{"id":1760,"date":"2012-05-18T20:40:02","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T01:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=1760"},"modified":"2012-05-23T12:50:24","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T17:50:24","slug":"taxi-driver-confessions-john-sullivan-from-tlv-156","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/taxi-driver-confessions-john-sullivan-from-tlv-156\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxi Driver Confessions: John Sullivan from Oxford Taxi (from TLV #156)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Name:<\/span><\/strong> John Sullivan<\/p>\n

Taxi company you work for and your shifts?<\/strong><\/span> Oxford Taxi\u2014alternating shifts.<\/p>\n

Where are you from, and how long have you been in Oxford?<\/strong><\/span> I was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, and my parents moved to Mississippi when I was 18 months old.<\/p>\n

How long have you been driving, and what made you start?<\/strong><\/span> I\u2019ve been driving a taxi on and off for two years, and I started doing it to make money.<\/p>\n

\"\"What\u2019s your favorite type of fare?<\/strong><\/span> I like the drunkards because they are more fun to hang out with.<\/p>\n

Have you ever picked up a celebrity, or do you have a favorite customer?<\/strong><\/span> I look out for my buddy, Kyle Dennis (one of my regulars).<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the funniest thing that\u2019s happened while you were on duty lately?<\/strong><\/span> On the way to Ivy League this year, a customer tried to pick up a stray. He gave him a name and everything.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favorite thing to drink when you\u2019re off duty?<\/strong><\/span> Rum & coke. **Hiccup**<\/em><\/p>\n

How do you spend your free time? Do you have any other jobs?<\/strong><\/span> There\u2019s such a thing as \u2018free time\u2019?!? I no work nowhere else.<\/p>\n

Whatcha been listening to lately?<\/strong><\/span> The radio\u2014the customer chooses the music, I love it all.<\/p>\n

Do you have a favorite movie?<\/strong><\/span> The Boondock Saints<\/em> and The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day<\/em><\/p>\n

Read any good books lately?<\/strong><\/span> Cirque du Freak<\/em> and Sons of Destiny<\/em> (both by Darren Shan)<\/p>\n

How do you feel about the Black Bear?<\/strong><\/span> I think Colonel Rebel and myself will admire a new bearskin rug this fall.<\/p>\n

What do you like best about living in Oxford?<\/strong><\/span> People\/environment\/bars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Name: John Sullivan Taxi company you work for and your shifts? Oxford Taxi\u2014alternating shifts. Where are you from,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[298],"tags":[345,5,4,344],"class_list":["post-1760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-taxi-drivers","tag-john-sullivan","tag-mississippi","tag-oxford","tag-oxford-taxi"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}