COONEY, cari l.

[claire]

CARI LYNN COONEY.

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hello! i am storm and i am 14 years old. i am boarding the female train, and i have been role playing for 4 years. also, i play no one yet!. if you want to contact me, reach me at [e-mail]. that's all folks!

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THE BASICS.
FIRST THINGS ARE ALWAYS FIRST.

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FULL NAME : Cari Lynn Cooney
NICKNAMES : Car, C, Cici
AGE : 35, April fifteenth
GENDER : female
ETHNICITY : Irish and Scottish
RELIGION : Christian
SEXUALITY : Heterosexual
STATUS : Married
MEMBER GROUP : Professer
YEAR : Staff.
PLAY-BY : Marlee Matlin

THE MINOR DETAILS.
WHY NOT EXPLORE OUR WORLD AND SEE ITS DEPTHS.

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CARI'S DISLIKES :

• intolerance

• ignorance

• her biological father

• cochlear implants

• teaching deaf students orally instead of using sign language

• speaking

• science

• soccer

CARI'S LIKES :

• her husband

• her daughter

• the Deaf community

• comedy hip-hop

• Saturday Night Live

• reading

• art

• running

GOALS :

• to raise a healthy daughter in the Deaf community

• to be a good teacher

• to make a difference in someone's life

• to be a good role model for her daughter

• to run a marathon

FEARS :

• losing her husband to a hearing woman

• losing her daughter

• getting sick from her drug use in high school

SECRETS :

• When Cari was in high school, during her freshman and sophomore years she did a lot of drugs. Her mother walked in on her smoking pot one day and from then on, Cari promised her mom that she would get clean. She did and hasn't told anyone about it since.

• Cair doesn't like soccer because she was mercilessly teased by her teammates for being Deaf when she was little. Third grade girls can be brutal. She never got the ball and was always pushed around, even though it was against the rules for her age group to push around when she played. Cari eventually quit the team and has hated soccer ever since.

WEAKNESS :

• Music. She just doesn't get why hearing people enjoy it so much. She'd much rather read poetry and not bother having to blast music insanely loud to feel the beat.

• Math. Sure, Cari can do basic arithmetic from grade school, but if you ask her for help with an algebra problem, she's useless. Her daughter constantly asks her for help with math homework, but she can't offer much.

STRENGTHS :

• American Sign Language. This is Cari's first language and her primary way of communicating. She doesn't only use it to communicate, though. She watches signed music and loves watching and telling ABC stories, which are highly valued in the Deaf community. Cari really wants to teach the language to others, especially to hearing students. It's something she loves and wants to share.

• Art. Believe it or not, Cari has an eye for art. She keeps a sketchbook around that she draws in all the time.

OVERALL PERSONALITY :

• Stubborn: It's hard to change Cari's mind. Sometimes it's a good thing. If she wants to do something, she'll do it. There's no stopping her! It can be a bad thing, though, when she argues with you about something she feels strongly about.

• Happy: Cari's a generally happy person. She's usually smiling and enjoying life.

• Worry-wart: When something's bothering her, she can't stop thinking about it. It distracts her to no end and it's very obvious when she's worried. Her students can usually tell when something's on her mind and take those days to their advantage to get away with stuff in class.

• Friendly: Even though she's Deaf, Cari isn't afraid to strike up a conversation with the stranger next to her. Usually when they learn she's Deaf, they realize how they need to talk to her and have a wonderful conversation.

• Authoritative: Being a teacher, Cari holds authority. She likes being in charge and in control. Whether she's in the classroom, at home, or working on a project with the staff, she's in charge!

• Listener: Even though she can't technically hear you, she's watch you rant as much as you want without interrupting. She won't butt in or tell you how to handle the situation. If you need to talk but don't want to be judged, she's the woman to come to.

• Honest: Cari doesn't beat around the bush. She tells it like it is. She realizes that some people can't handle how blunt she is very well, but the truth hurts.

• Inclusive: If you're standing around alone at a party that Cari's at, expect to be approached and talked to. She knows what it's like to feel a lone and doesn't want anyone else to have to go through that.

• Perseverance: Cari doesn't let anything stop her. This goes hand and hand with her stubbornness. If you tell her she can't do something, she'll make it her goal to prove you wrong and show you she can. She'll never give up.

• Matronly: She was matronly before she had kids! Cari actually cares about other people and wants the best for them. She's protective of her friends and will stand up for them whenever she needs to.

BY PROCEDURE.
JUST TO STRAIGHTEN THINGS UP.

