Post by Jasper Jones-Devine on Dec 2, 2007 23:56:36 GMT
[/u][/size]BEHIND THE SCENES!
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Name: Madeline, but you can call me Maddie, or Mads, or whatever you can think of.[/blockquote]
RPing experience: Approximately four or five years.
Rules Word: admin edit
[/u] [/size]ON THE STAGE!
all about them.[/blockquote][/blockquote]
Name: Jasper Mathieu Jones-Devine
Age: Eighteen
Job: aspiring musician//part-time DJ at "Time to Dance" as well as "Escape"
Gender: Male
Grade: SeniorSubject taught:
Clique: Musician
[/size]appearance.
eyes: hazel
hair: Jasper's hair as been temporarily dyed many different colors, but it's current color is it's natural brown.
body type: petite/lean
skin tone: pale/caucasin
picture:
celebrity: Mathew (Mat) Devine
general appearence:
Jasper has big hair and an even bigger heart. His hair is brown, big, and fluffy, though it has been a few other colors, such as black. Occasionally he gets strands highlighted in blonde or some other strange color like red or blue, but normally he just keeps it its natural brown color. No matter what style it is, it always look full and lush and extremely poofy. It's quite amusing, actually. It’s usually rather messy looking, as if there is some kind of dead animal simply lying on top of his head, but it’s simply the way it’s styled. He takes good care of his hair, and often spends a good amount of time making it look the way he likes it, shiny and soft.
He has really big hazel eyes, that always look very curious yet cautious at the same time. When Jasper was thirteen, his vision began getting a bit blurry. He had trouble seeing far away, and after a trip to the eye doctor, it was confirmed that the boy needed glasses. He wore them religiously for about a year or two, before he finally switched to contacts. He still has a pair of glasses at home, as most people with vision problems do. He wears them on occasion, but normally sticks to his contacts.
Jasper's a little shorter than most guys his age. He stands at around five eight, while most men are around the height of six foot or more. He's a very petite and tiny for his age of eighteen. Most guys hit some kind of growth spurt by that age, but, not Jasper. He doesn't really care, though. Height was never something that bothered him, at least, as much as his weight and other things.
He's very skinny, as well, (though Jasper would definitely disagree) probably because he never really had a lot of food to eat when he was young and with his family… or maybe he just has a fast metabolism, or just doesn’t like to eat a lot. Either way, he’s a skinny little bastard with really skinny legs. He doesn't exactly pay attention to his weight (though he worries about it constantly) but, he's probably around one-hundred and forty-five pounds.
Jasper is known for two things: his hobo-esk clothing style and his war-like makeup. Very rarely is he seen without his white and black striped scarf, though it's not very white anymore, since he wears it so often. He also is often seen wearing his black Tripp NYC Jacket, mechanic gloves that he stole from a gas station and cut the tips off of, and Nike terminator shoes. All once looked nice, and now are rugged and old. He also tends to wear thin, white (though this alternates on occasion between black, red, green, and purple) lines over his cheeks and under his eyes, similar to the mud soldiers tend to wear in wars and such.
Jasper has both his ears pierced, as well as his right nostril. He didn’t get them all done at once, however. His father took him to get his right ear pierced when the boy was very young, and he got the other when he was about fourteen with a couple of friends, with permission, of course. However, when he turned sixteen, he was feeling rather rebellious and spontaneous, so, he went out and got his nose pierced without any kind of parental or guardian consent. Both his Aunt (whom he was living with at the time) and his mother were rather upset by it, but, as most things, it was forgiven over time.
personality.
