Post by Ariel Cordelia Brookes on Mar 23, 2010 14:39:36 GMT -5
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Ariel Cordelia Brookes
* tell us a little about yourself.I'm not really sure what there is to tell about me. My name is Ariel Cordelia Brookes. My middle name comes from my parents love for the ocean and actually means 'of the ocean.' I have no idea where they got my first name from, except that all of my sisters names start with the letter A. It's some weird fetish that my parents had. My last name is not that well known, but it does have some prominence behind it. We have been building boats since before my ancestors came over to America and my father has stayed with the trade. I kind of like that no one stops me because of my last name, but people still show me respect because of my father.
I lived most of my life near the water and have just recently moved away from the beach and into the town of Walten City. I figured after twenty-one years of living with my dad and sisters it was time to get out on my own. I miss the ocean and being able to look outside my bedroom window and see the water everyday. I visit home a lot and will spend most of the night just looking out over the waves. There is something calming about them, almost like a sense of belonging. In a couple of years I plan to go back and have my own place.
Now I have a small little apartment that's not to far from the antique shop that I work at. I love the store it's just perfect for me and I've always been interested in mysterious objects. My father keeps trying to talk me into college but I can always go back later and do that, plus I'm taking a couple of classes that I find interesting. Hopefully one day I'll have my own little shop to run.
I've mentioned this before but I'm twenty-one years old. I was born on May 9th in the middle of a terrible thunder storm. We were lucky to make it to the hospital. I love my birthday because it is around the time when it is warm enough to go out and play in the water. Anything earlier and it's to cold. Most people still think that I'm crazy to be out there than, but I love having the beach to myself. Most people say that I look like Kelly Sweet, but I don't see the resemblance.
* what are some of your positive traits?
I've been told I have a lot of good traits about me, but the one I admire most in myself in my curiosity. I'm always finding things, either at the shop or things I find along the street. I want to know what they are used for and the history behind them. I also want to know all about the world outside Walten. I know there must be so much to explore, but I've been stuck in this little town my entire life with my over protective father. Life is so boring when you can't go out and learn what everything is. All I want to do is know what else is out there, nothing is going to happen to me. Everyone says I should just go to school and learn all of this stuff, but I hate sitting in a classroom listening to people talk about nothing of importance.
That leads me to my next trait, some people thinks it can be a bad thing but I like to look at as a good thing. I have a habit of day dreaming. I have so many plans for my future and without my ability to sit back and dream none of them would ever come true. I'm not one of those people who just sits back and does nothing about them either, I plan to actually achieve each one. Sometimes I get in trouble with it, when I'm suppose to be somewhere and I loose track of time and start daydreaming, but is there anything that important that I can't be a little late.
I also tend to be late when I get started on a new project. It had everything to do with my curiosity, but I am a very adventurous person. I love trying new things and seeing new places. There is nothing that I won't do and the more someone tries to tell me not to do something the more likely I am to go out and do it. Sometimes this leads me into dangerous situations, but what is life without a little danger to it? I've always ended up fine and even if my father or sisters had not been there I would have been fine too. Sometimes I just wish they would let me grow up and experience life.
The trait my father is most worried about is that I'm to trusting. I take people at their word. If you go around thinking everybody is hiding something than you will miss so much good in people. Sure not everybody is going to dot he right thing, but most of the time they will let you know what they are going to do. Sometimes you just have to decide if you want something bad enough to risk whatever they are asking for, but they are still going to tell you what they want.
The trait he most admires in me though is my nurturing nature. I may be the youngest in the family, but I still try to look out for other people. I do whatever I can to help someone. It may not be much, just standing by their bedside when they are sick, but you can count on me. I love animals, though at times they can scare me. I take a little while to warm up to people and animals, but once I do you have a friend for life in me.
* what are some things that you can improve on?
We all have things that we need to improve on and I guess I'm no exception. I can be a little naive. Instead of getting a little suspicious I trust that people will do what they say or that whatever they tell me is true. It puts me into some bad situations, like running away with a guy who tells me he loves me, but I found out later that he didn't. My sisters have been known to play a few horrible pranks on me, by telling me something that wasn't true. Like one time they told me if you go swimming naked under a full moon at midnight you'll meet a mermaid. I never did meet a mermaid but they did still all of my clothes.
This one I'm not to proud of, but we're not suppose to be proud of our faults are we? I can be a little spoiled. When I want to do something I tend to go off and do it without thinking about how it makes anyone else feel. When I get in trouble for it later, I usually start to throw a temper tantrum. Later I feel ashamed that I did it, but it always seems to keep happening. I really wish I could control my temper or think about how things will effect people before I do them, but I only do it after everything has happened.
