OC meme
I stole this from Sarah. I thought it was quite possibly one of the coolest things I've ever seen. All right, I'm exaggerating. But it's still pretty awesome. I'm not tagging anyone but I will make drop a not-so-subtle hint that Michele hurry up and post hers. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
1. Choose a few of your own characters. Five at the most.
2. Make them answer the following questions.
3. Then tag three people.
Characters: Elena (Carlson) Groban, Raleigh Minyard and Ariana Groban all from the Remember When It Rained series and Felicia Page, a character I created for my Dom/Elena RWIR alternate ending and have fleshed out for the novel I’m planning. I thought about using the Raleigh and Elena from the earlier stories, but I really wanted to use Ariana and I thought it would be a little odd. So, those three are the ages and in roughly the same spot in life as they were during my last chapter post of Nobody's Girl. Felicia is someone I've been working on for awhile now and I really like her so I was glad for an opportunity to get to really introduce her.
Q&A
1. How old are you?
Elena: Um…50? I don’t really pay attention.
Raleigh: *eye roll* Geez, woman. You’re four months younger than me and we just had my 48th birthday party two weeks ago.
Elena: So that would make me 47?
Raleigh: *pats Elena’s knee* Very good.
Ariana: Twenty-five. And I’m her daughter. *points to Elena*
Felicia: Twenty-eight.
2. What's your height?
Raleigh: Five foot eleven.
Elena: Liar! You’re only five eight.
Raleigh: I’m adding three inches for the heels.
Felicia: Oh my gosh, those are so cute!
Raleigh: I know!
Felicia: Where on earth did you get such amazing shoes?
Ariana: From my closet.
3. Are you a virgin?
*all four women simultaneously laugh*
4. Who's your mate/spouse?
Elena: Josh Groban, the man with the voice of an angel and the maturity of a five year old.
Raleigh: Mitch Minyard, CPA and guitar player extraordinare.
Felicia: I have my Brand.
Raleigh: Your husband’s name is Brand?
Felicia: Fiance. And it’s short for Hildebrand. *looks at Ariana* Your turn.
Ariana: Jakob Monaghan.
Felicia: The actor? You’re married to him? I thought guys that beautiful were kept under lock and key.
Ariana: *blushes* He is rather attractive, isn’t he?
Felicia: Could I interest you in a trade? Or how about a loan? I’d give him right back, I promise.
5. Do you have any kids?
Elena: Two. Ariana, obviously, and my son Andrew. He’s a dancer.
Raleigh: Three girls. Emma, Kate and Rachel.
Ariana: Not yet, but I’m about four months pregnant.
Felicia: Nada. Brand and I might get around to it eventually but it’s unlikely. We’re both very selfish people. We wouldn’t make good parents. The fact we were able to put aside enough selfishness to commit to one another is miraculous in and of itself.
6. What's your favorite food?
Felicia: Does chocolate count or does it have to be something from the food pyramid?
Ariana: I’d say chocolate counts. Right now, I can’t get enough dark chocolate and Doritos.
Felicia: Nacho or Cool Ranch?
Ariana: Nacho, all the way.
Raleigh: *to Elena* She’s definitely pregnant.
Elena: I know she is. I was the one who made her take the test, remember.
Raleigh: Right…I remember you telling me about that. You’re so bossy.
Elena: *ignoring Raleigh* I like Mexican food. Give me some salsa and tamales and I’m the happiest woman in the world.
Ariana: Stop it Mom. You’re making me hungry.
Raleigh: I like anything I don’t have to cook.
7. What's your favorite ice cream flavor?
Elena: Starbucks Java Chip. I’m addicted to coffee in any way, shape or form.
Raleigh: Hot fudge sundaes.
Ariana: I like vanilla.
Felicia: Boring. Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia.
8. Have you killed anyone?
Elena: No, but I’ve been close to killing Josh before.
Raleigh: I think that just comes with being married for 20-plus years. I’ve wanted to kill Mitch before too.
Elena: Yeah, but once I actually found myself planning how I’d do it.
Felicia: Nice! Are you going tell us how?
Ariana: Don’t ask her that! Knowing my mother it’s something really horrible and disgusting.
Elena *whispers to Felicia* Meet me outside after this is over and I’ll tell you.
9. Do you hate anyone?
Raleigh: Elena.
Elena: *gasps* Ray, you’ve been my best friend for thirty years. How can you hate me?
Raleigh: Let’s see…you’re rich and famous, your husband is rich and famous, you have two gorgeous children. Your life is a modern day fairy tale. How is it possible for me not to hate you?
Ariana: It’s true Mom. If I were Raleigh I’d hate you too.
