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)