SULLIVAN, jaxon apollo

[Jaxon Sullivan]

the one and only

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FULL NAME: Jaxon Apollo Sullivan

NICK NAME(S): People just call me Jax. My mum and a few others like to call me by my middle name though.

AGE: Just turned the big two-oh. Not long before I'm legal enough to stop using my fake ID.

BIRTHDAY: Why? Want to get me a gift? I knew it! I was born on July 15, 1989.

PLACE OF BIRTH: Probably in the backseat of my parents' car; my dad drives so fucking slow. So me and my sister were probably born before they even reached the hospital. Anyway, the place would be in Madrid, Spain.

PLAY-BY: People keep telling me that I look like...err, what was his name? Kevin? No. Brian? No, wait, Ryan. Ryan Ross, that's the one.
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it's a lifestyle

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OCCUPATION: I'm a pimp, making sure that my whores are treated right and get paid. Haha. I'm a part-time waiter over at The Java Hut and a full-time rocker.

BAND: All Systems Are Go! You might have seen some of our attempts at graffiti around the place. What? It's what happens when boredom strikes and you have spray cans nearby.

POSITION: I'm the guy on the right side of the stage, the side where all the girls flock to. Haha. Yeah, I play bass and do some back-up singing.

BAND HISTORY: I was introduced to music at a really young age; my mum plays the flute and my dad knows how to play the piano. My parents had this whole thing for classical music and so they ended up making me and my sister learn to play one orchestral instrument. I ended up learning how to play the violin by the age of seven. It was shortly after that, that I wanted to learn how to play the guitar, had a few lessons and all that. It was when I was ten that I started to play the bass guitar. All Systems Are Go! was formed around four years ago, we were just a bunch of high school kids with the love for music and that was pretty much all the reason we needed. Roughly the same time, my twin sister joined a band: Because We Can. I can't remember how or why, but our bands became instant rivalries. We get a lot of frowns from the adult population in this town, but hey, we've caught they're attention either way. [/color]

you know I'm so hot

APPEARANCE: I think I'm a fair mix of both my parents; there was never a time when I was told I looked more like one than the other. I have been told, though, that I have this sort of 'angelic' look to my face, like there's always this innocent looking expression- which sort of provides evidence to the whole 'looks can be deceiving' expression; I'm not that faithful-Christian-boy-next-door-who-won't-have-sex-until-he's-married, far from it really.

Oh, and another thing, I've got this whole feminine facial features going on, I hate it; there are times when I could pass off to be a girl than a guy. There were several situations when unsober, straight guys would come up and hit on me, it's take them several moments of staring at my chest until they realized that I don't have tits, and then it would take them longer to get it into their thick skulls that I'm actually a guy. Annoying yet amusing at the same time.

I'm around 5'9" or 5'10", possibly 5'9" 1/2- I'm kinda short I guess. Not sure what my weight is, but I'm probably underweight; I'm skinny, and lanky, always have been since I could remember. Still toned though, so I guess that's a plus.

My hair is dark brown in color and naturally wavy, I usually use a straightening iron though, but there are times when I get lazy, actually I get lazy quite a lot so I usually get someone else to do it for me. I tend to change my hair style quite often; I get bored easily, but it usually has it's 'shaggy' cut.

My eyes are light brown, they're not very interesting in my opinion. They have a darker rim on the outside of the iris, but I think everyone has that.

STYLE: I pretty much wear whatever I want to. It usually depends on my mood, which can sometimes be a real give away when I'm generally happy or depressed. It's not the whole bright colors when happy, dark colors when sad thing though, the clue is really subtle so not a lot of people can tell. A t-shirt and a pair of jeans will do me fine, but I'm up to wearing anything really, just not a dress or a skirt, 'cause that's just...weird.

MARKINGS: I have a birthmark in the shape of a bunny on my right butt cheek. Nah, just kidding. I have tattoos on my inner wrists, on my right it says: 'Mad As A Hatter', then on the left: 'Thin As A Dime'. I also have one on the back of both arms, on the right it's in the shape of a question mark, then on the left it's...it's- actually I'm not quite sure what it is, I just thought it looked cool. I have a small scar on the right side of my bottom lip.

