Post by KATHERINE RONSON on Jan 8, 2011 9:35:08 GMT -5
"I KNOW THE WORLD'S A BROKEN BONE, BUT MELT YOUR HEADACHES CALL IT HOME."
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welcome to Is This an Illusion?.
hi there, Jo, welcome to the site! so i hear you're female. that's pretty cool. no worries, we won't hold that against you. so you've been doing this crazy rp thing for 4-ish years? holy cow! we're really excited about your first character! what's your character's name again? Katherine "Kat" Ronson. awesome. oh, how old are you? 20? wow. that's pretty old. (I know). well, that's it for the rper. time to get to know your character!
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Hello, Katherine "Kat" Isolde Ronson.
» Is there anything you would rather be called?
"Kat. Just - don't call me by my middle name, okay? I hate it. I absolutely hate it. I don't care if my mother named me after one of the most romantic love stories of all times, I refuse to ever be called 'Isolde'. Not that I'd even share the fact my mother named me 'Isolde' anyway."
» Great, now that we've got that covered. How old are you?
"I'm twenty-five. And I'll be twenty-five for the next few of years in any case, so don't ask me for my birthday, alright?"
» I see, and you're in what member group?
"New Survivor."
» You know, has anyone ever told you that you look exactly like...?
"Olivia Wilde? Yeah, I've heard. I don't look anything like her naked though. I'm somewhat bigger than House's Thirteen."
» Thanks! Slipped my mind. Now, do you know the super secret code word?
"Toothpaste. Speaking of toothpaste, you wouldn't have any on this island would you?"
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Let's talk about your personality.
» What are a few of your favorite things?
"Pfff. A few of my favourite things you ask? I always struggled with those kinds of questions. I don't think a person should ever limit themselves to enjoying a few things. Well, I'm one of those persons that likes to try something new. I have these obsessive episodes. Like this one time when I was younger and I decided, I want to go skydiving. So I started going skydiving almost everyday because I loved it so much. And, the funny thing is that I haven't really gone skydiving since. But I guess the few things I repeatedly enjoy would be... running in Central Park. Okay, okay, I lied. Not running, but walking.
I like travelling and seeing other places. And by places I don't necessarily mean countries, because I haven't been to that many countries. But even just seeing different kinds of neighbourhoods and streetlife. You know, you have to give it to people who know how to take care of themselves on the streets of New York, 'cause I'm telling you - in the dodgy and rough areas, it can be difficult and quite unpleasant. So seeing this little kid stick it up to some other bigger guy can be quite the view. Not that I miss that part too much. God, I am glad I decided to leave everything behind. Too bad this plane crash happened, eh?"
»That's interesting. Is there anything you absolutely dislike?
"Men. Men who think they're better than women. Men who think women can't take care of themselves. Men who assume that a woman will give up her career and her life to pop out babies and stay home at day. No. Just no. I refuse to be one of those women who start acting like all they have to do for the rest of their life is feed their husband and take care of the house. I hate people who have no sense of adventure. People who just stay in one place their whole life and they shell themselves from the entire world.
It's stupid – people were made to travel and explore. People were made to see the beauty of the world. Picco della Mirandolla wrote in 'The Dignity of Man' that God created the world and the universe for the intention for someone to see it's beauty and vastness. So He created man and told him that he can choose his abilities and everything about his life, as long as he explores the world and discovers its beauty. So I'm sorry, but how is one meant to see the beauty of the world just from your backyard? Life does not work that way."
» Hm, what is your greatest fear?
"Becoming a cynic. Seeing the loss in humanity and myself becoming indifferent to everything. I'm afraid of turning a blind eye at the troubles of the world, and then living in a rotten universe. It's not a fun thought – I may hate a lot of things about the world and humanity, but I do have hope that it will change for the better. I'm afraid of one day waking up and realising the world can't change, and that people living in it are doomed to be rotten."
» Yeah, that is scary. Do you have any dreams for the future?
"I have no idea really. When I decided to run to Europe, I just hoped that once I get there I'd know what to do. Like, an idea would pop into my head. I'd be at the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam and I'd be looking at his Sunflowers. And I'd decide – I'll be an artist! Or, I'd be in Estonia and I'll figure, I'll be an English teacher there! Or anything else really. Anything is better than waitressing in a small cafe which pays you barely enough to cover the rent."
