Post by James Michael Colburn on Aug 4, 2010 9:59:27 GMT -8
JAMES MICHAEL COLBURN
[/font][/center]WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT,
[/font][/center]name » James Michael Colburn[/font][/center]
nicknames » Jamie
age & date of birth » Spring, 24
gender » male
sexual orientation » heterosexual
occupation » Screenwriter
events » none
play by » Paul WesleyWE'LL BE SAFE AND SOUND,
likes » money, writing, cars, acting, women, sex, his dog, his cat, and being the center of all female attention.
dislikes » relationships, emotions, red hair, kids, jocks, death, guilt, people who think they're better than him
hopes » make it to the "top 10 most wealthy in America" list, never include any form of death in any of his movies, and under no circumstances ever fall for anyone.
fears » death, kids, commitment
personality » Really, to describe the general overall appearance, only two words are needed: Hollywood millionaire. Yes, James Michael Colburn falls into the category of a rich jackass. Even at a young age, he had no interest in the less glamorous life style. Growing up with a half-brother who was obsessed with football, Jamie did the sports thing for a while, but by the time he reached high school, he had decided he hated it. Much too... dirty for him. Not to mention it would require a lot more brawn than Jamie was capable of obtaining. He was by no means homosexual, certainly not, but he was far more interested in the life of the rich and famous than anything.
It is nearly impossible to find him at home because he is almost always out partying... or if he is at home he's probably in the bedroom getting down and dirty with some girl hr brought home and won't answer the door anyway. He lives for the night and the activities that go on there, especially partying. He is a heavy drinker, and despite how thin he is, holds his liquor well, and is definitely not a light weight when it comes to that. As far as relationships go... the closest thing he's ever had to one was that girl he had a crush on when he was in fifth grade. In other words, the only use he has for women is sex, filling the parts in his scripts, and other such trivial amusements. Yes, he is a player, and yes, he is a jerk who has broken more than one heart and never felt a twinge of guilt over it.
Of course, he has a secret collection of things that really get to him... like kids or talking about parents or death... but no one is supposed to know about that. He prefers that everyone see him as the rich jerk that he personifies himself as. Untouchable, impossible to faze, and, of course, much too good for the rest of the world. He has more money than he knows what to do with, and because of it, lives a very lavish lifestyle that most people only dream of ever having. He's not afraid to flaunt what he has, and everything about him simply screams that he is very well off. He's the sort o guy who pulls up in the ridiculously expensive car wearing the "cool guy" shades, gets into all the clubs through the VIP entrance, and almost everybody dreams of being someday.
WE'LL TAKE CONTROL OF THE WORLD,
[/font][/center]appearance » Jamie is one of those guys with a wonderfully charming appearance that tends to only help him with his sexual tendencies. He falls under the general category of "tall, dark, and handsome." At 6'1" he isn't overly tall, but his especially thin frame makes him look taller than he is, and because he is as tall as he is, he looks even thinner than he really is. It's the vicious cycle that generally only 15 year old boys find themselves in. However, for Jamie, there is no awkwardness for Jamie, because he makes a point of staying extremely fit, which he does quite easily, considering he has nothing but time on his hands.
His hair is a sort of dirty blonde, and has the slightest curl to it, which gives him an almost "cute" appearance. It looks like he spends a lot of time on it every morning, but truthfully, he spends nothing more than five minutes every morning, and that's only on bad days. It takes him nothing but a little styling gel, and running his fingers through his hair and that gets the job done. If, in the off chance, you catch him before he's had time to get himself ready for the day, he looks almost shaggy due to the fact that his hair is slightly longer than most would think seeing him when it is styled.
His eyes are light blue or gray depending on the light, and always appear to have a devious smirk, though rarely, if ever, express any other emotion besides that, and it is absolutely intentional. He does have slightly fuller lips than most men, but it isn't quite over-bearing. Noticeable, but not enough to be considered a flaw. He also has a quite prominent jaw line which tends to make his head a bit large, and it isn't helped by his impossibly thin body structure either. He is definitely not an athlete, despite how fit he is, and looks every bit the Hollywood style millionaire that he is.
family » father: Randal, would be 53, deceased (biological) Charles, 45, policeman (adopted)
mother: Peyton, would be 48, deceased.
