FLYNN, COOPER R.

[COOPER RUSSELL FLYNN]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, background-image: url(http://i54.tinypic.com/2nqfdd2.jpg); border: solid 5px #d6d6d6; width: 250px; -webkit-border-radius: 50px 4px 50px 4px; -moz-border-radius: 50px 4px 50px 4px; line-height:85%; margin-top: 5px] COOPER RUSSELL FLYNN, "i wanna love you more than all of the things you've wanted" TWENTY-ONE | WOLVES AND FOXES | GUITAR & VOCALS | JOEL KANITZ "SO TELL ME, WHO ARE YOU AGAIN?" "hey! my name's cooper flynn. well, technically crowley-flynn, but my parents chose to shorten it for my sake. i'm twenty-one, i play guitar and sing for wolves and foxes, and i'm pretty new around here so don't kill me?" "RIGHT RIGHT, SORRY. SO TELL ME A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF." "well, you could really call me shy. and really quiet. i don't speak so much unless i'm around people i know, i'm prone to comfort zones but i'm starting to break out of it, what with this experience and the people i've met recently being people that have been helping me grow as a person. it's not that i'm afraid to open my mouth, it's just that i don't like to interrupt what everyone else is saying or doing. but i'm friendly and i'll always say hello and introduce myself in a social situation, and i'm open to meeting people and hopefully finding new souls to call friends. i'd like to think that i've grown into my people skills just like a guy grows into his looks after puberty. which, is also me, but that's another topic. anyway, i like to laugh, and i try to make others laugh too even if i can get a little cheesy with some jokes. i'm pretty easygoing for the most part and i like my life simple. i stay away from drama, anger, and people with malicious intents. i know a lot of people say that, but i really do. if i'm in any sort of those situations i truthfully just want to run, haha - i'm pretty non-confrontational so if you ever had a reason to yell at me i'd probably just take it. i know, it's a little pathetic, but if it'll make it be over quicker for you to take it out on me, then so be it. but i won't really tolerate people being mean for no reason, even if that contradicts what i just said - there's a difference between being someone's release and being verbally abused just cause you've got nothing else to do. i think the best phrase that people use when asked to describe me is like a cute puppy. or a lost puppy, too. except i'm not lost, i'm just...innocent, i guess? it might seem like i'm naive to the world but i'm really not, i know thing by watching people (not in a creepy way, though) and i guess from that you can just call me observant. i do tend to trust easily, and that sucks sometimes cause it leaves a window for being hurt in the future if i'm not careful. it might seem that you can easily persuade me to do things, and i do have my moments with peer pressure, but i'm not really that daring all the time at all though i'm starting to get into making impulse choices. i'd like to think that i have a clear mind, and i always, always try to do the right thing, even if other people think it's a buzzkill or that i'm being a fun sponge. and even if anyone thinks a certain thing about me, like that, i don't really mind it too much, because i have my people that do care, and i couldn't really ask for more than just having a stable group of genuine friends. other than that, i think you just need to know that have a lot of passions in life, the three biggest ones being my family, my music, and my girlfriend, not all in that particular order because they're all pretty important to me. oh yeah, and my cat, cleo, i really love her, too. and yeah, i guess that's pretty much me in a nutshell. i like life. you could call me boring if you want, but that's your loss, really." "INTERESTING! WHERE WAS IT THAT YOU SAID YOU COME FROM?" "my parents met in england - my father, ezra, was studying abroad for a year with his cousin, and my mother, courtney, was a london native that dropped out of school and was working as a makeup artist. and well, they were both the complete opposite of me, very loud with fierce personalities, so i guess when they met it at a party they instantly hit it off or like, whatever the term is for having a clever exchange with witty words and intense sex afterwards... i don't like to think about that stuff about them, haha. i know, you'd hardly expect me to be the way i am with parents like that. but yeah, they were hardly a fairytale, i've been told that there were a lot of makeups and breakups because of their conflicting emotions with commitment and such, but i mean being young is supposed to come with that for some people i guess. he was twenty and she was twenty-two when they met, and after like a few months of 'dating' i was concieved. long story short, they decided they truly loved each other eventually and decided to keep me, and i've been told how much of a sort of saving grace i've been