» Wow, I hope you succeed. Can you tell me a little bit about yourself?
"There's not really that much to say. I'm a waitress, as I previously mentioned. Nothing exciting there, I never felt particularly accomplished in life despite all of the things I've done – like skydiving, bungee jumping, hiking... All of those are really swell, but I didn't make a career or anything. I didn't even go to university, which I guess now that I look back it was a mistake, but what can I do? I can't change the past now. It's not that I got bad grades in high school or anything. I got okay grades. You know, I didn't have all As on my report card – I had a mixture of grades. I past most of my subjects – apart from chemistry. I've always sucked at chemistry. And I could have gone to university if I wanted to. But I didn't. I didn't feel like going to university. And why would you force yourself to do something you didn't want to do? I didn't want to risk thinking that I've wasted four years of my life. 'cause even now, even though I just waitressed, I don't feel as though I've wasted my life. I may not have done anything successful, but I haven't wasted it. But at the same time, it doesn't mean that I want to waitress for the rest of my life. I don't want to stay here for the rest of my life. Which is why I decided to steal money from my boss and book the first ticket to Europe. Hey, it's okay. He was a prick anyway."
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So far so good. Now for history.
» So tell me, where are you from? What did you think of it?
"Where to start, where to start... Well, I won't tell you when my birthday is. I don't want you knowing that and then you'll come up to me sometime during our stay on this island wishing me a 'happy birthday!' No, I don't really want that. I don't really do birthdays in general. They stopped being fun after I turned 15.
But, I guess I can tell you a bit about my 'home'. I was born in North Dakota, but I didn't live there nearly enough to remember anything except this big rock in front of my house. Every winter my sister and I could climb up that rock and build snowmen on it. One we even turned it into a igloo. Well, we tried to at least. It ended up being a fortress.
Anyway, we moved quite a lot when we were younger, which I guess is why I needed to leave New York after being there for a few years. It just got boring, you know? I don't like being surrounded by the same scenery all the time. So I can tell you now – being stuck at an island is going to drive me insane.”
» Do you have any other family? Parents? Siblings? Extended? What do you think about them?
"Yeah, I have a sister. Her name is Aleksandra. She would have been 28 in a couple of months, but she died several years back. Whenever I think about her I do feel some sadness, but for the most part I've grieved enough. I'm telling you, the first few years I was a bit of a mess. She was the reason I decided to move to New York, I just couldn't be in the same house as my parents because of all the arguments they've been having. 'It's your fault she died!' 'You were the one driving the car!' 'You were the one who didn't change the winter tires!'. And it just continued, on and on and on. They seemed to have forgotten they had another daughter that needed some support and love – she didn't need to hear the arguments. And well. I haven't really seen them since. We exchange Christmas cards and phone calls, but for the most part, we haven't been a family since Aleks died."
» What is your worst memory/memories?
"As you can probably guess, that was my worst memory – Aleks dying. I was in the car too, you know. And I remember opening my eyes after falling unconscious, and I saw my sister. Her eyes were open and she was staring right at me. But I already knew before the paramedics – she was gone. She was dead. Her cold, blank eyes told me as much. Her soul was gone and she was dead."
» What is your best memory/memories?
"My best memory? Well, all my childhood memories are the best, but they kind of get destroyed by the fact that my sister died and my family got destroyed in the process. But I think one of my favourite memories is when someone left a puppy at our doorstep and my sister and I found it. So for a week we had a dog that we took care of. We even slept downstairs on the carpet with the dog so that he 'didn't feel alone'. We build a massive tent and had a movie marathon with classic Disney movies."
» Where are you now? What are you doing with your life?
"Well, right now I'm nowhere really. I was going to start my life anew, but then the plane crashed and I found myself on this island with a bunch of strangers. It's weird and it seems surreal. Maybe I'm still dreaming? Maybe I'm still in New York and my alarm clock is about to wake me up so I can go to my waitressing job?"
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roll the credits.
this app was made by BROOKE or caution. please do not steal this app. feel free to ask about using it somewhere else if you like it. the lyrics at the top of the app are from Northern Downpour by Panic at the Disco.
