AND I’M LIKE, I CAN’T AND I TOLD TAM, I WAS LIKE I CAN’T SHE’S,
SHE’S JUST (INAUDIBLE) TOO MUCH FOR ME, SHE’S TOO NEEDY.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND GOING OUT AND HAVING FUN, HOLD YOUR
OWN, IF YOU CAN’T HOLD YOUR OWN THAT’S TIME TO QUIT.
CHRISTIAN: RIGHT.
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FULLER: I DON’T LIKE TO IMPOSE MY INABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF
ON OTHER PEOPLE.
CHRISTIAN: SURE.
FULLER: OK? SO I’M LIKE SHE GOT TO BE A BIT MUCH, SHE GOT VERY HIGH
PITCH AND SCREECHY AND THEN SHE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE,
NOBODY LIKES ME, I’M THE, I’M LIKE BITCH IF YOU REALLY WANT
TO KNOW TO HAVE NO ONE LIKE YOU, YOU NEED TO EAT WORMS,
YOU’LL RETRACT THAT STATEMENT REALLY FAST. SO I’M LIKE
SHE JUST, SHE JUST PLAYED ON MY NERVES TO THE POINT TO
WHERE I’M LIKE
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: SO, I LEFT. SHE WALKED ME TO THE DOOR, GAVE ME KISSES SO MY
DNA WILL BE ALL OVER THEM JAMMIES BECAUSE THE WOMAN, I
DON’T KNOW WHY, BUT SHE JUST FELT THE NEED THAT SHE
NEEDED TO KISS ME AND HUG ME AND WE (INAUDIBLE) SOCIALLY
AWKWARD PERSON, SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO WHILE I
WAS SITTING THERE MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS, AND I WAS
WORKING AT THIS PARTY MIND YOU.
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CHRISTIAN: IN THE PICTURE I’VE SEEN YOU’RE IN THERE ON YOUR LAPTOP.
FULLER: YEAH BUT I DO IT ALL THE TIME, I MEAN I WORK ALL WEEKEND.
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: ALL WEEK, MY SHIT DOESN’T STOP. NOW DO I DO IT FOR LONG
LENGTHY PERIODS NO BUT I DO HAVE TO KEEP UP ON THINGS.
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: SO I WAS SITTING THERE DOING THAT AND EVERYTHING AND SHE
GOES I JUST DON’T THINK YOU’RE IN THE FULL SWING OF THIS AND
SHE COMES OVER AND SHE JUMPS ON MY LAP AND SHE STRADDLES
MY LAP AND SHE GOES, YOU NEED TO RELAX. MEANWHILE I HAD A
BOTTLE IN MY HAND AND I’M LIKE JOSE WAS BESIDE ME AND I’M
LIKE HERE. THIS IS GOING TO END UP ON THE CARPET AND IT’S
GOING TO PISS JEANNE OFF. I’M CONSTANTLY CHASING CUPS AND
STUFF UNDER PEOPLE’S ASSES I’M LIKE YOU’RE GOING TO KNOCK
IT OFF, IT’S GOING TO MAKE A STICKY MESS. SEE, MOTHER HEN.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
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FULLER: AND UH YOU KNOW I MEAN SHE WAS PLAYING AROUND AND
EVERYTHING AND YOU KNOW HAVING A GOOD TIME.
CHRISTIAN: RIGHT.
FULLER: AND I DIDN’T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH IT. SHE’D GO OUT A
WHILE TO SMOKE AND I WASN’T OUT THERE WITH HER, SOMEBODY
ELSE WAS OUT THERE.
CHRISTIAN: RIGHT.
FULLER: DIDN’T LET HER GO OUT BY HERSELF.
CHRISTIAN: WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE SMOKING?
FULLER: UM I THINK TAMMY SAYS OCCASIONALLY WHEN SHE’S DRINKING
THAT SHE WOULD SMOKE, IT’S NOT LIKE FREIGHT TRAIN SMOKING
BUT IT’S JUST
CHRISTIAN: RIGHT.
FULLER: IT’S ONE OF THOSE, I DON’T KNOW, ALCOHOL INDUCED THINGS.
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CHRISTIAN: SURE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ONLY SMOKE WHEN THEY DRINK.
