Jay believes himself to be one of the most
affectionate and touchy-feely people that he knows. He never hesitates in hugging you if you look like you need it, or putting a friendly arm around your shoulder just because. He has always been like this; especially with his family and close friends. He would totally be up for platonic cuddles any time of the day.
Thought he sure doesn't mind how close he is with his friends, he would also like to have some romantic cuddles soon. Jay is a little (read:huge) romantic at heart and totally believes that he would be the best wooer to ever woo. He would love to take somebody out on dates, give them cheesy roses, and maybe take them out to walk the beach at night because he is totally cliche. He wants to eventually have that easy love and affection with somebody, and maybe eventually a family.
Jaylyn is very
passionate about the things he loves; this especially goes for the environment. You could argue that this love for the environment came from his job, but he would argue that he had always felt this way. He is a huge advocate for environmental conservation and keeping the Earth clean. Nothing makes him angrier than seeing trash laying around on the beach.
One down side of this passionate nature is that it makes him very
impulsive. If he sees somebody throw a piece of trash on the beach, he won't even think about walking up to them and kindly (read:passive aggressively) telling them to pick it up and
"actually throw it into the trashcan that is right next to you, yeah?"His boss doesn't really care for this and usually gets complaints from the beach goers. Jay has a problem of thinking about the consequences of small actions.
Sarcasm is Jay's main defense if he is being reprimanded. It's even more so his defense if he has gotten his feelings hurt and he is trying to cover it up. He has a problem of showing a lot of strong negative emotions around people he doesn't trust, so he usually resorts back to sarcasm when he is trying to cover it up. Just a quick funny and sarcastic comment and he has successfully put up his wall.
Occupation:Jay currently works as a
beach beautifier. Basically, he picks up the trash that is left on the beach throughout the day. Even for a small town, this usually ends up being a large amount, much to his annoyance considering there are trashcans all over the edge of the beach.
There are some days where he will have to go to his job early because of items that have washed up on shore from the ocean during the night. What he picks up during these times usually ends up being about two times larger than the amount his picks up on a regular day just from the beach goers. The largest item he has ever had to remove was a car tire, and he
still has no freaking idea how that got into the ocean.
The anger he feels when he sees all of the trash on the beach really helped spark his passionate feelings towards conserving the environment. He hates seeing all of the trash that has washed up during the night, thinking that some of the items had the potential to harm aquatic wildlife.
He was actually offered the job by his current boss when he saw Jay walking the beach, picking up trash while mumbling angry insults under his breath. Jay readily accepted because he didn't have anything else to do, and he guessed it would be cool to get payed to pick up trash while getting angry at people.
Honestly if Jay wasn't so oblivious, he would think to maybe go into environmental conversation work. But, it hasn't even crossed his mind yet. Maybe one day he will finally realize it would be the perfect job for him.
History:Jay grew up as an only child with his mother and father, whom he has, and always will, have a very strong relationship with. They have always lived in the little sea-side town that is right up against a beautiful beach. He can't remember a day where he wasn't out there playing with his friends.
He blew through his school years pretty easily. He had a large group of friends whom he stayed close with all through high school, which was pretty normal considering the town was kind of small. Though, he sort of lost touch with these friends after they all moved from the town into larger cities to pursue their dream jobs. Jay plans to stay in his favorite little town forever, and he has no idea what he would want to do for the rest of his life. He thinks he a little too young to think about that. His main friends are now the people he has met through his job (mostly lifeguards and surfers). He has grown very close to them after starting his job, so he's completely happy where he is at for the time being.
When he was a child, he always thought that he wanted to be a professional surfer. His mother was, and he wanted to follow in her footsteps. This dream sort of crumbled when Jay figured out that surfing just wasn't something he could do. He had multiple lessons, but barely managed to even stand up on the board for more than 10 seconds. It was with a heavy heart that he gave up that dream, but he knew that there must be something else out there that he is good at. For now, he will work his small little job until he figures that out.
Items:Litter StickThis item is used everyday at Jay's job. He uses it to pick up the trash and then put it into the trash bag he drags along behind him.
Straw HatJay's work can get a little hot, and it usually stays that way all throughout the day. This hat helps keep the scorching sun off of him, and also helps his mom rest a little better because then he probably won't get sunburn on his face and head.
SunglassesThe sunglasses that Jay wears all the time where actually a gift from his parents as a graduation present. There is a small, well-hidden, turtle etched into both sides of it.
