N A M E
Olivia Taylor Bishop

N I C K N A M E
Ollie - Tried to do one on a skateboard when she was younger and was somewhat successful

B I R T H D A T E
October 4th, 1992

A G E
24

G E N D E R
Female

S E X U A L I T Y
Bisexual

R E L A T I O N S H I P S T A T U S
Single, and definitely ready to mingle.

O C C U P A T I O N
Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs

H O M E T O W N
San Francisco, CA, USA

E T H N I C I T Y
Caucasian

A P P E A R A N C E
At a dainty height of 5'8 1/2", Olivia maintains a soft, "squishy" physique partially attributed to her sedentary lifestyle with very little rigorous exercise. Her shoulder length brown hair matches her big, brown eyes that are the key to her warm, friendly appearance. Despite her being a slight bit more on the squishy side, she has very mediocre assets, making her sex appeal a little less in comparison to the rest of her siblings. She makes up for it by being able to flash the brightest of smiles, however.

H A B I T S

• Mutters to herself whenever she is frustrated
• Clicks her pen whenever she's trying to write something down
• Tends to portion foods incorrectly, either there's too much or too little. Very rarely does she get it right.

H O B B I E S

• Hanging out with her buddies
• Watching TV shows (specifically teen dramas, cop procedurals, and sitcoms)
• Scrapbooking

L I K E S

• The color yellow
• Pasta
• Her cat, Pawsitive
• New York Giants
• Indie bands

D I S L I K E S

• The color orange
• Violent movies, TV shows, video games, etc.
• Nicki Minaj
• Spiders
• Ferris Wheels

F E A R S

• Deep bodies of water
• The unexpected end of her existence

P E R S O N A L I T Y
Olivia considered by many to be a very gentle and extroverted person. She maintains a rather friendly and open presence among her peers, making it very easy for them to bond with the California native. She does have a tendency to let herself go whenever there are a few drinks in her system though, amplifying her warm tendencies by a million as more and more alcohol enters her system. That occasion is a lot more common than one would might think, as Olivia isn't a stranger to any sort of alcohol at all.

However though, she isn't a constant ball of energy like everyone might seem to see her as. At some points all she wants to do is to go back to her apartment, plop herself on her couch, put on something on Netflix and drink the night away. Olivia is also very afraid of commitment, stemming back to a brutal breakup she had while in college that still hadn't quite healed up properly. Even going on random blind dates, she often leaves the people she meets in the dark, hardly responding after spending a night together.

All in all, though, Olivia is very well received by those that have had the opportunity to meet her, and knows how to brighten someone's day no matter what they'd be going through. Most of the time it would involve something alcoholic in some sort of way, but her intentions are there.

H I S T O R Y
Being born during the tech boom, Olivia grew up in a very different San Francisco than her older siblings and parents. She was part of one of the only families around that had as big of a family as she did, with seven siblings by the time she was in the third grade. As a result, she had created a very strong bond with her siblings as she grew up, something that would last for her entire life as she made her way as an individual.

She tore through school with amazing grades, taking advanced classes at a younger age. However, though, she had difficulty making friends growing up due to her focus on her academics in lieu of social skills. Even in high school, she didn't have that many people to talk to outside of her measly group of nerds. However though, her efforts in school did get her accepted into her dream school - New York University. As soon as she found out she had been accepted, she started packing and coordinating with her parents and family to figure out what to do and what was going to happen. By Fall 2010, she had moved to New York University and set on working on a degree in Business Studies with an emphasis on Finance.

Because of the many AP classes she took in high school, she saved lots of time when it came to the classes she needed to take as a prerequisite. This allowed her time to be a little more social and develop her skills as she was forced to be with strangers she didn't really know. During this time, it really allowed her to bloom as a socialite and meet people that would help her along. This also lead her to meet the man of her dreams (or so she thought). They dated for a year or so... until one eventful day in 2013 where shit hit the fan and lead to the nastiest breakup in the history of breakups. It took her a while (and a lot of alcohol) to return to good enough shape to operate. She then graduated from NYU with a Bachelor's in Business Studies and got a job at Goldman Sach's and lives comfortably in an apartment somewhere in Manhattan.

