Post by george on Feb 21, 2011 17:00:18 GMT -5
Hi, my name is Merrill and this is my third character. Something you should know about me is I'm a lean, mean sexin' machine.
Canon: Of Mice and Men.
Custom Title: Having it all don't mean a thing.
PHYSICAL
Age: 27 years old.
Gender: Male.
Appearance:
George isn't very tall, and he is quite slight, but he is in shape. He has rough, calloused hands and a nearly permanent frown on his face. He has a low voice that tends to be snappy. It's accented by eye-gouging grammar and a Southern California twang.
Height: 5'9"
Body: He has thin, small-framed body, but muscles are apparent, developed from the grueling work he has endured.
Other distinguishing features: Several callouses decorate his hands.
Wardrobe:
His wardrobe is very casual. Basically what a rancher would wear; typically, a checkered shirt, jeans and a pair of cowboy boots.
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Play By: Gary Sinise
PERSONALITY
General personality:
George can be a likable guy. He's respected by his peers and others enjoy his company. He isn't very talkative, but he often does have an opinion for certain matters. He trusts his intuition, for it has been right on several occasions.
Likes:
Dislikes:
Strengths: He has a good instinct when it comes to being able to tell whether a person is worth messing around with or not. He is respectful towards others and knows not to anger people. He is also patient.
Weaknesses: He often puts others before himself, this leads to him never achieving anything for himself. He can be a little controlling. His affinity for drinking alcohol and every so often he turns to drugs.
BACKGROUND
Family: His mother, Helena Milton (née Porter) is a retired seamstress. His father, Raymond Milton, is a retired rancher. Both his parents are living out the rest of their days in Auburn, California.
Education: George missed several days of school and dropped out of it altogether when he was sixteen.
Occupation: He is a jack-of-all-trades. He can do whatever is available and can be capable to take on numerous tasks. Though he never has only one job, he has great wishes to start a farm. Otherwise, he is skilled as a rancher and cowpoke. Currently, he is working as an instructor for Beginning Horseback Riding.
Worst past experience: The incident that nearly led to Lennie Small's death.
Best past experience: The days when he was a kid, hanging out with his friends and simply lollygagging around.
History: As a child, George spent most of his free hours working on his father's ranch and hanging around the kids from the town. He hardly had the chance (or care) to attend school and rather the spend the day at the ranch or with friends. His mother didn't approve of his activities very much, but there wasn't much she could do - they were poor and needed all the help they could get. On the occasional day, he'd spend the day with Clara - a family friend - and her nephew, Lennie Small.
Lennie was a rather large child with mental problems. The two boys spent many days together with George always telling Lennie what to do. No matter what, George would always find a way to bribe Lennie into listening. This led to George in a few of his companions to play malicious tricks on Lennie every once in a while. They would send the unknowing boy to perform dangerous dares and more.
One summer afternoon, George told Lennie to join the boys in the water for no other reason than to see if Lennie would do it. As always, the boy obeyed George and jumped into the water. However, Lennie was incapable of swimming. The boys were helpless when it came to rescuing the drowning child for Lennie was far more bigger than all of them. It was that day in the summer of George's sixteenth year that Lennie Small nearly drowned, changing George's treatment of the boy for the rest of his life.
Upon his return to high school, George begun hanging out with a more dossier gang of adolescents, each craving a thirst for power and something more than school life. George fell victim to alcohol and dabbled recklessly with drugs. However, by the time he dropped out of school, he knew he had to be clean to have any hope with accumulating a job. Thus, he rid himself of all that junk, but the fact remains that he returns to it every so often.
He eventually found himself in the city of New York where he lived off the money he was capable of saving from his previous jobs. In this city, he was able to find a job teaching horseback riding to both young and old people.
What happened to Lennie? After his aunt Clara had died, George made a small promise to the dear old lady to take care of the man with a child's mind. He'd brought Lennie to see doctors, and with the little money he could scrap up, he was able to find help for his friend. To this day, Lennie remains in California with the aide of psychiatric help, and trying to lead a normal life.