talents:
+ decent cosmotologist/make-up artist, yet isn't interested in pursuing such skill
+ photography
+ film-making
+ guitarist
+ pianist
+ decent with a synthesizer
+ vocalist
+ drawing/sketching
+ writer
+ lyricist
likes:
+ Photography
+ Music
+ Silence
+ Peace
+ Hats
+ Scarves
+ Sunrise
+ Sunset
+ Darkness
+ Writing
+ Reading
+ Poetry
+ Friends
+ Family
+ Chicago, Illinois
+ Lightening
+ Walking
+ Bike-riding
+ Art
+ Sketching/Doodling/Drawing
+ Animals
+ Filmography
+ Being himself
+ Girls jeans (size seven)
+ Styling hair
+ the color white
+ the color black
+ Romance
+ Smiths T-shirt
+ Abandoned mansions
+ Vicodin
+ Vodka
+ Eccentric millionaires
+ Starving artists
+ Mac gloss
+ Trespassing
+ Accents
+ Walking in the snow while listening to music
+ IPod
+ Fireworks
+ Intelligence
+ Ambition
dislikes:
- Loud noises
- Large crowds
- Being held back
- Cruelty
- Feeling unwanted
- Being alone
- Things that aren't clean
- Germs
- Obnoxious chewing
- Lies
- Being late
- Illness
- Writer's block
- Death
- Fake laughs
- Needles
- Clowns
- Bad grammar
- Bad spelling
- Boredom
- Car crashes
- Heart attacks
- Sharks
- Water
- The phrase "Right on!"
- The phrase "Have a good one."
general personality:
Jasper is a retarded art fag.
No, seriously.
He's very artistic and creative. The kind of guy who would rather take a long walk and stargaze and listen to music rather then watch a football game. Come to think of it, Jasper really doesn't like sports that much. He'd much rather watch a concert or read a book then watch some people run around a field. He likes peace and quiet, and often is found out by a beach or sitting at some cafe reading a book. He loves to read. Jasper is rather intelligent, and knows a lot about a lot of random things. Mostly things that have to do with music, or Chicago, where he grew up. Plus, he's a bit of a grammar/spelling Nazi, with the exception of texting. On the internet, though, he very rarely uses any kind of chatspeak.
However, Jasper isn't completely introverted and peaceful and serious. He's actually rather funny, and quite fun to be around. Though, sometimes he can be a little shy around people he doesn't know, mostly because he's no good at small talk and making clever conversations. But, normally, that passes quickly. He's really random, especially with his friends, and even a little spastic sometimes. But people love Jasper. He's a very lovable guy. Though he dresses tough and very... differently, Jasper is kind to everyone he meets, even people he doesn't know. Very rarely does he get extremely pissed off, and even when he is, he is able to carry his anger out in a dignified and civil manner. There is the small occasion where, when provoked enough, Jasper will go off and punch you in the babymaker... not literally, but, you get the point. This is quite rare, though. He doesn't really like violence, unless you mess with his friends or someone he loves or something.
Jasper isn't exactly the calmest or most elegant person in the world, despite he may seem it. In fact, he's quite the opposite. He's a tad paranoid at times, which often causes him to act spastically and scare very easily. He's skittish and prone to accidents such as tripping over nothing or walking into walls. At first, these things were a tad embarrassing, but, Jasper's learned to deal with them.
Despite the fact he is a few years under aged, Jasper is a heavy drinker, almost to the point where you could call him an alcoholic. Unfortunately, he also has quite a smoking addiction. The two things a parent would hate most for their child, right? He likes to party, and most definitely likes to have a good time. Sometimes this isn't always a bad thing when you act like a responsible adult. However, sadly, Jasper isn't exactly a very 'responsible' adult. He can get pretty careless at times, especially after he's had a few.
He's a bit of a romantic. However, rarely does he meet a girl he's interested in dating. No, he's not gay or anything, but, Jasper has yet to find a girl that really sweeps him off his feet. Sure, he's had a few relationships, but many of them fell through. But, when he really does fall for someone, he's all for expressing it. Gifts, attention, affection, romantic dinners, clever dates, anything to let whoever it is he's in love with know how much he loves them.
Screw the rest of America, Jasper Devine is the one who's most definitely got talent. He plays the piano, the guitar, has an absolutely gorgeous voice, writes music, writes lyrics, isn't half-bad at drawing, is great photographer, and a killer film-maker. But, Jasper isn't one to brag. In fact, he's quite modest most of the time. He'd be the last one to say he's pretty, or is really good at something, despite his friends would probably say otherwise. But, though Jasper may deny it, he really is an extremely skilled young man.
Jasper can't drive. Well, he has a license, but God only knows how he managed to pass. Since he was sixteen, he crashed his Aunt's car a grand total of twelve times, mostly due to his inability to pay attention to the road and his spastic tendencies. However, he has yet to crash his own car.