by my parents - my father because it made him realize how much he loved my mother and how in touch she was with her sweetness after i was born, and my mother because it made her believe in love... plus it pretty much made my father mature, haha. needless to say, i still think that their story is some sort of fairytale with a twist, because they're pretty happy and they've raised me well. i actually grew up in such a loving home - my parents settled back in my dad's home state of north carolina, and i was always surrounded by family and taught the best, encouraged all the way. music had always been part of my life, i've always had kind of a voice even if i never believed it was so strong, and i learned piano from my grandfather and guitar from my father. it helped me develop myself a lot, since i've always been pretty quiet and i kept to myself, and it wasn't til halfway through high school that i started like, getting out of my awkward phase. without even knowing it too, haha - a lot of girls started to notice me and it was weird, but i guess it was my hair and the fact that i decided to get my lip and my nose pierced, so it was as if i was changing? i don't know really, haha, i remember my father just saying that people probably falsely would start thinking i was a badass now that i've done that. and well, yeah, he was overreacting, cause i was totally not even close to being one, ever. i was a band nerd, i played clarinet for the longest time in school and i'm not ashamed of it, cause though that i met my girlfriend, naomi, and we've been together since the end of our junior year of high school. she's so cute, i love her a lot and i really don't know where i'd be without her, or who i'd be if i didn't have her in my life cause she really makes me happy. and since then i guess you can say that i've still been trying to find my place, myself. i've gone on to college in chicago for music - that's actually where i met nate, and parker, too - and i guess you can say that they're the ones i consider best friends now as far as anything else goes, plus the reason that i'm here in their band in the first place. and i'm glad that i've got this opportunity, cause they're cool guys and i'm excited to see where it all goes. i hope my parents are proud of me." "WOW. SO WHAT IS A DAY IN THE LIFE OF YOU LIKE?" "um, well. i should probably say right now that i pretty much spend a lot of my time talking to my girlfriend throughout the day. when i wake up, i call her to say good morning. i text her all afternoon, and at night we skype til we fall asleep whenever we can't be together. and when we are together, we're pretty much inseparable. oh, and i'm not whipped. i just enjoy her company a lot. but anyway, yeah, haha, when i'm not talking to/with naomi, it really depends on where i am. if i'm in chicago and the guys are all around, we obviously hang out and practice and write and stuff. naomi visits me there, too, during her own breaks, and we've been talking about moving in together soon over there, so i'm pretty hopeful with that but we'll see how it works out. and at all other times, i'm back home in north carolina, petting my cat and playing with my dog and hanging with my parents. exciting life, right?" "NICE. LAST QUESTION... WHY ARE YOU WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW AND WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE FOR YOU?" "well, like i said, music has always taken me far and like, i believe that i'm one in a million with it in terms of passion and talent. going to college to specifically study that field and all the other components behind it is helping me to be an even better musician, so it's definitely something that'll help bring me and the band further. i know i'm new as a guitarist and a singer in a band that actually is about to go somewhere, so i'm still nervous about that but i know i can do it, and so do other people. the future is pretty much what it is now, making new music and going on tour because i'd love to actually experience that life for real, and i think that future is pretty bright cause after all, we've got nate hurst and he's pretty much a pro at this now, haha. but really. i love what we've all got going, and at least if it all stopped one day i would walk away with some really good memories and friends i'll keep forever." "ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD?" "the two questions i get the most are if my accent is real and if my hair is as soft as it looks. and the answers are: yes, i grew up with an accent since my mom is british and hearing my mother's voice every day just helped it last this long even if it's been a bit americanized, and yes, my hair is pretty soft cause my conditioner is awesome. and i won't let anyone touch it cause then it'll get weird. but just take my word for it. oh, and my girlfriend says hi, haha." hey there, the name's steph. i live in the eastern time zone and this is my lol fifth character.