THE SAMPLE
In Character Sample:
"George, I don't like it here."
George didn't reply as he snapped the twigs in his hands and threw them into the fire. The tiny branches crackled in the crackling flames and disintegrated into gray ashes. He focused on the flames as they danced in the pit. For too many nights him and Lennie has spent the night outdoors, and the other man (man? Lennie could hardly be called a man) never seemed to mind it much, but it bothered George quote a bit.
If it weren't for Lennie, he could've gone to college and become some doctor or teacher. Life wouldn't be as difficult if Lennie wasn't around. However, George knew that Clara (poor woman - she died far too young) had made him promise to take care of Lennie. Plus, after all these years, Lennie'd begun to grow onto him.
"I know, it gives you the spooks," George replied, trying not to sound as snappy. "But we ain't gonna be here too long 'cause we're headin' for New York."
"An' then I can take care of them rabbits there?" A look of child-like glee settled upon Lennie's face as he threw in a couple of dead leaves into the fire.
George swatted Lennie's hand away. "Don't go throwin' dead leaves in there," he snapped, "They're gonna make the fire all smoky black. An' maybe I'll let you tend to the rabbits. Just as long you listen well to my words."
Lennie nodded quickly and leaned back into the trunk of a shady elm tree. "I'm listenin', George!" exclaimed Lennie as he placed both hands behind his ears. "You don't hafta worry 'bout that." He then let both hands fall into his lap. "Can you tell me like you done before? 'Bout them rabbits?"
George permitted a chuckle and returned his gaze to focus on the fire. Lennie was a difficult person to deal about, but George had always been able to get over each problem. Sure, they remained etched in stone within his memory, but he knew very well about forgive and forget. Lennie didn't know any better and George couldn't hold that against him.
"You sure do like that, don't ya? Well, guys like us, that work all the goddamn time, are pretty lonely guys..."
George Milton
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Canon: Of Mice and Men.
Custom Title: Having it all don't mean a thing.
PHYSICAL
Age: 27 years old.
Gender: Male.
Appearance:
George isn't very tall, and he is quite slight, but he is in shape. He has rough, calloused hands and a nearly permanent frown on his face. He has a low voice that tends to be snappy. It's accented by eye-gouging grammar and a Southern California twang.
Height: 5'9"
Body: He has thin, small-framed body, but muscles are apparent, developed from the grueling work he has endured.
Other distinguishing features: Several callouses decorate his hands.
Wardrobe:
His wardrobe is very casual. Basically what a rancher would wear; typically, a checkered shirt, jeans and a pair of cowboy boots.
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Play By: Gary Sinise
PERSONALITY
General personality:
George can be a likable guy. He's respected by his peers and others enjoy his company. He isn't very talkative, but he often does have an opinion for certain matters. He trusts his intuition, for it has been right on several occasions.
Likes:
- the country.
- playing cards.
- reading a good novel.
- horseback riding.
Dislikes:
- hot-headed folks.
- immoral women.
- injustice.
- fighting - he deems it as barbarian and tasteless.
Strengths: He has a good instinct when it comes to being able to tell whether a person is worth messing around with or not. He is respectful towards others and knows not to anger people. He is also patient.
Weaknesses: He often puts others before himself, this leads to him never achieving anything for himself. He can be a little controlling. His affinity for drinking alcohol and every so often he turns to drugs.
BACKGROUND
Family: His mother, Helena Milton (née Porter) is a retired seamstress. His father, Raymond Milton, is a retired rancher. Both his parents are living out the rest of their days in Auburn, California.
Education: George missed several days of school and dropped out of it altogether when he was sixteen.
Occupation: He is a jack-of-all-trades. He can do whatever is available and can be capable to take on numerous tasks. Though he never has only one job, he has great wishes to start a farm. Otherwise, he is skilled as a rancher and cowpoke. Currently, he is working as an instructor for Beginning Horseback Riding.
