CHARACTER SKETCH

NAME FRANCIS ELTHELBERT SHARKEY

NICKNAME CHIEF (HE WAS A CHIEF PETTY OFFICER)

APPEARANCE A BIT PUDGY, BUT AREN’T WE ALL?

HAIR –STYLE-COLOR-TYPE-TEXTURE BROWN

EYES –GLASSES-CONTACTS- HAZEL , NO GLASSES

WEIGHT WITHIN NAVAL STANDARDS

COLORING FAIR, REDDISH TONES

HEIGHT ABOUT 5’9”

BUILD STOCKY

FACIAL FEATURES –LIPS, EYEBROWS, LASHES, JAW LINE, NOSE

THICK EYEBROWS

VOICE –ACCENT – WAY OF TALKING BRONX TONES

FAMILY UNMARRIED. PARENTS LIVE IN BROOKLYN

CONNECTION TO ME FORMER EMPLOYEE, CHIEF OF THE BOAT

BEST FRIENDS/ENEMIES FAVORED COLLEAUGE. REMINDS ME OF A FAITHFUL HOUND AT TIMES. HE SEEMS TO THINK I NEED LOOKING AFTER.

ETHNIC/CULTURAL BACKGROUND PROBABLY NORTHERN EUROPEAN, POSSIBLY IRISH

SCHOOLING HIGH SCHOOL,(WHERE HE WAS THE ONLY MALE STUDENT TO TAKE HOME ECONOMICS), USN SUBMARINE SCHOOL

OCUPATIONS PRESENT-PREVIOUS US NAVY, NIMR AND SEAVIEW, CURRENTLY OWNER / CHIEF COOK FOR SHARKEY’S BAR AND GRILLE. (THAT HOME EC CLASS SURE CAME IN HANDY.)

HOBBIES COOKING, POKER, BUTTING INTO MY LIFE, NEED I SAY MORE?

POLITICAL PREFERENCES NOT A TOPIC I’D LIKE TO DISCUSS.

LIKES HAWAIIAN SHIRTS, HULA GIRLS, BELLY DANCERS, A GOOD GAME OF CARDS, ROULETTE WHEEL, OTHER TYPES OF GAMBLING. BILLIARDS.

DISLIKES BOXED CAKE MIXES.

MOVIES/BOOKS/PLAYS THRILLERS

FOODS CORN DOGS, CORNED BEEF SANDWICHES, ANY COLD BEER. HIS GRILLE’S MENU IS MORE SOPHISTICATED, BUT IS STILL ‘GOOD EATS’. (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH A TV COOKING SERIES BY THE SAME NAME-THOUGH I THINK THE STAR COULD LEARN A FEW THINGS FROM HIM)

SPORTS TO WATCH, USUALLY FOOTBALL, TO DO, WELL, HE ADMITS TO BEING MORE OF A COUCH POTATO, THOUGH HE’S SHOT A FEW HOOPS WITH PATRONS AT THE BASKETBALL COURT, JUST OUTSIDE THE GRILLE.

FEARS/PHOBIAS NUCLEAR REACTORS AND EXPERIMENTS GONE WRONG (AFTER LEE AND MY ‘FURRY’ TRANSFORMATIONS, HARDLY SURPRIZING.

QUIRKS KNOWS HOW TO GIMMICK THE WHEEL (ROULETTE WHEEL)

CHARACTER FLAWS OVER PROTECTIVE

FAVORITE EXPRESSIONS/ TYPICAL GESTURES ‘YOU KNOTHEAD/BOZOS’ (TO THE CREW’ BUT HE WAS THE CHIEF, SO IT WAS EXPECTED. HE’S REALL A KIND SORT.

CHILDHOOD/TEEN MEMORY NONE

ROLE MODEL FOR FAITHFUL HOUNDS

TEN WORDS TO SUM UP WHAT I THINK OF THIS PERSON

RELIABLE, ALWAYS AT THE READY TO LEND A HELPING HAND.

TEN WORDS HOW THIS PERSON AFFECTED MY LIFE
I COULD DEPEND ON HIM, EVEN IN AN ADVERSE SITUATION, SUCH AS ASKING HIM TO LIE TO HIS SKIPPER WHEN I WAS AFFLICTED WITH THE WEREWOLFISM. (YOU DON’T BELIEVE ME? WELL, THE INSTRUCTOR SAID IT WAS OK TO LIE, BUT I’M NOT.)

WHAT I’D SAY TO THIS PERSON IF WE MET TODAY

SHUT UP, SIT DOWN, AND HELP ME WITH THIS BLASTED HOMEWORK! (NOT TO DO IT, BUT INDEXING IS A BIG HELP) THEN, ‘DO YOU HAVE ANY CORN DOGS?’

WHAT I WISH I HADN’T SAID /DONE TO THIS PERSON

‘LEAVE ME ALONE!’ I’M AFRAID I’VE SAID THAT TOO MUCH THESE PAST MONTHS. BUT IN MY OWN DEFENSE, I REALLY NEED TO GRIEVE IN PRIVATE.