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Having finished catching up on the past Supernatural episodes, I can finally have time to catch up on the other shows I've been neglecting. Thankfully Dad showed interest in finding the episodes of Who Do You Think You Are, so we can watch those as a family. So that eliminates the set of episodes I was getting behind on. I still have to catch up on True Blood... though I don't seem to be all that enthusiastic about doing it, like I was with the Supernatural episodes.

I'm starting to think that it's a sign that I need to eliminate how many shows I'm watching. True Blood is starting to be a show that I feel like I'm not into as much anymore and possibly a show I won't feel too heart broken about splitting from. The Vampire Diaries is another one that's on the border on whether I want to continue with it or not. Not to mention, I have a collection of new shows that will be starting up that I have yet to discover whether I'll continue onward with them or not.

*sings along to music*

Looking at a photography website I found today and checking out the wedding photo sets they have featured.

Pick one of your OCs and fill in the questions/statement as if you were them.

I'm gonna go with my newest OC I created - Charity.

1. What is your name?
Charity Samara Delaney

2. Do you know why you were named that?
I never got the chance to officially talk to my parents about why they chose my name, due to them dieing when I was young, but there clearly was a major religious vibe going on. According to mythology, the Archangel Chamuel - known as the angel of love - had an archia (or "twin flame", as she's sometimes called) counterpart named Charity. My middle name is a Hebrew and Arabic name meaning "guardian or protected by God" and "night talk". Finally, my surname has multiple meanings: the Old French origin means "from the alder grove" ((in some mythologies, alder is considered the tree of resurrection)); the Gaelic Irish origin means "offspring of the challenger" or "angel from heaven".

So, whether it was either deliberate or not, there's definitely a major connection to the angels and God going on.

3. Are you single or taken?
Um... in a complicated relationship? I don't know how else to describe it.

4. Have any abilities or powers?
As far as I know I'm just an ordinary human being who just happens to get tied up in supernatural related events.

5. Stop being a Mary-sue!
How am I being a "Mary Sue"? There's nothing special about me... aside from being best friends with both an angel, demon, and a few hunters.

6. What's your eye color?
Brown.

7. How about hair color?
Dark brown.

8. Have you any family-members?
Ones that are living? No. Both of my parents and my two older sisters, Faith and Hope, are dead.

9. Oh? How about pets?
No pets at this time. I travel around too much to have one.

10. That's cool, I guess. Now tell me something you don't like.
Being underestimated on what I'm able to do or handle.

11. Do you have any activities/hobbies that you like to do?
Research, research, research. Oh... and occasionally drink my favorite alcohol.

12. Have you ever hurt anyone in anyway before?
It wouldn't surprise me if I did. Of course I don't always intend to do it on purpose.

13. Ever... killed anyone before?
I'm sort of a hunter... so... it comes with the job.

14. What kind of animal are you?
An eagle? I don't know.

15. Name your worst habits?
On my worst days, I can get pretty deep with my drinking.

16. Do you look up to anyone at all?
Have you seen Sam? The guy is a freaking giant!

Oh... you meant in terms of being like an idol or whatever. I guess I have to go with Bobby. Of all of the "home base" hunters, he was the best one.

17. are you Gay, Straight, or Bisexual?
Straight with a hint of bisexuality.

18. Do you go to school?
Not anymore. But I do have a few degrees that I think are beneficial to the job.

19. Ever wanna marry and have kids one day
Marry? Sure. Kids? I don't really know.

20. Do you have fangirls/fanboys?
I arrived on the scene after those Supernatural books were written, so the fanbase doesn't even know who I am.

21. What are you most afraid of?
The fates of my two closest friends, Cas and Crowley.

22. What do you usually wear?
Casual clothes that are comfortable and easy to move around in if I need to fight. Boots are usually an essential and nice jean jacket.

23. What's one food that tempts you?
Uh... not sure. I probably should ask the boys if they recognize a particular food I always seem to go for like how they have their signature dishes. Take Dean for an example - he sure does love his pie.

24: Am I annoying you?
Yeah. There's a lot of work I need to get back to.

