Mike Damante: What do you do in literary studies?
Christian Jackson: We read a lot of books and try to understand what the author was thinking when they wrote it.
Damante: Is there such a thing as "illiterary" studies?
Jackson: Um, no. Funny question though.
Damante: You are from Seattle; does it rain a lot there?
Jackson: Every day. It is cold there right now. Just got off the phone with my friend, and she is shopping for knitted sweaters.
Damante: Is it depressing that it rains every day?
Jackson: You know, yes. You become a depressed person (full of angst). You don’t see the sun and hang out inside a lot since there isn’t a lot to do. It is not a good place to grow up as a teenager.
Damante: What about the Super Sonics moving? Are you disappointed about that?
Jackson: I was sad, but when I went back to visit I watched the (WNBA) Storm play and they have a huge following. Wait, did the Sonics really move? I thought that was just a rumor.
Damante: No, the team moved to Oklahoma City.
Jackson: Oklahoma? Oklahhoma? How dare Oklahoma take the Sonics!
Damante: Do you know whom you are voting for?
Jackson: Yes, Obama.
Damante: Which slogan do you like better – " Barack the Vote" or "Do you smell what Barack is cookin?"
Jackson: "Barack the Vote." I’m very moved by the songs being made for him, Will.i.am’s song. I can’t even lie. By the end of the song I was singing, "I believe."
Damante: Would you ever consider running for president one day?
Jackson: I would but Myspace never truly erases pictures.
Damante: Tell me about these pictures.
Jackson: Pictures of when I was in middle school being crazy. I got off Myspace a while ago because it is so diluted.
Damante: Did you graduate to Facebook?
Jackson: When I got to UH, I got on Facebook. I’m off that too now. I used to make my profile pictures different thing. Like, last time it was a picture of a starving child. I think it is important to inform people of things, I’d rather showcase that than a picture of me in the club with a drink in my hand.
Damante: Without Myspace or Facebook, how do you communicate?
Jackson: Cell phone. I have sprint. I text a lot. Oh my gosh. What kind of camera is that?
Mauricio Lazo: Canon.
Jackson: I’ve been saying I want a camera. My birthday is August 12, lets band together and get Christian a new hobby.
