Piranha
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Engineering |
| Occupation | ecological engineer |
| Location | Berkeley, California, United States |
| Introduction | I am an inconsistent blogger, but a consistent fount of near-useless knowledge. |
| Interests | being outside, hiking, horseback riding, rock climbing, mountain biking, surfing, snowboarding, birdwatching, the BDC!, annoying my boss, amusing my friends, attending weddings, saving the planet, being lead singer in Black on Bass - the best Black Sabbath cover band EVER, horses, wetland restoration processes, travel, Philadelphia Eagles football, University of Maryland basketball, making the perfect macaroni and cheese, biogeochemistry, rock music, naval aviation, investing, t-shirts/jeans/sneakers, geology, horses, wine, my cats, progressive politics, failing miserably at repeated attempts to properly cook Asian stir-fry noodle dishes, sheep, pub quiz, learning guitar, New Jersey Pine Barrens, Point Reyes National Seashore, did I mention horses? |
| Favorite movies | The Lion King, The American President, Top Gun, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Seabiscuit, Garden State, anything by Kevin Smith or Wes Anderson, Clueless, Whale Rider, Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| Favorite music | Counting Crows, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Guster, Live, Nickel Creek, Barenaked Ladies, Sarah McLachlan, Green Day, Mutual Admiration Society, Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, Rilo Kiley, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Jimmy Eat World, Glen Phillips, Train, Nada Surf, Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, Third Eye Blind, Carbon Leaf, the Shins, most of what's on KEXP, and, uh, Black Sabbath, I guess |
| Favorite books | my field guides, anything by Jane Smiley, Carl Hiaasen, or Jared Diamond, Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series, Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince/Dragon Star series, Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials series, The Norton Shakespeare, When the Trees Say Nothing (a collection of spiritual nature writings by Thomas Merton), The Pine Barrens by John McPhee, Saving the Marin-Sonoma Coast by Marty Griffin, How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman, The Grand Idea by Joel Achenbach, A Big Year by Mark Obmascik |
You've got to make contact with the alien leader. How will you tell when the conversation is finished?
When Dick Cheney pulls him away.