|
[11 Jan 2009|11:10pm] |
In late July of the year 1991, Putnam Pichler was born to a woman suffering from severe depression and a father who spent the majority of his time drinking or working late shifts as a security guard. Putnam's mother up and left without a word when Putnam was barely eight months old, leaving the screaming infant in his crib, to be found sodden and red in the face by her husband some three hours later. She was never heard from again and Fletch Pichler did his best to raise his son. His best though, was not much.
Unable to completely stay off of the bottle and inept with finances, Fletch squandered savings away and didn't put nearly enough thought into the futures of himself or his son. They left a modest one story when Putnam was four, living instead in a low-cost apartment building, and Putnam soon began his existence as that Strange Kid. Originally, he was strange because his clothes were second-hand, retrieved for free or next to nothing at local Goodwills, but Putnam's lack of proper social interaction made him even stranger. Having never been taught the right things to say to people or how to say them, Putnam has lacked a social filter from an early age. His mother wasn't in the picture, his father hardly around, and so Putnam developed from watching and listening to those who weren't immediate family. Not coddled often as a child and mostly left without some of the attention that promoted healthy growth, Putnam began seeking out his attention however he could. The first complaint against him for obsessive behavior came when the boy was only in the second grade.
Children, in the past, avoided him and stayed out of his way, only risking interaction with him for his help on this or that assignment. Though bizarre, Putnam maintained high scores on tests, succeeding in his classes, and he was brighter than most would have at first suspected. The first person to ever attempt to befriend him rather than judge him was a girl in his class. At first, they got on well enough but, unused to having friends and oblivious to when enough was enough, Putnam persistently wanted to spend time with her and seemed to always be around. He'd explode when she told him patiently that they couldn't be around each other 24/7 and was eventually told, upon stopping by for a Saturday play-date, that she didn't want to be his friend any longer. After an initial burst of violence, in which he rode by on his bike and threw rocks at her house, Putnam retreated completely from their friendship, ignoring her in class and, if not that, staring ice picks at her when their gazes happened to meet. Labeled crazy, Putnam was avoided all through elementary school and even well into middle school, only latching on in high school to a grouping of outcasts and juvenile delinquents that he really didn't talk to him much anyhow. Putnam hopes, dimly, that post-high school will be better but a part of him knows that wouldn't be the case.
Lacking the proper finances to attend any of the colleges of his choosing, Putnam always thought he'd remain in Texas post-graduation. Up until this winter, he lived in a low-cost apartment building sought out by his father some years ago. The space was occupied with an aunt, his father having passed on shortly after Putnam's freshman year in school. Things changed shortly before his Christmas vacation. Putnam, aggravated by a boy who chose to turn him down and laugh at him, set the boy's car on fire. Given his apparent psychological disorders, it was determined that Putnam would move elsewhere -- elsewhere has turned out to be with close friend Blaine Herston.
Putnam keeps mostly to himself, saying few words about who he is or where he's been in life, and a lot of his social interaction comes from speaking briefly with clients at the country club where he now works.
• Putnam was born to Olivia Weathersby on July 28th. She abandoned her family soon after and because his father, Fletch, never talked about her, Putnam knows nothing about the woman. The only thing left of her that Putnam has, is a small pendant which he wears on his person at all times. Other than occasional reflection on that necklace, he doesn't think about her much.
• Putnam looks very much like his mother and gets his height from his late father. He went through an ugly duckling period but began blossoming in high school, where he was more gangly than anything, but he has mostly grown into his looks.
• His one attempt at fitting in socially came in the form of trying out for his high school's basketball team when he was fourteen. He quit after being beaten up by a member of the team three weeks later. When the matter was taken to the principal, the other boy complained that Putnam had been staring at him in the showers.
• Putnam reads often in his spare time -- usually horror novels -- and tends to fall back on that, or writing when he has difficulty falling asleep at night.
• Putnam lived with an aunt for almost a year but didn't often invite others to his place. She worked at a department store throughout the week and, on the weekends, bagged groceries at the local market. Now, Putnam guesses it'd be less inconvenient for friends to visit. However, he doesn't plan on making any.
• Sometimes talks quietly to himself, whether others are around or not. Usually, he'll deny accusations that he said anything at all and will refute claims that his lips were moving.
• Putnam has made a hobby of taking his equipment, going to rooftops and setting up shop on to watch people go about their nights. He often watches his neighbors and makes up dialogue in his head about what they're doing. He doesn't think of this as stalking.
• Doesn't like his job because handing out and retrieving golf balls does nothing to stimulate his mind; he does, however, like eavesdropping on the rich patrons.
• Once compared to the Columbine shooters by some of his peers and often called "suspicious," Putnam had his locker raided his sophomore year of high school, when an anonymous informant told school administrators that Putnam planned on shooting up the school. Instead, they found an handcrafted bomb, unarmed. The result was expulsion and the better part of two years in a mental health institution.
• Though he has no pets of his own, Putnam often left milk out on his balcony for a stray cat that came by his apartment. He didn't touch the cat up until moving, at which point he took the feline with him. He's named him Juggernaut. The cat's mostly stayed in the care of Blaine's family but Putnam looks forward to having a place of his own come summer, this way he can have the cat in his possession again.
• Honed his cooking skills early on, and can now be depended on to make dinner and keep himself fed. He's especially good with making pasta. Despite this, he doesn't cook too often any more.
• Owns a television but mostly only uses it to play video games and watch rented DVDs.
• No matter the weather, he is usually in jeans or pants and rarely goes out in shorts.
• Usually divided his budget on helping his aunt with her bills, books and then miscellaneous things needed for the house, he didn't purchase many other items unless they're definitely needed. Now, he has extra cash to spend.
|
|
![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