N A M E
Rui Domingo Rosas

N I C K N A M E
N/a

B I R T H D A T E
11/07/1990

A G E
26

G E N D E R
Male

S E X U A L I T Y
Heterosexual

R E L A T I O N S H I P S T A T U S
Single

O C C U P A T I O N
Fourth year PhD Candidate, NYU School of Economics. His thesis is entitled, “Three Essays on the Application of Supervised Learning Techniques to the Economics of High-skill Immigration”. He is currently at work on his Job Market paper, entitled: “Enough’s enough: Ethnic Capital Agglomerations and Diminishing Marginal Returns.”

H O M E T O W N
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.

E T H N I C I T Y
Pardo.

A P P E A R A N C E
Striving for the conventional aesthetic of the Brazilian Bourgeoisie, the discipline of Rui’s appearance reflects that of his broader personality. Each morning his body - lean and rippling with a light muscle - is stuffed into a set of undersized gym clothes and taken for a jog around the block. The shower following that is cold; the intent, he claims, is to seal his pores and ensuring his skin’s longevity. With practiced precision, he will proceed to trim his facial hair into a neat anchor. His hair, otherwise a mass of tight, black curls descending to his upper spine when wet, is swept back and out of his face with a little product. Following this, he will moisturize; rubbing a thick, white salve into his caramel skin for the first of two times that day.

This ritual compliments a rich genetic predisposition. He stands at 6’2’’. His face is long, all angles and jawline and lacking the slightest blemish. He would be altogether quite handsome if not for the seriousness etched into his features: small lips are made smaller by their routine purse-ing, bushy eyebrows arch down above a set of piercing brown-black eyes. His face, lit up with thoughtfulness and intelligence during conversation, relaxes into an otherwise severe expression when left to its own devices.

His recent break-up has led to a depreciation in his appearance. His beard is somewhat more outgrown than it once was; the exactness of the cut has evaporated. He has allowed his hair to grow out some amount, and it takes on a more mane-like appearance. The changes aren’t drastic, and he retains much of his former style; though, to close friends, even the slightest deviation from the convention he’d held since starting college, is apparent. Even if difficult to place, he looks different.

H A B I T S

• When mulling over a problem, or caught in deep thought, his hand - and always his right one - will reach up to hold a bunch of his hair, clasping with a tightness that strains the roots.
• When nervous, he will roll the his thumbnail along the skin of his middle and pointing finger in an ostensible effort to pick it off. He has in past times, when contained with stress, peeled the skin right off the nubs of his fingers - entirely subconsciously.
• He catches himself looking into every reflective surface without fail.

H O B B I E S

• Hanging out with friends
• Genealogy
• Programming

L I K E S

• Puzzles and problem solving
• Current affairs - more-so arguing, if he is honest
• Korean art-house cinema. Cinema, in general
• Spanish football
• Classical music

D I S L I K E S

• American Sports
• Feeling as if he’s wasted his time
• Cleaning data
• Rollercoasters
• Uncertainty
• Tickles

F E A R S

• Enclosed spaces
• Peaking

P E R S O N A L I T Y
Rui is introverted and prone to prolonged periods of social detachment. When enthused about a social situation he might be mistaken for an extrovert. He enjoys the company of others; that has never been a problem. But, afterwards, there is always a need to retreat, to recuperate from the experience; social situations are overwhelming. Following major social events, it is not unusual for him to go dark for a couple of days at a time; he will explain away such absences with the mere note that he was ‘thinking’, as if it was obvious what that entailed. In conversation, he bristles with an obvious intelligence and pace of thought - though, this sharpness has never extended to his sense of wit and he has been known for his spectacularly unfunny attempts at ripostes.

