Post by joselyn claire allaway on Jun 2, 2011 1:37:48 GMT -5
JOSELYN CLAIRE ALLAWAY
girls like that don't sleep alone
| B A S I C S |
Name Joselyn Claire Allaway
Nicknames If it is really too much of a hassle to call her Joselyn, she'll go by Joss. She is okay with that.
PB Keira Knightley
Age 19
Sex female
Year Sophomore
Major/Concentration film/film studies
Minor not yet declared
Occupation Bartender at Lucky's
Location Allentown, Pennsylvania| P E R S O N A L I T Y |
Joselyn is not a bitch jsut for the sake of being a bitch, it's more because Joss is far too intolerant. Anything less than perfect [or what she deems perfect] deserves to be ridiculed. Since she herself is perfect, and would take similar ridicule without fuss if she weren't, she does not feel bad in the least for being this way. She has no problems talking to people and isn't shy in the slightest, nor does she find it difficult to listen to things people have to say, even if she tends to make fun of people for saying them. It may come as no surprise, then, that she does not make friends very easily. Which is quite alright with her--solitude is far more manageable and doesn't involve juggling of social circles and complicated things like that. Unfortunately, she does seem to attract a certain type of friend. As, while she is a bit prickly, she does have a sympathy gland somewhere and she just always seems to get along better with social outcasts.
Perhaps it's because, despite her looks and attitude, she has always considered herself a social outcast. Not with any sort of bitter feeling, either. As mentioned, she does not particularly mind not having friends; she's got a big enough family to keep her occupied when she's bored. Over the years, she's gotten used to keeping things inside and, really, she prefers it that way. Other people just don't give advice as well as she does and she much prefers to just listen to herself. But, despite all of that and her cold need to be self sufficient, she understands that some people just need friends and, as who she is, she can't help but reaching out. And she is, deep, deep down somewhere, a nice person, she just is not afraid to say anything that she feels needs to be said. Added to that, it is far easier to be mean than to be nice, since then no one has the chance to get to know you. Which is just an added bonus, since Joss is not a fan of being hurt, obviously.
Joss has the tragic flaw of being plagued by vanity. Of course, she does not see it as a flaw, since it always drives her to look her best [at all times], but nonetheless, it can be a bit hassling. She refuses to be seen when not looking perfect, lest people get the wrong idea. With her curves and looks, she makes a pretty good flirt and she does so enjoy flirting, though she isn't really into dating. Being that open with someone frightens her; she's learned from her past. And besides, letting someone into such a vulnerable place is as much of a hassle as having to look good all the time. And she would much prefer to be an "I" as opposed to a "we." Unfortunately, despite that, she's a bit of a hopeless romantic. But she would never say such a thing. She does, however, make her approval known by not descriminating against other's relationships. If people want to get hurt, they are free to do so and she is not going to stop them.
Joselyn is extremely high maintenance. It's not enough that her family is extremely well off--if someone is dating her, that someone had best be able to provide all that she wants. She does not date anymore for the emotional part, since she was hurt long ago, and so she expects the material. She has no problem with the physical part of romance; having already been exposed to that, it's become sort of passe. And she does not expect to be faithful or to have a faithful relationship. She is not in it for that. If she were, however, to fully like someone rather than just think they were a convenient arm candy, she would be a far more jealous person. Having the experiences with men that she has, she does not trust that she can keep one, even if she does have a very large ego.
Strengths: Intelligence Joselyn not only has common sense, but she's book smart as well. School is extremely important to her and she would never settle for anything less than he best in that regard. Her homework is always done on time and to the best of her abilities.
Witty If nothing else, the mean things she says are appropriate[ish] and comedic. She is always to the point and quick, never having to think too long about a snappy reply.
Outgoing If Jos needs to talk to someone, she has absolutely no problem going right up and doing so. She has never had issues complaining about things that needed complaining about nor talking to people about important issues.
Weaknesses: Vain If there is anything that Joselyn cares about, it's how she looks. There will never be a hair unnaccounted for nor an unmatched article of clothing, no matter how much she has to spend or how much effort she has to put into it.
Mean Without a doubt, Joselyn is not a very nice person. She has no bad intentions and she doesn't go out of her way to make people miserable, she just doesn't blunt the truth. If she thinks something, whether nice or not so nice, she will say it and, if it offends someone, then so be it.
Stubborn Joselyn is extremely stuck in her ways. She has opinions and they are what is right and, if you don't agree, then tough shit. She will ridicule and assert said opinion until the cows come home.
| H I S T O R Y |
George and Maria Allaway never actually wanted a big family, since neither of them came from particularly large ones. They did both come from a bit of money, but neither of them really counted that as a reason to necessitate mass amounts of children. When their own fortune from George's business [and partially from Maria's excellent journalistic skills] started rolling in, however, they decided to have their first child, Joselyn. It was a long decision process, but they felt they were ready. They were, after all, old enough and it was most definitely time to have a child. And, after that, everything changed.
It wasn't long at all before they decided to have their second child. The fact that it was a boy made it even more precious, since now their little family was lovely and balanced. But that quickly changed, because soon, their dream of a small family had expanded, which meant that their family was about to expand. They could afford it, after all. So George and Maria packed up and bought a bigger house in PA, which they moved their two children to before getting pregnant with the third. This worked out quite nicely, since George could be out earning money and Maria, being a journalist, could stay in and earn it.
The next four children came and unbalanced their evenly-gender-ratioed family, but that was okay by Maria and George, who were just so delighted with their growing herd, it didn't matter the sex of their offspring. Joselyn grew up, never wanting for attention, but obviously having to share the attention with her siblings. This came in handy, of course, when she needed the blame off herself or something like that and has given her a taste for never quite being in the spotlight. Of course, she has always liked to be glamorous--but that is the only thing she'd like to be called out on, thank you very much.
