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I live in North University Park here in Los Angeles. And I'm really excited to do this. I love the Central Library.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3723/collection_resources/172759/file/311670#t=1.24,13.76"},{"id":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3723/collection_resources/172759/file/311670/transcript/94302/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJAMES:\u003c/strong\u003e I actually moved to LA almost two years ago for a graduate school program at USC. Go Trojans. [laughs and gestures peace sign with left hand] Fight on. And I'm studying heritage conservation. But before I moved here, I lived in a lot of small towns outside of Sacramento, up in Northern California. And so when I moved to LA, I knew to find resources like free Wi-Fi and like just fun community events, maybe some things to do in LA, I should go to the public library. 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Which I had heard was not a thing, but yeah, very friendly place.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3723/collection_resources/172759/file/311670#t=45.72,66.8"},{"id":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3723/collection_resources/172759/file/311670/transcript/94302/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJAMES:\u003c/strong\u003e Let's see, I think some of my favorite things about the library. One, I love the puzzles area, actually. I didn't know how much I would need that while being in grad school. And so every once in a while, I'll pop in, I'll work on the puzzles on like the first floor or on the second floor. Sometimes there'll be somebody else there, sometimes there won't. But it's very relaxing. And I want to say I found out about that through Instagram, and I came to try it out. [laughs] Also,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3723/collection_resources/172759/file/311670#t=68.74,97.849"},{"id":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3723/collection_resources/172759/file/311670/transcript/94302/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJAMES:\u003c/strong\u003e I've appreciated the free printing because sometimes you need to print something out and not just read an e-book. And what else? What else should I say? I don't know, I'm just really excited to be here in town during the centennial. Very exciting. And I really appreciate having this resource. I tell everybody about it in my program. Oh, also, I love the Tessa Archive. Super helpful with my research in heritage conservation. So, that's it. Yay Central library! 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