Post by LEO SLATER on Feb 3, 2013 23:47:01 GMT -8
leo isaiah slater.
just leo. twenty five. june 25th. BISEXUAL. MUSICIAN. BASSIST FOR HELLBOUND NATION. ANDY GLASS.
[html]<center><div style="font-family: dosis; font-size: 18px; text-transform: uppercase;">from the beginning</div><div style="font-family: calibri; font-style: italic; width: 250px; margin-top: -3px; font-size: 8px;">i knew i was different i embraced it, but you didn't</div>
<div style="width: 310px; text-align:justify;"><b>name;</b> leo isaiah slater
<b>nicknames;</b> lee, leo the lion, lionman, le-le, leon, lionel, slater, that guy who's in that band.. he'll pretty much answer to anything. as long as it's not stupid.
<b>age;</b> twenty five
<b>date of birth;</b> june 25th, 1987
<b>sexuality;</b> bisexual
<b>residency;</b> vancouver, canada, but currently touring with his band
<b>occupation;</b> bassist for hellbound nation</div>
<div style="font-family: dosis; font-size: 18px; text-transform: uppercase;">your normal life</div><div style="font-family: calibri; font-style: italic; width: 250px; margin-top: -3px; font-size: 8px;">nine to five it's just not for me i need to feel alive</div>
<div style="width: 310px; text-align:justify;"><b>likes;</b> cooked chicken, food, cats, animals, trees, grass, rainy days, beer, parties, tattoos, girls, girls with tattoos, tattoos with girls, youtube, twitter, the internets, video games, monkeys, zoos, guitars, snow, canada, keyboard cat, popcorn, action movies, flannel, lazy days, and nurses(;
<b>dislikes;</b> hayfever, blood, fighting, people who don't like his jokes, people without a sense of humor, being called annoying, phone calls, drugs, running, gyms, gory movies, brain freeze, the biebz, being called stupid, dubstep, confrontation, spicy food, candles (he burnt himself on one once), cooking, when people don't give him enough time to answer a complex question
<b>fears;</b> needles, really injuring himself (although he doesn't change his behavior at all), the sight of blood (especially his own), ghosts
<b>desires;</b> adopt a cat/dog/monkey/whatever, play some enormous venue with HN, visit every country, live in iceland, go to disneyland,
<b>quirks;</b> licks his lips a lot, eats food in a counter clockwise direction around his plate, runs his hand through his hair a lot, fidgets when nervous, says 'like' too much, goes very quiet when thinking, always has to be on the right side of the backseat of cars, replaces song lyrics with his own when he can't remember them and he'll alwaysalwaysalways eat red skittles first
<b>strengths;</b> friendly, talkative, determined, outgoing, kind, energetic, brave, easy to please, plays bass like a baws, is really good with animals/kids, spontaneous, persistent, humorous (at least, he likes to think so), goofy, trusting, forgiving, carefree, doesn't let shit get him down
<b>weaknesses;</b> annoying, easily bored, brunettes, unintelligent, reckless, always hungry, short attention span, he can't spell or do math, rowdy drunk, disorganized, immature, weak stomach when it comes to blood/gore, doesn't think things through, takes nothing seriously</div>
<div style="font-family: dosis; font-size: 18px; text-transform: uppercase;">i won't fall like the rest</div><div style="font-family: calibri; font-style: italic; width: 250px; margin-top: -3px; font-size: 8px;">of them they've come and gone with the wind</div>
<div style="width: 310px; text-align:justify;"><b>childish;</b> <i>"grow up, leo"</i> is a phrase leo's grown accustomed to hearing over the years. he's always been immature, but it's more in the way that he doesn't let things happening around him bring him down. he has this childlike innocence about him that somehow allows leo to rise above most of the bad crap in the world and go around acting like everything is perfect, or soon will be. he's not the brightest person, but he does believe in the good in people and in humanity as a whole.
<b>outgoing;</b> even at the height of the bullying he suffered in high school, leo's always been the type to wander up to people and start up a conversation. he just likes speaking to people, whether they be his best friends, or a total stranger. sometimes he's a bit over the top, but usually he likes getting people involved in things. while on tour, he hangs around the merch tent a lot in his free time, just to interact with fans. it's one of his favorite things about touring.
<b>determined;</b> while not necessarily stubborn, leo possesses a quiet determination that, once he has decided to do something, will not let him relent. he taught himself guitar and bass as a result of this, and during the periods where he has his heart set on something, you'd be amazed at what he can achieve. unfortunately, he's also easily distracted, so sometimes it takes a while to get things done. he can be very persistent, however.
<b>easily bored;</b> going hand in hand with his childish demeanor, leo gets bored very quickly. he constantly needs to be doing something to keep his mind busy, even if it's just playing angry birds or finding someone new to talk to. sometimes it's hard for him to even sit through entire movies without stopping to have a break and do something else.
<b>reckless;</b> no matter the time of day or his sobriety, leo has a knack for doing stupid things. where everyone else will answer "lolfuckno", leo will be the idiot to volunteer to do something dangerous. of course, this has resulted in numerous trips to the hospital over the years. these days, he's almost a constant visitor to the medic's tent on tour for every minor thing. even the fact that the sight of blood makes him freak out doesn't discourage leo from the stupid things he does.
