Pyrenees V., senior — interview conducted by Angela Wang
Thursday, February 23rd, 2023, 12:00: We're sitting at the bench before the glass screens of the student commons. I click record. "Welcome, Pyrenees." The interview has begun…
Angela:
All right. Interview question number one: if you could choose only one song to play every time you walked into a room for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Pyrenees:
Pass.
Angela:
What about an album?
Pyrenees:
My music taste changes a lot, and like the song I would pick now, I wouldn't pick in the future.
Angela:
True. Well, what about a song for the entirety of next week?
Pyrenees:
Let's see. Let's go with "Circus" by Britney Spears.
Angela:
That's a classic. What is something unique about you that your classmates might not know?
Pyrenees:
I have 20/13 vision which is better than 20/20 vision, but, um yeah.
Angela:
Wow, that's cool! Looking back at your experience at CPS, what's something you will never forget?
Pyrenees:
Laughing at people.
Angela:
Anything in particular?
Pyrenees:
Your face. *pause*
Angela:
What about a CPS event in particular? I mean, I guess that's a CPS event? *laughs* I don't appreciate those comments, Pyrenees.
Pyrenees:
I love you so much. Can you tell?
Angela:
All right, what are you looking forward to in the future, missy?
Pyrenees:
Not dying? *silence*
Okay, I was joking. Let's see, well. One day to direct my own movie. Also, I hope one day to be a lead character designer or lead animator of some sort. I want to be a "lead" of some sort. You know, make corporate money and then, in my spare time, do personal projects, like comics and stuff. You know?
Angela:
If you could say thank you to one room at CPS, which room would it be?
Pyrenees:
Room? Hmm. I'd say thank you to the debate room for always being warm.
Angela:
The debate room. I didn't know you were in debate. Are you still in debate?
Pyrenees:
No.
Angela:
*laughs* Oh, you know what? That makes a lot of sense that you were in debate.
Pyrenees:
I had to drop it because I had a lot of stuff going on with my life. And it was like it was just that one thing that just wasn't worth keeping up anymore.
Angela:
Yeah, because it's a very it's a pretty big commitment. You have to travel a lot and do a lot of research.
Pyrenees:
And even then, I just didn't, you know, invest that much time in it personally. So it's just like, I'm not really emotionally invested.
Angela:
Would you say that you liked it overall? Debate?
Pyrenees:
Debate? It was fun. I really liked it. I mean, I liked talking about it. I didn't like actually doing it because, I don't know, it was really scary.
Angela:
Yeah, I bet. Debate can seem overwhelming because it's a bit argumentative, which doesn't suit some people.
Pyrenees:
It was fine, but it just required a lot of prep work, which I didn't have the energy for, in all honesty.
Angela:
That's fair enough. Okay, last question. What do you feel like you have accomplished in CPS or outside of CPS?
Pyrenees:
Being alive in this god-forsaken school?
Angela:
I mean, *laughs* I mean, the fact that you survived for three-and-a-half years means a lot.
Pyrenees:
Yeah. Good luck to you. And it'll be fine. You'll be fine. I'm proud of the fact that I'm still relatively happy.
Angela:
That's great! Good talk, Pyr.
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