Post by elliot on Oct 18, 2011 22:51:13 GMT -5
| [atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, background-image:url(http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LWSqSNpIToc/TYZTxT60WjI/AAAAAAAAAUg/kX0kRj5ZB6k/BlackWood.jpg); width: 437px; padding-top: 30; padding-bottom: 30;] THE ELLIOT JACOB PRYCE EDITION  SEVENTEEN , JUNIOR, DRAMA GEEKS , DANIEL RADCLIFFE "HELLO THERE. I'M SO GLAD YOU MADE IT HERE TODAY, BUT I'VE SEEM TO FORGOTTEN WHAT YOUR NAME WAS, IT WAS PAT... OR SOMETHING, RIGHT? NO, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME IT THEN? FIRST, MIDDLE AND LAST, PLEASE. OH, AND PLEASE DO TELL ME ANY SCRUMPTIOUS NICKNAMES." Well I was born Elliot Jacob Pryce. I mainly go by Elliot but some people call me Ellie. I dot tend to enjoy their company that much. Let's just say we aren't on good terms. I don't really like being called that. Oh! And let's not forget Drama Freak, Drama Faggot, Or just Faggot in general. "I HAVE TO SAY, THAT'S QUITE A NAME YOU GOT THERE. I DON'T THINK I'VE HEARD IT BEFORE. TELL ME, HAVE YOU ALWAYS LIVED IN PORTLAND OR HAVE YOU COME FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE?" I was actually born overseas in London, England. My parents and I moved here to Portland when I was around 13 or so. I still have a slight accent. Mainly because I don't want to lose it. "OH, I DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. HERE, LET'S LIGHTEN UP THE TOPIC A LITTLE BIT. OUT OF ALL OF THE WORDS IN THE WORLD, WHICH FIVE DESCRIBE YOU BEST AND WHY?" Oh okay. Well for starters I'm really shy when I'm around people I don't really know that well. I just don't really know what to say so I kinda just sit there awkwardly. I suppose I could just pretend that I'm on the stage and being a character but that just feels fake to me. If someone really wants to get to know me they need to know the real me, not just some character. Now when people really do get to know me I'm actually a really fun guy. I'n definitely a firm believe in sarcasm. I use it a lot especially when I'm feeling threatened. Being sarcastic and snarky is kind of my defense mechanism. I feel like pretending to believe someone but really you think something completely different is a great way to protect yourself at least for me. Most of the people that pick on me tend to not actually get the concept of sarcasm. Besides using sarcasm for defense I use it on a regular basis. Call it my dry English humor. Besides all that I'm actually really empathetic. I can feel when others are feeling down or not themselves and I usually try and ask whats wrong. I guess that makes me a good friend right? This trait also helps with theater when you are studying a character you need to be able to totally understand everything and all that that character is. You need to know why they do something, it could be their background story and their family life. This works really well in real life so people often trust me. I'm actually very trustworthy. I would never dare to spill someone elses secrets. I feel like that would the ultimate thing you could do to someone. I really value when someone trusts me and I would never dare do something to ruin that. I know what it feels like to think you trust someone and they just turn around an backstab you, and I would never wish that on anyone else. Now for my last trait, I'm not trying to be concieted at all but I'm actually quite talented when it comes to theater. Theater is basically the one thing that I truly love with all my heart. Its my passion and always try my hardest at it. Being on a stage I'n front of people is just a magical experience that I can't described but all you need to know is that I can say that I would not be the same person without. So is it really a bad thing that I am very good at it? "I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. YOU SEEM LIKE QUITE THE CATCH. I'M SURE YOU'RE ALWAYS BUSY, HUH? DO YOU LIKE WATCHING TELEVISION OR KNITTING? WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF?" Um no. I don't knit. I obviously do theater but I do do other things too. I really love animals and I vollunteer at the local shelter. If I didn't do theater I think I would probably do something with those cute little critters. My heart really goes out to those poor cats and dogs that have been there a while. Fortunately it is a humane society center so they don't put animals down. I don't know if I could