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Oh, little SugarplumName: Svetlana Diane Pedersen
Svetlana - Norwegian - shining woman
Diane - French, English - divine, heavenly
Pedersen - Norwegian, Danish - son of stone
Nickname: Lana - by almost everyone, Sugarplum - by her parents and she has yet to realize that she should probably train them to NOT call her that in front of her friends
Age: 19
Birthday: February 2
Sign: Aquarius
Gemstone: Amethyst
Blood Type: A
Fav. Food: Ligonberry jam on rye toast. Fish, any kind of fish - her dad used to tell her when she was little that she would turn into a fish at the rate she ate anything with fins.
Hated Food: Tapioca pudding - The texture of the little balls combined with the smooth pudding surround freak her. The taste doesn’t turn her on either.
School: Destiny City University, majoring in Medieval History
Hobbies: Embroidery - Taught by her paternal grandmother since she was a wee little thing, Lana is quite the accomplished picture-stitcher. She keeps a big wicker work-basket near her bed and it is full to the brim with thread and needles and projects. Not only does she find this work beautiful but also practical and incredibly soothing. Sitting down with her hoop and thread for Lana is the equivalent of a yoga enthusiast going into Downward Dog. If she likes you, expect lots of prettily embroidered things. She especially likes flowers and swirling lines.
Cake decorating and fancy baking (especially gum-paste flowers and modeling chocolate designs) - When she was sixteen, a friend coaxed Lana into taking one of those Wilton classes at Michael’s and she has never looked back since. In fact, if she had a little more confidence and the nerve to ask, she could easily qualify as a Wilton Certified Instructor and teach cake decorating classes herself. Her patience and attention to detail is mind-boggling and her hand is unbelievably steady. Again, she gravitates towards flowers and piping designs. By the way, she likes the canvas fondant presents but hates the taste so much that she has taught herself and is willing to spend the time with traditional icing to get herself a clean “canvas” rather than using fondant.
Chess - There are many reasons Lana likes chess and they are, in no particular order, because it is a quiet game, because it requires strategy and close attention, because it always feels historical and meaningful, and because the pieces are super pretty. She wouldn’t have a chance against a Kasparov or a Big Blue but she is easily better than 70% of the people she has played against - both friends and strangers.
Penpal Extraordinaire - Lana has beautiful handwriting and finds it much easier to speak her mind through the written word. Starting through a third grade project that matched up kids in her class with penpals in Argentina, she has branched out and now has regular, detailed, and devoted correspondence going with five people - Argentina, India, England, France, and Singapore. Yes, that is still her first penpal in Argentina. She also sends regular cards and notes to family members. Close friends are likely to find a “pick-me-up” note from her tucked under their car’s windshield wiper or in a schoolbook.
Virtues: Honest To A Fault - Lana is 100% incapable of lying. She is not just physically unable to do it (the tells on this girl are obvious) but she has trouble wrapping her mind around the concept. The thought of lying makes her deeply uncomfortable. If you want her opinion, you will get it (as gentle and sweet as she can make it) so don’t ask her a question you don’t want to know the answer to. Her heart is an open book and everything shines through in her expression. This makes it almost endearing when she tries to tell a little white lie (which is about once in a blue moon).
Eye For All Beauty - Lana thinks everyone and everything and everywhere has beauty of some sort. She uses the word as a catch-all and no one can really figure out what she thinks it means. Interesting? Aesthetically pleasing? Riveting? Classically proportioned? Who knows? But not a day goes by that Lana isn’t caught by the sight of something which pleases her to the point of shyly offering a compliment or taking a picture. Needless to say, she is great for the ego.
Mind Like A Steel Trap - The combination of a long attention span, patience, and a talent for details makes Lana a veritable encyclopedia for Many Things. She picks up information fast and, better yet, processes it well. She does not just regurgitate facts. She reframes them, links them, and correlates them. Strategy comes easily to her… If only courage to give orders did as well!
Flaws: Wallflower Say What? - Cliche as it may be, Lana is shy. Borderline SUPER shy to the point where a gathering of more than ten people makes her visibly nervous. She can function in groups and doesn’t have any kind of pathology about such things but she really isn’t comfortable. It is too much input for her. She hangs out in corners at parties, sits at the back of class, and generally keeps her head down when moving about her fellow human beings.
The Sound of Deadlines Whooshing By - Every year for New Year’s Eve, Lana’s parents give her a day planner. She keeps a calendar by her work desk and keeps her Gmail Calendar updated so she can always access it with her phone. She leaves notes for herself everywhere as reminders… She still always seems to be a day late. Metaphorically, at least. For someone who is so detail oriented, time completely slips by her and she often has to rush to get her assignments in on time or make an appointment. Her friends have learned to deal with this and will always tell her a meeting time that is at least a half hour earlier than everyone else gets. She hates this trait of hers but has yet to figure out how to combat it fully.
Fixate Much? - When Lana really enjoys something, she enjoys it with everything in her. For someone who comes across as quiet and even a bit neutral, Lana does not operate in shades of grey when it comes to things that catch her attention. Her hobbies, her studies, the few close friends she has - they all get 100%. When a topic catches her interest, she explores it to the last gasp, hunting down every bit of information and storing it away in her head. This means, unfortunately, that she lets other things at the time slide and, when caught in a full-on fascination, things like housework and socialization and appointments get forgotten. Combine this with her already lousy sense of time and it’s amazing Lana can handle functioning in the real world some days.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Eyes: Wide and mint green and clear. Lana usually manages to look a bit startled and/or disbelieving as if she just simply cannot fathom what she is looking at. Call it Resting What? Face. Her eyebrows are high and arching and her lashes are thick and long.
Hair: Lana wears her thick, dark hair in a fetching bob to her chin with heavy bangs. Her hair has a bit of wave to it so it bounces charmingly in the style. Her hair is such a dark purple-blue-black that it eats light and gives it back with a purple glow. She usually keeps it back with headbands and scarves but, when stressed or frustrated, her hands always move up to tangle and pull at her locks. This results in her hairstyle always being just one step away from model-perfect.
Face: Lana has a heart-shaped face, a button nose, and a wee little rosebud mouth. If this makes her sound like a Disney princess, well… There have already been speculations on this subject so you would not be the first. Her complexion is an even, soft mocha tone. She stands at an easy five foot six with a slim build and slight curves. Over all, she gives the impression of dainty and slightly fragile. She won’t blow away in a stiff wind but you wouldn’t feel safe leaving her out in bad weather.
Clothes: Feminine, unobtrusive, comfortable, and layered are all words that can be applied to Lana’s wardrobe. She prefers skirts to pants, only owning one pair of jeans, and wears tights more than pantyhose. She tends towards full coverage with her clothing and it isn’t so much a modesty thing as a combination of two facts - she gets cold easily and she doesn’t like to draw attention to herself. She loves cardigans, especially when they are handmade, and scarves. She wears very little jewelry - just a single pair of earrings and a small silver snowflake necklace that her paternal grandmother gave her when she was nine. Her make-up bag contains some lip glosses, a tube of mascara, and a couple eyeliners; that is it. She hates heels but loves ballet flats, tennis sneakers, and little ankle boots. Her favorite colors are mint, baby blue, ecru, and dusty rose. If she had a bit more nerve, she would be the cutest Fairy Kei Lolita ever.
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