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ZOOEY BRANDON ELLE

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FULL NAME: zooey brandon elle
NICKNAMES?: zo, elle, miss elle } sometimes by students
AGE: 27
GRADE: --
GENDER: female
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: straight
OCCUPATION: art teacher at waverly
SOCIAL STATUS: first class


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HEIGHT: 5'6"
WEIGHT: 117lbs
HAIR: dark brown naturally, and she keeps it that way. in the sun and under some lights there is red in it. in the past she has dyed it darker and lighter, which damaged it a little, so now she keeps it natural. the dark shade accentuates her pale skin. she wears it down a lot and naturally wavy.
EYES: light blue, very prominent. zooey thinks they are her best feature, rather like her sisters, and she always as mascara on to open them up as well.
BODY TYPE: thin, sometimes frail looking. not very muscular. from partying a lot and having a drinking problem in the past, she is frail. she doesn't do too much exercise, so she is not the strongest person. she is trying to fix this though, and is formulating a plan to jog every morning.
PIERCINGS/TATTOOS: regular ear peiercings, cartilage piercing on right ear, belly button, and no tattoos.
ANYTHING ELSE?: zooey is endlessly creative and has a huge immagination. this translates to her clothing. she is very bohemian with her style, wearing everything from loose floral dresses and tops to rock t-shirts and scarves with skinny jeans. for her teaching, she wears a little more formal clothes like dresses, but accessorizes with necklaces and head scarves a lot. she likes flats, heels hurt her feet.
GENERAL APPEARANCE: from head to toe, you can tell zooey is a free sprit. her appearance very much reflects that. her hair is wavy and long, it appears to be like she just came from the beach. it is peicey and layered as well, so it is 'shaggy'. her face is pale and very much like porcelein, it is very smooth and free from blemishes. zo's features are soft and petite, like rosey lips and nice cheek bones. her nose is the long and strong type. she wears light makeup and sometimes is told she looks very sixites, because she has a hippe vibe happening.
in her clothes, she doesn't reveal too much but still manages to look very beautiful, and sexy in some situations. zooey isn't vampy, but has a rather sweet appearance. though that isn't always the case. her clothes are light and loose, and also very retro. belts, necklaces and headbands are some of her favourite accessories. zooey also favours skinny jeans. she has a petite frame, but isn't too short. at 27, she has a good body and a young face and can pull off the latest soho and bohemian fashions. when going out to an event or club, she wears heels, but mostly sticks to flats. in simplest terms, she will wear anything she likes and that is original.
FACE CLAIM: zooey deschanel


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GENERAL TRAITS: zooey has a wild imagination, creative spirit, generous nature, kind spirit, friendly personality, and an easy going lifestyle. she is also laid back, but very witty and sharp. she is on the ball all the time and is one of the teachers at waverly who can relate to students when they misbehave. she can go overboard with partying sometimes.
PERSONALITY:

• FREE SPIRIT. the one thing about zooey that is the most noticable is her spirit. her family and friends always note how she should have been living in the 60's, because she very much acts with the counter culture shown back then. her clothes reflect it, her art reflects it, and her life style. zo's mind is a piece of art itself. she has so many creative thoughts and ideas, and interesting takes on life and everything in it. through visual art she can create amazing masterpieces. in her language, she can write stories and poems that enthrall people. sometimes though, her spirit can get her into trouble. zooey loves men, and for a few years when she was in her younger twenties she slept around a lot and went with a philosophy of 'free love'. partying was also an issue, and she struggled with alcohol for about two years. now recovering from the small problem, she is being more careful. still, she is a flirt and likes to have fun when possible. also, like her sister, zooey is a vegetarian.
  
• CARING NATURE. with her free spirit also comes her other side, the more maternal driven side. first off, with her family. zooey cares about them deeply, and loves them with all her heart. the concept of having to live without her parents someday scares her very much. she misses them back in la, but she still loves new york. one good thing is that her sister parker got to go as well, so they live together. she watches out for her sister all the time and sometimes acts like a mother to her. ever since the pair were little, zooey has always had parker's back. with her students, she relates as well. each and everyone she believes holds something special, and are different in an amazing way. when they are being smart asses, she can punish them not in a traditional way, but a way that makes them think and realize what they may not have seen before. and also, her wish is to start a family. zooey really wants a baby before she's thirty, and time is of the essence. this means she needs to find a boy friend, and then a husband. the idea fascinates her. she does care about whoever she is with, otherwise she wouldn't be with them.
  
