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
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.
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.
May 16th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Timshel?
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.
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!
May 16th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
timshel, meaning “thou mayest” ? interseting
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?
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.
May 17th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Dare I ask where Jamie got his middle name?
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
December 7th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Tamy, all the dossier photos are candid shots of people on the street.
July 6th, 2010 at 11:07 am
[...] Obviously Diana had something slightly different in mind: [...]
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)