CLARK, phillip s.

[phillip shawn clark]

phillip shawn clark

" I hate those people who love to tell you
Money is the root of all that kills. They have never
Been poor they have never had the joy of a welfare Christmas. "

fighting back the tears, mother reads the

NAME phillip shawn clark
GENDER male
NICKNAMES lip
AGE seventeen
MEMBERGROUP high school
YEAR/OCCUPATION senior, thief.
SEXUALITY bi-curious
PLAYED BY jeremy white

note again. sixteen candles burn in her mind,

HI I'M LIP AND THIS IS ME:

NOW THAT WE KNOW YOUR NAME, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD PREFER TO BE CALLED?
"uh- yeah my parents started calling me lip when i was about four because the first five or six words i learned were all curse words. as i got older it just stuck, my siblings; friends; even people around the town call me lip. please don't call me phil though, in my eyes guys named phil or phillip are those straight laced guys who're so uptight one hundred and ten percent of the time and just sits at his desk at home and wonders where his life went until one day he snaps and blows his brains out. [shrugs] just my opinion."

I HAVE TO ASK: MALE, FEMALE, OR SOMETHING IN BETWEEN?
"[laughs] i am in fact a boy, my gender identity matches what's all up in my pants. i wasn't about to give you a cissexist 'bro i got a dick so i'm a guy' answer, i have a lot of good friends whom are transgendered, no need to offend anyone."

GOOD, I WAS STARTING TO WORRY. NOW, HOW OLD ARE YOU EXACTLY?
"i'm seventeen, born june second nineteen ninety four. did you ask for my astrological sign? [laughs] that's such a scam i mean how can an arranging of stars that are some one matched up with our birthdays define our personality? idiots."

WELL, YOU LOOK YOUNG FOR YOUR AGE. HOW DO YOU STAY IN SHAPE?
"uh i don't eat much, it isn't by choice my family and i are pretty poor and i'm used to not getting meals so my younger siblings can eat. that, and i'm pretty good at outrunning cops, security, and pissed off dads."

OH, I'LL HAVE TO TRY THAT. MOVING ON: YOUR HAIR, IS THAT YOUR NATURAL COLOR?
"yeah it's naturally this blonde-brown i guess. i don't really do much to my hair, i run a brush through it whenever my sisters aren't hogging it up in their bedrooms. people think i actually have the time to style my hair everyday, usually when girls think i have some sort of gel in my hair and compliment me.. it's because our water got shut off or the younger kids used the hot water and i couldn't shower. pretty gross huh?"

DON'T MEAN TO BE A PEST BUT, HOW TALL ARE YOU EXACTLY?
"i'm around five foot eight, i get my short stature from both of my parents actually. my mom's five two and my dad's five six. we were doomed for being short, but it's whatever in my eyes i'm not too tall but not too short, just right if you will."

I WOULD NEVER HAVE CONSIDERED THAT GEORGE CLOONEY MIGHT BE GAY. WHAT ABOUT YOU?
"honestly? i'm not so sure. i mean don't tell anyone, if i came out as anything other than straight in my neighborhood i'd get knifed for sure. i know i like girls, a lot. but some times i just wonder what it you be like with another guy. so i think that means bi-curious? yeah we'll go with that."

OH REALLY? WELL, WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT. EVER BEEN SAILING?
"it's not that i'm not adventurous because i am, we just can't afford to do the fancy adventurous stuff like sailing; sky diving; etc. i mean i've gone into houses of the newly deceased to take the things they wouldn't need anymore for our house, things like soaps; food; smoke detectors; water heaters; etc. you can call it stealing, i call it being ahead of the game."

WELL THEN, WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME?
"my spare time, do i ever even have spare time? [laughs] uh when i'm not at school or running around my crazy house after my brothers and sisters i'm either sleeping; reading; stealing shit; getting high; drinking; or over some skanky hood rat's house getting laid. just another day in the life i guess."