PIERCINGS: I used to have a lip piercing when I was around sixteen, but it got ripped out during PE class; we were playing basketball or something and some asshole somehow managed to yank it out 'by accident'; I think he had it in for me really. Anyway, all that's left is a small scar.[/color]

all the small things

LIKES:

• Girls
  
• All Systems Are Go!
  
• Music
  
• Playing the bass
  
• Playing the guitar
  
• Being in a band
  
• Partying
  
• M&Ms
  
• Lightning
  
• Having alone time
  

DISLIKES:

• Because We Can
  
• Heights
  
• Being sick
  
• Being alone for too long
  
• Hangovers
  
• Drunk guys mistaking me as a girl
  
• Failure
  
• Rejection
  
• Awkward moments
  
• When it's too hot or too cold
  
• Misplacing things
  

STRENGTHS:

• Musically talented
  
• Ambitious
  
• Intuitive
  
• Outgoing
  
• Multitasking
  

WEAKNESSES:

• Misplaces things quite a lot
  
• Forgetful
  
• Drug temptations
  
• M&ms
  
• Pride
  

FEARS: Heights. Not a serious form of phobia, but if I can avoid them, then I will. If I'm up high enough, I can get a serious case of vertigo. I had this fear as far back as I can remember, and I can't remember why. Maybe I was dropped as a baby, yeah, that would explain a lot. Haha.

Another thing I'm afraid of is the band breaking up for whatever reason. I mean, sure, I could always join or form another band, but still, I think we have a real good thing going on here. I didn't go to university after high school and I have no intention to, so I really don't want to go work at school as a janitor or something for the rest of my life. That would suck ass.

I've been clean for about two years now, but the temptation pops up every once in a while. What I'm saying is that I'm afraid of getting back into the whole drug scene. I've already seen how it makes me react and how it affects the people around me, I've experienced the difficulty of quitting the addiction and in general, it's not pretty.

HABITS: I tend to bob my head or tap one foot to the beat of music. I also need some sort of 'background' sound in order to concentrate, I can never work in a silent room. Back in high school, I would always put music on while studying for an exam, drove my sister crazy though, seeing as we used to share rooms for a while.

GOALS: I really want ASAG! make it huge in the music industry. I guess I'm getting ahead of myself seeing as we have to get signed first, but hey, no harm in dreaming big, right? I figure that's a goal all band members have.

I actually have this mental list of all the things I want to do in my life before I die. This could go on forever, so I'm just naming a few: bungee jumping off a cliff, skydiving, learn how to skateboard, own a caravan (don't ask).

SECRET: Not sure if this counts as a secret, but I pretty much have six different smiles: one when I think someone's an idiot. One out of politeness. One if I don't really like the person I'm talking to. One when I'm uncomfortable. One when I'm talking about or playing video games. And one when something really makes me laugh.

I sort of got involved with drugs when I was eighteen, it got real bad after just after graduating from high school, it affected everything and not in a good way. I went on a hiatus at nineteen to go to rehab and I've been clean ever since. Drug detox was probably the hardest thing I've ever had to go through, and recently, I've been getting a whole lot of temptations. Not a lot of people know about this apart from my band mates and my dad. I have no idea how dad did it, but he managed to keep my mum and sister from knowing.
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quite the charmer

PERSONALITY:
● AMBITIOUS/DREAMER ● I'm ambitious, much so that I even have this mental list of things to do before I die. But apart from having several goals in life, I also like to make sure I achieve as much as I can, so I guess determination can fit in there. I suppose you can also call me a dreamer because I tend to dream big, the downside to that is I get disappointed a lot.

● ADVENTUROUS/DAREDEVIL ● I have always been adventurous, even as a kid; I was curious to explore and discover. Of course, that eventually led me to be somewhat of a daredevil, doing somewhat foolish and risky things. I strive on challenges and will very rarely back down from one, from something as simple as playing a video game with a friend, to something more serious like being dared to kiss someone else's girlfriend in front of a whole crowd of people. I'm a competitor, but never a sore loser. This whole attitude is probably what led me to taking drugs and drinking alcohol. While I'm able to control just how much alcohol I drinks (allowing me to be able to go back home without passing out and without someone to help him), drugs seem to be a different matter. I became dependent on the stuff, so much that I had to go to rehab.

