5% Unassuming Bookworm

Because I read voraciously and I buy mostly nonfiction

Because I hold library cards to multiple counties

Because I am a member of a Young Adult Fiction book club

Because I still make book covers out of grocery bags for my most precious volumes

Because I prefer glasses to contacts

Because I would rather browse a bookshop than sightsee when I travel

5% Leet Superuser

Because I think shell commands are faster than GUI ones

Because I understand how RSA works, change all my passwords every three months, and monitor my RAM usage on my desktop

Because I find DIY projects relaxing and actually read MAKE:

Because I programmed my computer to talk to me when I log on

Because I am the master of keystrokes and custom shortcuts

Because I refuse to sell my tube telly so I can still play my original NES lightgun games

15% Loudmouth Texan

Because I am usually the loudest person in the room

Because I slip into a Southern accent when I’m angry

Because I own and wear a cowboy hat

Because I live in denim

Because I am elitist about BBQ, Soul Food, and Mexican fare despite being vegetarian

Because I could drive through West Texas on autopilot, including the detour to Buckee’s

30% Tiny Hipster

Because I wear skinny jeans and love plaid button downs

Because I don’t carry a purse

Because I own a wardrobe entirely from Vale-U-Village, my sister’s closet, or 8th grade

Because I have been to more Of Montreal concerts than you

Because I rock the short haircut (and it’s asymmetrical, too)

Because I journal in a Moleskine

45% Quirky Japanese

Because I have an unrelenting work ethic

Because I drink a scrillion cups of green tea daily

Because I take public transit everywhere and pay for it with my mobile

Because I actually enjoy reading in Kanji

Because I adore the onsen like a second living room

Because I am unnaturally obsessed with technology and totally unafraid of robots

Because I practice Soto Zen Buddhism

Because I may have Irish descendants, but my liver is not from them

Because I take quality design seriously

Because I like to Karaoke to Full of Harmony’s “Exclusive” so much it’s my ringtone

Other Bits and Bobs
I learned how to be a filmmaker from Anthony Leakey when I was 15 and haven’t stopped since. I’m an archivist at heart who loves to make lists and document everything. I may be small but I can eat a pound of pasta in one sitting. My lifelong ambitions are to become a polyglot and find the perfect cup of tea (I can already tell you it’s probably an oolong). I believe being a renaissance individual is the best way to approach life and tend to have my fingers in many different disciplinary pies simultaneously. I’m not a conspiracy theorist but I know too much about information security not to be substantially paranoid. I am definitely a foodie whose kitchen equipment is worth more than her jewelry. I hope I never stop learning new things. I’m afflicted by terminal wanderlust and like to pack for weeklong trips in a single rucksack. I get up at 8:00 on Saturdays to watch Manchester United play, and I always cheer for Ji-Sung Park. I learned to beatbox when I lived in the ghetto. I am a polyphasic sleeper, a lucid dreamer, and a supersmeller, which means I sleep four hours a day, totally thought that piece of toast chasing me was real, and can smell the popcorn you ate yesterday.