DON'T WORRY, THIS IS ALL CONFIDENTIAL. GO AHEAD, TELL US WHAT YOU ENJOY.
"my siblings, i would say my family but that would include my parents and they're assholes. my oldest sister takes care of all of us, but i'm the next in line. on the days i'm off school or decide not to go, i'm doing odd jobs around town; stealing things to resell them; dealing pot to the neighborhood delinquents, and i do it all for them. sure, i keep ten bucks from it in my pocket to buy cigarettes and some food but it mostly goes towards bills, clothes shopping, and food shopping. that's really all that i enjoy, when you grow up in a household like mine you don't take things for granite or just be a selfish prick, the family becomes your life. i mean i would be a liar if i said i didn't enjoy getting high; drunk and laid too but did you have to have me say it?"

I'LL HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT. SO, ARE YOU GOOD AT ANYTHING?
"i'm good at school related things like physics; math; etc. ever wonder why the kids from this neighborhood you thought were gonna flunk out of school suddenly got Bs and Cs? i tutor them, and some times i write their papers or take their exams for them. but you didn't hear that last part. besides that though, i'm good at breaking into shit that isn't mine."

YOU MUST THINK I'M CRAZY. OH WELL, SAY, WHAT KIND OF QUALITIES DO YOU LIKE IN A SPOUSE?
"i guess some one who wouldn't try to change me, judge me, bring me away from my siblings, etc. if you can't hang on the clark ship, you're getting the plank. i don't really judge girls on their appearance, i mean if you have a lazy eye; snagged tooth; and four hundred pounds i'm not gonna date you but i mean i don't prefer blondes over brunettes or b cups over a cups. it's all about the person, most of the time."

OH, I GUESS I'M NOT YOUR TYPE THEN, EH? WELL, WHAT DO YOU FIND UNATTRACTIVE IN A PERSON?
"sorry about that, but anyone who wouldn't put our relationship as the top priority; liars; cheaters, although when you live in this neighborhood sex is just a hobby; drug addicts, or anyone who resembles my parents."

FINE, BE LIKE THAT. I DON'T LIKE YOU ANYWAYS.
"aw come on i thought we were having a great time. forget about that, let's just go on with some other questions?"

OK, WE'RE GONNA PLAY A GAME. I'M GOING TO ASK SOME SIMPLE QUESTIONS, AND YOUR GOING TO SAY THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND, OK?
"sounds awesome, let's go."

FAVORITE FOOD?
"french toast, with sugar not syrup."

FAVORITE MOVIE?
"sweeney todd, or any tim burton movie at that."

FAVORITE BAND/ARTIST?
"i've been listening to the strokes and the cranberries a lot lately."

FAVORITE DRINK?
"olde english, for beer. soda? sprite or dr pepper. juice? apple."

FAVORITE SUBJECT?
"science, mainly physics."

FAVORITE SPICE GIRL?
"tie between baby and posh. baby sucked on those lollipops all the time, but posh... just posh. oh god wait did i really just answer that? [laughs] can we cut this out?"

FAVORITE TV SHOW?
"i don't watch a lot of television, mainly because we don't have cable."

FAVORITE HOLIDAY AND SEASON?
"christmas, my sister and i break our fucking backs every year to get the kids gifts and it really sucks but seeing their faces christmas morning is priceless. season? summer. no school, and we get our pool up. last summer we split the cash with our neighbors and the fire department fills it up for us, you may ask why they would do that for a sad poor family... uh let's just say i break them off a piece of the sweet leaf then they help us out."

FAVORITE WORD?
"fuck, or asshole. [laughs] they're just fun to say, and they help get your point across."

FAVORITE FAMOUS DEAD PERSON?
"jim morrison, kurt cobain, sid vicious, i have too many sorry."

FAVORITE TIME OF DAY?
"i love the night time."

FAVORITE COLOR?
"black or dark red."

FAVORITE BOOK?
"running with scissors, it reminds me how fucked up my life could be."

FAVORITE TOY?
"uh when i was about eight my parents got be a bop it and it was like the best thing i could have ever gotten."

WELL, WASN'T THAT FUN? ON TO THE SERIOUS SHIT. TELL ME A BIT ABOUT YOURSELF.
"i'm very serious, most of the time, i guess i just learned to grow up way too fast. my friends, and siblings, tell me i'm always looking for a fight. it's not true, but i do end up getting in at least four fights a week. i'm not an asshole i just have low tolerance for bullshit and if you're pissing me off; showing off; or being fake i'm gonna call you out on it. i'm a hopeless romantic, when i want to be. don't tell anyone about this by the way. but uh- i mean when i like some one i'm not just going to tell you i need you; kiss you; do you then bail. i mean i have a hard time showing my feelings so i do end up bailing most of the time, hopefully that can change. my penis may be satisfied but my heart isn't..."

