Post by olivia newton elliot on Jun 9, 2011 22:16:53 GMT -5
OLIVIA NEWTON ELLIOT
”So pretty, so smart ; Such a waste of a young heart.”
| B A S I C S |
Name Olivia Newton Elliot
Nicknames O, Newt, Liv, and ONE
PB Elisabeth Harnoise
Age 20
Sex F
Year Sophomore
Major/Concentration Dance / Performance
Minor Technical Theatre
Occupation Daddy gives her money!
Location Baltimore, MD| P E R S O N A L I T Y |
Pretty, perky, and petite, Olivia has an infectious, bubbly personality. It’s been said that people find themselves smiling around here even when they’re not happy – well, not really, but she is a pert little tidbit. Things around the sophomore are usually lively and she is seldom seen not in conversation with someone – or anyone who will listen. She doesn’t prattle on about nothingness, however, and her conversations always have some point or another, though they may have long, drawn out stories in between.
Olivia believes in Romance with a capital R. Have a headache? The one you love is probably thinking of your tender locks on your crestfallen brow. Left ear burning? Your true love is surely speaking of you at this precise moment. Has the clasp of your necklace come around to the front of the hanging pedant? Kiss it! Because that happening means that your future lover is thinking about you at that exact moment. Liv is insistent upon the fact that love is everywhere and is always on the look out for the one – unfortunately, her prince simply hasn’t shown up. Of course she’s had boyfriends and has even been kissed a few times, but none of her suitors have shown up on a white horse and swept her away, to date. If you’re a friend of hers, you’re likely to find yourself on a series of random blind dates – some quite misbegotten – because even though Olivia fancies herself a matchmaker, she probably isn’t an expert on love.
When it comes to schoolwork, Olivia would like to be disciplined and is a bright pupil, but has nowhere near her brother’s scholastic aptitude. Often forgetting assignments, she’s the one to declare, “Oh shoot! That was due today?” when a teacher requests that students turn in their work. Luckily, the good-natured girl usually can get a second chance with many of the professors. No one wants to see a cute girl cry – well, almost no one. The only classes Olivia finds herself madly passionate about are the modern and hip hop dance individual studies she takes – the rest she skims through with average, but not stellar grades. She’s happy to get a B and ecstatic to receive a perfect score!
Liv isn’t a particularly serious person and typically does whatever she wants with her life. Being the baby of her family, her parents doted on her, and were quite worn out by the time she was born and raised. That lax set of rules has created a flowy, bouncy, and cheerful young woman who always finds joy in some form during the day. She doesn’t ignore the real world but simply doesn’t let the wear and tear of real life get to her, and tries to keep a smile on her face for everyone she meets.
Catching Olivia on a bad day is like seeing the reflection of the sun off of the moon. Not angry or enraged, she is simply a bit faded, a bit distant, and not quite her radiant self. She might not remember that your pet gerbil’s birthday is today or that you have a test coming up, but she’ll apologize profusely once she’s feeling right-as-rain again. Because she is so forthcoming and animated, Olivia often gets her feelings hurt when she bounces toward the wrong person or gives them the wrong vibe. In these times, she reevaluates her actions and tries to figure out precisely what she has done wrong, internalizing a lot of her feelings. You’ll likely never hear about them.
Strengths:
Friendly: Olivia is hard pressed not to find a friend in a crowd full of people. With a bright, beaming smile and self-sacrificing humor, the blonde will find a way to strike up a conversation with anyone. She is a great team worker and isn’t afraid to speak up about her ideas, even if they are only, “Glitter? More glitter!” when it comes to costumes or an art project. Liv doesn’t hesitate to communicate with people and will softly push someone shy until they talk – even if it’s a little bit awkward.
Physically active: Liv seems to have a continuous supply of energy throughout the day. A morning run is usually only the beginning of her hyperactivity streak, followed by several dance classes and sprints across campus to make it to class on time. Somehow, perhaps by ingesting enormous amounts of black coffee, she always seems to be spirited and awake – even at a six a.m. dress rehearsal for an upcoming show.
Good natured: Olivia is a generally good natured person, always ready to lend a hand or to help someone out. She is a naturally empathetic person and will lend an ear to anyone with a complaint with the understanding that as soon as she’s heard it, she’s ready to help them take action and figure that problem out! Rants are not well taken by the sophomore and usually end up with her causing a few more problems than intended.
Weaknesses:
The Baby: Call it what you will, Olivia is the baby of her family and her birth placement has impacted how she feels about herself. Having a wildly successful older brother while she, herself, seems like simply passable makes her wilt in the spotlight sometimes and she bares a certain amount of jealousy toward her older brother, Drake. Though you would never know it, she envies the fact that her parents know that they can depend on Drake and admire his steadiness. How does a simple dancing waif compete with that?
Pouty: If met with a problem that she can’t solve any other way, Liv becomes pouty to the point of obsession. She holds grudges, glares, and gives the silent treatment like a child. Perhaps this is a continuing remnant of her immaturity and she’ll grow out of it, but for the time being, she is a poor problem solver.
| H I S T O R Y |
Olivia, the youngest child of Elliot Roy and Melanie Newton Roy, is nearly a decade younger than her older siblings. The baby of the family, Liv was born into her family with a nine-year-old sister named Jac and a seven-year-old brother named Drake. Their parents gave them each adequate time to be ‘babies’ in between their births so that no one was quite left out or left to fend for themselves, but it always seemed as if Jacqueline required a little more attention than Drake while Olivia was growing up. Then again, Olivia required much more attention than both of her older siblings, so she had little time to evaluate who was getting what.
