I am geeky, active, and argumentative.
My Self-Summary
I'm working on becoming a
scientist and playing
hockey in my spare time. I used to
read a lot, but apparently now it's only structure papers
Ok, I still read a good bit. Some
scifi and
fantasy, random murder mysteries, pop
science and a lot
of papers and articles. I watch TV a lot, but usually I save it all
up for weekends, since I'm rarely home during primetime.
I'm an outspoken
queer,
skeptic and
atheist, and I like to debate (not
argue, necessarily), especially science policy. This does not mean
that I'm not a nice person.
What I’m doing with my life
I'm just starting a
PhD program in
biology at
Vanderbilt. The ultimate goal, I
guess, is to stay in academia, but I'm just focusing on enjoying
grad school and the
research I get to do. I'll be in
Nashville for at
least five years, after all, and I feel like it's way too early to
look at the endgame! When I'm not studying or in the lab, I'm
trying to stay active with taekwondo and hockey, taking care of my
puppies and learning to be a Tennessean.
I’m really good at
Science, writing, teaching, sarcasm, standardized tests, driving,
directions, grammar, spelling, multi-tasking
The first things people usually notice about me
I suppose that I have no control over my hair, own no makeup
whatsoever and have no fashion sense. After THAT, that I'm
opinionated, argumentative, sarcastic and confident.
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
Books:
Ender's
Game,
Harry
Potter,
The Ancestor's Tale, The
Beak of the Finch, A Short History of Nearly Everything, The
Dreyfus Affair
Movies:
Star
Wars
TV: ohhh, how I love my SciFi.
Doctor Who,
Torchwood,
Stargate (SG-1 and Atlantis),
X-Files, Heroes,
Battlestar Galactica, True Blood, Supernatural. Also,
NCIS, House, Grey's Anatomy,
Castle, The Mentalist, Californication, Better Off Ted, um, etc. I
really LIKE TV, though I have a tendency to save a bunch of shows
up and then watch them all at once, it's not like I'm often home at
primetime. And I hate commercials.
Music: Jeffrey Foucalt, Peter Mulvey, Kris Delmhorst, Guy Clark,
Richard Shindell, folky-Americany-country-y-bluegrassy stuff. But
sometimes not!
Food: Pick an ethnicity, I like the food. I really love coffee ice
cream, too.
The six things I could never do without
My dogs (that counts as one, they're a collective!), computers
(also collective!), bookcase (ha, see what I did there?), hockey
skates (one unit), teddy bear aaaaand...oh, phone, I guess.
I spend a lot of time thinking about
Plots of science fiction shows, religion and the lack thereof,
evolution and science generally, hockey.
On a typical Friday night I am
Glad the week's over, catching up Tivo with a beer and the puppy.
The most private thing I’m willing to admit here
Hm...I feel rather inexperienced when it comes to sex and
relationships.
You should message me if
Well, obviously, if you think I'm interesting!