[b]Name:[/b] Aliocha Villabaso-Arai
[b]Appearance:[/b] [center][hider=Ali-- ][img]http://i.imgur.com/4nmZbis.png[/img][/hider][/center]

[b]Age:[/b] 22
[b]Major:[/b] Communication and Rhetoric Studies
[i]Minor:[/i] Journalism

[b]Part Time Job:[/b] Cocktail waitress at Frostina's, 8pm-2am $7.25/hr (Irregular schedule) 
[b]Money:[/b] [list][i]Wallet;[/i] $23.53 in cash, $40.00 on bus pass, $14.97 on prepaid gift-card
[i]Checking;[/i] $80.96
[i]Savings;[/i] $50.04[/list]
[b]Residence:[/b] Lives with grandmother, step-grandfather, and great-grandmother in Blossom Heights apartment complex, often spends nights in various co-ed dorms.
[b]Family:[/b] [list]
[*] [i]Father;[/i] Ernesto Villabaso, 41, Bouncer
[*] [i]Mother (estranged);[/i] Arisu Arai, 50, Secretary
[*] [i]Step-father (estranged);[/i] Dai Ito, 54, Mayor's aide
[*] [i]Half-sister;[/i] Sayuri Ito, 17, Secondary school student
[*] [i]Grandmother;[/i] Nishi Sammiya (née; Arai), 75, Seamstress
[*] [i]Step-grandfather;[/i] Eiji Sammiya, 69, Retired
[*] [i]Great-grandmother;[/i] Yui Tsurimi, 106, Retired[/list]
[b]Hobbies:[/b][list]
[i][b]Going out;[/b][/i] Ali enjoys going out on the town-- be it shopping at a thrift store, or going to get a bite at some restaurant. She receives a certain thrill from just going out with other, and being around other people going about their lives-- it's not often she can make full days of this though, due to her very minimal funds.
[i][b]Swimming;[/b][/i] You can swim in catfish pond for free! She's enjoyed swimming ever since her father first taught her how wen she was a child.
[i][b]Biking;[/b][/i] Seeing as her bike and the unreliable city transit are her two main modes of transportation, she's certainly lucky she enjoys riding around on the thing.
[i][b]Jogging;[/b][/i] For whenever the bike is in need of repairs, and the bus is late.
[i][b]Socializing;[/b][/i] Odd to think of it as a hobby, but Ali likes meeting new people, and flexing her gift of gab.
[i][b]Day drinking;[/b][/i] Rather self-explanatory.
[i][b]Exploring the human psyche;[/b][/i] i.e. drugs
[i][b]Appreciation of the human form, kinesthetic and the skill of a beat conductor;[/b][/i] She enjoys going to raves and other parties with live DJs.[/list]
[b]Aspirations:[/b] That's a good question. If one were to ask Ali this question, she'd probably give you some witty answer with a half-a-grain of truth in it. She realizes that she'll probably end up working for the Springdale Post, working her way up to her own column, exposing some drug ring out of the shade (Shady Alley). Parties would become wine in the evening and weed becomes aspirin before bed, she'd take care of her grandparents until they died, and then inherit their studio apartment... That's the most probable future, but it isn't what drives her, not entirely-- maybe not even partially. She isn't particularly sure of what it is that drives her, all she knows is that in the present, in her heart of hearts, she wants to feel good. In a balancing act with those base desires, she sees her journalism as a way to improve the world as a whole.

[b]Fears:[/b] Ali's biggest fear is very conceptual, but horribly existential in nature, Ali is afraid that she might never be aware of feeling happy, or that she may have already reached some emotional peak in her life. The idea that she might never be a truly happy individual scares her, and often drives her to distractions. Otherwise, she mostly avoids the normal things-- snakes, enclosed spaces, absurd heights... while not quite a [i]'fear,'[/i] she does take issue with government workers-- she doesn't have any problem with spiders though. 

[b]4 Positive Trails and 1 Negative Trait:[/b][list]
[b][i]+ [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI4EGIVf1tQ]Jazz Cats Pt. 1[/url]/ Open-minded:[/i][/b] A result of a rather 'colorful' life, Aliocha is very receptive to experiences and perspectives other may find questionable. While not exactly objective, she is less prone to make snap judgments about people or situations.
[b][i]+ [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8yLX8jPKrU]Dark Comedy Late Show[/url]/ Gonzo Journalist:[/i][/b] As far as modern journalism is concerned-- Ali doesn't have an ounce of journalistic integrity in her bones. Funnily enough, this makes her the [i]perfect[/i] Gonzo journalist. She doesn't seek the objective truth in her stories, but one that is balanced between what she can live with, and what she feels her audience can handle. She does this by throwing herself head first into stories, interviewing with the aplomb of a drug addled, drunken, sex-crazed, college underachieving PI.
[b][i]+ [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QuYQEFEeKU]都会[/url]/ Relaxed:[/i][/b] Not [i]always[/i] an advantage, but Ali knows how to keep relaxed under the stressful conditions in the life of a college student. This typically means neglecting responsibilities until later... but at least she's relaxed for the now!
[b][i]+ [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY088JoFIKs]Teach Me[/url]/ Libertine:[/i][/b] Ali is a proponent of free love, and is very open with her sexuality. Combining this with her accepting nature, Ali stands as an affront to conservative thinkers, or at least, the people who would have other act how they want them to-- and she wouldn't have it any other way.

[b][i]- [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbPdYETaFDE]Out by 16, Dogs on the Scene[/url]/ Complete lack of discipline:[/i][/b] It's a self-explanatory problem. It's less that she's a procrastinator, and more that she'd rather be doing something that she actually enjoys-- even if the thing she needs, but doesn't want to do is actually very important.[/list]