25. Well, it's still not over!
Then stop wasting time and get through with it!

26. What class are you? (low class, middle class, high class)?
Middle class, I guess?

27. How many friends do you have?
Close friends? 4 - the Winchester boys, Cas, and Crowley. Close acquantices - Charlie.

28. What are your thoughts on pie?
All I can think of now when pie is mentioned is Dean.

30. Favorite drink?
Alcohol. sweatdrop

31. What's your favorite place?
With my friends.

32. Are you interested in anyone~?
*points at Cas* What do you think? Course he's new to the whole "being human" thing, so he's still trying to get in tune with human emotions.

33. That was a stupid question. I killed it.
Idgit!

34. Would you rather swim in a lake or the ocean?
Lake.

35. What's your type?
Dean would say that I fall for the misfit supernatural guys.

36. Any fetishes?
No.

37. Seme or uke
I don't have time for this nonsense.

38. Camping or indoors?
Really depends on the job.

1. When did you start writing?
Since I was a little girl.

2. When you were a beginning writer, what did your write primarily? What do you write now, primarily? (i.e. romance, fan-fiction, poetry)
Fairytale-like stories. Now I'm more expanded to fantasy and science fiction oriented works.

3. How often do you write?
Whenever I am inspired or feel like writing.

4. When is your favorite time of the day to write?
Early afternoon.

5. Do you have a writing muse? If so, who/what?
My characters? If they are ready to share their story with me, then that's when I usually write.

6. What is your most popular lit piece?
None at this time.

7. What is the piece you are currently writing?
It's called "Moonshimmer". That's all I'm gonna say about it right now.

8. What is the piece you most recently finished?
None at this time.

9. What piece are you most proud of?
"Moonshimmer" - even though it's not finished yet. But it's the first story I've written that has gone beyond the usual 30 page amount that I had done in the past. I'm at about 200-some pages and I'm not even done writing the first draft. And it'll increase even more when I do more research for certain aspects of the story.

10. What piece are you most disappointed in?
Probably a few of the poems I wrote for a couple of my poetry classes.

11. From all of your stories, who is/are your favorite character(s) and why? (try to limit it to 3)
Moonshimmer and Diana. They started out as OCs for two different franchises and eventually they started creating their own universes... and soon their universes joined together. I love their personalities and stories... and love that they are a great pair of friends. Never would have imagined them during their early OC stages that they would be best friends.

12. What is the best compliment you ever got on your writing?
Any compliment I receive means a lot to me, especially since I'm fairly secretive about the works I write.

13. What is your main goal with writing?
With the novels I'm planning on writing and completing, I want to complete stories that are at their best and tell the stories that have been stuck in my head for so many years. And hopefully they will be the novels that will get me to being published and entering the world of being a true author.

14. Have you ever been published?
Not yet. But hoping that some day I will be.

15. If tomorrow you learned that you would never be able to formally publish a story, would you still write?
If no major publisher is going to public my story, then I would go with the self-publishing route. With the amount of friends I have that are into the English field, it probably wouldn't take too long before I got a nice chunk of fans following my work. So, yeah, I would still write, whether I was published or not.

16. If you could get a Daily Deviation on one of your lit pieces, which would it be?

I was thinking about something the other day regarding the Archangel Chamuel that I got inspiration from for my Supernatural OC's name. He's considered the angel of love. According to biblical scripture, God is love. So... does that mean Chamuel has a special role in relation to God? Or is Chamuel really God?

1. What do you do currently for a job?
I volunteer as a Cat Socializer at the local humane animal shelter.

2. How satisfied are you with your job?
I love volunteering at the shelter and plan on doing it for a long period of time. I don't know why I hesitated for so long to actually apply for a volunteer position.

I would like to have a job that pays though.

3. Does your job require you to work with a group, or alone? Do you do better in groups, or with solitary projects?
A bit of both. When there's cleaning needed to be done, then we work as a group to insure everything is done. For the socialization, you are more on a solitary work level.

4. Do you keep on task?
There's never a dull moment at the shelter.

5. What do you honestly think of your supervisor? What about your coworkers?
I love the supervisor. She's got a great personality and I enjoy talking with her when she stops by.

I enjoy the other volunteers that work the same shift as me. We've gotten close to each other and know what each person likes to do the most. It's nice because we mentally already know each other's roles and don't have to question who is going to do what.

