Post by ROMY TABEA BRANNEN on Nov 9, 2011 0:46:07 GMT -5
PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM SHINE ON ME
SHINE A LIGHT WON’T YOU SHINE A LIGHT.
ROMY TABEA BRANNEN | TWENTY | WEREWOLF | FOLLOWER | MILLA JOVOVICH[/center][/size]
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND AGE FOR THE RECORD.
My name is Romy Tabea Brannen, and I am twenty. I’m a German Jew, and I model.
WHAT BRINGS YOU TO PHILADELPHIA? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE? DO YOU LIKE IT?
My mother and I moved here when I was eleven. We lived in Ulm, in Germany, before we moved, but she wanted to model in America. So we came to Germantown, but then we…we moved again to north Philadelphia. That’s where I am living now, so I guess I’ve been in my current house for five years. Ja, I like it. It’s…very different from Ulm, but I really enjoy the city.
SO YOU HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE HERE?
I think so, yes. My…mother passed recently—hit by a car—and my father was never really in my life, but her insurance money has taken care of my living arrangements. I work and model to help pay for school when the scholarships don’t cut it. My father and I have enough contact that he will help out with money if I need it, and my grandparents in Germany help too, but they often beg me to come home. But I think…with my condition that would be unwise. Of course Germany would be able to handle me! But I don’t want to stress them. Anyway, Mutti and I lived here together from the time that I was eleven, and she modeled, so I kind of got into it at a very young age, and have been doing it since, mostly locally. And I went to school in Germantown, and then when I was accepted into Temple for literature in my junior year, we moved. And once I started, in my first semester, Mutti… I kept going through my classes, despite them urging me to take a break, because I knew that if I stopped, I would never be able to start again. My grandparents came to stay for a while as things were settled, but after a year, they left. They knew I could take care of myself, and I have very kind neighbors, but they still call me twice a day sometimes. It has been hard—very hard, but I’ve been able to get through with my family and my work. Oh! I’m also finally naturalized.
MANY PEOPLE SAY THEY FEAR THE CITY. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?
I’m very afraid of hurting someone. I’m afraid that if I bury my feelings in my work and my schooling, that I’ll just be lost. But I also hate spiders, and very tall heights, and I really hate the cold, though that is not a fear, I suppose.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR DREAMS? WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS?
I am…honestly not too sure yet. I mean, I’m in school for literature, and I am beginning to find my voice through my writing—I take creative writing, and I am enrolled in a writing group on campus—so that is what I would like to do, but…it is a little difficult to say exactly what kind of career I would want. I also love my modeling, and it helps me keep connected to my Mutti. Maybe I will start my own literary magazine and model for it!
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF FAIRY TALE CREATURES—WEREWOLVES, GHOSTS, DRAGONS, PSYCHICS—THINGS LIKE THAT?
I have been a werewolf since I was seven. Of course Germany is fairly full of them, and they were able to accommodate me well, and Germantown had connections we were able to get involved with when we were in the process of moving to the country. So we found Eastern State as a place to let me turn safely once we moved into the city—the close proximity there was another reason why we chose our home. So I guess you could say I have two times of the month.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
I am definitely a social butterfly. I am very interested in people, and talking to them and making friends. But I am…very opinionated, so it can get fairly difficult sometimes to win people over to my side. Anyone who says anything about my religion or my mother will get punched in the face—that is something that I do not tolerate at all. I really enjoy drinking and cooking, so I love to have people over to cook for them. They just have to deal with keeping Kosher. But I deal with a lot of soy dairy products for my goy friends, so I can still make them cheeseburgers guiltlessly. And my father was Irish, so I can definitely hold my booze when I go out to clubs with my friends. I am not really that affectionate, so some people have sometimes said that I am a little cold, or distant? Other times, they think that I am far too emotional about things like talking about the literature I study, but I don’t think they can blame me. I hate being disrespected, as well. Some people think that I am a slut, but I would not say so. I enjoy sex a lot, with both men and women. I find people to be beautiful, and I enjoy feeling good.
THAT’S ABOUT EVERYTHING. IF YOU’LL JUST PLEASE FILL OUT THIS SHEET, WE’LL BE ON OUR WAY.
Um, no, I don’t…think so! I think I covered everything already, thank you.
NAME
Amanda!
CONTACT INFO
My iChat screenname is nastwich, and the rest of my contact info is in my admin profile!
EXPERIENCE
Bluh bluh bluh too long. Almost ten years.
ADDITIONAL INFO
I’ve lived around Philly for my whole life! So I love it. I’m a lady, and I really want to go to bed rn lololol.
SAMPLE POST
IF YOU CHOOSE YOU CAN LIVE YOUR LIFE ALONE
SOME PEOPLE CHOOSE THE CITY.
SHINE A LIGHT WON’T YOU SHINE A LIGHT.
THE LESS I SAY THE MORE MY WORK GETS DONE
ROMY TABEA BRANNEN | TWENTY | WEREWOLF | FOLLOWER | MILLA JOVOVICH[/center][/size]
you enter a dimly lit room where a shadowed figure sits across from you with a thick file in hand. The figure’s face is indistinguishable. a hot cup of coffee made just the way you like is waiting on the table. the figure beckons for you to sit. you do. finally the figure across from you speaks.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND AGE FOR THE RECORD.
My name is Romy Tabea Brannen, and I am twenty. I’m a German Jew, and I model.
WHAT BRINGS YOU TO PHILADELPHIA? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE? DO YOU LIKE IT?
My mother and I moved here when I was eleven. We lived in Ulm, in Germany, before we moved, but she wanted to model in America. So we came to Germantown, but then we…we moved again to north Philadelphia. That’s where I am living now, so I guess I’ve been in my current house for five years. Ja, I like it. It’s…very different from Ulm, but I really enjoy the city.
