Post by carmen on May 4, 2016 13:25:35 GMT -5
BASICS
"How could you expect me to do all my talents promised?"
Name: Jack Forrester
Age/Birthday: 19 years old, his birthday is May 24th, a Gemini
Class: Freshman at Metric College (First Year at Metric, second year as a freshman)
Major: Creative Writing with a focus in Poetry and Songwriting, minor in Music Composition
Reason for Enrolling: After failing and dropping out his first year at a different college where he was studying Business Management, he realized that the only way he would succeed would be if he devoted his time to something he loved, the arts, namely writing poetry and music
Sexuality: Bisexual
Job: He's looking
General Appearance: Jack is average height, five foot eleven, and stocky. He was always a chubby kid and even through puberty he could never shake the baby fat that he carried with him, though people close to him would never call him fat. He's used to words like 'broad,' 'big-boned,' and 'husky,' though he hates those descriptors even more than he hates being called fat. He has broad shoulders and biceps from the little physical activity he is involved in -- which is usually things like lifting heavy inventory but is mostly things like fighting. He has brown curly hair that he keeps somewhat short, and eyebrows that allow him to be incredibly expressive. He has a bit of a baby face that he hates and a bit of a double chin, but when he smiles he actually looks quite handsome.
Clothing/Style: Jack is into all things grunge, from the music to its style. He takes that in mind when he dresses himself, often donning jean or leather jackets paired with band shirts and ripped jeans. Other than that he doesn't have much of a style, and much prefers to be comfortable than look good. He enjoys flannels and his beat up converse, and all of his clothes have a very worn, secondhand look. He owns a plethora of bands shirts. His ears are pierced (he did it himself) and he recently pierced his left eyebrow.
Playby: Turlough Convery
PERSONALITY
"How could you expect perfection when I’m Gemini-dishonest?"
"How could you expect perfection when I’m Gemini-dishonest?"
Personality: Jack is easily bored, and enjoys all pleasurable things in life. He will admit that he does tend to overindulge sometimes, but he believes that the memories made are completely worth it. His favorite thing to do is party with his band after gigs and whatever that entails. He loves to drink and smoke, enjoying immensely the way he feels and acts when he is drunk or high. He especially enjoys having the munchies, especially if his band goes out to eat afterwards. He enjoys trying different types of food and he considers himself a bit of a foodie. It helps that his mother trained as a chef when she was younger, so he fully appreciates the way people use food to come together or express themselves. He finds cooking to be an artform, and has learned from the best.
If there’s anything Jack loves more than food, it has to be sex. Jack is bisexual, but not directly in the middle of the spectrum. He favors women about 70 percent of the time, though it is very rare that he turns down advances. Thanks to the glamor of being in an (albeit unknown) band he has fair share of suitors. Though, deep down, he is more of a hopeless romantic than one to sleep around. As much as he loves the pleasure of sex, he likes the aftermath even more when it’s just two people, maybe some cuddling. He likes to imagine then that he is in a relationship at those moments, because if he is anything, he’s kinda lonely.
Though he is incredibly outgoing and loves to spend his time messing around with friends, most of the time he's a rather reserved person. He feels like he has grown out of the majority of his recklessness, considering he used to go all out when he was in High School. Now, when he isn't out socializing, he is very focused on his art and his studies. He has a debilitating fear of failure, which leads to a lot of stress about his schoolwork as well as question about whether or not he is as talented as he wishes he were. He is a very emotional person and has mood swings at the drop of a hat, but he mostly bottle them up and expresses it through his writing.
Jack is the kind of person that is always happy and supporting his friends, but for him every emotion is tinged with depression. Because of this, he often deals with feelings of numbness and anger. He tries to talk through his feelings with his psychiatrist and in his group therapy sessions, but he's not sure if that helps. He's always thinking about all the things that he doesn't have, like a relationship, and obsessing over them and the thoughts that come with. Deep down, all he really wants to do is have no responsibilities and stay in bed all day with someone he likes, eating tons of delicious food, and watching bad horror movies. Sometimes he can't get over the thought of having a boyfriend or girlfriend that would hand feed him pizza -- though he'd never admit that to anybody.