• THE SMARTS. zooey can be a very mature person when she wants to, and she is incredibly smart. at 1201 rowland place, zooey is mostly the one who takes care if finances and affairs, like paying bills and keeping the maids pay in order. she is a very smart business woman, and can handle almost anything calmy and efficiently. plus, she is a teacher and can handle all aspects of that. teaching, demonstrating, and the technical stuff behind it all. even though it is art, and a more 'easy' course, she bends it so that the students can be challenged and learn more. in her personal life, she is handling the recovery of her drinking problem nicely by limiting what she drinks, limiting her partying and talking to a shrink sometimes when she needs it.
  

LOVES: in regards to art- painting, drawing, writing, sculpting, and observing. she loves seeing works of art like paintings, models, plays, poetry readings. she loves her family, friends, her cat, animals, parties, teaching, her students, eating out, decorating, new hobbies like fung shui, yoga, and jogging. new things, old things, exciting things like theme parks, solemn things like reading. flirting, men, babysitting, movies, computers, vintage anything, the sun, fashion, pop culture, music, and most of all, fun.
HATES: meat, boredom, cheesey songs, rejection, feeling depressed, when others are sad, times when she lets someone down, animal cruelty, and human cruelty, poverty, kfc, being bloated, moping around, break ups, bad hair days, when the water is off, getting muddy or wet while wearing jeans, hunger.
FEARS: death- herself, any family, friends, students, animals, anyone. zooey hates the idea of it, but is also scared and intrigued by the idea of an afterlife.
family- the fear of never having one. she doesn't want it to be too late in her life to have children, and she is scared of never finding anyone to have children with.
HABITS: biting nails, singing in the shower, biting her lips, drinking tea all the time, partying, staying up late, procrastinating.
FLAWS: being overprotective sometimes towards her sister and students, sleeping around, too free spirited, her recovering problem of drinking, bad cooking, absent minded a lot.
STRENGTHS: zooey accels at painting, writing, singing, financial planning and spending, fashion, being a mother figure, a good listener, a great friend.
WEAKNESSES: she always gives into, or is weakened by animals, drinks, men, romance, shopping, and being asked to do something by the people she cares about, meaning family and friends.

ANOTHER PERSON'S OPINION ON YOUR CHARACTER: miss elle is the best. oh, i mean zooey. in class she lets us call her zooey. she is like on of us, she gets us, you know? i love her, she is so cool. and fun. good clothes as well. i think she is so smart too, and she doesn't even realize.

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FAMILY:
jack elle :: father – cosmetic surgeon
marie elle :: mother – Entertainment lawyer
parker elle :: younger sister – sophomore
tyler elle :: younger brother – freshmen
HOMETOWN: los angeles
HISTORY: ...once upon a time there lived an entertainment lawyer and a cosmetic surgeon. fate brought these two together and within seven months of dating they were already on their way to starting a family. after a very fast marriage and buying a multimillion dollar home, their first daughter was born. they named her zooey brandon, using the name brandon after jack's brother who had died the week before zooey's birth. to remember him, they gave his name to his neice. zooey was a happy baby, always finger painting and singing songs on home videos. since she had a very rich family she tended to get everything she wanted, but this upset her as she grew older. unlike the other spoiled california kids, she wanted to be able to have the satisfaction of working for herself and getting rewarded for it. she convinced her parents to put her on an allowance for doing chores. they agreed, curious to see how zooey would grow up and use that to her advantage.

when zooey was six, she was blessed with not a brother but a little sister who was named parker dior. zooey was always kind of jealous of her sisters name, she thought it was more original then hers and it had a ring to it. the girls got along great, zooey would always act like a big sister and try to take care of parker. feeding her, getting her toys and helping marie put her to bed. when they started school together, and parker was picked on, zooey didn't like it one bit. she always protected her and stuck up for her, and all the bullies who had teased parker answered to her. it was good she was 6 years older, otherwise she would have probably got picked on too. zooey was a great kid in school, she would always listen and do her work on time. it was in art that she excelled. her parents knew that she would do hreat things some day. whizzing through school, and eventually high school, zooey finished early with her straight a's and always over 90% average. starting university was so much fun for her, as she developed into a young woman.

her free spirited attitude allowed her to go to parties and light up a room. she was popular because of her friend making skills, so she was on all the guest lists. soon she was sleep deprived because she would party and then stay up to finish her homework, miraculously managing straight a's again. there was something about her mind that was different then others. she could handle everything given to her. it was when she was in her early 20's and almost done her bachelor degree in art that zooey started drinking as well. by then, her brother tyler was born and since she was her own person, not a little girl anymore, she didn't take care of him as much as she did parker. it seemed zooey drank everyday, and soon it was a problem. her grades did drop, but not enough so that she was failing. parker was around her a lot too, going to the parties, but then zooey didn't even notice. with the parties brougt men, and zooey soon was sleeping around. after doing some research on the sixties for school, she found that the counter culture they pushed was much like what she was doing. she decided sleeping with men was free love, and it was not a bad thing.