When I'm first put into a new situation or meet new people I tend to be shy. I never know what to say or do, but eventually my curiosity gets the better of me and I start to explore and question everything. I also am really shy if I like someone, I can never ask for what I want and wait for the other person to figure it out. Normally I'm a very assertive person who has no problem saying what I want or asking questions, but when it comes to a boy I like I get tongue-tied.
I have a stubborn streak a mile wide. When I make up my mind about something I don't let anyone change it, even when it's the best for me. Nothing gets in my way and I've been know to lie and sneak around to do what I've set my mind to. I'd probably make a deal with the devil if I thought it could help me achieve my goals. It's the same way with what I believe. It takes a lot of arguing to get me to change my mind. Even when everything is put in front of me, I have to see for myself the way things are before I'll change what I think.
I'm not sure if this is a good trait or a bad trait, but I can be a bit rebellious. The more someone tells me no or that I can't have or do something the more tempting it it. I don't follow blindly and much prefer to lead people rather than to just follow. In fact I'm horrible at following. My first instinct when given an order is to do the opposite. I try not to get caught, getting in trouble is no fun, but I still do what I'm not suppose to.
* what's your biggest secret? we won't tell.
My biggest secret? I don't have to many secrets and none of them are very interesting. i would have to say that when I was sixteen I ran away with a boy my father had forbidden me from seeing. I told him I was spending the weekend with friends and would be back after school on Monday. We were gone for three days, before I got homesick and decided to come back. I nver told anyone that except my best friend.
* what does your heart want?I always knew that I would fall in love with some great guy who would cherish me and come on grand adventures with me. He would have to be adventurous, I could never see myself with some who wanted to stay at home all day. He would have to be kind, but not a push over. I hate guys that are controlling. I want a guy that will let me be me and not tell me what to do. I have enough of that with my father. Also he has to be understanding, someone who was never willing to listen or compromise would get on my nerves.
* what do you do in your spare time?I have lots of spare time, though I love my job and everything that is included with it. I love to collect strange and unique objects. I have a large collection from all around the world. There is no rhyme or reason to it, just things that I have found interesting. Most people call it eclectic, but that's fine by me. I just collect whatever catches my attention.
Another hobby is swimming. I love the ocean more than anything, but if it's to cold I'll use a pool. I swim every morning. I spent every summer as a lifeguard as a teenager and even helped save someone's life once. Sometimes I feel like I belong in the water.
My favorite hobby though would have to be singing. I remember my mother would sing me to sleep each night and she was the one who taught me to sing. It's my way of remembering her. I'm always singing whether I'm in the shower or just working. Music is a big passion of mine and maybe one day I'll be able to do something with it, but as long as I get to sing I'm happy.
* so what does your family life look like?
My family is very large. All of us are girls and were raised by my dad.
I have seven sisters and my mother died when I was young. Life was good, with daddy's money we never really wasted for anything and I was always involved in some sort of activity. Even with the large family I never worried about not getting enough attention. My sisters were there and my father, though very busy always had time for me. We had a good life. It was hard without our mom, but we made it work the best we could.
I'm not super close to all of my sisters, but we do get along for the most part. I know that if I ever needed anything they would come to my rescue. That did not stop them from picking on me though. They were always playing cruel little jokes. I'm the baby of the family and even though we are only a few years apart they still treat me as if I was born years after them. I guess living with a bunch of older and younger sisters makes you want to boss somebody around and me being the youngest was the easiest target.
My relationship with my father goes from really good to really bad. When my mother died he became very overprotective. We used to be really close and I felt like I could go to him with anything, but the more I grew up and he tried to control my life, the more strained our relationship became. I hope that one day we will be able to become close again, but first he has to let me grow up.
As for my mom it's really hard to talk about her. She died when I was five from a boating accident. My father was very depressed for a while and he wanted nothing to do with anything that reminded her of mom. I remember her singing me to sleep at night and she used to tell me stories about places from all over the world. Everyone tells me I look the most like her and that they can see a lot of her personality in me. I just hope that one day I can make her proud.
* what are the memorable moments in your life?