Habits: Smokes cigarettes and weed, has a stash of adderall he dips into from time to time, punching things or hurting himself when he's angry, overeating and emotional eating
Likes: Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n Roll, Slasher films, going out to eat, dogs, curvy girls, writing poetry, pasta, Karl Marx, emo bands, whiskey, foodplay, being dominated, going to concerts, documentaries, being fed, cuddling, poetry slams
Dislikes: snobs, school, the bourgeoisie, reality tv, running, hangovers, hit-it and quit-its (he likes to stay and cuddle), prudes and killjoys, people who are hard to read, mindless consumerism, people who are dishonest, being alone
BACKGROUND
"How could I do better than my best? I'm just a kid"
"How could I do better than my best? I'm just a kid"
Family:
- Scott Forrester - Father - CEO
- Deborah Forrester - Mother - Chef
Backstory:
Jack is the only child to Scott and Deborah Forrester. And being the only child growing up led to a lot of pressure to live up to his parents expectations. He realized early on in his life that the things that his parents thought were important were things that Jack could never really connect to. As a child he found that he was more interested in art and music when other boys played sports and shown off. Much to the dismay to his father, though, who hoped his son would grow up to like baseball as much as him. He also expected Jack to some day work for his company, though doing what, Jack could never say. He never understood what his Father's job entailed and doesn't have a business-savvy bone in his body. Because of this, along with Jack's occasionally aggressive personality, their relationship growing up was very strained. As Jack started to grow into himself and began to delve deeper into his interest, him and his father grew apart.Though there were never any hard feelings, and Scott tries his best to be supportive of his music, Jack still thinks of himself as a disappointment to his parents. If anything, it's easier for him to think that way, therefore his actions don't have ramifications, as he thinks the bar is already set so low for him.
In his Freshman year of high school Jack decided to form a band, as he always had a dream to be a rock star. He started it with one of his good friends whom he asked to be the frontman. Though Jack started the band and writes all the songs, he felt like he wasn’t a good fit to be front and center. Instead, he plays lead guitar and writes the music. It was a small, scrappy neo-emo band that started off as shit, but aged rather gracefully as Jack aged. Through his band he realized his talent for writing lyrics and poetry, and a lesser talent of music composition. Soon he began banging out multiple songs a week, spending much more time and attention on his music than his schoolwork. Though it led him to be a decidedly average student, much to the dismay of his parents, his focus on his art led him to improve quickly. By his senior year of high school he had made a name for himself and his band in the local scene, and was performing regularly. He made it into an average college with a focus on Business Management, but his schoolwork soon fell to the wayside when he could never bring himself to go to classes he didn't like, or study things he wasn't interested in. Instead he became focused solely on his art. He had a lot of free time not attending his college, and he filled it all up with writing and creating music. He strengthened his talents as a poet until writing poetry became the best thing he could do. He went to every poetry slam on campus and around town, then began entering them and winning repeatedly. His band was solidified as a crucial part of their local scene and got more popular than ever. It was a period of great happiness for Jack, but that all came crumbling down at the end of his first schoolyear when he was told that he was not invited back to the college.
Breaking the news to his parents was the hardest thing that he had ever done. He was ashamed, and felt like a failure. His parents assured him that everything was going to be okay, that he still had his whole life ahead of him and many other chances he could take. But he wasn't stupid, he could tell just how disappointed his parents were in him. Not to mention the dent it put in their wallet, spending a year of tuition that was practically wasted. He felt lousy for letting his parents down, but also somewhat relieved. He had finally fucked up big time, and he decided that there was no where to go but up. He decided to stop half-assing shit, and he knew that the only way he could accomplish that was by putting all of his efforts into the things he truly cared about, his writing and his music.
He applied to many schools in his area, but was unsurprisingly rejected by a lot of them. Metric College, a school that has stood out to him from the beginning, was one of the few that accepted him. In fact, the school made it clear that they wanted him. Despite his average grades and test scores and the fact he had failed his first year of college, the school recognized his talents. He had prepared a thick portfolio for all the the art schools he applied to, and seemed to impress the admissions at Metric College. Realizing that there might be a place for him after all was a turning point in his life. He decided that he was going to spend all of his energy on his schoolwork and attempting to better himself and his art. He desperately wants to prove himself, to prove to himself and his family that he can be successful.
OOC NOTES
"I'm just a kid! I've always been!"
"I'm just a kid! I've always been!"
Notes:
- Jack is diagnosed with Depression, Anxiety, and Borderline Personality Disorder. He goes to therapy and group therapy once a week.
- He hates capitalism and mindless consumerism, but he spends all of his money on concerts, drugs, and food.
- Plays Guitar, French Horn, Trombone, and Piano
- Has a Pitbull puppy named Marx!
Playlist:
- Burble - The Island of Misfit Toys (Lyrics)
- Ginger - The Front Bottoms
- Constant Headache - Joyce Manor
- I Wanna Get Better - Bleachers
- I Wanna Be Yours - Arctic Monkeys