only when parker was taken out of school did zooey realize what was happening. she had to stop drinking and set an example for parker, who was doing that and much more. she also spent more time with tyler and found that the two had a great relationship, she could care for him easily and have fun with him. she also took some therapy, and got help when she needed it. finishing university came soon after, and she knew what she wanted to do. stay sober, and teach art. where? she had no idea. later on when parker graduated and decided to go to new york, zooey knew that was her chance as well. new york had great schools, and she was qualified. even though through all the alcohol problems and depression her and parker didn't get along so great anymore, she moved with her and wanted to live with her to try and make things better. they could help each other. when saying goodbye to the family was done, the elle's moved to the big apple.

applying for a teaching job at waverly was a piece of cake for zooey, and she got in as an art teacher. it was a fabulous job. great pay as well. zooey also found a house to live in with parker, who had her music as a passion. it wasn't long before she was everyone's favourite teacher, and someof the other staff's as well. she did have a breif but intense relationship with the much younger football coach tyler, but ended it when she found herself drinking again. stopping for good and getting more help, she left him. now she is teaching still with a developing crush on her fellow staff member, the lit teacher named robert sting.

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YOUR NAME: kenzie
YEARS RPING: 1 and 5 months
OTHER CHARACTERS: --
PHRASE: ADMIN EDIT.
ROLE-PLAY SAMPLE: [at least three paragraphs]

The bartender tapped her on the shoulder and held up her drink for her to take. Merona turned around and smiled graciously, nodding her thanks. She would pay for it later, probably by then she would have a tab. Taking the drink, she sipped it carefully, letting the liquid slosh around in her mouth and then fall down her throat. Icy, and tastey. She held the glass around the thin handle, as she looked in the top part of the glass. An olive on the toothpick floated around, looking a little distorted in the vodka. But it was tastey, and that was all that mattered. She licked her lips, enjoying the tickling feeling now in her stomach. The night had a lot of potential. And now all she had to do was find the right way to party to the fullest. Merona thought that the guy down the bar could definitely be a prt of her night. He looked familiar, and she tried to recall his face if she had seen him before. Going through her mind's archives, she tried to think if she had written about anyone that wasn't famous. Obviously this guy wasn't, because if he was Merona would have known. And then it clicked in her mind- He was Jacob Briggs. The bartender, bar owner, whatever. She smiled to herself. Yeah, she had heard of him sometimes from friends or co-workers, just talking about when they were at a club or getting some drinks.

When her eyes flickered over to look at him again, he was headed her way. She tried to hide the smirk developing on her face, because she knew that she had lured him in with one simple look. She was glad she still had it. Merona was always one to fear age, mostly because she thought she would loose her looks, popularity and various skills. Plus, dying was a huge fright of hers. When she looked up again, she noticed he was beside her and setting down his drink. Hey, you looked lonely so I thought I'd come over and keep you company. A grin would have come over her face, but she always thought that grins looked goofy and childish. So instead, a little smirk graced her lips. That's very observant of you... She started, her voice loud to be heard over the music, but not too harsh. I'm Jake, by the way. She smiled and nodded, holding out her hand for him to shake. I'm Merona. Ah, he was so cute. This could be a perfect chance for her to let loose, of course if he was willing. But by the way things were going, it definitely seemed like he was.

So, he was Jacob. Well, Jake as he put it. But she figured that the guy she had heard of and the guy in front of her were one and the same. Merona couldn't have imagined he was so good looking. He seemed like the type to charm woman with his looks, and not to mention killer smile. But she was up for the ride, and willing to play a little dumb to go along with it. But Jake, what makes you think I need company, hmm? She asked teasingly, her eyes giving him a once over. Damn. She got lucky with this one, he didn't seem to have any flaws. She let her eyes slowly fall back onto his. She called that sticky eyes. And apparently, it worked as a luring technique. Or so she read in some article by her fellow co-workers, the girls down in fashion, letters to the editors, and make up columns.

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A C C E P T E D
i absolutely adored the history, well done. the general appearance was a bit skimpy, but it was a good read. i enjoyed it. try bringing out the more creative and quirky side of her, she's very.... gifted with art. other than that, welcome!

please remember to reply to all of the claim boards.
change your name to your character's name as well.
also apply for a living arrangement & post a ship chart.
thank you!

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