MHMM, AND WHAT ABOUT YOUR FAMILY?
"russell and victoria clark are my parents, whom i don't give a single shit about. victoria split about four years ago, she came back to drop off our brother then left again, and russel's the town loser/drunk and the only thing he's good for in our house is the disability check once a month. my parents were, still are, drug addicts and think it's funny to brag about what pregnancy was on which drug, in case you're wondering i was acid and shrooms. but now we go to the clark sibling line-up... emma is the oldest out of all of us, she's twenty two and i couldn't do anything without her. she dropped out of school when our parent's drug use got way out of hand shortly before victoria left. danny was born a year after i was, so he's sixteen. he's my partner in crime, literally. he's a smart kid though, and he helps bring in money along with emma and i. lea is thirteen, and is a little con artist that one. she's got no problem walking along the neighborhood, crying about she's got no food or shelter and people hand her over twenty dollar bills. next are the twins, dylan and patrick. they're ten and i swear they'll be in a juvenile delinquent center within the next three years. they're always killing some sort of animal, and trying to get their hands on our lighters. next is leighanne, the saint. it's a wonder she's a clark, anyway she's eight and makes the best out of our lifestyle. of course if one of us is in a jam she does what she can to help us, but other than that her life revolves around school and dolls. and finally, we're at johnny. johnny is three, and was dropped off by our mom a year after she left us. he's three so there isn't much to say, but just know this if i hear about you or anyone messing with any of the clark kids... i'll rip your head off."

RIGHT ON, MY FRIEND. SO, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY?
"the day lea was born, i was only one when danny was born so i couldn't actually enjoy it but when lea was born it was one ofthe best days of my life. i remember looking at her, looking at emma and danny and telling everyone that i was going to take the best care of her. i was four years old, and i haven't broken that promise yet. nor do i ever plan on it."

HOW, LOVELY. AND WHAT ABOUT YOUR WORST MEMORY?
"anything that has to do with victoria or russell, i don't ever recall them sober in a memory of mine."

NOW, JUST WONDERING. WHAT RELIGION ARE YOU EXACTLY?
"i believe in agnostic atheism. i don't believe in god, but i have to have some sort of faith i guess."

WHAT SORT OF CAREER WILL YOU GO INTO THEN?
"i don't have a set job, i do odd jobs around town and school. i tutor, write essays/book reports, take tests/exams/sats around school for money. but around town? i deliver shit when needed, i sell pot, i steal things then sell them for a higher price, and i just go around stealing wallets. my dream job though? uh- i guess i want to be a writer. i write all the time, about my life; fantasies; it's the only way i can truly vent."

WHAT HAPPENED TO BE YOUR FIRST WORDS?
"shit, then goddamn it. you can tell i was raised by royalty."

OMGWTFBBQ?!? WELL, LOOK AT THAT. I'VE NEVER SEEN A GENIE ACTUALLY COME OUT OF THE BOTTLE. WHAT ARE YOUR THREE WISHES?
"i wish for a bigger house, a million dollars, and good health and forever happiness for my siblings."

SO, YOU, UH, WITH ANYBODY AT THE PRESENT MOMENT?
"just your mom and my hand. [laughs] no i'm single, i just sort of sleep around."

WELL, YOU WANNA GO OUT SOME TIME? WHERE CAN I TAKE YA?
"hell yeah man, and uh i mean i've never really been on a date before. i took a girl on top of the family van, laid on a blanket, cuddled and got high under the train tracks waiting for trains to go by. it's so loud and scary, but it's just awesome."

ALRIGHT, COOL. THIS INTERVIEW IS COMING TO AN END. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TELL US?
"uh that was my crazy story of a life, don't repeat anything you heard if you know what's good for you. just kidding, but i hope you can get more of an understanding about me with what you learned today."

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YOUR NAME shauna
SOMETHING AWESOME he's so cute (: <3

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