His background is that of fundamentalist-Protestantism. However, he has distanced himself from the rituals, if not quite the opinions, of his faith since coming to America. Disciplined and conservative in his approach to life, he has loosened up over the last number of years; the last to engage in acts of social excess, he remains open to a drink, or three, with friends. On occasion, he will lose himself among the exuberance of the crowd - though, he never ceases to feel shame the morning afterwards; it was never what he was in NY to do. Whilst posing a serious disposition, he retains a genuine good nature: always willing to lend a hand, or an ear, as required, it has allowed him to inject himself into groups of friends that are much more plainly fun.

However, his recent break-up has caused him to become more withdrawn from those around him. Whilst able to muster the enthusiasm to appear sociable as required, he finds himself making an increasing amount of excuses to avoid social situations and just sit at home. Being in fourth year, this has been easy to justify: he is, apparently, quite busy preparing for the job market.

H I S T O R Y
“Life is neither a pleasure nor a sorrow; it is a serious affair with which we are charged, and towards which our duty is to acquit ourselves as well as possible.” It is undeniably odd to find such a message scribbled inside your thirteenth birthday card - undeniably more so to find it replace regular notions such as “happy birthday!” or “good luck, son!”. That, nevertheless, was what Rui found scribbled inside his thirteenth birthday card. It has been used as the guide to his upbringing: from an early age he was thought that a man must necessarily be able to justify oneself in front of god, his country, and himself - in that order. To exist otherwise, was to have failed in this life.

The prime provocateur of this attitude was Rui's father. A professor of mathematics at the municipal university, he had made contributions to abstract algebra significant enough to earn him tenure during the late 1980s, but thereafter generated little of academic merit. Rui’s mother was the maid his father fell in love with and married; though, their marriage overlapped suspiciously with her pregnancy. An only child, his upbringing was the more-or-less conventional one awarded to those of Brazilian society’s upper crust. He attended a private school, where the seriousness the father imparted on the child was little help in gaining friends, and generally grew up with plenty among the most dizzying extents of want.

Excelling academically - if with a sense of strictness and conceit that earned him concern from teachers - he graduated high school summa cum laude. Accepted into NYU, it was an immediately disorientating experience: exposed to peers that rivaled, if not outright surpassed, his intellect, he was forced into an re-evaluation of the pretension that dominated his previous attitude towards education. After that, he matured rapidly; learning to value those around him, shelve derision, and open himself up to social opportunity. Whilst the discipline of attitude and action remained, he learned to relax it when it came to others. He graduated - majoring in Statistics, with a minor in History - a vastly different person: whilst ‘fun’ would be misleading, he had probably saved himself from the label: ‘not-fun’.

Since, he has pursued a PhD in Economics at NYU. In 2013, he began dating a woman from his cohort. However, at the beginning of the year he discovered that she had been cheating on him, and they broke if off. His friends are aware that his relationship had ended, though Rui has never divulged the cause. Whilst he has claimed to be over here, and does well mustering that piece of theater on the occasion she enters conversation, he isn’t; not in the slightest.

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N A M E
Thuy Cecilia Pham.

N I C K N A M E
Cici.

Cecelia is her middle name (given to her by her mother) that she prefers to go by. She prefers this because for the most part people don't know how to pronounce her first name. She doesn't mind her friends calling her by her real name, but it usually means something serious is going down or about to go down. She sometimes think is it a good homage to her mother to keep the middle name active as well- which her father hates.

B I R T H D A T E
June, 9th. 1992.

A G E
Twenty Four.

G E N D E R
Female.

S E X U A L I T Y
Heterosexual.

R E L A T I O N S H I P S T A T U S
Single.

O C C U P A T I O N
Waitress at her father's restaurant.

H O M E T O W N
Fresno, California. USA.

New York City's unofficial "Little Saigon" is where she stays now.

