Judith
"For the West, mercy is a strange passion; one they follow at the expense of strategy, of humanity, and ultimately of reason. With me it is merely good manners. The desert has drunk up more blood than you or I can ever imagine; judge for yourself which motive is the more expedient." - Aden Mansour, PhD, University of Algiers Professor of Art History and Antiquities
"American-born USAF brat educated abroad" might explain her hard-to-place accent. The daughter of an officer, she became one herself before joining the United Nations as a Peacekeeper deployed variously to Algeria, Darfur, Mali and Lebanon over several years under the UN's initiative to promote women as "active agents of peace in armed conflict." Her honorable discharge following a formal report to the UN General Assembly landed her in Paris, where she has lived for the past few years. If she warms up to you, she'd say she has come to Los Angeles because she prefers warm desert nights to any other, loves the city and surrounds for its sheer size, its cultures, its staggering opportunities and its life-and-death vibrancy.
- New in Town : A very recent arrival in Los Angeles (by way of Paris and Algiers) Judith has been in town only long enough to buy herself the car she's always wanted (a 1969 Volvo 1800S, in after-market dark plum).
- Poetry : She is oddly evasive on this topic but can be drawn out. Judith frequents bookstores and hauls around a battered limited-edition Moleskine.
- Algeria : She's even more cagey about her former career, good luck with this one. There are tells that she spent too much time in northern Africa. Her Arabic sometimes slips into a distinctly Berber-French-Colonial patois, she has worn the blue beret and she knows what mazagran is supposed to taste like. Followers of international politics may remember talk of an unsanctioned air strike on the Saida-Mascara line and brief public outrage.
- Paris, and the Art World : Judith arrived in Paris for a grueling UN hearing and stayed for the night life. She's developed financial and curator/collector interest in three small art galleries in Paris (La Muse Froide, L'Ancien Moderne and the White Mughal). She also kept company with one Aden Mansour, PhD, University of Algiers Professor of Art History and Antiquities during his guest professorship at the Université Paris for the entire five years she lived in the city. Her French sometimes slips into an Algiers inflection, but it's a nice effect.
- Krav Maga : Formal training, which she frequently seeks to improve at various 24-hour gyms.
| Demeanor | Mediator. Of the dry humor variety. |
| Apparent age | 37 |
| Build | A lean 5'10" |
| Affiliations | Hancock Park Homeowners Association |
- Never taste of the fruit
- Never stray, never break
- Never choke on a lie
- Even though he's the one who did this to you
- You never thought to question why
- ...
- It's not like you killed someone
- It's not like you drove a hateful spear into his side
- Praise the one who left you
- Broken down and paralyzed
- He did it all for you