Jasper is also a little bit of a germophob. He greatly fears getting sick or catching some kind of terrible disease. Not to the point where he won't step outside or anything, of course, but, he's not taking any chances. For example, those fingerless gloves he wears all year round aren't simply a clever fashion statement. He refuses to directly touch a door, sanitizes and washes his hands more then any normal person needs to, and will not go in a public restroom or shower.
The poor boy can't sit still to save his life. Jasper constantly fidgets and moves around, doing such paranoid things as tapping his heel on the ground, clicking his pen, or playing with his hair, sometimes without even realizing it. It gets him in trouble on occasion during classes, but, he can't help himself. It's like some kind of undiagnosed mental disorder that's always affected the poor boy.
Jasper absolutely adores his daughter, Emelia. He always puts her well-being above all else, even his own, as most parents tend to do. Sometimes, however, he tends to get a little over-protective toward her out of fear he might lose her like he lost his girlfriend so quickly before his eyes. Despite, he tries his best to be a good father to her, though he often questions whether or not he is doing a decent job or not, whether or not the decisions he is making for her are correct. He does everything he can for that little girl, and currently, the relationship they hold is very strong, a bond Jasper hopes will never break.
history.
hometown: Chicago, Illinois
general history:
Jasper was born on the date of April 16th to nineteen-year-old Michelle Jones and twenty-one year old Adam Devine in the town of Norwalk, Connecticut. When most children are born, their entry into the world in celebrated and joyous; however, this was not the case with Jasper. His parents, Michelle and Adam, weren't exactly the 'parenting' type, being so young and unprepared for a baby. Let's just say, neither of them had planned or expected Jasper's birth to happen. So, because of this, throughout his younger years, Jasper was left with his aunt, Michelle's sister, Stephenie, who was twenty-eight, though not yet married, while both his parents were out around town.
When Jasper was just a few months old, he and his parents moved out to Lake Forest, Illinois, where Jasper's grandparents as well as Aunt Stephenie lived, who was just finishing up classes at a local college to be a nurse. So, Jasper didn't have much memory of what Connecticut was like. However, when Jasper was around eight months old, Michelle and Adam were married, and stayed together. Despite their lack of parenting skills, they weren't bad people, and tried the best they could to give their son the best.
He wasn't completely left out of the loop with his parents. They spent time with the boy when they could, though by the time he was one, Michelle began attending college at night and Adam was busy trying to make a living as a musician. Jasper didn't remember much of his father, for he died in a car accident when the boy was only eight years old. Jasper did remember a few things, however, the most vivid being Adam's love of music. Often times Jasper recalls listening to his father late at night writing songs on his guitar, or on the piano. Though he was never extremely close with his father, Jasper aspired to do what he did: create music.
When Jasper turned four, his father began teaching him how to play the piano. Though their lessons together were often cut short due to time constraints with Jasper beginning to attend school and his father working two jobs, one in the day as a bartender, while at night he was an entertainer and played gigs with his band at local clubs. However, both of these jobs turned up little money. Though his mother desperately wanted to send him to a Catholic school, they didn't have the money to afford it. So, Jasper began attending a small, public elementary school.
Often times, even in his young age, Jasper kept to himself. He was always a very quiet, shy young boy. He never liked sharing his opinions aloud, or just speaking out loud in general. However, when ever he was asked the question 'what do you want to be when you grow up?' Jasper's answer was always the same. He wanted to be a musician, like his father. He wanted to write music, sing, play the guitar... Jasper wanted to learn it all. However, these dreams were put on hold when his father died in a tragic car accident when Jasper turned eight.
Jasper was left without a teacher, and, for the most part, very little money or means of support. Being only very young, it took the poor boy a while to understand his father was gone for good. Often times, he would sit up at night and wait for his father's return, until it finally sunk in that he wasn't coming back. Davey's death hit Jasper pretty hard. He spent most of his days alone in his room, trying to figure out what to do next. He slowly pulled himself out of his misery, and as he grew older, he felt comfort in thinking about his father rather then the remorse and sadness he felt when it first happened.
