Post by BLAKE KARLEY on Jun 22, 2010 14:17:33 GMT -5
★ - - - Blake James Karley
we didn't start the fire, but it's been burnin' since the world's been turnin'.
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NAME: Blake James Karley[/b]: Blake, Mr. Karley.
[/ul]AGE: 27 years.
GRADE: N/A.
GENDER: Male
SEXUALITY: Heterosexual
OCCUPATION: Historian of Military History, History Teacher.
HANDED: right
LICENSE: yes (currently revoked)
PARTY: occasionally
DRINK: yes (though is trying to quit)
SMOKE: no
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PERSONALITY:
Blake is a reserved person. He tends to show as little emotion as he can. He was brought up by a father who believed in two things. Discipline was key to raising a good son, and that being all emotional was for girls and wussies. His family was based around the army. For seven generations, each Karley man went into the army before they turned twenty. So, it was expected of Blake to do so as well. However, he was more interested in the history of the army, than in the actual group itself. This greatly disappoints his father, and since his eighteenth birthday, Blake and his father have been greatly estranged.
Despite his estrangement from his father, Blake had always been close with his mother. So naturally when she died, Blake was distraught with grief. Like many who had no one to turn to, Blake turned to the bottle. God only knows how many mornings he's woken up in bars, hotels or places he doesn't remember going, to with a pounding headache. It was one night when he was arrested for DUI back in 2009, that he decided that he needed help. Since then he has been going to Counseling.
Blake is quite intelligent. In High School, he was at the top of his class. He didn't grow up here Middlesex, and hence, was at the bottom of the food chain. Like then, Blake is still a smart-ass. In school, it was basically his only defense against those whom where stronger than he was. He has never been terribly strong, but he wasn't a stereotypical, wimpy weakling either.
When it comes to life, Blake is a cynic. He is a guy who sees things as "half empty", to put it simply. He tends to suspicious of everyone around him, almost to the point of paranoia. Obviously, he doesn't trust people very much. And those very few whom he does trust, he has most likely known for several years. And those he does trust, they most likely know everything about him. Blake is also sarcastic. This is a majour part of his smart-ass-y-ness. (is that a word?) The other thing about him is that he is brutally honest. He will tell you like it is, whether it is welcomed or not.
He has a very interesting sense of humour. Blake loves those kinds of jokes that you would have to have common knowledge of history in order to get. Like Monty Python, is a good example of this. If you were to actually visit Blake's apartment, all you'd see is junk. One of his only hobbies is collecting. Pretty much anything that he believes holds some historical value. IE, statues, posters of old movies, etc. No, he's not a hoarder. He does throw things away, but when he does this, he usually has an entire black trash bag full of crap to throw away along with it. When he isn't teaching, at counseling, or sleeping/eating, you can find him around town with a metal detector.
Other than his collection of historical junk, Blake is actually quite a neat person. Every Saturday morning, he takes an hour or so cleaning around the apartment. It is a force of habit really. If he doesn't do it, it will drive him crazy until it does. What many people don't know about Blake, is that when it comes to music, he is actually quite talented. He is a capable singer, and a brilliant piano player. After he finished school, his intentions where to go to Julliard, and become a musician. However, he chose to go to Winona University, and to become a History teacher instead.
When it comes to drama around him, whether it is school related, or personal, he just likes to stay out of it. When his mother died, he went, but left right after the service, not wanting to get caught up in others. His relationship with his mother was different from anyone elses, so how should they be able to grieve with him anyway? And of course, the other thing was the terrible argument with his father right before the service. Blake's father was angry at Blake for wanting to leave, and for acting as if his mother hadn't meant much to him, while Blake was angry at his father because he thought he was blaming him for her death.
- History
- Video Games
- Dogs
- Peace and Quiet
- Reading
- Listening to music, such as Meat Loaf and Billy Joel.
- Anime/Manga (Closet)
- Star Trek
- Playing his piano.
DISLIKES:
- Migraines (Inherited from Mother)
- Limits of stuff he can eat due to his Diabetes. (type 2)
- Teeny-Bopper-Ear-Pudding
- Sports (Specifically Football and Soccer.)
- His father
- Correcting papers.
- Annoying people.
FEARS: There are only two things that Blake truly fears. The first thing is that he is afraid of is somehow loosing his life to his diabetes, which he has been living with for three years now. The other, is that he will never be able to beat his alcoholism.
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OTHER INFORMATION:
FACE CLAIM:
FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST
[font=courier new]ROY MUSTANG — BLAKE KARLEY[/font]
YOUR ALIAS: Bex the smiley abuser extraordinaire.
FOUND US FROM: pssh.
CONTACT INFO: y'all know where to find me.
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