Post by marcus ray tate on Jun 22, 2013 9:06:21 GMT -8
| [atrb=style,width: 420px; background-color: efefef; background-image: url(http://24.media.tumblr.com/0478144b9f16c95a37367d1aca56b45c/tumblr_mkfax8tDxp1s97ldco1_500.png); padding: 5px, bTable] MARCUS R. TATE TWENTY-TWO | HETEROSEXUAL | CORNER STORE ATTENDANT | COLLEGE STUDENT | BRETT DAVERN THE INTERVIEW HELLO. THANKS FOR COMING IN TODAY. SHALL WE START WITH YOUR NAME? "The parents called me Marcus Ray Tate, but I never answer to that, well maybe sometimes, but don't call me by my full name, please. Most people call me Mark, I'm good with that, but I'm usually okay with anything, no seriously I went through almost a whole year in high school answering to Marky and dickface, so whatever. But seriously, no full name." THAT'S A NICE NAME. WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING? "Sure, it's a beautiful name. -laughs- Well, at the moment I'm at college, still not entirely sure what I want to be in the end, I'm studying business management at the moment but I don't even know if I want to stay with it. I'm so indecisive. I've always put a lot of effort into my education and all that crap, I just don't know what to do with these well earned grades. Oh, I also have a casual job at the corner store near my house to cover the costs of living, because they're too damn high." INTERESTING. WHAT DO YOU DO FOR FUN? "Fun. Well, let's see here. I spend a lot of time with my favourite cousin, Jac. I sit around with her while she sings away with that amazing voice of hers. I enjoy music, it's fun but I don't think I like it as much as she does, it's more of an interest of mine than a passion or anything, though I did learn the guitar, still okay at it too. Umm, let me think. I also like sport, it's not that thing I live for, though in high school I was a jock, just not one of the stereotypical ones, I was nice to other kids unlike some of the guys I spent my time with. I am proof that there really are some jocks out there that aren't complete jerks, living proof right here. Anyway, I like a good game, either playing or watching, these days I do more watching than playing, I like to focus more on my studying than my sporting self. I'm not really a party goer, not any more anyway, I used to do a lot of drinking and partying back in high school, but those days are over. I'm not really a different guy, I just don't do all the things I used to do, that doesn't make me different, does it? Ah, stop it, this is making me think too much, that's not fun. On to the next one." WOULD YOU SAY THOSE ACTIVITIES REFLECT WHO YOU ARE? "More thinking, sure why not? I suppose they do, I mean I wouldn't be who I am without those things, would I? I'm sure I wouldn't. Anyway, I'm a nice guy, I like to think it anyway, sure I can be a bit on the mean side at times, but then who isn't? You can't tell me you're never horrible in some way, you seem like a pretty nice guy. No, I'm not trying to suck up either, I'm not that sort of person, I believe in earning your way to the top, or to wherever you want to get, if you just get it given to you then what's the point? It doesn't mean anything then, at least it wouldn't to me. Honesty is a important thing to me, I don't think any of the activities I said before show this, but I believe you should be honest all the time, to everyone, especially when you might be keeping something in that might benefit someone. I like to think I'm very driven and dedicated, hardworking and all that, I spend a lot of time to get what I need done, even if it means missing something that I really want to do, if I don't have that college work done I'm not going anywhere. I care about people a lot, again I don't think that really fits with any of the activities I sad before, but I get that this section is pretty much a what I'm like thing, so it won't hurt to mention a few other things, right? So let me see, I'm nice, determined and hardworking, I care about others, I think that's really all you need to know here. Oh, I tend to hold a grudge, keep on my good side." A COOL CAT LIKE YOU MUST HAVE A TON OF SUITORS FLOCKING TO YOU, HUH? "You're kidding right? You think I'm a cool cat? You're great you are. But yes, I suppose I do, or at least I used to, girls aren't so open now that I'm not in high school or playing football. But back in school the girls were always trying to get me to take them out or to sleep with them, I was never that sort of guy though, not really. Sure, once or twice I gave in to them, I was pretty wasted at the time though, never really myself after a few drinks. I think I'm something of a romantic, when I'm in a relationship with a girl I treat her right, I always make sure she's happy and we're always going great, I try not to start fights or keep them going, sometimes it's a little hard though. I've had a few serious relationships, two or three, I don't really think about them any more. Though there is one girl that I dated not that long ago really, we broke up about a year and a half ago. We were going really well, until we had a fight and it was all over, I miss her, but I know we'll never be again, I think I've accepted that." COOL BEANS. THEY SAY YOUR FAMILY SHAPES WHO YOU ARE. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOURS? Cool beans? Really, you said cool beans? Oh my god, that's great, I think I'm going to like you. Anyway, family. I adore my family, my mother and I are fairly close, my father and I not so much, but we still talk and get along, we're just not that close. My cousin, Jac, is probably the closest thing I have to a sister, I'm an only child so it's pretty easy for that to happen. She's my favorite. I don't live with my parents any more, but we have these little catch ups here and there, they're lots of fun, like a nice dinner or something, my mum's a great cook! My grandparents are fairly important to me too, me and Jac go to see them quite often, oh did I mention that me and Jac live together? No. Well we do, maybe that's why we're so close. Family is very important to me, I know I wouldn't be here without most of them and I respect that, sure i was a bit of a rebellious child where I was younger, but as soon as I was old enough to actually realise how much they did for me, I love my family a lot." AND YOUR LIFE? TELL ME ABOUT YOUR PAST. I'M EAGER TO HEAR. "I was born and raised right here in Brunswick in a loving family and a great house. My mother did most of the work, dad was working most of the time, I don't think he had much time for me. I had a few friends, I think I was always they funny one at least since I had a good idea on what was funny. My home was quite serious when dad was around, he wasn't for joking around, maybe that's why we're not that close? They seemed to spend most of their money on me, it was great, I got almost anything I wanted but it didn't make me selfish or anything, well when I was young it did but as I got older I figured that I didn't need a lot of the things I was asking for. I think my parents were relieved when I stopped asking for expensive things, I was a little spoiled. During my early teen years the home got a little tense, my parents started having a few problems and the tension between them leaked into the rest of the house. I tried my best to ignore the tension and to relieve it a little, but they wouldn't go for it, I think they almost broke up but they didn't, by the time I was almost out of high school they were back to being sweet and loving toward each other, I don't know what happened. I was sixteen when I started dating a girl that I'll never forget, she was a cheerleader and I was a football player, we met after a game and after a few dates we became official and dated for a good year. But she's the one who got away and not long after our one year anniversary we broke up and I haven't seen her since. After my parents' fixed their relationship I realised that I shouldn't take life so seriously and I started to talk more of a relaxed approach to everything, I stopped taking things to heart and often joked about things, something that I didn't do in my younger years. Since I finished high school a lot has changed for me, I've given up football and put all my effort into college. I moved out and live with my cousin and yeah, that's my super boring life." What about a secret? Everyone has a secret. "Why are secrets so sought after these days, can't anyone have anything that they can keep to themselves? No, fine then. I know I mentioned a bit of an anger problem and the girl that got away, but I didn't go into much detail about either, now I need to. I don't really like to talk about either of them, but sometimes I apparently have to, like now. My anger problem wasn't too bad when I first discovered it but it got worse and I'd lash out on worse ways, I became violent over time and you cna probably guess where this is going. This is where that girl comes in, I don't like to use her name so you're not going to hear it, I really cared about her and I didn't want anything to tear us apart, but something did. We had a fight, it was over something stupid, like really stupid. She wanted me to go to dinner with her and her mother, I really didn't like that woman and she didn't like me. I told her I didn't want to go and she accused me of now loving her, it got to me and we were yelling at each other and it the heat of it all I hurt her. It wasn't just one punch either, I really hurt her. She was hospitalised and her father threatened to kill me if I tried to see her again, they moved away soon after and I haven't seen her again. That was the moment that made me realise that I needed to do something about my temper and tendency to lash out in the worst ways. I don't really know why I lashed out at her like that, we had had a few small problems over the weeks before hand, her mother had been saying things to me like I didn't deserve her and stuff like that, I suppose they just really got to me and when she said that I didn't love her or care about her I got mad, lashed out and did something that I will always regret. I wish it didn't happen but I can't go back and change the past. I'm afraid I'll do it again, I'm always cautious." ALRIGHT. TIME'S ALMOST UP. TELL ME ABOUT YOUR DREAMS. QUICK! "I don't know. I haven't really thought about any specific dreams. I just really want to have done something with my life, in five years I'd like to have a good job and be putting the time I've done in college to good use." AND THAT'S A WRAP. IT WAS NICE GETTING TO KNOW YOU. "That took a lot longer than I thought it would, but thanks anyway." BEHIND THE MASK HAYLEY | 21 | GMT+9:30 | THE TARDIS BROUGHT ME | AMY, SETH, SAMMI, CHRISTIAN  |
