Au'jaeuh Johnson
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"I'm from LA, that three two three everything we do smooth" I said to Joie over the computer before he laughed a little, "We a vibe"
"Listen, the first time I visited LA it was an experience. I'm looking around at the trees, then everybody got on gold jewelry. People dancing, y'all dances smooth as hell"
"Our music like that too"
"Oh hell yeah, that's a different sound. Let me ask you this, I see you wearing silver jewelry. Where your gold at?"
"I wear both, I was born into silver. My parents always had me in silver" he nodded understanding, "It's a natural thing, but I throw on gold some days"
"Do you have mostly silver or gold jewelry?"
"Silver"
"What Cali slang you use the most, like everyday?" I started laughing a little before shaking my head
"Weirdo" he started laughing, "Yeah, if somebody do or say something odd. They a weirdo, I say squabble up, line it up, stoked, dead homies. It's so many"
"My first visit, I heard weirdo and dead homies the most. What them mean?"
"I know my parents gone watch this, I'm sorry" I said in advance, "But weirdo equivalent to calling somebody a bitch. Dead homies just mean like, you serious"
"Ohhh" he said while nodding
"Yeah, I try to tell my momma cause she from Baltimore. In Baltimore if you call somebody a bitch, it can be offensive. I be tryna get her to understand that weirdo the same thing"
"Okay, that make sense" he said before I nodded and he chuckled, "Do people greet you using that word or you greet people?"
"No, I don't like nobody calling me that. I don't greet nobody like that either. I'm gone be ready to square up if somebody approach me like that. I wasn't raised like that"
"Yeah, let's talk about this cause I wanna know. Women can naturally be feisty, you got two moms. One from Georgia, one from Baltimore. How is that?"
"It's crazy, they don't play. I know how far to push them, my parents don't take no bullshit. I be testing them, but I know how far to go"
"Baltimore females are so feisty. I feel like Flau'jae more calmer" I laughed and shook my head no
"Believe it or not, no. She's a hothead, ain't no squabbling up with her"
"You got Cali written all over you. You got a heavy accent too" he said before I nodded agreeing
"I get that a lot, I don't hear it though"
"It's there, so you at LSU. Tell me about it, you like it?"
"It's cool, I love it. It's more exposure obviously, especially for me since my parents went here" I informed him, "But being a tiger is a privilege. I be to myself or with my team though"
"I heard it's hard for students athletes to go out"
"It is, but you gotta make time. I go out with my teammates to events or places outside of school. We don't be everywhere though, coach not having it"
"Coach Manning, oh my god. Everybody loves her, what it's like playing for her?" I started laughing just thinking about her
"She full of laughs and giggles, she's a character. When it's time to work all that go out the window though"
"Yess, I was watching a video and she was so bubbly. I know y'all laugh nonstop in practice"
"Yeah, it's like she want us to be serious but she have us laughing. Sometimes we don't be know if it's okay to laugh, she might make us do drills"
