BRAYDIN, elijah leo

BRAYDIN, elijah leo May 30, 2009 12:27:51 GMT -8

Post by ELI BRAYDIN on May 30, 2009 12:27:51 GMT -8

ELIJAH LEO BRAYDIN

I'VE JUST SEEN A FACE

character name: Elijah Leo Braydin
nicknames: Eli, Braydin, E-Braid
age: 23
gender: male
sexuality: heterosexual
pb: Ryan Gosling

THE LONG WINDING ROAD

occupation: las vegas times journalist, owns an art gallery outside of the city
residence: balmoral apartments
been in vegas for how long and why: Eli came to Las Vegas a year ago. He wanted a fresh start and there was word that his father was living in the vicinity. Of course, he has yet to find the man.

FULL OF EXCITING STORIES

likes:
+ sports
+ the red sox
+ girls
+ his friends
+ gloria
+ his mother
+ art
+ australia
+ surfing
+ laughing
+ inside jokes
+ trusting people
+ honesty
+ grilled cheese
+ thunderstorms
+ writing
+ fast cars
+ stereos
+ highlighters
+ newport lights
+ jack daniels
+ bud light
+ sleeping in
+ fleece blankets
dislikes:
- liars
- the yankee's
- pollution
- being quiet
- hard drugs
- spoons
- signatures
- tipping at restaurants
- whiteout
- tomatoes
- olives
- peppers
- being told he can’t smoke
- trashy girls
- staples
- sweaters
- not having enough paint
- people who don’t appreciate his art
- clicky pens
personality:
rational
artistic
honest
passionate
gentlemanly
impulsive
curious
optimistic
dedicated
hard working
loving
ambitious
thoughtful
considerate
confident
independent

p a s s i o n a t e -
“dedication and passion go hand in hand I say, and whenever I put my mind to something it gets done without fail. everything I set my sights on, man I just gotta have it. I can’t stop until I get it, there’s no stopping me, or telling me that it’s impossible. I need to have it. maybe for some people that’s obsession, but I call it real passion. the kind where nothing else in the world matters. in a way it goes hand in hand with girls, when I see one I really like, I just need her in some way. and when there’s a girl I really like, more than just physically, but that I can have a relationship with, well, it makes life so much better for me with it. because then she knows how I truly feel, and everything just falls into place.”

t h o u g h t f u l –
“when I was little, I had often thought about being a philosopher. but when I realized it wasn’t so much about being a deep thinker than crazy theory and logic stuff, I figured maybe I should just stick to being a good thinker. I love to think, and I ponder things quite often. maybe that’s why I’m such a good writer, because I can think on my feet and just roll with it. everything comes from a common center right? so maybe my common center is the ability to think deep and complex thoughts, and roll them all into one thing, which ironically, becomes simplistic.”

h o n e s t -
“I think the most of a lie I’ve ever told is that I wasn’t a virgin when I first had sex, but really, I was. lying isn’t really becoming, and I try not to lie unless I can help it. most of the time I’m one of the most honest people you’ll ever meet. although, there are no guarantee’s, I may slip up from time to time. but that doesn’t mean I’ll allow lying, I hate it. after all, honesty is the best policy. so don’t lie to me, I won’t lie to you, and everything will be peachy keen. alright jelly bean?”

l o v i n g –
“there aren’t too many guys who will admit that they like the whole romance thing, so be lucky I am. but I really do, you dig? there's just something about the thrill that comes from being in love, and seeing a girl so happy because of the guy they’re with. I love it, and I love seeing the people I know and care about happy. especially if there is that certain girl in my life. I want her to know I love her, and I don’t want to hide it from her, because everyone deserves to know they’re loved, if they are. plus, there’s just that good silly fun with being in love, everything seems to fall into place.”

c o n f i d e n t -
“everything I do, I believe in. I believe in myself and the choices I make, and everything that goes on. you'll never find me being one of those people who are worrying about something, I have complete confidence in myself, and control over every situation. some people may call it cockiness, but no, that is when you’re completely too confident. I have to say though, there is one area that I get nervous about though, and really, who doesn’t? although I am skilled in the bedroom, I still get a bit nervous, especially with a new girl. but don’t tell anyone, I’ll deny it.”

