GRAVES, HOPE M.

[HOPE MICHELLE GRAVES]

[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] HOPE MICHELLE GRAVES, "SIMPLE MATH, IT'S HOW OUR BODIES EVEN GOT HERE" TWENTY | BROOKLYN FIRE | DRUMMER | CADY GROVES "SO TELL ME, WHO ARE YOU AGAIN?" "oh sure bro. i am michelle graves or you caan call me shelley. just don't call me by my first name, hope. it reminds me too much of my dad, the bible thumper. anyways i am sure you have seen me playing drums for brooklyn fire. yeah, yeah i am a female drummer. get over it because i can kick all the boys butts. did i mention i was twenty? now i am a double threat because i am young and already great at what i do!" "RIGHT RIGHT, SORRY. SO TELL ME A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF." "hey, you don't need to apologize to me. people forget it's all good. about me? well i will say first off i am very confident in myself. i am satisfied with my body and i think i am a pretty good person. i don't see the need to change much more. people always like to tell me that i am still growing and will continue to change. but let's be real here, i've been through most of the dramatic parts of my life and grew up fast. i learned to be a realist. i am not going to stand you if you try to tell me some bullshit, no, i will straight up call out on your lie. if you want to know some honest advice i am your girl. i hate babying these girls in on and off relationships. i mean you can do just fine on your own ladies, you don't need a man to get along in life. now don't get me wrong this doesn't mean i don't like guys, but i don't need to completely be supported by one. so i like to be independent too, sue me. by now you must think i am some lonely bitch but i really am nice. at least i think so. i don't mind staying out later for the fans just so i can make their day. i still love to spoil my friends with random gifts. i don't like being just some bump on the log. i know how to have fun, even if it is on my own." "INTERESTING! WHERE WAS IT THAT YOU SAID YOU COME FROM?" "well i was originally from sunny orlando. i have three brothers that came before me. but when i turned seven my brother closest to me in age was hit by a car in front of my other siblings and i. it was...just insane. being so oyung i just started balling my eyes out while my brother was rushed away in a hospital. the next two weeks my brother was in a deep coma but i didn't get to know much about anything. my parents were constantly at the hospital so my other brothers and i stayed with my aunt. what i didn't know was going on at the hospital later destroyed me. my dad tried to reason that it had happened for a reason. he was a pastor right outside of town and was always preaching to us in and out of church. but my mom didn't see the world through his eyes. their marriage fell apart at that hospital and after my brother finally woke up we all went to see him. then i we all got another surprise: my parents were getting a divorce. in a month's time my whole family fell apart and i couldn't do anything about it. after about a year of custody court it was decided that my dad would get to see us every other weekend. seeing so little of my dad made me start to resent him, especially as we started to see him less and less. through middle school and high school i noticed he started to get his own family. we all got pushed out and eventually we didn't see him anymore. by then i was moving on and doing my own thing. through all of the bad times i learned to play on a friend's drum set to get out my frustration. jamming with a double peddle just left me feeling relaxed. at sixteen i had saved up enough to get my first drum set. i swear, i only stopped playing to go to school, eat and sleep. i was always practicing in my spare time trying to prefect what i did. after graduation the band i had recently gotten into, brooklyn fire, got signed. it's been all good since then. " "WOW. SO WHAT IS A DAY IN THE LIFE OF YOU LIKE?" "most days i just go over songs in my head and bang on the tables with pair of sticks. i also eat like a pig and lounge around. yeah my life isn't too crazy during the day. maybe have practice or go to some interview. most days are normal then evenings are spent either chilling or going out to some party. i am pretty average when it comes to day to day life. i mean on tour i go out a little more and chill at the merch tables and eat even more. " "NICE. LAST QUESTION... WHY ARE YOU WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW AND WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE FOR YOU?" "well right now i am just doing what i love. plus i am working on doing graphic designs for different bands. whether it be cd covers or website designs. it's just something i have been fiddling around with and now it is starting to get pretty successful. hopefully in the future i can work in some printing for my own clothing line. i am also...sort of talking to someone. he just hasn't pulled his head out of his butt and realized what is waiting for him. i really want him to see on his own what i have to offer, though so i am just here waiting for him." "ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD?" "someone should bring me cupcakes at the merch table soon!" hey there, the name's riley. i live in the california time zone and this is my second character.