A short, energetic geek at large in Philadelphia (and occasionally New York City).

I've professionally edited YA fantasy novels, lettered comic books, and tested video games. I love Zelda and being in the water. I sing opera, badly. I substitute Japanese words for French words, and vice versa, when attempting either language. I can tell you the one anagram of the word "chesty." I've privately challenged myself to complete an entire 1000-piece puzzle without putting a piece in wrong, but have only ever managed 76 pieces before messing up. I like skiing (downhill and water), traveling the world, kayaking, canoeing, and road trips, but rarely get a chance to enjoy them. Ditto dancing, especially ballroom and waltz. I want to learn to sail.

Given infinite funds, I'd open a public science fiction library and then acquire real estate in countries around the world for myself and my friends to visit. Then I'd build myself a private roller rink and hold all the skating parties I wanted as a child--but with rock music instead of hip-hop/R&B.

Please feed me sushi, crab legs, rare steak, lobster, and/or Ethiopian gored gored at your earliest convenience.

I am whimsical, candid, and geeky

Working my way through medical school after a fun few years of editorial work.

Whistling, anagrams, composing limericks on the spot, most things I try.

My (lack of) height, my energy.

YA authors: Ysabeau Wilce, Nancy Farmer, Kristin Cashore, Gabrielle Zevin, M.T. Anderson, Megan Whalen Turner

SF/F Authors: Brandon Sanderson, Patrick Rothfuss, Vernor Vinge, Connie Willis, Lois McMaster Bujold, Jacqueline Carey, Lynn Flewelling

Movies: The Last Unicorn, Aladdin, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dark City, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Pride & Prejudice (BBC), Somewhere in Time, Spirited Away, Superman, Superman II, Tonari no Totoro, Whisper of the Heart, Wall-E

TV: Black Books, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dexter, Dead Like Me, Downton Abbey, Futurama, Gargoyles, Lost, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Sailor Moon, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Supernatural, Veronica Mars

Video Games: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Bioshock, Rock Band, Portal, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Katamari Damacy, Haunting Ground, Silent Hill, Castlevania DS games. Marble Madness (it's a nostalgia thing). Crystal Quest. Text Adventures, esp. from the Apple IIe era: Voodoo Island, The Crimson Crown, Deadline, Zork. Below the Root.

Friends, sunshine, the internet, exotic restaurants, video games, diet Pepsi. In approximately that order.

How to fit upcoming events into my monstrously busy schedule.

Google Calendar reports: Eating dinner with friends, attending birthdays/weddings/parties, watching movies, traveling, performing in shows, watching plays, playing board/tabletop/video games.

I'm a WASP. We admit nothing. ;)

You like any of the above activities, know where to do them cheaply in/around Philly, and enjoy silly, geeky new friends.