People who get me know this... I have an obsession with a vegetable's namesake. !

My career path... Medicine. !

My spirituality... Protestant, I suppose. !

My political leanings... swing voter !

My political views... I've been looking at everything that has to do with politics, and I am very frustrated and hopeful at the same time. !

A great song... Us by Regina Spektor. !

A great movie... Pan's Labyrinth, of course. !

A great book... How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent !

Delicious food... Lobster with butter: classic. !

A great website... http://www.theonion.com !

A great person... Papa Bear. !

Proudest thing I ever did... ...decide not to ride waves. I chose to make them instead. !

What makes me glad to be alive... The fact that life is so unpredictable makes me happy. !

I believe this... People who have said they've learned enough are idiots. [and I've said this...] !

My ethnicity as others define it... Multi-Racial, Multi-Ethnic, Hapa !

My ethnicity as I define it... Miscellanea !

Gender... Female !