Application
Basics
Name: Odette
Age: 18
Location Earth
Hobbies: ballet, Bharatanatyam (classical Indian dance), music (violin, cello, recorder, flute, etc.), writing, reading
Likes: books, musical theatre, foreign languages, science, Swan Lake, walking through graveyards
Dislikes: tests, plans that don't happen, talking to people
Favorite Movies: The Banquet, Peacekeeper Wars, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Les Choristes, The Princess Bride, Star Wars, Gettysburg
Favorite Music: Beethoven, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, musicals (Beauty and the Beast, Scarlet Pimpernel, Miss Saigon, Aida, Journey to the West, The Civil War...), Pirates of Penzance, American Girl - Tom Petty, Simon and Garfunkel, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Angela Ai, The Story in Your Eyes - The Moody Blues, Neil Diamond, some Billy Joel, The Capitol Steps, folk music, Carmen
Favorite Books (other than HDM): There are so many! Young Wizards series by Diane Duane, Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix, Tamora Pierce's books, A Tale of Two Cities, Animorphs series by K. A. Applegate, Everworld series by K. A. Applegate, Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot, The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, Sold by Patricia McCormick, Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt, East by Edith Pattou, Island series by Gordon Korman, Shiva's Fire by Suzanne Fisher Staples, the list goes on....
Job/career aspirations: hopefully a writer, probably some sort of scientific research, maybe genetics
Would you like to be stamped a female ,male ,or it doesn't matter?: female, if possible
Personality
What are your strengths? writing things that people think have content even if they don't, remembering useless trivia
What are your weaknesses? I'm semi-afraid of people, so it takes me a long time to be comfortable around individuals; I have a tendency towards sarcasm; I procrastinate way too much
Describe yourself in five words. Likes too many different things
How do you think others see you? Sometimes I say things that unless a person knows me sound really bizarre. Then again, people tend to look to me to lead them, even if I don't want to (which I usually don't).
Are you a leader or a follower? I'd prefer to be a follower yet end up being a leader much more than I'd like.
Are you more outgoing or shy? Shy
What causes you stress? How do you relax? Grades, not having enough time to do everything that I want to do, talking to people, telephones
I relax by going to dance class. It really helps to have something else to focus on.
How do you deal with conflict? I try to avoid it. If it's unavoidable, I'll resort to mental warfare.
When do you feel most comfortable? I feel the most comfortable around people who know me really well so that I don't have to worry about what they're thinking about all the time.
Who or what is most important to you? my family
What are you good at? I'm good at writing, reading, making music to an extent, and dancing, though I don't excel it.
What do you wish you were better at? Interacting with people
What do you hope to achieve in your life? I hope to be happy, maybe raise a couple of kids, be able to write when I want to, and continue making music/dancing/other things that I like doing.
The Books
When did you first read His Dark Materials? summer of sixth grade
What do you like about the books? I like the sweeping story that draws so many individuals into it.
Who if your favourite character? Why? Serafina, probably because of her past. She's seen a lot already and will see even more before she dies, and still manages to function.
Who is your least favourite character? Why? I'm having a hard time coming up with one. I tend not to have least favorite characters unless they're unbelievable, but in this case all the characters made sense to me.
Of all the worlds mentioned in the books, which would you most like to visit? I'd like to visit Lyra's for it's mix of "reality" and magic.