● OUTGOING/CONFIDENT ● Never one to shy away, I can be a bit too forward at times- it's just part of my nature I guess; my mum's the same way. I like to meet new people, in fact, I practically collect them, I like how everyone is different in certain ways and similar in others. I find it easy to socialize with basically anyone (no matter what age or gender) and that's probably where my confidence shines through. Having met so many people, I tend to know how people work (for the most part) and through this, I have managed to gain some form of charm when it comes to the opposite sex. Oh, and instead of being nervous or shy around a girl I like, I become louder than usual and I sometimes, I try to hard to impress her. They say no man is an island, well, I must be like a highway.

● GREGARIOUS/ISOLATED ● If you put me on a deserted island, I don't think I'd survive. And if I did, I'd probably end up going crazy and talking to coconuts. So yeah, what I'm saying is that I need people. I need to socialize. Generally speaking, I enjoy being in people's company, and there are times when I like being the center of attention, which would explain some of my more random antics around groups of people. But there are still moments when I want some alone-time, just to think through stuff and all that. So I can't be with people all the time, but I can't be without them either. Weird? Yeah, I think so too.

● SELFISH/PRIDE ● There are times when I am more concerned about myself than for others, especially when I'm not in a really good mood. There are moments when I can be overconfident and perhaps a little conceited but that pride just needs someone to slap a little sense into me and lower my ego down just a notch.

● CARELESS/FORGETFUL ● There are moments in my life when I'm just a little too laid back or distracted that I get careless. I also seem to have selective memory; some things I can remember well, other times I forget something a few seconds later. That has actually caused me to misplace things quite often.
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you know I can't resist

SEXUALITY: I'm, like I would like to call, barsexual. I'm all for the girls, but give me enough alcohol and I won't mind if you're a guy. Okay, so that sort of counts as bisexual, but still. I have to be wasted more or less.

TURN ONS:

• Gorgeous smiles
  
• Confidence
  
• Mysterious
  
• Humor
  
• Good looks
  

TURN OFFS:

• Make-up caked faces
  
• Taller than me
  
• No hygiene
  
• Clingy
  
• Doesn't take risks
  

RELATIONSHIP HISTORY: I've been in a few relationships here and there, but ironically, my longest one turned out to be the one with the worst ending. It was more or less an average relationship, we managed to last for a year and a bit before we broke up. It ended because I cheated and she found out. You want the details? Well I'm not giving it to you. But I did try to get her back, but she wouldn't have any of it. I guess I deserved that anyway. After that I sort of went from one relationship to the next. Didn't work out 'cause I was at the worst with my drug addiction. After the whole rehab thing I haven't been looking to be in a relationship.

legend in the making

MOTHER: My mum's name is Samantha Sullivan, she's forty two years old and runs the bookstore in Fairview. The relationship with my mum has always been peculiar; she used to be like a cross between a hippie and a weed addict. Actually I wouldn't be surprised if she had taken weed as a daily supplement. Anyway, she was really easygoing and laid back, which made her 'understanding' in most situations. I get along with her really well, though there were times when she could get real embarrassing in front of friends during high school but they seemed to get used to her. I'm not living in the house anymore, but I still visit every so often.

FATHER: My dad is Kevin Sullivan, he's forty four years old. He's a bank manager, so you can imagine how organized he is. My mum was always letting us do what we wanted so it was up to my dad to keep us in line most of the time. He was the one who 'called the shots' because we were living 'under his roof', you know, typical dad stuff. There were times when I go along with him, and times that I didn't, we generally get along more these days.

SIBLINGS: I have a twin sister who's around three to four minutes younger than me. She's also in a band, and while I generally don't like her friends (then again, that could be the band rivalry talking), we get along fairly well. I know that a three or four minute gap isn't a huge difference, but I seem to have taken up some 'older brother' qualities. I tease my sister quite a lot, make fun of her, get all protective when it comes to the guys she's getting involved with. I like to make fun of her in front of said guys and occasionally try to intimidate them (which doesn't usually work) but hey, it's always fun to watch someone squirm.

HISTORY: Jaxon Apollo Sullivan was born on July fifteen in Madrid Spain as the first child of Kevin and Samantha Sullivan, his twin sister following him soon after. His mother had a fascination with mythology and so ended up choosing a middle name related to the Gods and Goddesses. In Jaxon's case, Apollo. Jaxon's childhood was an average one; he learned how to ride a bike, he went to school, made friends and met some people he didn't really get along with. Both his parents were into classical music, and so Jaxon and his sister began learning an orchestral instrument at a young age, for Jax it was the violin.

