just your basic, laid-back, scientist nice guy, into
unpopular music,
languages, small
ecological footprints,
philosophical/linguistic
ruminations, and
quinoa. i took the "what punctuation mark
are you" test and was a bit sad that i didn't come out
semicolon.
the gallup poll folk seem to think i'm best summed up by the
following: single, no dependents, highly likely to vote, not
religiously affiliated, never shop at walmart, and do not "consider
myself a NASCAR fan." for further elaboration, i'd add that i don't
own a tv but i think that "30 rock" is awesome, and i've always got
multiple projects going on but am slightly intimidated by people
who describe themselves as "energetic."
on the lookout for big-hearted, scruffy polyglot nerds with high
emotional IQs. if you know any, please send them my way.
[N.B.: non-english entries below were written for fun, at the
behest of okcupid, and with constant reference to various
dictionaries.]
OkCupid: Now in German
es scheint jetzt plötzlich zu sein, dass okcupid verlangt dass ich
was auf deutsch schreibe. deshalb muss ich denn mich entschuldigen
wegen mein deutsch; ich bin sicher, dass ich gleich viele fehlern
gemacht habe. wenn es dir ja gefällt, lade ich dich ein, mein
schreiben zu korrigieren.
ich bin student im aufbaustudium (?). ich studiere die
kognitivneurowissenschaft--ich versuche zu verstehen, warum machen
die leute was sie ja machen. außerdem hab ich gern musik (zuhören
und spielen), fremdsprache (obgleich ich die meisten diesen wörter
im wörterbuch nachschlagen mußte), fitness und nahrung, filme, und
so was.
OkCupid: Now in Spanish
hola. estoy estudiante de posgrado, estudiando la neurociencia, me
encantan la música yi los idiomas, soy total un grande progresista
rojo, y me he olvidado el todo del español, lo siento.
se parece que okcupid requiere que escriba algo acquí, pero es para
mí muy importante que usted puede muy bien el inglés (porque qué
terrible es mi español), y por eso por favor lea mis otras
respuestas!
OkCupid: Now in Chinese
對不起，我肯定會寫很多錯！我的中文非常不好。
我只是個簡樸的，鬆弛的，友好的科學家。 我習畫不流行的音樂，外語，保護環境，哲學，藜麥， 和分號。
對 gallup 來說，我最重要的品質是： 單人，沒有孩子，不去 walmart，不是 nascar 的愛好者。而且我沒有電視但是認為
30 rock 非常好，並且我總是比較忙，可是說自己精力旺盛的人讓我怕一些。
因為我中文這麼不好，我只好找英文流利的人。。。所以可以就多看我別的答復，好吧？
i'm [now taking a break from] studying
cognitive neuroscience,
hanging out, tutoring now and then, exercising, cooking things that
have many ingredients and purchasing things that have few
ingredients, trying new things, trying to make a difference,
learning
cello,
studying too many languages at once to get any good at any of them,
memorizing various things, and playing music with friends when i
get the chance.
update: finally moved to SF! so, currently looking for excellent,
excellent new friends. i mean, the people in my life who'd be on
the short list for "best friends" all live out of town. i'd like to
connect with interesting somebodies who could come over on regular
occasions to drink two-buck chuck and watch _ghostbusters_. in
short, i feel quite at home in SF now, but i don't have family here
yet.
evidently i have excellent
chinese pronunciation, but my vocab is
nonexistent so my wonderful accent doesn't get me very far.
also, i'm exceptionally above average at hauling ridiculous masses
of stuff around by bicycle.
i'm bipedal.
at least for now.
(a) cat's
cradle, catch
22, rabbit
run, the
plague, eat drink and be
healthy, ecotopia, word freak.
(b) hable
con ella (talk
to her), lola
rennt (run
lola run), eternal sunshine, 2001, empire strikes back,
donnie darko,
dancer in
the dark, 12
monkeys, bring
it on, grosse pointe blank,
i accuse
my parents, children of men. generally
speaking, anything with apocalypses, vampires, robots, or
multilingual dialogue.
(c) Bach,
Stravinsky
(those two above all, beyond question), Ligeti, Shostakovich, Brahms, Bartók, Mahler, Josquin, Mozart, Ravel, Prokofiev, Crumb, Barber, Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla, Schoenberg, Webern, Imogen Heap, Brian Eno, Damien Rice, Tori Amos, tool, sigur rós, massive attack, iron &
wine, radiohead. click here
for a fun mashup* of my musical tastes
(d) super
foods, whole
grains, red
wine, scotch,
extreme
dark chocolate (88%), broccoli, berries... nothing with a nervous
system--i get enough of that at work.
* courtesy of itunes
signature maker.
stereo with decent speakers, an instrument of some kind, athletic
shoes, a bike that works or is fixable with simple tools, adequate
warmth... and
dictionaries.
i kinda like the song "unsent" by Alanis Morissette. hey, let's not
judge each other.
you're up for a hike or a game of
scrabble, or you want to get together
over some beers and bitch about Jim Inhofe, Glenn Beck, or Joe the
Irrelevant.
or you have some cool idea of your own and are looking for someone
to tag along.
Move
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