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⤑ name philip javier rios-castro ⤑ also known as lip ⤑ date of birth + age 11th april 1995 + 21 ⤑ birthplace san antonio, texas ⤑ current residence los angeles, california ⤑ occupation tattoo artist / body piercer ⤑ relationship status finally i met the perfect bitch ⤑ sexuality doesn't label ⤑ pets mickey & mallory

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facts • born and raised in san antonio texas. tied in the middle of four, lip was easily one of the most problematic of his siblings due to his keen ability to always get himself into trouble. he developed a habit of bullying bullies who picked on kids smaller than them and from as early as elementary school, this would lead to altercations frequently: both verbally and physically which earned him the nickname "lip" by fourth grade. naturally, this brought up concern within the school about what was going on at home. while his parents cordial, albeit cold marriage was most certainly a factor, after many visits to school psychologists over many years, it was determined that he was simply a problem child.

• though labeled a problem child, he did well in school. he had a natural intelligence and rarely studied for tests, leaving him often bored in classes, but because he was such a problem to have in normal classes, school authorities were reluctant to bump him up to honors classes fearing he would create more of a disturbance than anything else.

• at the age of twelve, he and his siblings were informed of their parents impending divorce which had been in the works for nearly a year after failed marriage counseling largely due to his father's compulsive infidelity. though miguel tried to remain in san antonio initially, a job offer in dallas forced him to move, leaving all four children with silvia, who received a generous divorce settlement in addition to child support.

• from the ages of 13-16, his summers were spent in dallas with his father, begrudgingly. most of his time spent there was spent talking to friends back home in san antonio online and refusing to take part in any activity his father suggested to bond. by age 16, when the barely legal tutor who he'd developed a crushed on and lost his virginity to engaged in a relationship with his father, lip and both of his brothers decided to stop spending their summers in dallas while selena, who didn't quite understand what had happened continued. a year later, shortly before his high school graduation, he was invited to the wedding of mari and his father, miguel. he 'dutifully' attended, standing in as a groomsman, only to make a speech consisting simply of the words 'i fucked her first,' at the reception. this was the last time lip would be in contact with his father, though marisol still occasionally calls and texts him (sometimes suggestively).

• he took a year off following graduation to take a road trip with one of his best friends, deklan. it was probably the highest point in his life; they spent time visiting tourist traps, amusement parks, abandoned buildings, and of course, trying to sneak into bars they were promptly ejected from.

• though he wasn't given a scholarship for football, his spot on the team came naturally thanks to the winning streak from his high school career. he was one of the few freshmen who were placed on the trojans starting line.

• another 'fuck you' to his father came when lip declared law as a major freshman year, openly telling family members he planned to work as a defense attorney who took on as many pro-bono cases as he could due to major flaws in the system, which left his district attorney father none too pleased, though they never actually spoke about it.

• college brought another chapter to lip's life, as it did to many others. it was his first real stretch of freedom away from home and with the help of the dissolution of two failed relationships and being on the football team and pledging pike brought him a lot of attention from girls which he more than welcomed, though expressed he had no interest in a relationship to every girl who he approached or who approached him which was something that took a turn for the worst sophomore year when he cheated on a girl he was seeing, who then proceeded to leak his nudes to a few people... and a few more people and before long, the leak spread entirely nearly the entire student body approached him about it.

• following the leak of his nudes lip who doesn't often look at daily life seriously took a step back from dating around as much and spent the remainder of sophomore year focused on school and football. it wasn't until his brother introduced him to aaliyah during one of his games that he actually began to consider it again junior year - though the pair still aren't exactly official.

misc • drives a 2017 neon green ford mustang that was given to him by his mother after the close of the football season.
• adopted both of his dogs together, they came from the same home previously and he liked the origin of both of their names so much that he never changed them.
• estimates that he has around 18 tattoos, but is impulsive about getting them and has lost count. it's not uncommon for him to come home from work with a new tattoo.
• estp-t personality type
• watches a lot of stand up comedy in his off time, but tends to look at case studies via the internet a lot more often.
• gets restless easily and doesn't like to spend too much time indoors.
• though he's significantly more mellow than at any other point in his life, lip still very much lives up to his nickname, often telling people things they do not want to hear.
• has never labeled himself with a sexuality.
• considers himself a feminist.
• plays the guitar as a hobby, but only knows a handful of songs on it.
• has a lowkey appreciation for country music.
• has considered dropping "castro" from his last name, but keeps it to piss off his father.
• mexican/puerto rican. fluent in spanish, RARELY uses mexican slang.

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education usc
major in law, class of 2018

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