Worst past experience: The incident that nearly led to Lennie Small's death.
Best past experience: The days when he was a kid, hanging out with his friends and simply lollygagging around.
History: As a child, George spent most of his free hours working on his father's ranch and hanging around the kids from the town. He hardly had the chance (or care) to attend school and rather the spend the day at the ranch or with friends. His mother didn't approve of his activities very much, but there wasn't much she could do - they were poor and needed all the help they could get. On the occasional day, he'd spend the day with Clara - a family friend - and her nephew, Lennie Small.
Lennie was a rather large child with mental problems. The two boys spent many days together with George always telling Lennie what to do. No matter what, George would always find a way to bribe Lennie into listening. This led to George in a few of his companions to play malicious tricks on Lennie every once in a while. They would send the unknowing boy to perform dangerous dares and more.
One summer afternoon, George told Lennie to join the boys in the water for no other reason than to see if Lennie would do it. As always, the boy obeyed George and jumped into the water. However, Lennie was incapable of swimming. The boys were helpless when it came to rescuing the drowning child for Lennie was far more bigger than all of them. It was that day in the summer of George's sixteenth year that Lennie Small nearly drowned, changing George's treatment of the boy for the rest of his life.
Upon his return to high school, George begun hanging out with a more dossier gang of adolescents, each craving a thirst for power and something more than school life. George fell victim to alcohol and dabbled recklessly with drugs. However, by the time he dropped out of school, he knew he had to be clean to have any hope with accumulating a job. Thus, he rid himself of all that junk, but the fact remains that he returns to it every so often.
He eventually found himself in the city of New York where he lived off the money he was capable of saving from his previous jobs. In this city, he was able to find a job teaching horseback riding to both young and old people.
What happened to Lennie? After his aunt Clara had died, George made a small promise to the dear old lady to take care of the man with a child's mind. He'd brought Lennie to see doctors, and with the little money he could scrap up, he was able to find help for his friend. To this day, Lennie remains in California with the aide of psychiatric help, and trying to lead a normal life.
THE SAMPLE
In Character Sample:
"George, I don't like it here."
George didn't reply as he snapped the twigs in his hands and threw them into the fire. The tiny branches crackled in the crackling flames and disintegrated into gray ashes. He focused on the flames as they danced in the pit. For too many nights him and Lennie has spent the night outdoors, and the other man (man? Lennie could hardly be called a man) never seemed to mind it much, but it bothered George quote a bit.
If it weren't for Lennie, he could've gone to college and become some doctor or teacher. Life wouldn't be as difficult if Lennie wasn't around. However, George knew that Clara (poor woman - she died far too young) had made him promise to take care of Lennie. Plus, after all these years, Lennie'd begun to grow onto him.
"I know, it gives you the spooks," George replied, trying not to sound as snappy. "But we ain't gonna be here too long 'cause we're headin' for New York."
"An' then I can take care of them rabbits there?" A look of child-like glee settled upon Lennie's face as he threw in a couple of dead leaves into the fire.
George swatted Lennie's hand away. "Don't go throwin' dead leaves in there," he snapped, "They're gonna make the fire all smoky black. An' maybe I'll let you tend to the rabbits. Just as long you listen well to my words."
Lennie nodded quickly and leaned back into the trunk of a shady elm tree. "I'm listenin', George!" exclaimed Lennie as he placed both hands behind his ears. "You don't hafta worry 'bout that." He then let both hands fall into his lap. "Can you tell me like you done before? 'Bout them rabbits?"
George permitted a chuckle and returned his gaze to focus on the fire. Lennie was a difficult person to deal about, but George had always been able to get over each problem. Sure, they remained etched in stone within his memory, but he knew very well about forgive and forget. Lennie didn't know any better and George couldn't hold that against him.
"You sure do like that, don't ya? Well, guys like us, that work all the goddamn time, are pretty lonely guys..."
LOL)