handle that. I also really like a lot of nerdy stuff like comic books. I know, I know, lame right? But I like reading graphic novels and comics. None of that manga stuff though. Some of that stuff is seriously messed up. I prefer Marvel over DC because of all the awesomeness that is the Avengers and the X-Men. Those two series and Spiderman are my favorite. I don't expect anyone to really get my hobby off collecting them of course. I really don't like it when people try talking about comics without really know what they are talking about. I feel like I need to educate them about what is really going on and perhaps call them stupid or whatever. I like cooking too. Since my dad is a professional chef he taught me how to cook the right way I like cooking for people and for myself of course. Desserts are my favorite to cook because its really hard to get it wrong. Throw in a bunch of chocolate and follow the recipe and you're going to get something delicious. I have cooked dinners before especially when my parents are late from work. I often bring extra food to school for my friends. I do sometimes wonder if that's the only why they are friends with me but that's stupid. It's obviously my dashing good looks. Erm...that was sarcam by the way. "YOU SOUND PRETTY FEARLESS, BUT THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING YOU'RE AFRAID OF. ANY JUICY SECRETS?" Uh I don't really have a big fear really. Mainly I'm just afraid of being alone. Forever alone as the douches say to me. I've never really been with a girl and I'm kinda afraid that I never will be. It's just hard for me to talk to them sometimes. I'm kind of a chicken around people I don't know well. "DON'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY, BUT ARE YOU GAY? I MEAN, IT WASN'T SOMETHING YOU SAID OR ANYTHING. I'M JUST A CURIOUS OLD BADGER. UM. WHAT DO YOU FIND ATTRACTIVE? IS THAT BETTER? I GUESS YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO." Why does everyone think I'm gay?! I'm not gay alright? Not on any levels. I like girls one hundred percent. And not just any kind of girl either. I like girls that are strong and independent, the kind that don't have to always have a boyfriend (though it would be nice of they picked me). I want a girl that I can have a real conversation with and learn something from her. Smarts mean a lot to me, probably more than looks. Though looks are nice too. Girls that don't always have to wear make-up and wear sweats on the weekend are really sexy to me. It's shows that they don't need peoples attention to feel good. Its that sort of confidence that I like. Humor isn't bad either. I like the make people laugh but sometimes my jokes can be a bit dry. Call it British humor if you will. If she laughs at my jokes I'm sold basically. "ALRIGHT, ENOUGH WITH THE HEAVY STUFF. LET'S TALK ABOUT... MUSIC. I THINK YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT POP OR HIP HOP EARLIER. WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DO YOU LIKE? RAP, COUNTRY, JAZZ? WHAT ARE YOUR TOP FIVE MOST PLAYED SONGS ON ITUNES?" Well obviously I like broadway tunes. I think my favorite sung by a girl would be Defying Gravity. I love the message of the song and Idina Menzel has a rocking voice. For a guy I like Somethings Coming from West Side Story. I love that musical a lot. Just the concept of two people from different sides of the track can get together really appeals to me. I wish I could find my Maria. Her and Tony's relationship was beautiful, minus the whole Tony dying thing. From the more current side of things I like anything by Lifehouse. I know that a bit old school but they have great music. I also really like The Script and OneRepublic. I guess you could call that contemporary? Or maybe alternative? I don't really know what category those would fall into. "LISTENING TO MUSIC LIKE THAT? YOU'RE SURE TO BE A STAR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. YOU SEEM LIKE A WELL-ROUNDED YOUNG PERSON, MY DEAR. WHERE DO YOU FIND YOURSELF TO BE IN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW?" Oh man. My dream is to be involved with theater for the rest of my life. I really like being up on that stage and performing for audiences, taking them to a whole different world for a few hours, all right before their eyes. I don't really want to film because I don't feel it's tangible enough. I like theater because after the show is over you can go