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HOMETOWN : Washington, DC.
CURRENT RESIDENCE : Las Vegas, NV
MOTHER'S NAME : Jane Lynn MacArthur
FATHER'S NAME : Gregory Michael Duffy
SIBLINGS : Cari is an only child.
OVERALL HISTORY :

Cari was born in Washington D.C. on April 15th to Deaf parents. They had a feeling that she would be born Deaf, not that they cared. When approached by the doctors about a cochlear implant for Cari, Jane and Gregory refused it. They wanted to raise her in the Deaf community. Cari's first language was American Sign Language and TV was watched with the captions on (even though she was too little to read them). Her parents never spoke, so she didn't. For the first five years of her life, she didn't know people could speak. That's why pre-k was such a shock to her. Suddenly people's lips were moving and no one used their hands to talk. Cari was lost in a hearing world. Her teachers tried to teach her orally, but Cari couldn't read lips yet. Eventually, her parents took her out of the hearing school and enrolled her at the local Deaf school. She stayed there from the rest of pre-k until she graduated high school.
High school was rough. During her freshman year, she was so determined to fit in and be accepted (people are outcasted in Deaf schools!) that she would do anything to be liked. Unfortunately, this for her meant getting involved with drugs. Cari got mixed up with the wrong crowd and gave into the peer pressure to do drugs. She smoked weed most often, but would take pills to get high every once in a while. One day, she was lighting up in her room when she thought that her parents were at work. Her mom ended up coming home early and caught Cari smoking weed. After a long lecture, she promised her mom that she could stop using drugs. It was a long struggle and she was grounded for a year, but it was worth it. Her grades (which had fell and Cari blamed on the transition into high school) went back up and she ended up graduating at the top of her class.
Cari attended Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., the country's first Deaf college. She majored in American Sign Language education and minored in visual arts. It didn't take her long to find a job in Las Vegas, Nevada at Winchester Community College. She flew out to Vegas for an interview and ended up getting the job. Cari was ecstatic to start at Winchester. She wanted to share her language with others and get more people interested in Deaf culture and interpreting. She packed up and moved and has been working there ever since.
19 years ago, she met a wonderful hearing man. They got married after two years of dating and then had a child together. Cari wasn't surprised when her daughter was born with 20% of her hearing in each ear. Now her daughter's sixteen and attends a Deaf school in Las Vegas.

FINISHING TOUCHES.
THE SAD ENDING TO A PERFECT BEGINNING.

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ROLE PLAY SAMPLE :

Janet gripped her equipment. This was it.
This was what the band had been working towards for 4 grueling, long, hot months. Every time she hit herself in the face with her flag, every time she dropped her rifle on her foot, every time she cut herself on her sabre was just another mistake to fix for the big day: Bands of America Nationals. After placing first for the past 5 years in the Superregionals, her high school's marching band went up a class.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome from Fort Worth, Texas, the Mighty Marching Jaguars!" she heard the announcer say over the speakers.
The entire band looked up at the director. "Mark time, mark, and one two three four..."
Janet counted under her breath as the band marched into the stadium. The roar of the crowd filled her ears and she couldn't help but smile.
She knew as soon as the drum major stepped onto the field, their time to set up started. Janet rushed around, placing her flags, rifle, and sabre in different spots on the field, trying to make the time so the band wasn't disqualified. She finished with plenty of time to spare, but wasted no time going to opening set.
As she stood there, her heart beat wildly. Not all of the guard was finished setting up. For some reason, it always felt like they had 10 seconds to finish, when in reality there was lots of time left to get to opening set.
Finally, everyone was in opening set, color guard and marching band. Janet looked at the royal blue armband on the sleeve of the uniform one last time before looking up at the judges.
"Performing their show 'Rock of Ages,' Andrew Jackson High School, you may take the field in Bands of America National Competition."
The opening bars of the first song in the show filled her ears as she started to move. Janet stopped thinking and just moved. She danced like she was in the New York City Dance Company and she spun and tossed her equipment like her life depended on it. It kind of did, considering her band director would be upset if she messed up. Even though her arms hurt like crazy, she still caught as strong as she would if they didn't.
Finally, the show ended. The crowd cheered wildly and the guard frantically picked up all their equipment. The band marched out of stadium in perfect time.
As soon as they were outside, the whole band erupted into cheers and tears. One of her friends, Seth, the tallest kid in the band, pushed into the center of the small crowd that had form.
"Today," he started, "We marched. We marched our asses off, like there was no tomorrow. We killed it." The band cheered, but stopped when he held up a hand. Continuing, he said, "Today, we marched missing a member. Those blue arm bands you're wearing are in his memory. He looked down on us as we marching and played and spun. He's watching over us right now."
Janet didn't notice she was sobbing until Seth took a breath to speak.
"Here's to you, our friend! You're gone, but you're not forgotten. Your life ended early, but we know that right now, you're talking to God and critiquing us, showing him how much better you can play it on your flute. And we all know that you're sure as hell getting distracted from the music and showing off by playing Flight of the Bumblebees."
Now everyone was crying. Not everyone was sobbing like Janet, but tissues were being passed around like drugs or chewing gum.
Seth, holding his clarinet in the air, choked up as he cried, "HERE'S TO YOU, PAULO!"
The band cheered through their tears and started walking towards the trailer. The competition part of the day was over and it was time to relax until the results.

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[▪▫ JUST ELLE...]

Whoo! Our first professor~
Great job, Storm. Cari is a very well-rounded character. I think she's a wonderful addition to Winchester, and I'm excited to see her in action.
Go ahead and do her shippers and claims. c:

Sincerely,

Elle