Paavo on the Subway

Paavo is twenty-three years old, and moved to New York (permanently) from Michigan about a year ago. He has a Mexican Redknee tarantula named Lucy, and a Corn Snake named Geronimo . Paavo attended NYU and graduated last June, with honors. Throughout college he tutored with Kaplan Test Prep, and now works as a tutor part time at a high school near his apartment in SOHO. Leaving the high school at 2:45 every week day, Paavo takes the subway to the nearest library to do research for his thesis. Every spare moment Paavo has, he listens to his strange Indie music. Artists like the Velvet Underground and such. He feels freedom of expression is permitted when listening to music, and when his headphones are clasped over his ears, drowning out the noisy world, he isn’t embarrassed to do the hokey pokey and turn himself about. Paavo’s hair is shoulder length and is usually kept in a rubber band at the nape of his neck. He hasn’t bothered to get it cut in years, because he thinks it’s a nuisance to waste time thinking about haircuts and hairstyles. He has been buttoning up his colored shirt to the very top button ever since he could remember. He thinks clothes do not represent one’s self, but that they are merely something he puts on every day. Paavo’s mother sends him money every month (and clothes); she doesn’t believe he can make a living off of tutoring kids (she’s right). Paavo takes it for granted that his mom helps him out so much, he wouldn’t know how involved she is in his life since he isn’t much of a social butterfly and therefore wouldn’t know that other peoples mothers don’t send them new pajamas every couple months. All in all, Paavo enjoys his meager lifestyle in New York.