Liv was a demanding toddler, eagerly snatching things from her almost preteen brother and sister and, most likely, irritating them to no end. The baby of the family was considered a terror – a toy breaker, a crayon chomper, a paint and baby food slinger – in her heyday. A creative, spunky, squealy little child, Olivia was doted upon and her parents found her unpredictable nature adorable, luckily enough for her. Being a young’un, Olivia never really knew exactly how her siblings felt about her – only that they had the best toys in the world to chew on – especially GameBoys. The little girl knew that her older brother would glare at mean boys who threw a rock at her once while they were walking home from school together and her older sister often shared toe nail polish with her, against her mother’s wishes. The siblings were close, even though they weren’t always gushy toward each other, they always knew that they loved each other.
In elementary school, the easily excitable, always a little bit too loud little blonde girl found an outlet for her energy. The local high school cheerleading squad sponsored a miniature squad of cheerleaders from the elementary school and the perky Olivia was an immediate shoo-in. She learned the routines quickly, eager to focus on something that could be done with a group of equally as bouncy little girls and boys. The girl found a passion for cheer and her parents were exceedingly encouraging of her interests, as they were with all of their children. Through cheerleading, Olivia learned the importance of building strong female friendships and was amazed and how much the group of girls began to rely on each other as they continued through their school years.
Olivia continued to cheer through out elementary school and the activity naturally continued on with her in middle school where the little girls cheered at basketball, junior tag football, and junior swim meets. She always found the swim meet cheering a little awkward because they only sat in the stands and ruffled their pompoms instead of doing routines or cheering very loudly. The middle schooler ran into a little bit of trouble with her math grades and almost had to stop cheering because her parents insisted that she had simply lost focus on school with all of the after school practices and away games. The girl worked day and night to understand long division and brought her math grade up to a “B” just in time for her parents to decide not to yank her from the squad.
In junior high, Olivia began to get extremely serious about cheerleading but was told that her movement needed to be more fluid and that she should enroll in the local dance studio’s beginner’s ballet class. Though dance classes are usually something girls begin a few years earlier than she did, Olivia was a quick study and a picked up anything physical extremely quickly. She excelled in ballet and tap, and eventually added in jazz and hip-hop on her off days, after cheerleading. Her classes greatly decreased her excess of spontaneous energy and she was pleased that she had found a way to channel it into something enjoyable and productive.
Progressing into high school, Olivia went to state cheerleading competitions and their squad began to place after years of not having scores that could compete. The close-knit groups of girls (and two guys!) had become skilled at their sport of choice and were each passionate about cheer – but Olivia found herself torn. Somewhere during the years of doing both, she had become a much more talented dancer than a cheerleader. Her parents lectured her on the longevity of both career fields but told her to simply find what she loved in life. They had raised two other children successfully, so it was okay if this one was a little less conventional than the normal girl – a little more flighty, and consistently light hearted.
As Olivia reached her senior year of high school, she began putting in applications to various state colleges, not quite sure of where she would get in. Liv wasn’t too terribly set on any place in particular and was more wrapped up in senior dance recitals and co-captaining the cheerleading squad with her best friend. Her parents worried, of course, and did a little research of their own. The pair found a specialized arts college in Rhode Island and convinced Olivia to find the time to complete an application. She completed it in a pink, sparkly gel pen and happily sent it off with a pink, plaid stamp.
Somehow, Meringue Mountain saw through the dancer’s lack of professionalism and instead saw the cheerleading championships the girl had participated in winning and the awards she had gotten from dance competitions throughout the last six years. The committee saw something in Olivia Newton Elliot that they liked and thought would do well at their University and toward the end of her Senior year, she got her acceptance letter and promptly armed her parents with confetti cannons – which they happily popped as she spun in a circle in their living room. The pair never really mentioned that it was the only acceptance letter that she had gotten. Perhaps, it was a match made in Heaven!
After a freshman year that Olivia declared was “tons of fun!” despite the fact that she didn’t do any cheerleading, the young woman found herself a successful sophomore at Meringue Mountain University. With her time divided between dance classes, her fledgling position in her sorority, and her (lovingly ignored) core classes Olivia is loving her education so far and has nothing bad to say about MMU – though she rarely has anything bad to say about anything at all.| A P P E A R A N C E |
Olivia is a natural honey blonde with wide hazel eyes. The girl’s face has a soft oval shape to it without much strong definition or high cheekbones. Instead, she has gentle features that culminate in a pretty, but not stunning, whole. Sometimes, when she isn’t smiling, her mouth can make her face look a bit narrow – but there aren’t many times you’ll catch her not grinning or at the very least, smirking. Liv’s blonde locks have a soft curl to them and usually cascade down her back, ending slightly below her shoulder blades.
Body wise, Olivia is devoid of a lot of curves, like a lot of young dancers. She is quite thin, with long, lean limbs from a combination of constant dance and early morning runs. She rarely wears open toe shoes because she insists that dance has made her feet “ugly,” referring to the layer of toughness they had to grow for en pointe ballet. Her posture is impeccable, and a long, graceful neck only makes her appear taller, especially when she is dancing. You’ll often seen Olivia on campus in layers of clothing, tights, shorts, and an oversized hoodie with her letters emblazoned on it – always colorful, and always a little quirky.
| S K I L L S |
“Omfg, PUPPIES!” Olivia squealed.| P L A Y E R |
Name Bri
Age 23
Gender F
How you found us Bee!!
Who else do you play? Lawrence Grimani
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