Elena: Why is everyone ganging up on me?
Felicia: I don’t hate you.
Elena: Thank you! So, who do you hate?
Felicia: I don’t really hate anyone, but I do strongly dislike this one professor I had in college. Meanest man you ever met. Turned everything into some sexual reference. Dirty old buzzard.
10. Have any secrets?
Felicia: Sometimes, I lift up the toilet seat and yell at Brand for doing it just so I can pick a fight and we can have make-up sex.
Ariana: I voted Republican in the last election.
Raleigh: *singsong voice* I know Elena’s secret.
Elena: Shut up…
Ariana: Mom? What’s the secret?
Raleigh: *laughing manically* She made out with Shox.
Ariana: *gasp* Mom!
Elena: It was long before Josh and I got married, OK. I had just broken up with Dom and Shox took me out for drinks. I was drunk and vulnerable all right?
Ariana: *shakes her head* My family is so jacked up.
11. What is your job?
Raleigh: School superintendent.
Felicia: Part time boutique worker slash fashion design student.
Ariana: I’m currently between jobs since Jake and I are trying to settle down, but I recently worked in the PR department at Neff-Detrichson.
Elena: Photographer and owner of Starlight Studios.
Raleigh: You forgot to mention songwriter and producer.
Elena: But those aren’t my jobs.
Raleigh: Aren’t you still getting royalties on Keep On Driving?
Elena: Yeah, but…
Raleigh: And it makes you money?
Elena: Yes, but…
Raleigh: Then it counts.
Elena: *to Ariana* Remind me…why did I make her your godmother?
Ariana: Because she’s your best friend.
Elena: We’ll see…
12. What do you do to relax?
Elena: Walk on the beach and listen to music.
Raleigh: I read.
Ariana: I usually watch a movie with Jakob. Or listen while he quotes Shakespearean sonnets.
Raleigh: *to Elena* OK, I hate her now.
Elena: Yea!
Felicia: Brand and I go play laser tag. *off the looks of the other three* What? It’s fun!
13. Where would you rather be lost- in a deserted village in the middle of a haunted forest surrounded by undead cults, or in a desert dotted with ruins filled with gold but no available water source?
Felicia: Ooh! Gold in the desert. Gold is pretty.
Ariana: But you’d have no water.
Felicia: I’m sure I’d find an oasis eventually. And once I did, I’d have water and gold.
Raleigh: I’d go for the undead cults. Mitch plays enough video games I’m sure we’d survive.
Elena: Zombie Village, definitely. I’ve seen Night of the Living Dead about 20 times now. I think I could handle it.
Ariana: The question stated ‘undead cults.’ That could mean vampires too. Zombies aren’t the only ones who are undead.
Elena: *beaming smile* My little girl is distinguishing the differences between the varying levels of the undead. I’m so proud.
14. What are/were your parents like?
Ariana: I refuse to comment. Anything I say is liable to come back and bite me in the ass later.
Felicia: I never knew them. I was raised in foster care.
Raleigh: Mine were all right. They were very loving and supportive.
Elena: My mom was an amazing woman. I didn’t have a whole lot to do with my dad after he cheated on her and they got divorced, but I still loved him.
15. If you were a power ranger, what color would you be?
Elena: There’s a black one, right?
Felicia: I was so about to claim that one!
Raleigh: Blue. No, red!
Ariana: Pink?
16. Do you want to say something to your readers?
Raleigh: When am I going to be in this story again?
Elena: You’re there Raleigh.
Raleigh: But not like I used to be.
Elena: It’s understood that you’re still my best friend and we still hang out. The readers don’t have to know everything we do together like they used to. Besides, this story is about Ariana and Jakob, not Josh and me.
Raleigh: But you’re still in it.
Elena: That’s because I’m her mother. It’s expected.
Raleigh: All right…I’m back to hating you again.
17. What is your heart's desire?
Elena: For Raleigh not to hate me anymore.
Raleigh: Let me drive Josh’s Porsche to work tomorrow and I’ll forgive you.
Elena: Let me get this straight. You hate me for the wonderful life I have yet you’re not above using me for the perks you can get out of it?
Raleigh: Exactly! I can be a material girl. You know this about me.
Elena: True. *hands over a set of keys*
Felicia: I want to have my clothing line in every major department store in the country. *to Elena* Hey…can I get in on these perks too?
Ariana: Well, I feel like I already have everything I want. I have a wonderful family, a loving husband, a baby on the way. Life couldn’t be any better.
Felicia: Oh my God… Does anyone have a spoon?
Raleigh: Why?
Felicia: So I can gag myself.