His mother started working two full time jobs, one waitressing th other working as a secretary at a local school. Neither of the two provided much money. Often times Jasper returned to an empty home, and was left by himself as early as age nine. While he was alone, he often practiced playing the piano, and even tried picking up his fathers old guitar and playing it, though he didn't get very far with it without any kind of instruction.
He was quite a prodigy when it came to the piano, however. At the age of ten he tried his hand at composing music, and also began writing lyrics and poetry. Throughout his months as a ten year old, food became more and more scarce in his house, as well as his mother. Often times he would hear her come in late at night, exhausted and over-worked. When he was eleven, he was sent to live with his Aunt, though he still kept in touch with his mother. It wasn't that she didn't care about him that she sent the boy away. In fact, it was quite the opposite. Michelle felt that Jasper needed a better life, a better home to live in, where food was available to him, as well as money. He still kept it touch with her over the years, and even tried to help her with money when he could, despite the fact he didn't have much of a job.
After twelve years of debate, Jasper settled on being a vocalist. Though he didn't have as much experience with singing as he had other things, such as the piano, he decided that he wanted to sing. Fortunately for Jasper, his Aunt was dating a man who was in a band. He was the front man, and sang and wrote lyrics. So, Jasper began taking singing lessons from his Aunt's boyfriend, James. He proved himself to be quite talented in the field of singing.
When he began attending high school, he started taking classes for the guitar, as well as played the piano for the school's concert band. However, his shy, soft-spoken nature didn't change from the transition between elementary school and high school. He did make one good friend, whom he spent a lot of his time with. Both shared the same love of music, and often spent a lot of time over each others houses, sleeping over and staying up late listening to bands from the early ninety's, such as David Bowie, The Cure, R.E.M., Billy Idol, and the Dandy Warhol's.
He also began taking a special interest in photography in film-making throughout his years of high school in Illinois. He started shooting short films, mixed with his own music, normally with people doing simple things in dim light, such as walking around or even just hanging out. Jasper began going out more, taking long walks just to take some pictures of the beautiful scenery Lake Forest had to offer.
Just when Jasper was starting to find contentment in Illinois, his Aunt got a new job which required her to move to London, England. He began attending school there at the age of fourteen, when he was a sophomore. Being his shy, awkward self, he was very reluctant to make this change, despite the loveliness Hollywood had to offer. But, he didn't have much of a choice and was never the type of child to put up a fight. So, dragging his feet, he packed up his things and moved here, were he resides currently. However, Jasper is still as determined as ever to make it in the field of music, despite his sudden change of environment.
When Jasper was fifteen, he met a young woman by the name of Juliet Williams, a young girl the same age as he who had been living in the city all her life. She was his first real friend when he first moved here, and only true love. They quickly began dating, only things grew a tad complicated when Juliet turned up pregnant not to long after. For morality's sake, the two opted to keep the child rather then abort it or give it up for adoption, and nine months later, Emelia Noelle Devine was born.
Both Julie and Jasper began working at a concert venue near town, and things were beginning to look up for the two of them. However, things took a turn for the worse when Juliet was shot dead at ten twenty-five PM, while trying to break up a fight between two drunken men at the bar nearby the merch table she was working. Both her and Jasper were helping out at a merchandise table for one of the bands performing, when two men at the bar (both obviously drunk) became violent at began a large commotion. Juliet, unable to tolerate such behavior, politely asked them to stop. They calmed down for a bit, but quickly started up their argument again not to long after. While Jasper tried to tell Juliet to simply ignore them, the young seventeen year old found herself unable to do this, and went over them and again, told them to stop or to leave. Of course, this angered the two of them, and Juliet was quickly pulled into their harsh debate. Unfortunately, before Jasper got over there to stop the nonsense, a bullet pierced through Juliet's heart, killing her in an instant.
Jasper, being forced to witness his fiances sudden death, was horrified and shocked. Of course, in a fit of rage, he went after the man who shot her, almost killing him, as well. Unfortunately, the man fled before the police arrived, and while they could easily identify who he was, they were unable to find where he escaped to. Jasper was left heartbroken, forced to carry on and care for his young daughter on his own. He kind of feel into a depression for a while, and became much more reserved then he once was when Juliet was around. However, he tries his best to be optimistic for Emma's sake, not wanting her to see him in such a vulnerable state.
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