FULLER: YEAH I’M NOT CRAZY ABOUT IT. I HAD UM, A FAMILY MEMBER DIE
OF LUNG CANCER AND STUFF SO I JUST YOU KNOW, TRY TO STAY
CLEAR OF IT. AND UM UH SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING BACK IN
AFTER SHE WALKED ME OUT TO FINISH HER GUMBO, GO HAVE A
CIGARETTE THEN GO TO BED.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: SHE DID HAVE A BRIEF CONVERSATION ABOUT MAYBE TRYING TO
DRIVE HOME AND I’M LIKE TAM, I DON’T AGREE WITH THAT.
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: TAKE A FEW HOURS, FOUR HOURS OR SOMETHING, LAY ON THE
COUCH, JUST, JUST LET YOUR BODY MEND SOME BEFORE YOU DO
ANYTHING STUPID. THERE’S NO REASON.
CHRISTIAN: RIGHT.
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FULLER: YOU MADE A CASSEROLE FOR THE KIDS FOR THE MORNING FOR
BREAKFAST, THERE’S NO RUSH, JUST SIT.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: JUST SIT AND VEG AND UM EVIDENTIALLY LIKE ONE, DON’T TAKE
ME AT A HUNDRED PERCENT BUT SOMETHING LIKE ONE FIFTY-FIVE
OR SO, SHE WALKED OUT THE BACKDOOR ON THE DECK TO GO
HAVE A CIGARETTE THE BACKDOOR NEVER SHUT, THE CIGARETTE
WAS LAYING ON THE DECK AND AS FAR AS I KNOW ALONG WITH
HER LIGHTER AND THEN THERE WAS
CHRISTIAN: AND SO WHO, WHO TOLD YOU THIS?
FULLER: UM JOSE HAD MADE A COMMENT THAT THERE WAS AND I DID PICK
THE LIGHTERS UP, I THINK WHAT HAPPENED WAS, WHEN HE FIRST
WALKED OUT HE DIDN’T REALIZE THERE WAS ANY BAD THINGS
GOING ON SO HE JUST PICKED UP THE CIGARETTE AND LIGHTER OFF
THE WOOD AND PUT IT UP ON THE FIREPLACE AND THEN
PROCEEDED TO THE EDGE AND SAW THERE WAS A GAS, SORRY, A
GAS PROPANE TANK SITTING THERE. WHAT WOULD HAVE
POSSESSED HER TO USE THAT AS A STEPSTOOL, I HAVE NO IDEA.
CHRISTIAN: OK, WELL LET ME REDIRECT YOU BECAUSE
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FULLER: I’M GETTING OFF TOPIC?
CHRISTIAN: I NEED WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU DID, NOT WHAT YOU HEARD
FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
FULLER: OH, WHAT I DID? WHAT I DID WAS BASICALLY ABOUT ONE
FORTYISH, A LITTLE EARLY ONE FORTYISH, CAUSE HE GOT TO UM
LET’S SEE, DON’T GET THE WRONG IMPRESSION, MY HUSBAND
LOVES ME, HE JUST GETS KIND OF FED UP.
CHRISTIAN: (INAUDIBLE) HOW LONG HAVE YALL BEEN MARRIED?
FULLER: TWENTY YEARS.
CHRISTIAN: WELL YEAH SEE.
FULLER: HE’S MY THIRD MARRIAGE THOUGH. SEE I HAVE THIS THING, YOU
WANT TO GET MARRIED FINE, BUT WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR IT
DOESN’T WORK, WE’RE OUT. I’M LIKE LIFE IS TOO SHORT. I’M NOT
GOING TO SPEND THREE YEARS MISERABLE WITH SOMEBODY.
CHRISTIAN: SURE.
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FULLER: YOU KNOW? MAYBE THAT’S KIND OF SELFISH.
CHRISTIAN: NAY. (INAUDIBLE) CAUSE YOU ONLY LIVE, HOW MANY TIMES,
THREE? NO, TWO, NO, ONE SO DON’T SWEAT IT.
FULLER: I MEAN THE FIRST TIME I GOT MARRIED I WAS NINETEEN YEARS
OLD.
