I dance, primarily ballet, but also swing, a little salsa, and am itching to learn more. I play oboe. That is not to say that I practice my oboe ever. Well, anymore that is. In high school, I was in band, practiced often, was first alternate to State Band my sophomore year, and was in color guard for marching season. I was guard captain my senior year. And yes, I have started phrases with "This one time, at band camp...", but always realizing what I'm saying.

I graduated from Swarthmore College in 2003, having majored in Biology at the last minute, and with a minor in Latin. I will pursue archaeology in gradschool. Archaeology is my other extreme interest, which I intend to turn into my livelyhood. I've dug in Pompeii with the Anglo-American Project in Pompeii since 2001, beginning as a student and working my way up to trench supervisor. The AAPP has been that "life changing" expirience for me. I'm sold on archaeology, now it's just a matter of getting a higher degree in it. Meantime, I'll dig during the summers in Sourthern Italy.

I collect things. Cobalt blue glass, old photos, animal skulls at one point, but mostly I collect memories. My memories. I'm psycho-sentimental. I've kept a diary since third grade. I am something of a photographer and have had a camera for most of my sentient existence. My memory collection and photography are not unrelated. I am possessed of a sentimentality that knows no bounds, otherwise manifested in my keeping quotes, recording everything, keeping programs and ticket stubs and post cards and other such memorabilia. Yes, I am a packrat to the extreme, but I'm neat and organized about it.