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AND IN MY HEAD
Created on 2006-05-01 23:38:17 (#10151460), last updated 2007-03-21
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Basic Info| Name: | Alex Cabot |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 05-31 |
| Location: | New York City, New York, United States |
BioAge: Thirty one.
Squad: I work for the New York District Attorney's office, and am assigned to the Special Victim's Unit.
Physical description: I'm about five foot six, average height (though I have been told that I'm somewhat of a daddy-longlegs). For those who have been giving me trouble about it - read my lips. I. Am. Not. Anorexic. I am skinny. I can't help it. I don't have an eating disorder. Leave me alone. As for the rest of me... I have fair skin, blue eyes, and razor-sharp cheekbones (okay, so I'm proud of those. Sue me.) I'd also like to quash those rumors once and for all. I am a natural blonde. Trust me, if you think I could afford to do my hair every month on an ADA's salary, you're dreaming.
Family/Educational background: I was born to a lawyer and a housewife in Albany, grew up in the late seventies / early eighties. I attended the La Pietra Academy for Girls, a boarding school in Massachusettes, and graduated with honors. I enrolled in Columbia University and graduated summa cum laude four years later. Soon after that I passed law-review. I worked a few years in a private law firm before applying to the New York District Attorney's office as an ADA. I was assigned to try cases with a robbery unit, and then with the Manhattan SVU - where I am still today.
Personality: I am, I confess, something of an ice-queen. I come across as cold to a lot of people, but really, it's a defense mechanism. Besides, I'm personable enough with people I know. I have a good sense of humor, really. I have a tendency to snark at people, but only because they deserve it.
Likes: Coffee, chow fun, classical music, mystery novels, opera, yellow roses, Starlight mints, justice, running, snow... so many things.
Dislikes: Injustice, snobs (and don't you dare call me a hypocrite. Just because I like Opera doesn't make me a snob. ::sniffs::), when criminals get off, New York summers, shrimp chips / pork rinds (items which do not even belong on the face of the earth), slobbery dogs, being callled a liar.
Traits, Weaknesses, Quirks: Quirks? Well, I'm an athiest. I tend to keep that to myself, though. Religious people tend to get worked up when you tell them you don't believe in Him. They all want to save me. The thing is, without proof, I can't believe. And this job tends to make things lose their rosy sheen. I can't imagine that a loving god would let people suffer like they do. I respect people who are religious, and I envy them, and wish that I could believe. But the truth of the matter is that I can't, and there's nothing that I can do to change that. As for faults. Like I said earlier: I tend to close myself off as a defense mechanism. Being cold is sometimes just easier than leaving yourself vulnerable and open to attack. I can't afford to be hurt. Not in this job. When you get hurt, you get sloppy. When you get sloppy, people die. Simple as that. You may think that that statement is more true for a cop. But it's just as true for an ADA. If you get careless and lose a conviction, that perp is back out on the streets to rape and murder and God only knows what else. I can't afford to get emotional. Which leads me to my other fault. Sometimes I hold up my feelings for so long that they all just pour out into a case. I get too invested, determined, and desperate, and people end up suffering for it. On a lighter note, though, I'm almost neurotic about order. Seriously, my office is a temple of prescicion. They think I'm OCD. Other quirks include a habit of "zoning out", another of chewing on the tip of my pens, and I have an aversion to the color orange that I can't quite figure out.
Squad: I work for the New York District Attorney's office, and am assigned to the Special Victim's Unit.
Physical description: I'm about five foot six, average height (though I have been told that I'm somewhat of a daddy-longlegs). For those who have been giving me trouble about it - read my lips. I. Am. Not. Anorexic. I am skinny. I can't help it. I don't have an eating disorder. Leave me alone. As for the rest of me... I have fair skin, blue eyes, and razor-sharp cheekbones (okay, so I'm proud of those. Sue me.) I'd also like to quash those rumors once and for all. I am a natural blonde. Trust me, if you think I could afford to do my hair every month on an ADA's salary, you're dreaming.
Family/Educational background: I was born to a lawyer and a housewife in Albany, grew up in the late seventies / early eighties. I attended the La Pietra Academy for Girls, a boarding school in Massachusettes, and graduated with honors. I enrolled in Columbia University and graduated summa cum laude four years later. Soon after that I passed law-review. I worked a few years in a private law firm before applying to the New York District Attorney's office as an ADA. I was assigned to try cases with a robbery unit, and then with the Manhattan SVU - where I am still today.
Personality: I am, I confess, something of an ice-queen. I come across as cold to a lot of people, but really, it's a defense mechanism. Besides, I'm personable enough with people I know. I have a good sense of humor, really. I have a tendency to snark at people, but only because they deserve it.
Likes: Coffee, chow fun, classical music, mystery novels, opera, yellow roses, Starlight mints, justice, running, snow... so many things.
Dislikes: Injustice, snobs (and don't you dare call me a hypocrite. Just because I like Opera doesn't make me a snob. ::sniffs::), when criminals get off, New York summers, shrimp chips / pork rinds (items which do not even belong on the face of the earth), slobbery dogs, being callled a liar.
Traits, Weaknesses, Quirks: Quirks? Well, I'm an athiest. I tend to keep that to myself, though. Religious people tend to get worked up when you tell them you don't believe in Him. They all want to save me. The thing is, without proof, I can't believe. And this job tends to make things lose their rosy sheen. I can't imagine that a loving god would let people suffer like they do. I respect people who are religious, and I envy them, and wish that I could believe. But the truth of the matter is that I can't, and there's nothing that I can do to change that. As for faults. Like I said earlier: I tend to close myself off as a defense mechanism. Being cold is sometimes just easier than leaving yourself vulnerable and open to attack. I can't afford to be hurt. Not in this job. When you get hurt, you get sloppy. When you get sloppy, people die. Simple as that. You may think that that statement is more true for a cop. But it's just as true for an ADA. If you get careless and lose a conviction, that perp is back out on the streets to rape and murder and God only knows what else. I can't afford to get emotional. Which leads me to my other fault. Sometimes I hold up my feelings for so long that they all just pour out into a case. I get too invested, determined, and desperate, and people end up suffering for it. On a lighter note, though, I'm almost neurotic about order. Seriously, my office is a temple of prescicion. They think I'm OCD. Other quirks include a habit of "zoning out", another of chewing on the tip of my pens, and I have an aversion to the color orange that I can't quite figure out.
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