Ray Smith [D6]

Hi there! My name is Ray, you can just call me Ray-Ray though, that's what people who are close to me like to call me. Although Ray is shorter. My second name is Smith, yea it seems generic but I didn't chose my name. I'm just in a good mood, reflecting on me and life. I live in District 6, medicine and stuff, where all the scientist and doctors live, people like dad. I miss him sometimes. Although I don't wonder where he is all the time, I'm not that sad. We live pretty well, our dad gave us a good set-up, the eight of us but now my older sister Charlie takes care of us, she brings us in good food and all so it's alright that she takes care of us.

I have pretty short hair to be honest. It's black, I'm not like those little girls who spend hours on their hair. It's short, black and sticks up. I have Caucasian skin and some freckles on my face which is pretty annoying. People sometimes tease me for having them which is pretty annoying at times but I've gotten over it, when I was younger I used to get really annoyed and try to fight if they did it but now I've kinda just learned to ignore it.

In terms of body I'm doing pretty well. I'm pretty big and strong for my age. I'm 5'9. I'm toned from all the exercise I 'have to do' because my dad made me do it. He wanted me to be the perfect 'physical specimen' but that's actually pretty hard now considering we don't have a perfect diet everyday. There's eight of us, what was my dad thinking? Having eight kids and then just leaving us with Charlie, my sister, only eighteen years old. But I'm still pretty well built, for my age I'm very well built, to be honest I think I could easily beat most kids my age in a physical fight.

Some people say I'm cocky and arrogant or that I have a big ego. I don't think so, they're just jealous because I'm something they're not. I am great, they are not. They make fun of my freckles and try to find flaws within my personality. No, I am unique, I am an individual. I have the drive to be the best at everything I do that's physical. I train with weights, I run, I do push-ups, I jog etc. I want to be the best, I want to be great.

Because of this I believe that I should volunteer and be in the games one day. Not because I think that I'm a career, I haven't been training for the games. It's just something my dad did, he drilled it into me that I need to bring all the honor to the family by winning the games. Now it's just sort of imprinted into my mind that I need to win for the Smith's. Although my dad is gone it's still there, I still feel like I'm obliged to do it.

I wouldn't say I'm really dumb but I'm certainly not as smart as the other kids in this district. I know this district is supposed to be about science and medicine and all the nerds are here but I'm just not meant for that. I'm more of a physical kind of guy, not the kind of guy to sit around all day reading books. So boring.

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