sweet smart geek girl.

finally completing my formal education/training (been a long continuous path).

is my smile. That, or the slightly odd (read: slightly geeky) sense of humor.

Just for starters:
TV: Firefly, Animaniacs, Justice League, Good Eats
Movies: So I Married An Axe Murderer, Harry Potter series, Batman Begins, Dogma, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Wedding Singer, Ocean's Eleven (the remake), Austin Powers (1st movie), Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Music: 80s, Evanescence, U2, Gustav Holst
Food: Indian, Dim Sum, Bagel & Lox

what causes people to react to situations in the ways they do. That, and inflammation. But really, the first part often falls under the umbrella of inflammation.