Samantha Arianna Pascal◦ March 30, 1988 ◦ resides: San Francisco, CA ◦ comicverse: Gamora
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SAMANTHA WAS BORN INTO A FAIRLY TRADITIONAL AND CONSERVATIVE FAMILY, WHERE GENDER ROLES WERE BOTH EXPECTED AND ENFORCED. BY ALL MEANS, IT WAS A DATED AND BACKWARDS WAY OF LIVING AND RAISING CHILDREN AND IT WASN'T EXACTLY FAIR TO BE RAISED AROUND THAT, AND A PART OF YOUNG SAM KNEW THAT IT WAS OFF AND SOMETHING ABOUT IT WASN'T RIGHT, BUT THERE WAS LITTLE THAT SHE COULD DO IN ORDER TO CHANGE ANYTHING. SAMANTHA WAS A QUIET CHILD, WHO MOSTLY DID AS SHE WAS TOLD, AND FELL INTO LINE WITH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WERE EXPECTED OUT OF HER. SHE DIDN'T EXPERIENCE THE FREEDOMS HER BROTHERS OR OTHER RELATIVES DID, BUT FOR THAT TIME, SHE DIDN'T QUESTION IT. BETWEEN RELIGION AND BIASES REGARDING HER SEX AND GENDER, SHE WAS LIMITED TO WHAT SHE COULD DO IN AND OUT OF THE HOME FOR MOST OF HER YOUNG LIFE.

★ OVER THE COURSE OF HER CHILDHOOD, SHE DEVELOPED A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH HER MOTHER, MOSTLY THROUGH THE KITCHEN AND A SHARED LOVE OF COOKING. IT STARTED EARLY ON, WITH HER MOTHER TEACHING HER SIMPLE RECIPES THAT SAMANTHA WOULD MEMORIZE, AND GRADUATED INTO SAMANTHA PICKING UP COOKBOOKS ON HER OWN AND TURNED INTO CREATING HER OWN RECIPES. THE TIME IN THE KITCHEN WAS A TYPE OF ESCAPE AND TIME FOR HER AND HER MOTHER TO MAKE UP THEIR OWN DREAMS AND MAKE UP THEIR OWN STORIES AND PLANS AND IDEAS THAT WOULD STICK WITH THE YOUNG GIRL FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.

★ BY THE TIME SHE WAS A TEENAGER, IT WAS CLEAR THAT SHE HAD A KNACK AND TALENT FOR THE CULINARY ARTS, BEYOND WHAT HER MOTHER WAS TEACHING HER AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT SHE GAINED FROM THAT. HER FIRST JOBS WERE WORKING IN RESTAURANTS AS A BUSSER OR A WAITRESS, OCCASIONALLY HELPING IN THE BACK OF HOUSE. THE MONEY EARNED FROM THESE JOBS WENT TOWARDS CLASSES TO TEACH HER 'REAL' SKILLS IN THE KITCHEN. BASIC, BEGINNER, SKILLS, BUT THE PROPER WAY OF DOING THINGS. WHAT STARTED AS SOMETHING TO KEEP HER BUSY AND DISTRACTED AND OUT OF TROUBLE TURNED INTO A TALENT SHE WANTED TO USE AS A CAREER.

★ IN REGULAR SCHOOL, SHE WAS A DECENT ENOUGH STUDENT, EVEN IF IT DIDN'T ALWAYS PARTICULARLY INTEREST HER AND, ASIDE FROM THAT, COLLEGE WASN'T EVEN SOMETHING SHE DISCUSSED WITH HER PARENTS AS A SERIOUS POTENTIAL FUTURE, AS TO WHERE SHE WOULD GO AND WHAT SHE WOULD DO WITH THE REST OF HER LIFE. AS FAR AS HER FATHER WAS CONCERNED, THOSE KINDS OF PLANS WERE FOR HER BROTHERS, AND SHE WAS MEANT TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS AROUND THE HOUSE UNTIL SHE UP AND GOT MARRIED. SCHOOL, INITIALLY, WASN'T A PRIORITY TO HER AFTER YEARS OF THAT PARTICULAR MENTALITY BEING DRILLED INTO HER HEAD -- SHE COULD BE A PRETTY FACE WHO MARRIED DECENTLY AND BE A DECENT HOUSEWIFE, AS FAR AS HE WAS CONCERNED. WHEN OUT OF EARSHOT, HER MOTHER DID HER BEST TO PUSH SAMANTHA IN ANOTHER DIRECTION, BUT DIDN'T DARE OPENLY GO AGAINST HER HUSBAND.

★ BY THE TIME SAMANTHA GRADUATED, SHE HAD HER OWN PLANS IN MIND, HAVING TURNED THE WHEELS IN HER HEAD FOR YEARS. COLLEGE WASN'T SOMETHING SHE DISCUSSED WITH HER FAMILY, BUT IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS OUT OF THE CARDS. SURE, HER FATHER DIDN'T NECESSARILY THINK SHE SHOULD HAVE GONE, BUT SHE HAD A LON GTERM EDUCATION PLAN IN MIND. HER FIRST STOP WAS BAUMAN COLLEGE IN CALIFORNIA. IT WAS A SHORT STAY, JUST OVER TWO YEARS, AND IT WAS A STRUGGLE TO ADJUST TO A MORE OPEN LIFE THAN THE ONE THAT SHE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN LIVING THAT HAD BEEN BOGGED DOWN BY BOTH HER SEX AND RATHER STRICT RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. SHE KEPT HERSELF BUSY WITH SCHOOL MORE THAN ANYTHING, NEEDING TO KEEP HER MIND ON SOMETHING SO SHE DIDN'T FEEL AS OUT OF PLACE OR AS IF SHE NEEDED TO CRAWL BACK HOME.

★ HER NEXT STOP WAS NEW YORK CITY TO ATTEND THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, LEADING TO HER HOME FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. HER FOCUS ON SCHOOL WAS INTENSE AND SHE DID LITTLE ELSE BUT FOCUS ON HER EDUCATION AND HONING HER SKILLS AND MAKING CONNECTIONS IN ORDER TO MAKE HER MARK AND GET SOMEWHERE WITH HER LIFE. GOING BACK HOME TO HER 'OLD LIFE' WASN'T AN OPTION ON THE TABLE, EVEN IF ALL OF THE NEWNESS AND 'RULE BREAKING' AND GOING AGAINST EVERYTHING SHE TAUGHT REMAINED TERRIFYING, NO MATTER HOW FAR AWAY SHE WAS FROM THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THOSE IDEAS INTO HER HEAD.
★ AFTER GRADUATION, SHE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND BREATHE, ABLE TO PROCESS THINGS A LITTLE BETTER. FOR THE YEARS SHE'D BEEN IN SCHOOL, SHE'D NEVER QUITE DONE THAT, SINCE SCHOOL KEPT HER MIND OCCUPIED AND OFF OF OTHER THINGS. NOW THAT SHE WAS DONE, SHE HAD TIME TO SIT AND THINK MORE, AND TRY TO GATHER HER THOUGHTS AND FIGURE THEM OUT AS WELL. SOMETHING THAT WAS, UNFORTUNATELY, RATHER HARD FOR HER TO DO. UNTANGLING THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS WAS A PAIN, AS WAS FIGURING HERSELF OUT, NOW THAT SHE HAD LITTLE-TO-NO DISTRACTIONS TO KEEP HER FROM DOING THAT. WITH SCHOOL, SHE HAD SOMETHING TO FOCUS ALL OF HER ENERGY ON. NOW, EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS WORKING, THE INTENSITY WAS GONE AND SHE WAS LEFT WITH CONFUSION.


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