about me: the basics

name: Taylor
age: 18
birthday: July 12th
height: 5'5"
hair color: strawberry blonde
eye color: Seattle sky blue (blue-grey)
status: in a relationship
location: Caltech (Pasadena, CA)

: favorites

color: green
movie: Lord of the Rings
band: Mae
album: "It Won't Be Soon Before Long" - Maroon 5
song: "Learn To Fly" - Foo Fighters
food: ground beef enchiladas
TV show: Red Dwarf
Starbucks drink: caramel macchiato

: quirks & qualities

Everything I own is ridiculously organized, it's one of the only things that provides support in my rather hectic life. Seriously, I think I have mild OCD. I get really uncomfortable if things are messy and disorganized. I also don't like small, enclosed spaces, especially if there are other people. But that doesn't really have anything to do with my organizational tendencies.

: activities & interests

I play a helluva lot of Ultimate Frisbee, and that eats up pretty much all of my time. Fortunately, it's something that I'm actually good at, which makes it even more satisfying. I also dabble in skiing, running, hiking, badminton, tennis, and volleyball.

Obviously, I spend time on my computer. A lot of time. My current weapon of choice is a MacBook Pro, but I hijack PCs every so often to satisfy my gaming urges. When that happens, I typically inundate myself with Stepmania, Civilization IV, Age of Empires III, Nox, Morrowind and/or Oblivion, and various SNES games that I play via my ZSNES emulator. When PCs are not available, I can thankfully quench the gaming thirst with some Diablo II. If Blizzard didn't exist, I would probably explode. I'm super pumped for Diablo III! As far as consoles go, I've never owned one in my life, which caused me to spend the better part of my childhood at other people's homes. Currently, I enjoy playing Rock Band (guitar, of course) and Spore.

: music

I listen to a lot of music; basically I have some playing at all times, kinda like a soundtrack to my life. I'll listen to almost any kind of music, but my favorites are jazz, reggaeton, rock, and techno. But the music I have is so varied that it's tough to put a finger on a consistent pattern/theme/whatever.

I also play several instruments: saxophone, clarinet, flute, and piano. Jazz is certainly the most fun to play, but samba, funk, and classical follow close behind. I particularly love playing at dances because I secretly wish I could swing dance well.

: random trivia

: contact

The best, most surefire way to reach me is either via email or Facebook, since I check both on a regular basis.
email: taylorific[at]gmail[dot]com
AIM: tay luvs fishies
MSN: dragonfire260[at]hotmail[dot]com

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