siblings: Charles, 21, teacher (adopted), Melody, 17, student (adopted), Danny, 7
others of importance » n/a
LIKE IT'S ALL WE HAVE TO HOLD ON TO,
[/font][/center]medical history » Broken wrist from little league football at 8 years old
criminal history »
n/a
life history » Life, for Jamie as a kid, started out pretty rough. His parents were very much in love, and definitely loved him, but when a car accident put his dad on life support when Jamie was only six years old, it felt like his world was suddenly turned up side down. Seeing as his parents weren't married, the decision on whether or not to keep his dad alive went to his dad's parents, and being rather selfish individuals, they chose to take him off life support, and thus end his life. They tried to talk Jamie out of being there when they did, but being the world's most stubborn six year old on the face of the earth, he downright refused to leave. It hurt a lot, and he never fully understood why they weren't keeping his dad alive anymore, but he stayed there with his mom and watched his dad die, which honestly sort of traumatized him, though he would never admit it.
A few years later, Peyton, his mom, got married to a man who had an adopted son and a daughter. Chuck was a year younger than Jamie, but the two of them caused more trouble than they were worth. Jamie adjusted to life with a new dad rather well, but there was something about him that just wasn't like most kids. He was far less interested in everything else that kids were interested in than the things the adults did and talked about. Some said it was almost scary, the way he would play along with Chuck's football fetish, but was obviously always up to something bigger.... something better.
When high school rolled around, Jamie was Mr. Popular, which seriously ticked off all the jocks who worked so hard to impress the ladies, and all Jamie had to do was walk in the door and they flocked to him. He, of course, enjoyed every bit of their "agony" and knowing he had that kind of power over the people around him. He was very persuasive when he wanted to be, and he pretty much always wanted to be. That was when it became more evident, what was so different about him. He enjoyed the suffering of other people. Not in a twisted disgusting morbid way, certainly not. He didn't enjoy seeing peoples lives ruined by disasters or anything like that... he just enjoyed taking stabs at people and twisting the knife every time he caught flesh. For whatever reason, it made him feel empowered, knowing that he could mess with peoples' emotions like that.
Not long after he graduated high school and headed off to college in California did his mom contract inoperable cancer. The rest of the family pleaded with Jamie to come home, but he couldn't force himself to see her suffer. Sure, he came home on holidays and such, but to have to see her pain every day, he couldn't do that. At that point he started distancing himself from his family, having convinced himself that the further he got from them, the less all of this would hurt him. After about a year, she passed away, and still unwilling to confront his own emotions, he refused to attend her funeral, which put him even more at odds with his family.
Shortly after her death, Jamie dropped out of college and got a job in Hollywood with basically one of the lowest level jobs at a production firm, and slowly worked his way up. He eventually got himself up to the point of being an actual script writer when he was somewhere between 21 and 22, in conjunction with several other people, and got himself a few minor roles in acting as well... mostly just as "guest" appearances on television shows, but hey, everyone starts somewhere, right? With his "new found talent", people started taking notice of him in the higher offices of the world of television, and when he was about 23 he landed his first role as "co-director" through various loop-holes of someone he knows knowing someone that knows somebody else and all that jazz. That was when he really got notice. He had this shocking ability to make people feel exactly what he wanted them to feel, and when he did that... well, the actors he worked with only seemed to get better, and with that, he started making his fortunes.
At 23, he decided that he needed an "extended vacation." He was in somewhat high demand, so he decided they could all just work around his schedule. He didn't have anything in production, so he could just work on scrips from somewhere more low key, and with that, he moved to Addison. Considering that he had more money than he knew what to do with and could just throw money at whatever he jolly well pleased, he decided that he wanted to be like those rich people who had incredible horses, and ended up purchasing a 21 year old thoroughbred by the name of "Courageous Commet" who was now retired from his glory days of having been pretty high up there as far as high end competitors went, and had competed at Rolex many years back. No, Jamie didn't ride, he'd never ridden in his life... he just wanted the posterity of owning such a horse. Not to say he didn't take care of the animal. The same way he took care of the other animals he owned, he looked after the horse and made certain it got the best care available, which he found at Crossfire Farms. It was basically just a big pet to him, and spent most of his time out in the pasture just living the life any horse would love to have.
AND WE'LL BE A DREAM,
[/font][/center]your name » Jess
age » 21 in 5 months
roleplaying experience» five years
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REMEMBER THE NIGHTS,
[/font][/center]WE DROVE AROUND CRAZY IN LOVE?
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