CHARACTER SKETCH
NAME STUART
RILEY
NICKNAME STU
APPEARANCE A
LITTLE SCRUFFY AT TIMES, BUT
LOOKS LIKE THE ‘KID NEXT DOOR’
HAIR –STYLE-COLOR-TYPE-TEXTURE REDDISH BROWN
EYES –GLASSES-CONTACTS- BLUE, NO GLASSES
WEIGHT
UNKNOWN
COLORING FAIR
HEIGHT
ABT. 6’
BUILD MEDIUM
FACIAL FEATURES –LIPS, EYEBROWS, LASHES, JAW LINE, NOSE
CAN’T SAY
I NOTICED ANYTHING UNUSUAL
VOICE –ACCENT – WAY OF TALKING SURFER JARGON. SOMETIMES I NEEDED A TRANSLATOR!
FAMILY PARENTS,
TEENAGE SISTER, (TWO DOGS, 7 PARAKEETS WITH THEM), HAS ONE HAMSTER OF HIS OWN (ONE
OF ‘HAMMIE’S
OFFSPRING THAT MISS HALE TALKED HIM INTO)
CONNECTION TO ME FORMER EMPLOYER, SHIPMATE
BEST FRIENDS/ENEMIES CONGENIAL
ETHNIC/CULTURAL BACKGROUND POSSIBLY IRISH
SCHOOLING HIGH
SCHOOL, COMMUNITY COLLEGE
OCUPATIONS PRESENT-PREVIOUS NIMR, SEAVIEW, CURRENTLY OWNS OWN SCUBA SHOP. USN RESERVE.
HOBBIES
COMPETITIVE AND PLEASURE SURFING, CERTIFIED SCUBA AND
DIVING INSTRUCTOR. MUSIC –CAN READ AND WRITE MUSIC, SKILLED WITH GUITAR, BUT
ALSO PLAYS PIANO AND ORGAN (HE PLAYED THE ORGAN AT LEE’S MEMORIAL).
(WHILE HE
USUALLY USED THE GUITAR IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE, HE HAS
BEEN KNOWN TO USE IT TO BASH OTHER PEOPLE’S HEADS WITH IT, ESP. IF THEY’VE BEEN
BADMOUTHING HIS FRIENDS AND SHIPMATES, INCLUDING CAPT. CRANE AND MYSELF-BUT
THAT’S ANOTHER STORY.)
POLITICAL PREFERENCES UNKNOWN
LIKES BAGGIE
SHORTS, COLORFUL SHIRTS, HOT TUBES AKA THE TUNNEL MADE BY SOME BIG WAVES.
DISLIKES PICKLES,
SALSA, MEXICAN FOOD, AND CABBAGE.
MOVIES/BOOKS/PLAYS ‘ENDLESS SUMMER’
FOODS HOT
DOGS, HAMBURGERS, FRENCH FRIES, CHOCOLATE MILK SHAKES.
SPORTS SURFING. SCUBA DIVING. BEACH
VOLLYBALL.
FEARS/PHOBIAS WHALES. (EVER SINCE HE WENT ON THAT RESCUE
MISSION INSIDE ONE WITH LEE TO RESCUE ME IN THE DIVING BELL IT SWALLOWED.)
QUIRKS I’D
SAY SURFING, BUT IT’S A RECOGNIZED SPORT SO I’D BETTER JUST SHUT UP.
CHARACTER FLAWS AS ABOVE.
FAVORITE EXPRESSIONS/ TYPICAL GESTURES ‘LIKE WOW MAN’
CHILDHOOD/TEEN MEMORY NONE
ROLE MODEL IDEAL
ROLE MODEL FOR SURFERS
TEN WORDS TO SUM UP WHAT I THINK OF THIS PERSON
RILEY WAS
A TRUSTWORTHY CREWMAN AND IS A VERY NICE BOY.
TEN WORDS HOW THIS PERSON AFFECTED MY LIFE
HIS
LOYATY AND UNERRING SENSE OF DUTY EVEN IN ADVERSE SITUATIONS MADE HIM A VALUED
MEMBER OF THE SEAVIEW’S CREW.
WHAT I’D SAY TO THIS PERSON IF WE MET TODAY
I’D LIKE
TO WATCH YOU WIN THE NEXT SURFING CHAMPION SHIP.
WHAT I WISH I HADN’T SAID /DONE TO THIS PERSON
I WISH TO
GOD YOU’D SPEAK ENGLISH! (I COULD HAVE REQUESTED IT MORE POLITLEY)