Kari Summers (GBE 44 and Writercize 168)

On Alana's Writercize blog she suggests taking a name from either a random name generator or a short story you are working on and list a number of characteristics for them.  I choose Kari Summers, who is in the Streetlights series that I've published on this blog and a longer story that I am editing.

Kari is:
  1. An aging hippie
  2. Prefers long skirts
  3. Doesn't mind the grey streaks in her raven hair
  4. Drives an old VW camper
  5. Works as a bartender on occasion.
  6. Buys, sells and makes silver jewelry
  7. Has never married
  8. Has never had children
  9. Has no living relatives
  10. Took care of her mother through her final illness
  11. Has a reputation for being a "Death Angel"
  12. Questions authority
  13. Questions humanity
  14. Doesn't get along with other women, even though she has one night stands with them.
  15. Is something of a loner
  16. Smokes a lot of pot
  17. Drinks fairly heavily
  18. Lives in the house she was born in.
  19. Though she has traveled quite a bit, always returns to her Eastside Atlanta home.
  20. Never wears hose.

Over the last several years, she has acted as my muse.   I can look into a mirror and see her image dimly over my left shoulder, kind of like a guardian angel.  I hope she will remain with me forever.

Comments

  1. AlanaMarch 23, 2012 at 10:05 PM

    Thanks for letting us know more about who Kari is. It is nice to see this after last week's WeekendWritercize so I can get a deeper look into her!

    ReplyDelete
  2. sueMarch 23, 2012 at 11:03 PM

    Excellent exercise A writer friend suggests we do this for all our "people" yes they are always with us - usually naggin for more time in stories lol

    ReplyDelete
  3. danneromeroMarch 25, 2012 at 1:19 AM

    i like kari. i seem to lean more towards her type of personality...

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Another Government EmployeeMarch 25, 2012 at 3:58 PM

      She is sort of an Earth Mother that is so out of place in modern society.

      Delete
  4. AnonymousMarch 29, 2012 at 2:14 PM

    I like Kari. I'd be the exception to her not getting along with other women.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Another Government EmployeeMarch 29, 2012 at 5:30 PM

      She really is kind of a loner. She lives alone now that her mother has passed. The father faded away from the scene years ago. She doesn't really like gossip or fashion, so she doesn't think she has much in common with most girls.

      Delete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

In Honor of Al Jaffee

The image below is probably the most politically incorrect graphic the great comic artist Al Jaffee ever produced. Originally published in a special issue of MAD magazine in 1971, it brought protests for its seeming disrespectful tone. It even launched a brief FBI investigation into possible political subversion.  So, why am I bringing it up? 2 reasons. First, Mr. Jaffee just celebrated his 95th birthday. Second, In all of the turmoil of the Election, it is important that the pledge be for all people. Not just the moneyed elite. More importantly, to weed out infection the poisons of bigotry by all people need to be aired. Burying thoughts and ideas through euphemisms and language discussion allow the opinions to fester. The quote "Just because you silence a man does not mean you convert him" very much applies. Donald Trump has made efforts to silence his critics. His critics have made a double effort to silence. him. And nothing gets done.
Read more

The Date (Blogophilia 13.5)

So, here she was at Manuel’s, her usual fifteen minutes early.   A quick glance to make sure the lipstick line was still straight.   Satisfied, the compact disappeared into the leather purse.   Kari hadn’t been this nervous meeting anyone in quite a long time.   But then, it had been at least 20 years since she had been on a blind date.   What will he look like?   All Mary told her was he was a bachelor with a paying job and no kids.    Nothing about how old, or whether he was a slob or a crackhead.   Not even the guy’s name.   Only that she thought Kari would enjoy his company.     Just be at there at 5:30. Sipping on her gimlet, it seemed like she had never left.   The Musak was mostly Sinatra and the political types still hung to their tables like they were still in high school.   Tony, the manager, gave her a peck when he saw her and said she could come back to work any time.   No.   She’d had enough of slinging swill and dealing with the obnoxious, of stepping over the hoo
Read more