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[30 Aug 2009|02:12am] |
In every family, there is that one person who just stands out from the rest. Whether it's their sweet nature or their inability to hold down a job, they're the ones that even the most distant relative know by name. For the Kostner clan, that person is Carlee Kostner. A bundle of energy from the day she plowed her way into the world, Carlee was always on the move. The first few years of her life were spent wanting to be a ballerina, but she quickly gave that up when she realized she couldn't just get out there and make up her own moves. She never believed in fundamentals. She just believed that you should let the music move you. She was convinced that anyone who didn't understand that didn't understand dance. To say she was a strange kid growing up would be an understatement. It seemed like the girl was on a permenant sugar buzz. She was always bouncing off the walls and running around the house just because she couldn't sit still. Her parents thought there might be something wrong with her and took her to see doctor after doctor. But none of them could find anything wrong with her. They just saw her as a regular rambuctious young girl. It wasn't until she was nine years old that she was diagnosed with Predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type ADHD. She was put on medication, which somewhat helped her problem, but not completely. She still talked a mile a minute and liked to dance around the house, but at least she wasn't making the people around her nervous anymore. Well, not all of the people. There were two people that embraced her crazy wild ways rather than feared them. Her older brother Jackson and her adopted cousin (though she thought of him as anything but adopted) were everything to her. They never made her feel like a freak for having just a little too much energy. In fact, they had their own ways of helping her that made her happy as well. They always found activities for her to do that required a lot of activity. They took her to laser tag and after three games, she was ready to crawl into bed and take a nap. They taught her how to play football, though a tiny little girl running around a field why guys twice her size chased after her looked a little silly. They encouraged her to go out for gymnastics since she was always flipping around on the trampoline and did things with her body that could only described as unnatural and track since she was always running around the house at top speed. With their help, she was just a normal quirky teenage girl. She was even to the point that she didn't have to take her medication anymore. It would only make sense that she would fall to pieces without them. When they left to have their own lives, Carlee broke down. Every other week for the first year was spent dragging the girl back home because she would try to run off to Chicago or Key West or anywhere else that the boys might be. Her parents took away her money and forced her to go to therapy, anything to keep her from disappearing on a regular basis. She finally settled down as she adjusted to life without the boys and focused on gymnastics. It seemed like the only time she wasn't missing them was when she was trying not to break her neck. She even started dabbling in ice skating, but only because she liked to jump and spin. All her activity kept her relaxed and kept her mind off of not having a love life since she knew her brothers would be in the picture in the heart beat if there was any sign of her dating or even fooling around with a boy. It has only gotten worse now that the boys are in town and while she is more than happy to have them back in her life, they're really starting to cramp her style.
• • Born October 31st, 1991 making her 17 years old and an incoming senior at Millenium High School.
• • Is the youngest of two children, her older brother (![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) jacksonk) was born seven years before her.
• • Has one brown eye and one blue, but she wears contacts to make them appear to be both blue.
• • She is near-sighted and while she wears contacts almost all the time, she prefers to wear her glasses when she is reading or just relaxing at home.
• • As corny as it sounds, her dream is to be apart of the USA gymnastics team. She is one of the top ranked gymnists in the state and one of the most dedicated.
• • She loves food and refuses to watch what she eats. Good thing she has a high metabolism and home gym.
• • As hyper as she tends to be, there is one time when she doesn't like activity and that is when she is sleeping. If someone wakes her up, they get a pillow thrown at their head.
• • She is incredibly affectionate. She is always hugging and touching people. Her favorite thing in the world is curling up in bed with someone and cuddling, especially after a hard day.
• • She has two cats, Dr. Evil and Captain (she tends to alternate between Captain Spaulding and Captain Howdy and amazingly, he answers to both), who are just as hyperactive as she is.
• • She is a HUGE horror buff. She is always looking around for scary movies she hasn't seen. Every Halloween for her birthday, her friends throw her a murder mystery type party with a horror theme.
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