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: BUT YOU KNOW HEY WE DO THINGS, WE LEARN, I LEARNED
VALUABLE LESSONS, SO UM. I’M SO SORRY, I FORGET WHAT I WAS
DOING.
CHRISTIAN: THAT’S OK.
FULLER: WHAT WAS I DOING FOR YOU? YOU WANTED ME TO
CHRISTIAN: YOU WERE JUST TELLING ME ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND YOU
LEFT AT ONE FORTY-FIVE GIVE OR TAKE.
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FULLER: THAT’S IT, THAT’S IT.
CHRISTIAN: ONLY OTHER QUESTIONS, TWO QUESTIONS, TAM, HOW MUCH DID
SHE HAVE TO DRINK?
FULLER: I DON’T KNOW, THAT WOMAN WAS A SEASONED DRINKER.
CHRISTIAN: REALLY?
FULLER: I HAVE BEEN THERE, I CAN SPOT IT, SHE’S A, SHE’S DEFINITELY A
SEASONED DRINKER.
CHRISTIAN: OK.
FULLER: IT WOULD TAKE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT TO KNOCK HER ON HER
ASS AND I HONESTLY THINK FOR YOU TO GET TO THAT TO KNOCK
HER ON HER ASS, SHE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE
ENDED UP WITH ALCOHOL POISONING AND THEN THROWING UP.
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
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FULLER: BECAUSE YOU’RE BODY CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH OF THAT SHIT
AND IT’S LIKE IT’S GOT TO GO.
CHRISTIAN: RIGHT.
FULLER: YOU KNOW UM I MEAN SHE HELD IT WELL, SHE, SHE WAS NOT, SHE
WAS NOT SLOPPY AND DISORIENTED TO PUT IT BLUNTLY SHE
WASN’T LIKE OUR FRIEND JEN.
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: JEN CANNOT HANDLE HER LIQUOR AND THEN SHE GOES THROUGH
THAT WHOLE MODE, I GOT TO EAT WORMS, NOBODY LIKES ME. I’M
LIKE SHUT IT OR I’M GOING TO TAKE A BOTTLE OF WATER AND
SCREW IT UP IN YOUR BRAIN AND CLEAN IT OUT FOR YOU. SO
YEAH I MEAN I’M JUST AND I, I DON’T GENERALLY TRYING TO PASS
BEING UGLY.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: ON THE FIRST GO AROUND I, YOU KNOW, I DO GET, I DO GET AN
INTUITION WITH PEOPLE. SOME PEOPLE SAY IT’S CREEPY, I DON’T
KNOW.
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CHRISTIAN: AND SO OF COURSE WE MENTIONED POT AND WE KNOW SHE DID
SMOKE SOME, WERE YOU OUT THERE WITH HER, WHEN SHE
SMOKED?
FULLER: UM YOU KNOW SHE MIGHT HAVE HAD ONE, THAT’S NOT
SOMETHING I’M INTO.
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: I HAD ASTHMA NOT REAL INTERESTED IN THE WHOLE
CHRISTIAN: SUCKING SMOKE IN YOUR LUNGS?
FULLER: NO, I DON’T LIKE, YEAH AS A TEENAGER, OFF THE RECORD, AS A
TEENAGER I DID THINGS THAT I PROBABLY SHOULDN’T HAVE
DONE.
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: YOU KNOW ALL KIDS DO AND YOU KNOW WHAT I FOUND, IT’S
USELESS.
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CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: THERE IS NOTHING POSITIVE THAT COMES FROM IT.
CHRISTIAN: RIGHT.
FULLER: AND I’M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN ADDICTIVE
PERSONALITY. THE VERY FIRST THING THAT I COULD EVER SEE
MYSELF HAVING ISSUE WITH IS ALCOHOL.
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: BUT I KEEP IT UNDER MODERATION. THERE’S, THERE’S, YOU GOT
TO HAVE THE WILL POWER.
CHRISTIAN: RIGHT.
FULLER: SO BUT I MEAN AND I’M WON’T TOOT MY OWN HORN, I FEEL SURE I
CAN FALL FLAT ON MY FACE JUST LIKE THE NEXT PERSON, BUT
DAMN IT, WHAT WAS I LOOKING FOR?
