Vivian
| Occupation | gerbil whisperer |
|---|---|
| Location | California, United States |
| Introduction | I'm a regular Jack-of-all-trades, a consummate nerd, and a devotee of the written word. I never refuse free books or free food. My stomach and taste buds are convinced that I'm half Italian and half Mexican. I do math problems for fun and love learning foreign languages (at least the speaking part). I want to know how to do everything perfectly. I hate when I can't fully understand something. I exhibit pack rat tendencies. I'm a neat-freak, and given the slightest opportunity, I will "ninja-clean". I used to be a human cannonball at the circus, but I was fired on my first day (just kidding). The ocean both frightens and fascinates me. There are times when I wonder what it's like to be someone else. I have too many nicknames. The best advice I've ever received was to try to find a significant other who's about the same size as you; then, you can wear each others' clothes and save money. I live vicariously through my cat. My goals in life are to capture the butterfly that causes all those storms, save the world, and live forever. |
| Interests | interesting things, knowledge for the application thereof, knowledge for the sake of knowledge, people, the ocean, religion, structure, syzygy |
| Favorite movies | action, comedy, drama |
| Favorite music | alternative rock, ballads, big band, cinematic orchestra, country, jazz, pop, rock, romantic music (from 1800 to early 1900's) |
| Favorite books | Douglas Adams, Dante Alighieri (how unfortunate that it must first be translated into English), Orson Scott Card, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Neil Gaiman, A.E. Housman, Rudyard Kipling (mostly poetry), Alan Moore, Edgar Allan Poe, Terry Pratchett, Siegfried Sassoon (mostly poetry), William Shakespeare (limited to his historical plays), Oscar Wilde |