Name: James Timshel Orcutt
A.K.A: Jamie, “Poe” (alleged)
Hometown: Fairfax, Virginia
College Affiliation: Strathmore College (graduated); currently a 1L at Eli Law School
Undergraduate Major: History, Political Science
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Gray
Height: 6′1″
Activities: Elizabethan Society, Rose & Grave (alleged)
Known Associates: Malcolm Cabot
Likes: secrets, power, order, reptiles
Dislikes: information he doesn’t have, stupid people, upstart Lit Majors who don’t know what’s good for them, beef
Favorite Color: black
Favorite Food: Doritos, eggplant Parmesan
Favorite Book: East of Eden, by John Steinbeck
Favorite Song: “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” by The Postal Service
Favorite Movie: Harvey
Specialties: Lurking, Sarcasm
Significant Other: none known
Status: It is thought that Orcutt spent his Spring Break on Cavador Key with the Knights of Rose & Grave, but with so few associates, it’s difficult to track his movements, and even more difficult to confirm the highly unlikely rumors of his Spring Break activities.
May 16th, 2009 at 9:30 am
that’s awesome–couldn’t be more perfect!
p. s. i love the trench coat, makes him look enigmatic
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May 16th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Poe is in the Lizzy?! Lurking and sarcasm are generally frowned on there. I’d much sooner expect to see Amy as a member than Jamie. But maybe he *does* have hidden depths, after all.
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May 16th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
I pictured him looking a little more like David Boreanaz. That’s the voice that I hear when I read the books. And especially when I read the secret stories told from Jamie’s POV.
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May 16th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Timshel?
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May 16th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
PR: Whatever works for you! Poe, however, is built very differently, in both face and body type. He’s slim, he’s pale (Boreanaz wasn’t even pale when he played a vampire), he’s got very pointed features (remember, the first thing we see of him is jaw bones and cheekbones) and he’s got very, very dark hair without blonde California-boy streaks.
Shannon: Yep.
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May 16th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
honestly i have no idea how i saw him in my mind… maybe a mix between Snape and Sirius…
there’s something in DB that reminds me of poe… but maybe its just more Angel’s personality more then David himself…
but i love that heis specialty includes “lurking” handy skil for an (alleged) digger!
but the best is “upstart Lit Majors who don’t know what’s good for them” i mean who can that possibly mean????
oh Poe i love him so!
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May 16th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
timshel, meaning “thou mayest” ? interseting
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May 17th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Did you purposely make it so Amy and Jamie’s favorite songs are by The Postal Service or was that just a happy coincidence?
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May 17th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
I was going to ask a question, but I see Virgina already asked, but I’m still curious as well. I thought it was amusing how they both has Postal Service songs.
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May 17th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Dare I ask where Jamie got his middle name?
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May 18th, 2009 at 12:40 am
Virginia and Taylor: You are very observant. What do you think?
dulce: the very same.
Lizzy: Well, the same place most people get their names. Their parents. Jamie’s name was actually a compromise, and there are hints to that in this dossier as well as in details from Poe’s life story.
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May 18th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Love it, especially the specialties and the favourite movie – good pick there Jamie
I like the picture but I always imagine Peter from Heroes as Jamie now.
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May 18th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
I’ve avoided reading Steinbeck since a disastrous experience with The Pearl years ago…not the best idea for someone in grad school for modernist lit. But on your recommendation, I picked up East of Eden yesterday, and am so in love with it. Thanks!
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May 18th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
I had the same reaction everyone else did to his middle name. For some reason, I was thinking it would be Montgomery.
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May 18th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Alexa, that’s pretty good. Especially the hair.
Jessie, I don’t touch Steinbeck with a ten foot pole, myself. He’s kinda obsessed with killing small fuzzy animals in his books. I read THE RED PONY and then GRAPES OF WRATH in short order in high school, and have been on an embargo ever since. But people I trust tell me EoE is awesome and I should get over myself.
PR, of course you were. And though there were many things his middle name was over the years, it never ever started with an M.
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May 19th, 2009 at 1:22 am
I love all of these little facts about them and how you were able to make them so individualized
I think in real life, someone like Jamie is elusive and boxed out from the world, and I would really be shocked seeing him with an Amy around campus
But if you have heard of the thing shipper, I am a total Amy and Jamie shipper – and yes – I havent read tap and gown yet – its kind of delayed from where I am.
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May 20th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Name: James Timshel Orcutt
Favorite Book: East of Eden, John Steinbeck
V. v. clever…
You really should read East of Eden! It’s an amazing novel.
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October 7th, 2009 at 1:30 am
I realize I’m 4.5 months late here, but I just reread Rites of Spring (Break) today (I was craving some angsty Poe action), and so I had to come check out his picture again… He’s very very nice to look at!
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December 6th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Just like I imagined him!!
Who is he – the man in the picture -, I mean, in real life? A celebrity?
Favorite Book: East of Eden, John Steinbeck just great!
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December 7th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Tamy, all the dossier photos are candid shots of people on the street.
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July 6th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
WOW entry 21 is linking to my review…I did not realize that was going to happen but yeah I confirm
I heart Poe (sorry Jamie)
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