Julie K. Brown
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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And I, for some reason, didn't end up in that same, but I sympathized with it.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, at first I worked at this place called James Way, which was like a precursor to like a Walmart or those kinds of places.
That was my first job.
But then, you know, I did a whole bunch of things because I was living on my own and I had to buy food.
So I worked delivering flowers.
I worked in a lampshade factory.
I worked a lot of different jobs thinking, you know, I never thought I would be able to afford college.
So it was, you know, at some point I just thought, okay,
Let me see if I can get a scholarship or a grant to go to school because I didn't want to work in Jamesway the rest of my life.
Yeah, I did.
I didn't make the bells, but I worked in the factory.
I was sort of like a clerk.
Mm-hmm.
The best job I ever had.
Why?
Well, first of all, it was the best sports tabloid in the country.
I will always stand by that.
It was winning tons of awards for sports coverage.
But...