E T H N I C I T Y
French Vietnamese

A P P E A R A N C E
Despite her ethnicity, Cecelia has bleached and re-bleached her natural black hair to a very platinum blonde. She has brown eyes, but prefers to wear a light blue/grey contact to cover up. Her skin tone is on the lighter spectrum but during the summer she can get a nice brown tone. She is very petite, standing at barely five feet tall and weighing around ninety seven pounds. Her constant chain smoking doesn't help her lack of appetite and belittlement from her father to "gain some weight"

Cecelia's clothing style is very urban and street and very comfortable. Though she can appreciate fashion she would rather be curled up in sweats and tee shirt than an outfit costing more than week's worth of paycheck. She loves bright colors, pinks and teals but often can be seen adorning black as well. Piercings are everywhere on Cecelia's body. Most of which were done by herself in her bathroom of her basement. Some of them have been healed over by now, but she can be often seen with her lips, nose, and ears covered in jewelry. Along with piercings she has over 20 tattoos ranging in sizes, value, and professionalism. One was done in jail that she is particularly proud of, and likes to say she was in murder- despite it being for a fifth act of public intoxication.

H A B I T S
▸ Leaving lighters in her friends cars, homes, purses, etc.
▸ Reading her horoscope for her and her friends online- daily.
▸ Chewing her nails down until they bleed when she's upset.

H O B B I E S
▸ Smoking, drinking, and partying.
▸ Watching really bad horror movies on Netflix.
▸ Snapchatting her friends pictures of her random body parts.

L I K E S
▸ Naps.
▸ When people actually want to talk on the phone.
▸ Hip hop and rap music- the louder the better.
▸ Tattoos and piercings.
▸ Shopping online.

D I S L I K E S
▸ Working at her father's restaurant.
▸ Living at home still.
▸ Being lectured by her family members.
▸ Texting for more than a few minutes.
▸ Long trips on the subway.

F E A R S
▸ Never finding someone to start a life with.
▸ Being abandoned.

P E R S O N A L I T Y
Cecelia can sometimes be a hard person to read. She can appear cold and sometimes downright mean, her face in a constant state of "bitch" but as you get to talking to her, you'll quickly realize she is very down to Earth and just wants to have a good time. She can be very talkative to people she is close to, she isn't afraid to say exactly how she feels about a situation; so she usually one of the first people come to when they need a reality check in the scheme of things. Cici picks fights and plays dirty when she needs to. She is a ticking time bomb inside a teddy bear.

When at work and at home, the girl has a very more traditional position. A very complete opposite of the independent girl, she would be found grabbing beers for men, cooking, cleaning and being told to "come a little closer here baby" In most places, Cici would be swinging- but in these two places specifically she lets a lot of her morals and views get tucked under the rug. She knows it would cause a lot more problems if she were herself around these locations.

H I S T O R Y
Cecelia is the middle child, born to Thien and Simone Pham. She has one older sister (26) and one younger half brother (10). Thien and Simone met in college in California. Thien an American Vietnamese man and Simone a pretty little foreign exchange girl from France. The two had a whirlwind semester of college together, falling in love and having their first child. The two maintained a long distance relationship for about three years. Thien worked like crazy to bring her to America as often as possible, sending her home what always seemed like a pregnancy. Eventually this constant battle grew tiring and when Cecelia was born- Simone decided this was going to be the last trip back. "It's not you, it's me" she said, her voice low as Cecelia and her older sister had their heads pressed to their door as they listened to their parents fight. That was the last they heard from their mother.

Thien was heartbroken but not too damaged to find himself on a dating website. That was when he fell in love once more- this time with a Vietnamese woman. She told Thien that she had just inherited her family's restaurant and that if he came across the country to New York that she would bless him with a new wife and a son. Both blessings were filled, and the two sisters now in their teens along with their dad found themselves in the bustling city of New York taking on a restaurant and intertwining into a new family.

Cecelia has adjusted well to the new lifestyle, her sister has long since moved back to California and Cici doubts that she would take her sister's path but would like to get out of her father and step mother's house as soon as she can possibly get. She had been offered by several of her friends to stay with them but has not taken them up on the offer yet. For now she works full time at the restaurant and when she isn't working she is having the time of her life with her circle of friends that she considers her family.