h a r d w o r k i n g –
“like I’ve said, I don’t stop until I get what I want, and that goes for work too. if I’m working on something, I won’t stop until it’s done. you could say it goes with being dedicated, but really- nobody likes a quitter. when I start working on something, you bet your ass I’m gonna finish it, even if it takes me the rest of my life to do, I’ll do it. and I’m very careful with my work. I’m not the kind to rush through something just to finish it and be done. everything has to be perfect and in order, or else it’s not finished. nothing is finished until it is completely satisfactory and I can look at it, smile, and be proud. call it ocd if you want, but I just call it good old fashioned hard work, something a lot of people I know don’t understand.”

i m p u l s i v e -
“you know, I’m sure plenty of people do this, but I go on gut feeling over anything else. whenever I have a choice to make, if I feel I should do it, I will. if I feel I shouldn’t, I won’t. my mind could change on a dime, and I just follow it. I do thinks because I want to then, not because of how it’ll effect me later on down the road. the whole part of life is to live it, and not worry about it with every turn of a corner. see, I don’t worry, I just do. life is now, and it’s the only shot you get.”

o p t i m i s t i c -
“there are people in life who see the cup as half empty, who are afraid to do something because of how it will turn out, and who only see things in a negative light. I am not one of those people. I don’t really like those people. I try my best to see the good in everything, and for me the glass is never half empty, it’s always half full, and filling. really, sometimes I don’t even understand the meaning of a Debbie downer. every cloud has it’s silver lining, even the dark clouds. I’d rather not have people be raining on my parade, but if you’re not as optimistic as I am, that doesn’t mean I won’t be friends with you, we’ll just be continually bouncing off one another. like, all the time.”

fears:
• Turning into what his mother has told him about his father
• Gambling his money into oblivion
• Wasting his life doing something other than art.
Eli was never really a gambler, and with that said, living in a city where gambling makes 99% of its revenue, he is scared to death he is going to just go nuts one day and lose it all. He wants to be a success, not a failure. His mother has always told him how awful his father was, and he just doesn’t want to be like that. A deadbeat dad, a liar, just an awful person. To become his father is scarier than anything he could imagine. And finally, he doesn’t want to be stuck in a cubicle all day, and go home and bitch and moan. He wants to be able to be an artist and not waste his life, because wasting his life on something other than art, he would rather be dead than be a cubicle drone.
secrets:
• He is Leo Marsh.
• He is zealophobic[fear of jealousy]
Have you ever heard of the artist Leo Marsh? Well, that is Eli Braydin. It’s his pseudonym, because he doesn’t feel Elijah Braydin is nearly good enough to be a painter, so he uses the name of his father. It is the only kind of a connection besides his genetics that he has with the man, and he loves his art more than anything else in the world. And then, Eli is a zealophob. You see, he’s got a fear of jealousy. Not of being jealous, but he is afraid of people being jealous of him, because he has never felt he is somebody worth being idolized and jealous of. Plus, he just hates the saying: Jealousy, that green-eyed monster.
goals:
• Become more of a famous painter.
• Find his father
• Have a family like his mother has now.
As awful as he thinks his father was, Eli wants to meet the man who was half to thank for his birth. That’s part of the reason why he’s in Las Vegas after all, because he wants to know who he is, and understand why he left. Whenever he thinks of his mother, he knows he wants to be as happy as she is. He wants to have someone to come home to at the end of the day, and two kids he can be proud of. She has that, and there is nothing more he wants than to have that too. And finally, Eli wants to be a painter on a scale with the greats. He wants Leo Marsh to be a name equal to the likes of DiVinci, or Van Gogh, and that is the biggest dream he could ever have.