and meet the actors, with TV and movies you just get up and go back to what you were doing. I'm really good at all things theater whether it be acting, set designing, costumes, make-up, or stage manager, I just want to do something with that. "IF IT MEANS ANYTHING, I'LL BE ROOTING FOR YOU WHEN THE TIME COMES. I'M SURE YOUR PARENTS WILL TOO. SPEAKING OF YOUR PARENTS, WHY DON'T YOU TELL US THEIR NAMES AND WHAT YOU THINK OF THEM! DO YOU HAVE ANY SIBLINGS, PETS, OTHER RELATIVES?" Well I have a mom named Cynthia and a dad named Graham. I don't have any siblings but I do have two dogs and two cats. The two cats sleep with me along with on of the dogs. I really like animals. We have a black cat named June and a black and white spotted one named April. We named them after the month we adopted them. I like June the best because she purrs the most. April can be a bit of a handful sometimes. One of our dogs, the one that sleeps with me, his name is Sampson and he is a golden retriever/labrador mix. Our other dog is a mean little dog named Abby and she is a beagle. I don't go near her very much, she's mainly my moms dog. Speaking of my mom I didn't tell you what she does! She's a lawyer for a small firm here in Portland. She was why we moved here in the first place. My dad is a professional chef at the Portland City Grill. He's like the head guy, I forgot the word for it. "OH, I SEE. WELL, WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. WHY DON'T WE WRAP THIS UP WITH YOUR STORY? HOW DID YOU END UP IN PORTLAND, OREGON?" Well. I was born in London, England. My parents met in college where my mom was in Law school and my dad was in the cullinary school nearby. He met her through some mutual friends and they fell in love I assume. I don't really ask much about that part, all I know is that they are still in love now. So I grew up in the center of the city. My mom was still finishing up her Law Degree while I was still a little kid and my dad was the head chef at this really prestegious fancy place. My grandma would often come over to watch me when my mom went to classes. I didn't get to see them a ton but I knew they loved me. Whenever I started school I went to this private school called Beaxmont. Ironic huh? French word for an English school? I stayed there until we left for Portland but we haven't gotten that far yet. I was always that shy kid in the corner, it was hard to make the teacher to get me to speak. I knew the material, I was just too shy to say it. This all changed in seventh grade when I accidentally got placed in the theater class. I wante to get my schedule changed but my mom told me to give it a try and I'm glad I did. I found I had a natural gift for the stage. I could feel myself becoming whatever character I was playing, I guess it showed my empathy off really well. My mom got me into acting classes and I started doing plays at a local theater. I found true friends there that I know I will never forget. There they accepted me, took me in despite my shyness off of the stage. I was devastated when my mom told me she had been chosen by her firm to move to Portland to work for a sister firm. She said it would be good for me to learn to deal with new people. I think she was just trying to reassure herself that this was the right decision. So at age 13 I moved across the world to some rainy city that I hated. When I started in during the second semester of my eighth grade year people stared at me. Called me names, tried to provoke me. I didn't really have friends. When I started highschool I got in with the drama department once more. I was instantly classified as a Drama Geek. I didn't mind though. At least I had my own circle of friends around me that were facing the same path before them. I soon climbed up the ranks to become on of the better actors. I got the leads, stage kissed a few girls, had a blast. It wasn't until my sophomore year that things slid down a bit. I found myself losing my calling for theater. I don't know how it happened but it did. I curled up into myself and didn't talk to very many people. Something snapped inside of my towards the end of sophomore year when I just said "hey! Why are you doing this?! You love theater!" And just like that I was back into my groove. Now its my junior year, still havent been kissed off stage, and still going strong at theater. ROLEPLAY EXAMPLE no. HATTIE, 5+ YEARS, IN A CUBOARD UNDER SOME STAIRS, ADMIN EDIT |
