"She's got everything. She's cute. She's svelte. She's talented and sincere. She's got wholesome looks and bedroom eyes. She's sassy and sexy and tall and lithe. What have I got that she ain't got?"
"Boobs."
Tell us about...
Your place of birth.
I'm from Chicago. I'm really a sausage and beer kind of girl.
Your childhood.
We moved around alot. My parents were kind of distant. It wasn't very happy, but it wasn't terrible. I was provided for, and all that jazz. Just born to the wrong people.
Your parents.
Like I said, they were kind of distant. I have no doubt that they love me, it's just they have a funny way of showing it, and they don't always act like the adults they are.
Your siblings
I'm an only child.
Your (current) home.
It's cozy and cluttered. Not much room for anything but a bed and my computer desk.
I have a sweet claw-foot bathtub, though, which is really good for when I'm stressing.
Your favourite "hang out".
Home, actually. But failing that, there's a little bar called the Mallard over in Albany that I like to spend time at. It's my home away from home.
What is your favourite...
Season?
I like the fall. I miss the fall colors on the east coast and back in the Midwest.
I like the way the air gets crisp and cold.
Food?
I like cheddarwurst a whole lot. With spicy mustard.
Animal?
The fox is my favorite animal. Cute and cunning.
Colour?
Forest green.
Time of day?
Middle of the night, when nobody's awake and it's dark and quiet.
Weapon?
I'm a lover, not a fighter. But I guess I'd have to say knives. Shiny shiny.
His eyes are blue. Blue. Holy shit, they are blue. I'm momentarily taken aback by their blueness, stunned and reeling, trying to remember what it was we were talking about.
My hands are shaking, so I put them in my pockets and lean against the wall in the hopes that no-one notices.
[Ed. note: I am participating in National Novel Writing Month throughout the month of November. I have been doing some preliminary exercises in the form of character sketches that have been taking up time I would otherwise be writing here. So I've decided to post them. I have been using the "character questionnaires" available at the out_lines Livejournal community.]
1. Your Name
Lenore Maeve Bratten
Mom had a Poe fetish.
2. Your age
27 years old
3. Describe yourself
I'm tall, for a girl. About 6'1", to be exact.
Thin and wiry, I guess. What my mom calls "gangly". Shoulder-length dark red hair (dyed).
Blue eyes that don't see so hot. I dress like a boy, more often than not.
4. Describe your mate (if applicable)
Currently, I'm going solo. I just got out of a bad relationship, and I'm not quite ready to even dip my toes in the water, much less get involved.
5. Where (and when) do you live?
I live in a studio apartment on Telegraph Avenue in Oakland, California. It's currently 2004.
6. What's your favourite sweet? (It is so a basic!)
I like dulce du leche flavored ice cream, and fudge.
The only thing I'm searching for's perfection.
Sometimes, it's just one little flaw that can do in the whole operation. One little piece of spinach in a tooth. One little braying laugh. One little misspelling. One conversational misstep.
You can't really blame me for having high standards. I was taught to never settle. It was stressed from birth that perfection was the only viable option. I was taught that you should get what you want in all circumstances. So you can't really blame me for tossing you away at the first evidence of flaw.
All I demand is perfection. If you cannot provide it, then you are nothing.