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CHRISTIAN: I, DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR.
FULLER: I’M SO SORRY.
CHRISTIAN: OH YOU’RE FINE.
FULLER: YOU’RE GOING TO TELL PEOPLE, I NEVER WANT TO TALK TO HER
AGAIN, DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME? IF SHE’S NOT JUMPING UP,
SCARING THE SHIT OUT OF EVERYBODY AROUND HER, SHE’S STILL
DOESN’T HAVE HER STORY STRAIGHT AND THE SLURRED AND
SLOWNESS IT MY .
CHRISTIAN: THAT’S FINE.
FULLER: SO UM UH OH I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE HELL I WAS LOOKING
FOR.
CHRISTIAN: I DON’T KNOW. I THINK WE’RE PROBABLY GOOD AT THIS POINT SO
WE’LL GO AHEAD AND END THE INTERVIEW IT’S WHAT TIME IS IT,
FULLER: IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT I CAN CONTRIBUTE, I MEAN, I’VE
HAD CONTACT, I’VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH STACEY AND TOM.
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CHRISTIAN: THAT’S FINE.
FULLER: YOU KNOW CHECKING ON HOW THEY’RE DOING. UM I’VE TALKED
TO SARAH A LITTLE BIT.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: YOU KNOW SHE HAS SAID HER NO TELL, NOEL HAS HAD A GOOD
DAY.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: OF COURSE I DIDN’T THROW ANY RAIN CLOUDS, THAT’S GREAT,
GLAD TO HEAR IT YOU KNOW I’VE TRIED TO BRING NOTHING BUT
SUPPORTIVE.
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: IF YOU NEED TO TALK FOR WHATEVER I MIGHT BE WORTH, YOU
KNOW WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DISCLOSE, DISCLOSE TO ME, I
HAVE NO DESIRE TO RUN ANYBODY’S NAMES THROUGH THE MUD,
BUT OCCASIONALLY IT’S NICE TO TALK. I DON’T, I DON’T
TYPICALLY DO THAT VERY OFTEN.
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CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: I’M PRETTY MUCH MY OWN, MY HUSBAND IS MY BOUNCING
BOARD.
CHRISTIAN: YEAH.
FULLER: WITH EVERYTHING THAT GOES THROUGH MY HEAD AND WITH HIM
TELLING ME WELL HONEY THAT’S NOT REALLY APPROPRIATE
WELL THAT’S THE WAY I FEEL, IT’S IN MY HEAD, HE WAS, YOU
NEED TIME TO UM SOFTEN IT UP A LITTLE.
CHRISTIAN: CHANGE THAT AROUND A LITTLE BIT?
FULLER: YEAH AND I’M LIKE, I AM WHO I AM. I MEAN IF SOMEONE WANT TO
GET OFFENDED THEN JUST PLEASE SAY CAN YOU REDO THAT
BECAUSE THAT WAS OFFENSIVE.
CHRISTIAN: RIGHT.
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FULLER: IT WASN’T LIKE INTENTION, NOT WHAT SO EVER, I’M JUST TELLING
YOU FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. I AM WHO I AM, I AM FORTY-FIVE
YEARS OLD, I’M SORRY IT’S NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
CHRISTIAN: PROBABLY NOT.
FULLER: I MEAN I WILL DO MY BEST TO BE AS RESPECTFUL TO YOU AS I CAN.
CHRISTIAN: UM HUM.
FULLER: BUT I’M NOT GOING TO PUSSYFOOT, I’M NOT GOING TO SUGAR
COAT AND I DAMN SURE NOT GOING TO SAY I DID SOMETHING AND
DIDN’T DO.
CHRISTIAN: RIGHT.
FULLER: I MEAN, I’M A (INAUDIBLE) PERSON, I MEAN OUTSIDE OF SOME
SPEEDING TICKETS. I LOVE SPEED, SPEED DEMON.
CHRISTIAN: SPEED IS GOOD.
FULLER: SPORTS CARS AND SPEEDING.
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CHRISTIAN: THEY’RE A GOOD COMBINATION. ALL RIGHT WE’RE GOING TO END
THIS INTERVIEW, IT’S TEN FORTY.
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