Editing The Islands In The Win Molly (section)

===Background===
On being a booth-babe:

"Yeah, this costume is a little much, or little, but I need the cash. My old piece of crap car blew a transmission, and there's no way I can pay for that right now. A friend told me about this gig, and it's just for the weekend so I said 'what the hell?'

"I think I'm supposed to be some kind of fairy. I don't know. I'm not really into that stuff. The only video game I really play is Farmville. It's cool if you like that stuff, though. Everybody's got to do their own thing."


On her interests:
"I like physical stuff. When I was a kid, I did gymnastics. Then I grew boobs and did cheerleading instead. I was team captain in high school. I don't really have time now. College is stressful enough. I still cheer. I'm on an athletic scholarship. But someone else can deal with all the BS.

"Don't give me that. We're every bit as athletic as the football players. Maybe more.

"I like dancing, all kinds. I even took a pole-dancing class. <giggle> It was lots of fun. I also do hatha-yoga for flexibility. I got into martial arts after a friend of mine got attacked this time. She was okay, but the whole story really freaked me out. A girl's got to be able to take care of herself, right?

"My major? Physical education. I'm planning to be a physical therapist."


On work:
"I'm pretty much on my own. My mom's supportive, but she worked two jobs my whole life just to keep a roof over our heads. My scholarship and grants pay for school. Anything else, I have to come up with the cash myself. I work at a fitness gym part-time. And I do some modeling, local stuff and stuff like this. Not usually painted purple. At the auto show, they're happy with hot-pants and a babydoll tee, ya' know? The pay is good, but I'd have to pretty much drop everything else to make a living at it, and I'm almost over the hill as a model. Oh yeah, and I get a little extra money modeling for Professor Grossman's life drawing class, which he does every other semester."


On personal history:
"My dad ran out on us when I was ten. My mom took care of me even though I was a total monster to her for years. For a long time I blamed her for making dad leave. She should have kicked me out of the house, I was so bad. And all the time, she was working two jobs and taking in piecework on the side to afford my gymnastics classes and cheer leading stuff. I was almost out of high school before I realized how much she sacrificed for me. That's when I started really pouring on the effort in school and in cheer so I could get a scholarship and support myself. I want to pay mom back for everything she suffered to take care of an ungrateful little bitch like me.

"Even though we didn't have much money, I was popular in school. I had to learn to make my own style because we couldn't afford all the fancy stuff other kids were wearing. Mom used to sew me clothes or alter stuff she bought me so I'd look good.

"I like college. Some of the high-school BS is gone. I miss home. The big city is huge. I grew up in a smaller town. At school, there's a party going on somewhere all the time, or some people going to clubs or something. I can't go a lot, because school and work take tons of time, but I get out to have some fun. If my stupid car hadn't died, I'd be at a party this weekend."