brooklynariwiles:
@laureljanes
Brooklyn glanced at herself in the mirror and smiled brightly. “I swear you never fail to make me look beautiful. This is it, this is the look I want for my photo shoot.” She said turning towards the girl. Brooke had a photoshoot coming up and she always liked having her make up done the day before, so if she wanted a different look she had time to fix it. “You think you can come with me to the shoot and recreate this? I will pay you time and half for traveling.”
Laurel would do almost anything for her favorite client, and she knew that Brooke loved her too but... time and a half for traveling? Laurel’s eyes lit up at the surreal proposition. In a normal world it would be the perfect opportunity to gain new clients interested in her aesthetician business, but how would be offer that without having to explain the under-the-table aspect of it. “Holy shit--I--” Laurel sat down, twiddling a makeup brush between her fingers. “I mean, yeah! But--don’t you have professional makeup artists that already work at the photoshoot?”
FULL NAME: Laurel Jane Walker nee Matlind
NICKNAME: LJ
OCCUPATION: Assistant Manager at Crossroads a record shop. And unlicensed esthetician.
AGE: 25.
DATE OF BIRTH: June 29, 1994
NATIONALITY: American
GENDER & PRONOUNS: Female, She/Her
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Bisexual
RELIGION ( or lack thereof ): Grew up Baptist, but is currently agnostic.
DOMINANT HAND: Lefty.
ACCENT + INTENSITY: Has slight Baltimore accent and occasionally still uses Baltimore slang.
TATTOO(s): She got a tattoo of her and her husbands wedding date -- she got it two weeks after the ceremony. Still hasn’t had it removed.
SCAR(s): None,
PIERCING(s): Has a nose stud on her right side, has earrings along the lines of her ears. Also has her belly button pierced.
GLASSES: None.
HOMETOWN: Baltimore, Maryland
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Portland, Oregon - Richmond neighborhood
LANGUAGE(s): English -- Casual French and Casual Latin because of classes she took in high school.
SOCIAL CLASS: Before adulthood--upper middle class. Now, lower class.
BASIC EDUCATION: High school diploma.
COLLEGE EDUCATION: None.
DEGREE(s): High school diploma.
MOTHER: A neurosurgeon, cold and distant.
FATHER: Physical therapist, quiet and stoic.
SIBLING(s): Older sister, Jasmine who was pre-med and got her PhD at Yale.
SIGNIFICANT OTHER(s): Husband--who was her high school sweetheart and then left her a month after marriage.
CHILDREN: None.
ADDITIONAL FAMILY: None worth mentioning.
PET(s): An American short-haired grey and brown cat named Einstein.
RAP SHEET?: Was locked up one night for disorderly conduct and for also public indecency.
PRISON TIME?: None.
POSITIVE TRAITS: She is loyal, self-sufficient, and resourceful.
NEGATIVE TRAITS: But she is also aloof, impatient, and quick-tempered.
BIGGEST FEAR: Ending up alone.
BIGGEST REGRET: She would never admit it, but leaving her family behind.
WHAT’S MORE IMPORTANT? SEX or INTIMACY?: Definitely intimacy.
ARE YOU A LEADER or A FOLLOWER?: Leader.
ARE YOU SPONTANEOUS or DO YOU NEED A PLAN?: Spontaneous. Most of her life decisions were made on a whim.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN TRUE LOVE?: At the very core, yes. She still believes her true love is her husband which is why she believes if she waited, he would come back to her.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE?: Oh yes--she is still in love.
DO YOU CARE WHAT OTHERS THINK OF YOU?: She didn’t care what her own parents and sister thought of her--she couldn’t care less of someone else’s opinion. Unless, it’s someone she really cares about.
HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH STRESS?: She will start rearranging furniture in her apartment or go on a nature-themed adventure. Also, she would go to a kick-boxing class to get her anger out.
WHAT IS A SONG YOUR CHARACTER RELATES TO THEIR LIFE?: Vienna by Billy Joel.
DO YOU SMOKE?: Not cigarettes, but weed.
DO YOU DRINK?: Yes, socially.
DO YOU DO DRUGS?: No hard drugs.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDICTIONS?: Adrenaline Junkie
DO YOU HAVE VIOLENT TENDENCIES?: Huh-----yes and no. She would never direct violence toward anyone in particular, but she would redirect that toward inanimate objects.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SELF-DESTRUCTIVE TENDENCIES?: She wouldn’t believe this is self-destructive but she refuses to romantically move on from her husband. She also doesn’t think before she acts.
IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD CHANGE ONE PHYSICAL DETAIL ABOUT THEMSELVES, WHAT WOULD IT BE?: She hates the length of her legs -- she wishes she was more limbly proportionate.
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FAVORITE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY?: She loves rock-climbing.
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S LEAST FAVORITE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY?: Doing the dishes.
YOUR CHARACTER CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH THEIR WORST ENEMY. WHAT IS THEIR FIRST REACTION?
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FAVORITE WEATHER? The Portland rain!
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FAVORITE SEASON?: Winter
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S LEAST FAVORITE SEASON?: Summer
YOUR CHARACTER KEEPS A PHOTO ALBUM OF MEMORIES FROM THEIR LIFETIME. IF THEY COULD ONLY KEEP ONE PHOTO, WHAT WOULD IT DEPICT?: A couple of months after Laurel was born, her mother took a photo of her sister Jasmine carrying Laurel and Laurel was cryimg.
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FONDEST CHILDHOOD MEMORY?
SOMEONE ASKS YOUR CHARACTER TO DESCRIBE THEIR FAMILY. HOW DO THEY ANSWER?
IS YOUR CHARACTER A MORNING PERSON, A NIGHT OWL, OR SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY?
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S LEAST FAVORITE COLOR?
A STRANGER MAKES A CRUDE COMMENT TO YOUR CHARACTER. HOW DO THEY REACT?
xanderandremiles:
This may not qualify as a scary movie, but definitely The Purge. That shit ever happens in real life, it would be scary as all hell. What’s yours?
If you ever want an easy way to detect if someone will click with you or not is ask what they’d do on the night of The Purge. I’d raid PetSmart. Einstein’s gotta eat!
Hands down The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - the 1974 original of course. The Hills Have Eyes is a close second. Hm, but maybe even the first Saw. It’s so hard to choose. The only way to give a definitive answer is to have a movie marathon, I’m sure of it.
i just got home and i’m one lucky gal as my bf is in the kitchen cooking dinner while i start *cracks knuckles* getting down on these replies and responses to starters and messages on discord and my ims!
thomas-nakamura:
“Do you mean other than street artists?” Thomas asked. “Is it bad if I say I discover them all on Instagram? I follow Pace Taylor pretty closely. They graduated with a BFA a couple years before I did. And, uh…. Becca Klassey for simple paintings. Anisa Asakawa? I’m sorry. Does that make me not an authentic wanderer?”
“How does one define an authentic wanderer?” She mused, wiping away the pretzel salt on her lips with the back of her hand. “Have you created any street art?”
trying to do replies but i am constantly getting distracted by catching up with 90 day fiance.
brooklynariwiles:
So my two year old has declared war on peas today. The veggies he loved last week are now enemy number one and I don’t know if I should be scared or not. I gave him peas at lunch and he ran away terrified and returned wearing a bathrobe and strainer on his head…when I asked why he just looked at me and said “no pea” like he was on strike. So I guess we are going with Broccoli this week.
If Bryant’s on strike, I’m not ashamed to say I volunteer to be a ‘”scab” if it meant that you adopted me. There are so many recipes that incorporate veggies into a smoothie. My mom was actually ahead of the game when she did that during my childhood.
drpippaguo:
“That is the worst question to ask me, it’s not fair. Horror films soothe my anxiety and with what I do, it’s basically a horror film marathon every night in my home. My top five have to be The Exorcist, The Original Halloween, Scream for how campy it is, The Conjuring and The Original Nightmare on Elm Street.”
“Horror films soothe your anxiety? You must go through a lot during the day, Doc. Why don’t you just hire me as your own personal therapist? I’ll charge a flat fee instead of by the hour.”
“So out of those five, which one would you rather experience and live in?”
Laurel wrapped her arm around Charlie’s waist, chin naturally placed on her shoulder, lips grazing the shell of her ear. “You look so fuckin’ hot tonight,” she purred, nearly getting drowned out by the cover band on the stage. She and the blonde weren’t exactly dating, but in layman’s terms if they were out together on a Saturday night it was a date. “Please don’t tell me you’re going home with someone else tonight.”
‘At first I did not know it was your diary, I thought it was a very sad handwritten book…’
( @masonmahir , @laureljanes , @thomas-nakamura )