Everything you ever wanted to know about me (but nothing personal)

• City I live in: Portland, OR
• Date of Birth: 15 February 1996, I'm an Aquarius
• Place of birth: Meriter Hospital in Madison, WI
• Commemorative plaque installed? NOT YET
• Where I grew up: Madison, WI
• 2014 graduate of Madison West High School
• 2018 graduate of The Ohio State University (BS in Physics)
• (projected) 2025 graduate of Portland State University (Master in Urban and Regional Planning )
• Senator I admire: Russ Feingold, only Senator who voted against the PATRIOT act.
• Former Senator I loathe: Rick Santorum. If only I still lived in PA so I could vote against him!
• Current Senator I loathe: Ron Johnson
• Fiance's name: Olivia
• Present pets:
  • Cat: June, aka Junie, aka Ms. Goo.
  • New Cat: Soon??
• Siblings: Sarah (older and wiser)
• Singing voice: Tenor?
• Non-USA countries visited: Canada, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Vatican City, the UK
• US States not visited: VT, ME, AK, HI, MS
• Hair color: Auburn/brown with Yes, some Grey.
• Eye color: hazel
• Number bikes owned in life: 5
• Present Bicycles:
  • Bianchi Eros (originally purchased September 2018 in Nashville, TN as a Raleigh Technium. I have since replaced almost every part on it)
  • Trek Checkpoint (purchased May 2020 at Budget Bikes in Madison)
  • 1970s Bianchi (purchased Spring 2023)
• Favorite fruit: blueberry
• Favorite cookie: Chocolate Chip
• % milkfat of milk: N/A (I usually drink oat milk)
• Primary Schools (all in Madison, WI):
  • Frankin Elementary (K-2)
  • Randall Elementary (3-5)
• Secondary Schools (all in Madison, WI):
  • Velma Hamilton Middle School (6-8)
  • Madison West High School (9-12).
• Number of years I had to ride a bus to school: 6 (K-2, 6-8)
• Three songs I can't help but sing along to:
  • Susie Q by CCR
  • Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
  • Corina, Corina by Bob Dylan
• Favorite Ice Cream vendor: Meyers Dairy in State College PA!
• 2nd Favorite Ice Cream vendor: PSU Creamery
• Favorite Ice Cream flavor: Mint Chocolate Chip
• Favorite "Scientific" Book: The Power Broker by Robert Caro
• Presidential election votes: Biden, Clinton
• Sports I participate in: swimming, biking, walking
• Present weight: 195 pounds
• Height: 6' 3"
• Most annoying question: "Do you play basketball?"
• Favorite Seafood restaurant: Somewhere in Nice
• Favorite month of year: May
• Soap Opera that I used to watch: All My Children
• Instruments on which I have been instructed: 2 (viola, trombone)
• Programming languages I've used: C++, Python
• Hours I work each day: varies
• Hurricanes I have lived through: None
• Number of hours without electricity after Hurricane Bob: N/A
• Number of graduate advisors: -1
• Most embarassing record album purchase: Year of the Gentleman by Ne-Yo
• Number of kindergarten classmates for whom I have e-mail addresses: 0, though I could probably get a few by asking
• Time of day born: ???
• Preferred method of commuting: Biking, unless it's raining then the bus
• Time alarm clock is set at: Today? 4:15 AM for Olivia's job
• Religion: Catholic
• Pet Peeve: grammatical errors in the newspaper
• Undergraduate GPA: 3.4ish
• Number of Ds received as undergrad: 0
• Number of shows seen on Broadway: 1 (The Book of Mormon)
• Last show I saw in a NYC theater: Book of Mormon
• Last show I saw in a theater: Book of Mormon (my review: pretty funny)
• Last movie I saw in a theater: Jaws
• Favorite National Park: Olympic
• Least Favorite Highway: I-5 in Portland
• Favorite Historic American Class I Railroad: The Milwaukee Road (or Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific if you prefer)
• Favorite Amtrak Route: Empire Builder
• Least Favorite Current American Class I Railroad: Union Pacific (we live in earshot of their intermodal yard)
• Favorite Abandoned Interurban Railway Company: The North Shore Line
• Number of London Underground Lines Ridden: 3 (District, Circle, Central)
• Preferred Historic New York City Subway Operator: IRT
• Favorite European Raliway Station: London St. Pancras
• Favorite American Railway Station: Chicago Union Station
• Longest Amtrak Delay: 9 hours (BNSF derailment)