WHEN I GET HOME

family:
• Jolene Leary, 43, mother. Jolene has always been there for Eli, with everything he had ever decided to do. She is the kind of mother where nothing he does can make her upset, it just isn’t part of who she is. When she’d gotten married, she became a stay at home mother for him and his sister Gloria.
• Rick Leary, 47, step-father. Rick, although not his birth father, has never considered Eli anything less than a son. He has always been there, and even gave Eli pointers on being a good boyfriend. In a way, Eli doesn’t even need his biological father, because Rick is just as good as any.
• Gloria Leary, 8, sister. Every guy that has a little sister has this special bond with them, and Eli has that with Gloria. She is everything to him, and if he could be there fighting every battle for her, he would. She is the sweetest little girl anyone could ever meet, and his favorite painting of his, is the one of his little sister. It’s not for sale.
history:
Elijah was born on October 13th, 1986 at the North Central Bronx Hospital. To say he had perfect parents who loved him, well that would be a complete lie. He had a mother who loved him, Jolene Braydin. Eli was a little treasure for her, because he reminded her every day of all the good things in the world, and even the bad ones too. One thing he would always remind her of, was the love she’d had and lost: Leo Marsh. He was Eli’s father and love of her life. They’d met on a business trip he’d had to Australia, where Jo lived. They met and had fallen in love, a love so deep that he managed to convince her to move to New York with him. She got a visa and eventual citizenship in the country, but not before becoming pregnant and losing Leo. He told her he couldn’t handle a child, they weren’t old enough, and Leo skipped out on twenty-one year old Jolene. It was a heartbreaking thing for her, but she managed to push through it for little Eli. Who with each passing day looked more and more like his father than she could have even hoped. To give him Leo’s last name was not something she would do, he wasn’t there for either of them, but she did give him one thing, she named their son Elijah Leo Braydin.

Being a single woman in New York was hard enough to make ends meet, but now she had a son to raise too. The pair had to live in a rundown apartment in the Bronx. Not something either of the two have been proud of considering it was always a neighborhood considered not one of the best. But they made things work out, and had fun just the two of them. Eli had one very best friend growing up, and she didn’t care how scrawny he was. Daisy Sykes became his best friend and they bonded over everything. Always inseparable, sometimes they would have secret meetings at the park, which wasn’t always the safest of things to do. They bonded, and had many of their firsts together. First dance, first date, first kiss. Everything, it was together, and they went to eachother’s shows to support the other. They were the best friends anyone had ever seen.

However, come sophomore year the worst thing imaginable could have happened. He had to move. His mother uprooted him, and they were off to her home, in Australia. But Eli couldn’t have been resentful and hate his mother, it wasn’t her fault. It was because his grandmother had grown very ill and needed to be taken care of. It was up to Jolene to do that. So they moved away, and he feared he would never see Daisy or New York City again. But he knew there would be some good thing to come of the move, no matter what it was.

Australia was a good thing for him. It represented a change that he had to have happen in his life, so he could grow into the person he would become. Surfing fueled his life now, and with that he grew into a tall and muscular boy. Not to mention, the sun had to help somewhat as well. Here, he found his niche in dating, perhaps it was the American accent he’d brought with him, but the girls flocked to him left and right. He had one steady girlfriend though, towards the end of his residence. Her name was Lacey and it was a young love they shared together. That stupid belief they would be together forever, but they wouldn’t. They fought a lot, and when he had to leave, they knew it would be for the best. All their relationship was, had been a building block for bigger and better things.

When his grandmother passed away, it was time to go home. Back to New York City, in all of its ragged glory. But by this point in time, they weren’t harboring penny pinching actions anymore. They were better off, considering there were two people providing for the family. Jolene had gotten married to a man named Rick Leary, and together they had a daughter named Gloria, Eli’s half-sister. It was a wonderful thing for them, and they lived in the Upper-East Side now. Daisy and he reformed their friendship, still marveled at the amount he’d grown since he was gone. But best friends stay best friends forever.
While in New York again, Eli finished high school, and he even went on to college at New York University, for a degree in journalism and business management. Being in college was a completely different setting for him, but opened up things in an entirely different manner, he started drinking and smoking for one thing, and he had several relationships, only one of which was actually serious. But that ended once he found his girlfriend sleeping with his roommate- yeah, not a great feeling.
As college came to a close, Eli was faced with quite the conundrum. Does he stay in New York? Does he go back to Australia? Or does he start a new adventure? Naturally, he chose starting a new adventure, and Las Vegas was his destination. He got a job as a journalist for the las vegas times and with some money his step-father was able to give him, he opened up his own art gallery just outside of the city. The gallery has been going quite well, most of the art though, being of the artist Leo Marsh. But he has faith in it all. And perhaps the most definitive reason for choosing Las Vegas was the fact that his birth father supposedly lived somewhere near the city. He hopes to find his father someday.

pets: Cooper, dog.

FROM US TO YOU

ooc name: becky!
age: 19
years roleplaying: foreverrr
other characters: lucy!
how did you hear about us: londyy
roleplay sample: see my other bio!

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