<b>stupid;</b> as you might have already assumed, leo's not the cleverest dude around. he sucks at spelling, it takes him forever to do even simple math sometimes, and sometimes he just says thing that are not completely well thought through. well, to be honest, he doesn't think anything through too much. he believes acting on instinct is what's best, and it's a good policy to have, since he's not a very intelligent fellow.</div>
<div style="font-family: dosis; font-size: 18px; text-transform: uppercase;">i hear the doubt in the back</div><div style="font-family: calibri; font-style: italic; width: 250px; margin-top: -3px; font-size: 8px;">of your mind but still i'll see this through to the end</div>
<div style="width: 310px; text-align:justify;"><b>hometown;</b> langley, bc
<b>parents;</b> sarah louise (nee parker), 56, housewife and jeremy andrew slater, 58, accountant. they both still live in langley.
<b>siblings;</b> an older brother, damien, 28, and a younger sister, eloise, who is 23
<b>pets;</b> a black cat called marcus who lives with his parents in langley. he'd probably have dozens more if given the choice, but he'd feel bad for leaving them behind all the time while he tours :c</div>
<div style="font-family: dosis; font-size: 18px; text-transform: uppercase;">maybe if you paid more attention</div><div style="font-family: calibri; font-style: italic; width: 250px; margin-top: -3px; font-size: 8px;">asked more questions and actually listened</div>
<div style="width: 310px; text-align:justify;">leo was the second of three children born to jeremy and sarah slater. he was born two weeks earlier than he was expected, but he was a healthy baby nonetheless. a lot of his early childhood was spent being picked on by his older brother. damien never really liked the fact that he had a younger brother, and even now, leo doesn't really get along with him. but that's okay, because he thinks leo's an idiot, and leo thinks that damien's a twat.
when leo was three, his younger sister eloise was born. somewhere in leo's toddler mind, he decided to be the best big brother he could possibly be to make up for damien. leo was always asking to hold her, always given no as an answer. finally he got so annoying that his mother said yes just to shut him up. when eloise was put into his arms, leo nearly dropped her. it's safe to say he didn't get to hold her very much after that. leo was so scared that he never asked to again. instead, he was ever present beside her cot, trying to play games with her, even though she was just a baby.
even when he was younger it was clear leo wasn't a particularly bright child. he learned to read far later than damien had, and numbers were especially hard for him. it was thought he might have dyslexia, but after going to the doctor's, they denied it. so leo just had below average intelligence. sometimes he wishes he had something plausible to blame his idiocy on, rather than being 'just stupid'.
his lack of intelligence has always been something leo's had a hard time dealing with. school was especially hard for him, and even with extra tutoring, he was only just able to keep up with the other kids his age. it didn't take long for his peers to jump on that, and before long, leo was being called 'stupid' and 'fat' behind his back, and sometimes even to his face. the fact he was a chubby kid didn't help either. despite the early bullying, leo kept his head up. he wasn't super confident, but he did have a few friends who were nice to him. it wasn't until high school that things got really bad.
even at fourteen, leo was still carrying a lot of puppy fat. his one really good friend moved away, so leo started high school alone. despite his efforts, he found it hard to make real friends, especially while the kids who had tried to make elementary school hell for him were dead set on doing the same for the entirety of high school. now that he was alone, leo found it harder to stay afloat. his lunch money got stolen, he was beat up a few times after replying to their nasty comments, and worst of all was when his entire backpack got stolen, including his wallet. he had to walk home for three weeks before he got the courage to tell his parents what had happened. to not make a fuss, he simply told them that he'd lost it, left his bag on the bus. they weren't too mad, luckily, but leo's always found it odd how they never clued in to what was happening at school. truth was, his parents were too focused on the perfection that was damien to pay much attention to either leo or eloise.
anyway, it was while leo was walking home on one of the days without his wallet that he saw it. the acoustic guitar in the thrift shop for only twenty dollars. it was pretty much love at first sight. those steel strings, the beautiful body.. he was enraptured. he was staring at it long enough that an old lady came by. she looked at leo for a moment, his nose practically pressed against the glass, before entering the store. five minutes later, she left, guitar in hand. when she got outside, all she did was hand it to leo. "here you go, son." leo can still remember the smile she fixed him with, as if he was really her son, or maybe grandson. he spent almost an hour with her, only to learn she'd recently lost her grandson in a car accident. talking to her was the least leo could do after she'd bought him a guitar, and she had just seemed so lonely. although he walked the same way home everyday for the next two weeks, leo never saw her again.
but leo will never forget her. what happened next was a direct result of her actions. leo's obsession with music grew. for the next four years, he spent everyday playing that acoustic guitar, using it as an escape from the tormenting going on at school and from his douchey older brother. leo tried to teach eloise, but it didn't stick with her like it had with him. when he got his first job working at mcdonald's, he saved all he could to purchase an electric guitar. when he finally had enough, however, he walked into the music shop and laid his eyes on the most beautiful bass guitar he had ever seen.
immediately, he bought it and for the next two years, he taught himself how to play it. during that time, he graduated, and all those losers who gave him hell for most of his life were gone. just like that. college wasn't an option, since there was no point, so leo got another job as a waiter. it wasn't the best job in the world, but the tips were good and so were the hours. all the while, he was looking for a band to join. all these years he had been playing along, and now leo wanted to find other people to play with. and that was how he stumbled across hellbound nation.
he took an instant liking to the band, and it was just his luck that their other bassist had quit due to personal reasons. after they'd heard him play, leo was given the position. four years on, and leo couldn't be happier. the band's getting up there, and he's touring all over north america, which is something he's always wanted to do. he's stoked to see what they can accomplish in the future. </div>
<div style="font-family: dosis; font-size: 18px; text-transform: uppercase;">you would see this is not just</div><div style="font-family: calibri; font-style: italic; width: 250px; margin-top: -3px; font-size: 8px;">a dream but a path i've chosen that means everything to me</div></center>
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