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Julianna looked at her reflection in the mirror one last time, tousling her long, layered hair. It spilled over her shoulders and down past the top of her black strapless cocktail dress. She wasn't much of a hair stylist - the tousling and making sure it was dry were about as fancy as she got, and other than a few swipes of mascara and some lip gloss, she hadn't done much in the way of makeup, either. Still, she usually wore her hair up and no makeup at all, so it was something.

"You'll do," she told her reflection. With that, Julianna slid into her open-toed black heels (which, as she'd told Megan on their shopping excursion, really had been buried in the back of her closet). She grabbed the one clutch that she had, though it didn't terribly match (her jewelry was probably also too casual for what she was wearing, but what did she care?) and headed out, locking up as she went.

A couple minutes later, she got out onto the sidewalk outside of her apartment where she was supposed to be meeting Zach. Well, she'd said her apartment - but she'd gotten a head start, so she figured why fuss with him having to ring the buzzer and come up to get her and all of that? As she waited, a car passed by, slowing down when the driver got to where she was. From inside the vehicle, a male voice let out a catcall.

"Oh, bite me!" Julianna yelled back. Had it been someone she'd known, that would have been one thing. Being ogled by a random asshole in his lame car (oh, she'd noticed the beat-up little Honda trying to pass as ganster) was another. This is what she got for dressing up...

[Cheerfully stolen from mabofwinterdark]

Pick one of my characters and I'll tell you...

→ why I decided to play this character
→ my favorite scene or bit of interaction concerning this character to date
→ my favorite original aspect about this character (world-building for ocs or head-canon for fcs)
→ the last thing they did "off screen"
→ what their last words would be if they died tomorrow
→ what the next thing I'm doing for them is (narrative, post, shelving, whatever)

BONUS ROUND:
» I will tell you what character of yours I'd like to play mine against
» you may ask me a free question

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Fresh from work, Julianna arrived at the pizza parlor in the Village where she'd told Megan Wheeler to meet her. It had been a long day and she wasn't exactly in the mood to shop. Still, the Village was full of unique places - a welcome departure from the over-advertised chain stores in Times Square. She scanned the menu, a hand to the nape of her neck. Her hair was up in a ponytail that was coming loose and her clothes - black slacks and blouse - were rumpled. She didn't care in the slightest - she'd go like that to the damn dinner if she could -- but alas, there was a dress code.

Julianna thought briefly of getting revenge on Liz Rodgers for convincing her to go in the first place, but she knew better - if the Assistant Chief M.E. wasn't happy, no one was happy and work would be miserable. Besides that, Liz was her friend and although she wouldn't admit it to herself just yet, Julianna was excited to be going. It was the preparation she wasn't keen on...

OOC: Mostly so I can keep track of stuff that doesn't take place directly on this journal or isn't linked from SWS!



* Riding in Cars With Lawyers (with alan_shore)

* Forgetting Father's Day (with detmeganwheeler)

Things you do in the middle of the night.

- Sleep.
- Lie awake and look at the ceiling.
- Lie awake with my eyes shut tight.
- Drink hot tea/hot chocolate/hot toddy as the situation calls for.
- Take a shower or bath.
- Watch reruns and infomercials on TV.
- Oh, yeah - go to crime scenes and deal with dead bodies and cops and stuff.

About twenty minutes after they talked, Julianna showed up at the restaurant Zach Nichols had told her about. It was late evening - around 9:30 - and she was dressed casually, as usual, when she walked through the door.

Dammit, I blame Jack.

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