Jaxon grew up in Spain until the age of seven, in which his father's work caused them to relocate to the United States- more specifically, Fairview. It was strange moving to a new town, especially when you had a twin; you were bound to gain a lot of attention. Questions where flying from everywhere: 'Are you twins?' 'Who's older?' 'Where you from?' etc. Never had the Sullivan twins experienced that much attention and after a while, Jaxon began to embrace it. The transition became easier and the twins got out of the habit of speaking in Spanish (they often used Spanish expressions when talking to friends absentmindedly).

At fourteen, the transition from grade school to high school was a smooth one and Jax found that he fit in and settled down easily. It was just a few weeks into his freshman year that he got close to a group that would later on be the members of All Systems Are Go! They were a tight bunch with a passion for music. By then, Jax was already skilled in playing the guitar and bass.

Come Sophomore year, Jaxon and his friends formed a band, the idea had been a joke at first, just something they had randomly talked about but it wasn't long until it became a goal. They practiced everyday after school, starting off by playing covers but it wasn't long until they had their own songs. They managed to get a few gigs at house parties and even at school events. The first time they ever played in front of a crowd, Jax was so nervous that he thought he was going to throw up. Luckily, his dinner stayed down, except he ended getting a small case of stage fright; his fingers were stiff and didn't want to move as quick as he needed them to. It was a good thing that fate stepped in and there was a power cut, killing the sound and giving Jaxon a chance to calm down and get a grip of himself.

It was around the same time that ASAG! formed that his twin sister had also joined a band. They called themselves Because We Can. Jax couldn't quite remember how or why, but ASAG! and BWC became rivals almost from the beginning. The guys hated the girls and vice-versa. However, the Sullivan twins were able to act somewhat civilized.

At seventeen, Jax was already over any cases of stage frights. He started going out with a girl around his age. Always liking to meet knew people, Jax began to hang with the 'wrong crowd'- as his father put it- but really, they were just a group of kids who liked to have a good time, down a few drinks and have a laugh. They were sort of like his extended group of friends, ones he let the rest of his band members meet. It was then that Jaxon began to dabble with drugs, it started off as an experiment, moved to becoming social and eventually became a habit. Crack, ecstasy, dope- within a few months, Jax had already tried quite a variety of the stuff.

Around a year later, Jaxon and his girlfriend had broken up. Long story short, he had cheated on her and she found out. ASAG! had a gig and Jaxon was high, shortly after their performance, he was approached by a girl. She was gorgeous and practically threw herself at him. Jaxon didn't even think twice and reacted, returning her kisses and it wasn't long until they both left the club and back to her place (her parents were out of town). The following day, he was confronted by his girlfriend and although she hadn't been able to go to the gig the night before, her friend had been there and saw Jax making out with another girl. There was no point trying to deny it and he was dumped right there. He spent the next few days trying to earn her forgiveness but she wouldn't have any of it. So Jaxon finally gave up and the rest was history.

Whether it was just coincidence or the actual cause, Jax began to take a lot more drugs than he used to. His addiction became serious and his attitude changed for the worst. It wasn't long until his father found out about it; his father had found some 'powdery stuff' in a packet in his room. Let's just say that Kevin was more than disappointed. After what seemed like a decade of lecturing and rants, it came to the conclusion that Jaxon was to go to rehab after graduation. Graduation came and Jax was sent to rehab, surprisingly without his sister or mother knowing- how his father managed to keep that a secret was beyond him. Jax's band mates knew though; he told them about it seeing as he would be on hiatus.

Detoxing was the hardest thing Jax ever had to go through, but he did it and was allowed to return to Fairview. It had felt good to be back home, it wasn't long for Jaxon to get back into the swing of things: band, family life, social life. Soon enough, it was like he had never left at all. He's been clean for a year, but temptations have presented itself right and left since rehab. He's fighting it, but who knows how long that will last.
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master of curtains

NAME: sarah
AGE: nineteen
CONTACT: pm or yim (classical_disaster)
OTHER CHARACTERS: none, used to play john strat
CODEWORD: i totally saw a kangaroo canoe yesterday

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