DAROTA, Blair

[blair darota]

BLAIR ALENA DAROTA
»»» TWENTY-TWO - ALPANY - STYLIST - SINGLE - TROIAN BELLISARIO

I guess I should start with my name... right? I’m Blair Alena Darota, Almost like the Blaire Witch Project but, not quite. My mom wasn’t that obsessed with the film. She looked up the meaning of Blair and it meant plain... I guess that’s what she thought I would be. Plain. Anyways, I am twenty-two and a Stylist for the band Aplany. I like my job... but it wasn’t my first choice. Anyways, I was born February fourteenth... the infamous valentine’s day. Meaning I was conceived in June... not a happy mental picture. I have a photographic memory, which earned me some pretty kick ass grades in high school, and I was going to become a lawyer. Although as fun as that sounded, being a lawyer was not my true calling. My friend had signed me up for a cosmetology class in grade ten and guess what? I aced that class too... and I was good. Really good. I hated it. It pissed of my parents so much that I changed career choices so suddenly. It lost me some friends, but it made me happy, something that rarely comes by anymore. Seriously, I’ve been really just melancholy the past few weeks and I don’t know why. Anyways, after high school I spent two years in college getting my degree in cosmetology, and I was doing really well. I worked at a salon since i was in high school and one of my own clients worked with Alapany... so I did a few gigs for them before I was hired to go on tour with them full time. I accepted the offer... and I’ve been with them since. I’m guessing this isn’t just about the band right? You actually want to know about me. *sighs* well I don’t like talking about my family, since I’m the black sheep. I come from a long line of lawyers and being a stylist for a band wasn’t on my parents radar. I still have contact with them, although I think they’re on the verge of disowning me. I was a smartass in high school, but I was a genius grade wise so it didn’t matter. If someone were to describe me now, they might say I’m cold hearted? I’m not, I just don’t open myself up to heartbreak. I had a high school sweetheart... he was my first time too, but then he cheated on me with my older sister and I’ve been off dating ever since. I don’t take rejection well. But give me a cup of beer and I’m pissing rainbows. I take my job somewhat seriously, and I can be overly serious sometimes. I do know what’s best for the people sitting in my chair though. And they know I do, and they know I’m good at what i do. Outside of work my social life is kind of lacking. I know other stylists and the people in the band I work for but that’s about it. I do watch the shows though, I don’t pack up and leave after I’m done and I envy them... how they can find happiness in what they do and let themselves go.

One of my favourite things to do is read.... anything from fiction to non-fiction I just love reading. I love getting lost in another world... I love being someone else. I love forgetting how my sister betrayed me and how my parents hate me... all my problems just go away. I love styling hair, dying it, cutting it... anything to do with hair. I love the creative outlet it gives me and how it makes me feel great and makes someone else look great. I’ve known to give tough love when it comes to when I style. Even if somebody wants something different than what I give them, when I show them the final result they know I made the right choice. I love going out and drinking beer with a friend... and just thinking about old times and laughing. I may seem cold at times but you just need to get to know me, I can be that warm funny girl you’re looking for if you give it some time.

I hate it when it rains, I’m afraid of thunder and lightning. It started when I was kid and I never got over it... I end up huddling in my bed or in a corner with my eyes closed and headphones on waiting for the storm to stop. I don’t mind rain, I just hate thunder storms. I hate cockiness, and I won’t put up with it. I’m quick to cut you down to size if you get to cocky with me. I may seem cocky at times but I know when to stop... it’s just when you get overly cocky that it pisses me off to the point of doing something. I really hate any fruity drinks, girly drinks, anything like that. I can handle hard liquor and beer so don’t try pouring something that tastes like liquid sugar down my throat.

I have a secret... one that I’ve never told anyone before... I... i tried to kill myself my senior year of high school. My parents had made my life unbearable to that point where I just couldn’t take it anymore. I was so close to jumping off of my roof, so close... but then I got pulled back into my room by my sister’s boyfriend. Not the one who broke my heart, but the one who almost stole it. It was such a long time ago but i never forgot about it... I spent the whole night crying in his arms and telling him everything about how i felt and it was messy. In the morning him and my sister left to live in Italy and I haven’t seen or heard from him since.

And that’s all you need to know about me for now. I’m not a criminal, I’m not crazy, this interview was a waste of time. If you have any more questions, please call my cell and I’ll pick up or call you back.

Katie, 15, n/a, Canada Eastern Time Zon.