you! me! dancing!

if there's one thing I could never confess, it's that I can't dance a single step. it's you, it's me, and there's dancing. It's you, it's me, and there's dancing.

[bevvitchcd]

Location: Clearwater Cherry Blossom Festival

Status: Open for everyone @clearwaterstarters

Violet could feel the grass on the parts of her legs that were not covered by the picnic blanket as one hand reached for a single grape neatly packed in tupperware container, brown eyes focused on the sketchpad resting on her lap. The sketch she had been working on for the past hour was nearly finished, depicting the cherry blossoms nearly finished, neatly shaded with pencil and lacked of color. If inspiration happened to find her once she got to her studio, perhaps she could transfer the sketch to a canvas, let the oil paints she hadn't touch in weeks finally see the light in hues of pink but for now, this would suffice.

Just as she was doing the finishing touches of the nearest tree, detailed as ever, she sensed a presence on her side and she stopped her task, turning to grin at the other. "Enjoyin' the day?" she questioned before pointing at the picnic basket near her legs "Wanna join me? I packed way too much food— even got some fresh fruit from the farmer's market 'cause I need to learn to say no. It's good don't get me wrong but there's no way on god's earth I'm eating all that by myself."

[scbotage]

adiya had taken the day off, she needed a break, she was sick of staring at her screen. she'd taken her dog, cooper, down to the local cherry blossom festival; it was one of her favourite times of year, adiya was definitely a spring girly. the pair wandered, watching people, enjoying things, adiya was starting to think that she should've brought some drawing stuff down, but she couldn't really draw.

she approaches a familiar face, watching as violet drew, "i'm digging your drawing, it looks good" adiya says. she nods in reply, "yeah, i am, brought coop down to enjoy things too, how about you?" adiya gives the other a smile. her face brightens up more, at the mention of food, "sure, that sounds fun, you don't mind if cooper tags along? he's fine around food, promise".

[devayx]

Location: the 8-Ball Brewery, around 9pm Who: open (@clearwaterstarters)

Even though she hadn't slept much last night, Yarrow had been able to fill her day and keep busy, and she had been ten minutes late to the beginning of her shift this afternoon, which thankfully hadn't been held against her as she had shown up panting and genuinely apologetic. Luckily for her there hadn't been too much customers today as she hadn't been feeling that focused and now her shift was finally over. Dead on her feet, Yarrow signed out and stepped around the counter, sitting down with a huff on a free barstool. She ordered herself a pils, not up for anything stronger, and raised her glass at the person sitting at her side.

"Cheers, hope the group of business students didn't bother you too much they love being loud pompous dicks who think they know more about beer and life than anyone else." She took a sip and hunched down a bit, cupping her chin in her hand. "Did you want more peanuts? I can hop around and fetch some I know their secret cache."

[scbotage]

adiya had spent most of her day, working on a particularly tricky article, which ever way she tried to spin it, she couldn't get it to work. it was getting late, her eyes were tired from staring at her computer screen, adiya needed a break. she could come back to her work tomorrow with fresh eyes and a rested brain. adiya decided to head down to 8-ball, leaving cooper the dog at home, he was fast asleep on the sofa, she didn't want to disturb.

she arrived, perching on one of the bar stools, people watching, taking everything in. things had started to quieten down, adiya was still drinking her espresso martini, she was glad that people were starting to leave, as it was getting quite loud. hearing the voice, adiya turns, raising her glass a little, a chuckle leaves her lips, "i wouldn't mind that, if they knew how to handle their drinks". she takes a sip from her drink, "yeah, that'd be great, you'd do that for me? that's some good customer service".

[mammamias]

THE PRINCESS DIARIES (2001) dir. Garry Marshall

[scbotage]

this just in! ADIYA YOUSEF has just been spotted in town. Wait. You don’t know who SHE is? the THIRTY EIGHT year old FILM JOURNALIST has been in town for, like, THREE YEARS. they’re known to be quite RESERVED, but being CREATIVE seems to balance that out. or maybe it’s the fact that they resemble MAY CALAMAWY. personally, i’d love to know more about them seeing as how they’ve got those LATE NIGHTS ON APARTMENT BALCONIES DRINKING WINE, CIGARETTES STAINED WITH LIPSTICK, GLASSES RESTING ON TOP OF A MASS OF CURLY HAIR vibes. and maybe i’ll get my chance if i hang out around DOWNTOWN long enough! 

triggers: single parenthood / deadbeat dads

THE BASICS:

full name: adiya raaidha yousef

birthday: october 28th (38 years old)

gender: cis woman (she/her)

sexuality: pansexual

relationship status: very single

job: freelance film journalist

BASIC INTRO:

will be updated accordingly!

adiya is originally from austin texas, she was raised by a single mother and grandparents.

her father decided to dip when adiya was very young, he was pretty useless. after a particularly explosive argument with her mother, he left.

this all happened when adiya was a teeny tiny baby, so she doesn't really know her dad, all this hasn't affected her.

growing up, adiya was always a creative soul, scribbling in notebooks, writing stories, drawing pictures, watching films etc.

as a teenager, she joined the school newspaper, and that was it, adiya fell in love with journalism, specifically film journalism.

her mother realised that she had a talent and she wanted adiya to pursue that. so she worked hard, saved up some money. to help adiya go to college.

adiya also got herself a job and she also worked her ass off, eventually she got into college, she studied journalism.

she finished college and did really well, got a job an indie magazine, she did their film reviews, adiya had the best time there, she made some of her closet friends there.

adiya only went up from there, nowadays, she works as a freelance film journalist.

she used to live in new york, but made the move to clearwater three years ago, looking for a little bit of a slower pace of life.

now she lives in a cute cosy apartment in downtown clearwater, she's got a dog, a greyhound called cooper.

adiya is like ur cool, fun mysterious aunt, who appears every christmas, with fun stories and great presents.

adiya is living her best life nowadays, things are really good for her!!

WANTED CONNECTIONS:

friends (childhood friends, best friends, close friends etc)

sibling type relationship

fwbs / hook-ups

crush (??)

exes

adiya and y/m don't get on??

neighbours

if you'd like to plot with adiya, then please like this post and i'll drop you a message or feel free to message me on discord @ radcorrie. thank you!!

[fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors]

Shirley dir. Josephine Decker (2020)

[ncutii-gatwa]

May Calamawy via instagram