The event that had the biggest impact on my life was my mother's death. I was five at the time and it changed my whole world. I can only remember little things about her and I spend everyday wondering what my life would be like with her in it. I've had my sisters there to teach me all the things about growing into a woman, but I felt like I was always missing something. When I was scared or missing her the worst I would go look at the ocean and talk to her. I would tell her all my dreams and hopes and about all the wonderful things that I had discovered. Even now whenever I find something that feels extra special I will go down to the beach and pretend like she is there and tell her about my life. My sisters all have these great memories of her and the only thing I have is her voice. Even that seems to fade sometimes. I hope that one day I can have a daughter and teach her all the things I never got to learn from my own mother.
A moment that had a big happy impact was the first time I got out of Walten City. I was going to go visit some cousins in New York. I will never forget the lights and the people. One day I hope to be able to go back and see everything that the world has to offer. There were so many new things to see and so many places to explore. People there had such a wide view on the world and I got to meet people from all over the globe. They would tell me all about the places they were from. Italy, Spain, France, Egypt, China, all these wonderful places that I have only heard stories about. I have always wanted to get out of the town, but after that visit I knew that I had to see more. I want to open my own little shop and have items from all of these places. Hopefully I can go and collect them all myself. Maybe I'll even tell my customers the stories behind them and than I will have someone else besides my mother to share everything with.
Another event that had an impact on my life was my first solo concert. I was in fifth grade and in the chorus. We were doing a big concert for the parents and I was chosen to sing a solo for them. I had always loved music but the feeling I got from it was amazing. It made me feel closer to my mother, though I wish that she had been there. I hope she was watching me from wherever she is. One day I hope to be able to get on stage and sing again. I never want to do it as a profession, there is something to personal to me to do that, but I love making people smile and I can do that with singing. I haven't been on stage since high school, but one day I will be.
* so we've heard that you're a lot like Ariel
name: Ariel is the name of the little mermaid in the movie. Her middle name Cordelia means of the ocean and her last name is Brookes, like a brooke of water.
play by: Kelly Sweet has the wavy red hair and she has the look of innocence about her. She does not have the gracefulness of a proper princess, but neither did Ariel instead she has this playful look about her. There is a look of innocence about her, but also someone that is about to take on the world.
positive traits: Ariel's curiosity and adventurous nature are very easy to see. She loves to collect things and learn everything she can about them. The one place she wants to be more than anywhere else is on land where she has been forbidden from her entire life.
You can also see her dreamer nature as she spends a lot of the movie with a dreamy look on her face or trying to imagine all the things that she wants.
When Ariel makes the deal with Ursula she trusts that the witch will do the right thing, despite being told how bad of a person she is. She also goes off with Prince Erik without a second thought.
Ariel's first act of love toward Erik is saving his life and singing to him. She is shown willing to help out Sebastian and Flounder whenever they get in trouble.
negative traits:
Ariel's naivety is shown when she trusts Ursula with no question. Ariel does not expect that she is going to be double crossed and thinks the deal she makes is a fairly straightforward one.
Her shyness is shown when she first becomes a human and meets Max and Erik, despite her like for the dog and man she has no idea how to handle them.
Ariel may seem like a sweet girl but she can be quite spoiled. She expects her father to let her do whatever she wants despite his warning against it. He also tends to be quite easy on her punishments, until he realizes she will never listen.
Rebellious and stubborn, no matter how many times the girl is told to stay away from the top world she keeps going back. The more she is told not to do something the more she does it anyways.
orientation: she married prince Erik.
turn ons: Ariel loves to see new things. She would need someone who would encourage her sense of adventure and love for life. Also she is a good hearted person and the man she is with would need to be the same way, but her rebellious spirit would not want someone who just followed her around.
turn offs: Ariel would never do well with someone who was controlling she is very much her own girl with her own mind. Someone who was as stubborn as herself would only lead to arguments and fights.
spare time: Ariel was known for her collection of objects from shipwrecks. This Ariel also collects, but hers are more random. They are just things that catch her attention. Ariel being a mermaid lives in the ocean and this Ariel feels like she should. Any moment that she can spend in water she is. Ariel was known for her beautiful voice, going as far as to be giving concerts. Ariel is not a professional singer but she does still have a love for music.
family life: Both lost their mother at the age of five. In the Disney version she was killed by pirates and here it was a boating accident. Ariel has six sisters and was raised by her father, just like in the movie.
memorable moments: Her family changed when her mother died, just like in the movie. Ariel always wanted to go see what was beyond the sea and here Ariel wants to see what lies beyond the town. In the movie Ariel is known to perform concerts and is in fact late to one that she is suppose to be performing. Here Ariel loves music, but has never really done anything with it, but her first school concert where she got to sing a solo will always be a favorite moment in her life.this application was written by amber, who also plays no one.