Since she developed young and was always wealthy enough to purchase above-standard clothing, it was no wonder that, by the time she was thirteen, people were whistling to her in the streets. When she was fourteen, she was enticed into a relationship--he was seventeen at the time, so it wasn't quite illegal yet. It didn't take long for Joss to fall head-over-heels, madly in love with this guy, who was showing her attention she could only dream of. Of course, there were always plenty of guys crushing on her--she was, after all, startlingly gorgeous for her age--but none of them were older, specifically seventeen and with a driver's license. And none of them, none of them, would have told her they loved her.
Which, of course, Nick did. All the time. So much, in fact, that Joselyn believed it with every ounce of her tweenie heart and believed that she, too, loved him. She had so much faith in both of these things that, yes, she made some decisions she regretted. A year later, he had clearly moved on, if the blonde, older girl was any indication. Joss was devastated at his lack of fidelity, but she was never the type to wallow in her own misery for more than a day or so. And after that day of mourning, Joss was never really quite the same. She [and almost everyone else] attributes her general distaste for relationships of any sort to him.
She would feel much better and far less bitter about the whole situation if, after that, Nick had just left her alone. Unfortunately, periodically, he likes to come and beg her to take him back. Joss has always been a strong girl, so she has never wavered,but there were times when she'd wanted to. Because she just needed a change, she decided to go to boarding school after her sophomore year in highschool. And where better to go than overseas, right? Right. Now, since he can't physically reach her, he occasionally calls and writes, but that's about it. And while Joss is still a frigid bitch, she is far happier here than she was back there.| A P P E A R A N C E |
It's hard to say what, precisely, makes Joss stand out so much from her peers. Of course, there are the obvious things that do set her apart, but really, it is difficult to pinpoint just one. In general, Joss is just different from everyone--but in a good way, obviously. At 5'8'', she is fairly tall for a female and she has always been slender. Added to that, she's got her mother's figure, so she's been curvy since she was about ten [which is traumatizing for a ten year old, but really gets better with age]. She more glides than walks [in her opinion] and is very much the hip-swayer. It's almost like she's constantly on the runway.
And like the runway, Joselyn would never ever let herself be seen dressed in anything but the best. Her clothes are expensive and she would not be caught dead in anything that wasn't nor would she ever settle for something that didn't look perfect. Likewise, she does not buy gaudily expensive clothes, with jewels and ridiculous embroideries, because those don't look perfect, they look stupid. And Joss never looks stupid.
Her hair has always been a sort of dark honey color and very curly. However, since she learned how, she's been attacking it viciously with a straightener or any other form of something that would tame it, so no one can really tell. Likewise, it is far more manageable in its relaxed state. Her eyes are a darker brown, almond shaped, and she never wears too much makeup around them. Just enough for accents. And really, that's how all of her makeup is. She has never in her life gone for the painted-on look or anything too contrasty; she likes to look clean and smooth and that is the job of her makeup.
| S K I L L S |
Joss may not have always been particularly observant, but even she could not ignore the clanking sounds of something heavy being set down coupled with the sloshing of water. Managing not to grown, she squeezed her eyes shut, praying to whatever god there may or may not have been that a janitor was not about to come sit down and see what was wrong. Not that she was all too discriminatory against those less fortunate than she [AKA everyone], but a janitor would just really have been far too much. Cleaning people coming to comfort her? That would have just been the cherry on top.
It didn’t occur to her for at least thirty seconds that a janitor might, perchance, be the very person she should have been looking to to fix her shoe and the sort of person who might carry superglue around, but when it finally did, she opened her eyes and chanced a look. And what she saw was definitely not a janitor. It was a fine piece of man, that’s what it was. And, by the looks of things, he was a teacher. Which was, of course, good and bad. It was good because it meant that he probably wasn’t going to skeeze on over, since Joss was fairly certain that numerous people would go for the skeezing technique. But it was bad, of course, because he was a teacher. Not that Joss was all that picky about who she flirted with, but she did have standards, after all.
She watched him walk over out of the corner of her eye, unconcerned with the way her face naturally moved into innocent-damsel face the closer he got. She couldn’t help it—flirting was almost a defense mechanism and this sitting next to her was obviously an invitation for her to do everything in her power to make sure he didn’t invade her personal space any more than she wanted him to [though, she wasn’t entirely sure that she’d mind some personal space invasion].
When he started talking, however, her innocent-damsel face curved into a smirk, one eyebrow lifting. A teacher, eh? She supposed she could see where he was coming from; she was one of the oldest in the school anyway and her fortune enabled her to dress…well…older [and better]. But that didn’t make it any particularly less amusing, especially since Joselyn wasn’t entirely certain that she had ever willingly imparted knowledge on a person before. Sure, she was a good student, but it wasn’t quite the same thing.
“Spanish?” she repeated, glossing over his teacher remark as if it hadn’t been there in the first place. She shifted so that her knees were facing him rather than the wall, her broken heel resting dejectedly on the stair. “I don’t speak a word, Lawrence Grimmel.” Her voice was soft, but there was no question of whether or not he heard it. She just had one of those voices, the kind of voice that girls wished they had every time they accidentally squeaked talking to their crush. “French, however, is a different story.” She slowly offered her hand to him, more as if she were expecting him to kneel and kiss it than shake it. “And it’s Joselyn. So nice to meet you.”
Yeah, standards. That’s what those were. Standards.| P L A Y E R |
Name Greta
Age 20!
Gender Female
How you found us I made youu.
Who else do you play? Ella Chambers
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