Friday, January 21, 2011

Sophie Cox

It's snobby to start with this, but I'm gonna do it anyways. I'm from Atlanta and I mean really from Atlanta. I grew up in Little Five Points and yeah, I didn't know a single Republican under the age of 70 until coming to the University of Georgia. I attended Henry W. Grady High School. Yep, it's named after the same racist, white dude.

My dad was born and raised in France and my mother was born in Virginia and raised in California. My parents grew up in the 60s and smoked a lot of pot and did a little bit of acid, but they made it out fine. I think the only reason I'm worth anything today is because of their awesome parenting skills. I also have a really beautiful, talented sister, who is having a baby boy in March and getting married in May. I like her style!

I've been in a relationship for almost four years now. My boyfriend goes to Brown University (yeah he's smart...and rich...), but right now he's studying in Madrid. It's been pretty hard so far---we're taking long distance to new extremes. I don't know if we'll get married or what, mainly because I'm not even sure I'm interested in marriage. Or let's just say, I'm really not interested in getting a divorce.

Let's see... I really like sports, especially football and baseball. I love the Braves and Falcons, of course. I also like my Georgia Bulldogs, but unfortunately, my heart belongs to Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide.

This is my wonderful puppy, Bear.

I've got some great friends back home, and I'm meeting some awesome folks in Athens. Especially where I work. I miss Atlanta, though. Lord, sometimes Athens could stand a little diversity. I've never seen so many white, extremely privileged people in my life. If you don't know what I mean by privileged, do yourself and our society a favor and sign-up for a Women's Studies course. You won't regret it.

1 comment:

  1. Sophie,

    Please don't hold back your opinion in your blog posts.

    Seriously, I love your honesty, and coupled with outstanding journalistic writing you are an excellent blogger.

    So long distance relationships can work. My wife went to Kansas State (she's smart, just not MENSA smart ... oh, and poor) and I lived in Chicago for two years. So far, we've been mostly happily married for 10 years with no signs of divorce.

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