SO YOU HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE HERE?
I think so, yes. My…mother passed recently—hit by a car—and my father was never really in my life, but her insurance money has taken care of my living arrangements. I work and model to help pay for school when the scholarships don’t cut it. My father and I have enough contact that he will help out with money if I need it, and my grandparents in Germany help too, but they often beg me to come home. But I think…with my condition that would be unwise. Of course Germany would be able to handle me! But I don’t want to stress them. Anyway, Mutti and I lived here together from the time that I was eleven, and she modeled, so I kind of got into it at a very young age, and have been doing it since, mostly locally. And I went to school in Germantown, and then when I was accepted into Temple for literature in my junior year, we moved. And once I started, in my first semester, Mutti… I kept going through my classes, despite them urging me to take a break, because I knew that if I stopped, I would never be able to start again. My grandparents came to stay for a while as things were settled, but after a year, they left. They knew I could take care of myself, and I have very kind neighbors, but they still call me twice a day sometimes. It has been hard—very hard, but I’ve been able to get through with my family and my work. Oh! I’m also finally naturalized.
MANY PEOPLE SAY THEY FEAR THE CITY. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?
I’m very afraid of hurting someone. I’m afraid that if I bury my feelings in my work and my schooling, that I’ll just be lost. But I also hate spiders, and very tall heights, and I really hate the cold, though that is not a fear, I suppose.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR DREAMS? WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS?
I am…honestly not too sure yet. I mean, I’m in school for literature, and I am beginning to find my voice through my writing—I take creative writing, and I am enrolled in a writing group on campus—so that is what I would like to do, but…it is a little difficult to say exactly what kind of career I would want. I also love my modeling, and it helps me keep connected to my Mutti. Maybe I will start my own literary magazine and model for it!
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF FAIRY TALE CREATURES—WEREWOLVES, GHOSTS, DRAGONS, PSYCHICS—THINGS LIKE THAT?
I have been a werewolf since I was seven. Of course Germany is fairly full of them, and they were able to accommodate me well, and Germantown had connections we were able to get involved with when we were in the process of moving to the country. So we found Eastern State as a place to let me turn safely once we moved into the city—the close proximity there was another reason why we chose our home. So I guess you could say I have two times of the month.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
I am definitely a social butterfly. I am very interested in people, and talking to them and making friends. But I am…very opinionated, so it can get fairly difficult sometimes to win people over to my side. Anyone who says anything about my religion or my mother will get punched in the face—that is something that I do not tolerate at all. I really enjoy drinking and cooking, so I love to have people over to cook for them. They just have to deal with keeping Kosher. But I deal with a lot of soy dairy products for my goy friends, so I can still make them cheeseburgers guiltlessly. And my father was Irish, so I can definitely hold my booze when I go out to clubs with my friends. I am not really that affectionate, so some people have sometimes said that I am a little cold, or distant? Other times, they think that I am far too emotional about things like talking about the literature I study, but I don’t think they can blame me. I hate being disrespected, as well. Some people think that I am a slut, but I would not say so. I enjoy sex a lot, with both men and women. I find people to be beautiful, and I enjoy feeling good.
THAT’S ABOUT EVERYTHING. IF YOU’LL JUST PLEASE FILL OUT THIS SHEET, WE’LL BE ON OUR WAY.
Um, no, I don’t…think so! I think I covered everything already, thank you.
FREEDOM SUBMISSION PLAYER PAGE
NAME
Amanda!
CONTACT INFO
My iChat screenname is nastwich, and the rest of my contact info is in my admin profile!
EXPERIENCE
Bluh bluh bluh too long. Almost ten years.
ADDITIONAL INFO
I’ve lived around Philly for my whole life! So I love it. I’m a lady, and I really want to go to bed rn lololol.
SAMPLE POST
There really was nothing better than this honey-almond cream cheese. It was low fat, and slathered all over a perfectly toasted bagel. That was just how The Flying Carpet did things, and why Romy loved it beyond measure. She was sitting at the large antique table in the middle of the layout, away from the bar, with her copy of The Illiad marked up with highlighers, notes in the margins, and tabs marking up pages with important passages. Also spread before her was a notebook with outlines of an essay for her Intellectual Heritage course, covering the topic of heroism. It was fitting, really. But those things had taken the back seat to her mixture of pomegranate juice and the smoothest vodka she had ever tasted. It had a little citrusy burst, and was absolutely delicious, despite it being only four-thirty in the afternoon.
That and her bagel.
She was sipping slowly, enjoying her drink for the taste more than the effect, and nibbling at the bagel. There was a lot going through her head--dates for photoshoots, phone numbers that she needed to call to book more shoots to pay the bills and set up heating in the textile mill, comparisons and conclusions to include in her essay, other readings that she had to get done before the next day's classes, and how to budget her time with a night of patrolling center city planned. But she knew that she had to put her schoolwork first, so perhaps she could cancel that, and send Trinity out by herself. She could care for herself. But was that fair? Well, why not? She had to complete school and get photoshoots where she didn't look like death on legs to make money to keep the roof over their heads, so why not? Still, it didn't sit right with her.
But this bagel did. So entranced by the bagel was she, that she didn't even take notice to the comings and goings of others. Pen in her left hand, she scribbled down in her graceful handwriting a passage about Ajax and Hector that was sure to win points in the explanation of heroes in the Greeks' minds. She liked to think that she and Trinity did it better, though. The metahuman pulled her scarf more closely around her neck and recrossed her legs, lengthened further by knee-high boots and dark skinny jeans. The heat in here was divine after the bone-chilling tundra of the mill. She thought she'd never leave.
IF YOU CHOOSE YOU CAN LIVE YOUR LIFE ALONE
SOME PEOPLE CHOOSE THE CITY.