There's one staff gal - Natasha - who I absolutely love and enjoy working along side with. The other staff gal - Alex - she tends to come off as stuck up or whatever... and it just rubs me the wrong way. She's a nice gal when you actually talk to her but her overall presence makes you feel like you're scum and not doing anything right.

6. Does your job require a lot of paperwork? How well do you handle that?
The only paperwork I handle is recording the times I socialize with cats, filling out any medical concern forms that need to be done, and filling out any diarrhea chart forms if there is one.

7. What about machinery or computers?
Sanitizer and laundry machines are the only machinery we have to use.

8. Does your job require moving or taking a lot of business trips? How does this affect your family or pets, if you have any?
Nope.

9. What's your salary like? What's the minimum wage, if there is one? (If the story takes place in a fictional world, use its currency.)
It's a volunteer position. I don't make money. Though I feel like I should with the amount of work and effort I put in each shift.

The minimum wage in WA is now $9.19. ((I didn't even know this questionnaire was meant for an OC. The person I took it from didn't even mention it being so. Oh well.)).

10. What is your favorite part about your job? Or do you only like it for the pay?
Interacting with the felines.

11. What is your least favorite part about your job?
Cleaning messy kennels for a majority of my shift. I don't mind doing some cleaning... but I don't like it when it takes up my entire shift to get things done.

12. How well do you feel you perform at your job? Does it use your abilities well, do you feel challenged, do you think they request too much of you?
Every day has a new challenge. While the basic concept still applies each time, you never know what you will be getting into each morning. So, yeah, I always have a new challenge to overcome.

There are times where I feel that volunteers are putting in a whole lot more work that is worthy of being paid for.

13. Where do you see yourself in ten years? (Promotions, a different job, a different company, et cetera.)
Continuing my volunteering at the shelter and have received the volunteer pins that are available.

And hopefully have another job - THAT PAYS - that I enjoy doing.

14. How many hours do you work per week? Would you like to work more or less, or are you happy with the current number?
I work 2-3 hours on Wednesdays. I am happy with the shift I have been doing. Mostly because I enjoy the people I work with.

15. How often do you work with the public? (Seminars, career fairs, customer service, et cetera.) How well do you handle that?
If I stay later to the point of the shelter opening, then I may occasionally deal with some patrons who are interested in meeting a cat or have a question about a particular dog ((if I happen to be checking on what canines are there at the time)). I do pretty well.

16. What other jobs have you had? What was the worst, and what was the best?
Various assistant-oriented postions, positions on school newspapers, pet sitting... and a few other odds and ends. I enjoyed working for my university's student newspaper and pet sitting. The child care babysitting job was a bit challenging due to the kids (my second cousins) being handfuls at the time.

17. Is a dangerous (legally or physically) job that's high-paying job worth it?
Depends on the job.

18. What kind of job do you think you would perform the lousiest at?
Anything medical oriented.

19. How do you feel about child labor? Does it exist in your world?
If it's a family farm and they're just helping out, I don't see a problem with that. But actually hard labor, no. They shouldn't have to get involved with that at such a young age.

20. How satisfactory are your current working conditions? What about working conditions around the world?
The economy is terrible, so it's really hard for us young folks to find an entry level position to apply for that we actually have a chance at and don't need so-many-years of experience ((which contradicts with the whole "entry level" concept)).

21. Are you a member of any work unions?
No.

22. Do you think you get enough vacation time – if you get any at all?
I volunteer only one day a week for a few hours. The rest of the time I do whatever I want.

23. How strict is your current job about sick days and absences? Do they provide maternity and medical leave?
I select the days I want to work. If I'm unable to work a day, then I don't sign up for it or notify the volunteer programs manager that I won't be able to make it due to whatever reason.

24. Are you happy with your work benefits? Are there any given for current/former military personnel/veterans?
The only benefit really is that it looks good on my resume. And getting a dosage of being genuinely happy when I socialize with the cats.

25. What do you think is more beneficial – college or apprenticeship? What sort of training and schooling did your current job require?
Both is beneficial in this day of age. College will help you determine what area of field you are most interested in... and apprenticeship helps you get experience which helps you get a foot in the door towards whatever position you want.

The volunteer position only requires that you are capable of doing said tasks and are okay working with animals.