People who get me know this... I nitpick because I care. For every thing I say, there are fifteen things I don't. !

My career path... outlook hazy... try again later !

My spirituality... free-thinking Catholic !

Letters after my name... N.E.R.D !

My relationship status... Single !

My relationship saga... on-again, off-again with ex-girlfriend. !

My political leanings... far left !

My political views... I'm progressive so I don't agree with middle-of-the-road Dems and Dixiecrats. I also think people who call themselves "socially liberal but fiscally conservative" are kidding themselves. !

A great movie... A Night at the Opera !

An awful movie... New in Town !

A great book... Death by Black Hole !

An awful book... The Sookie Stackhouse series !

An awful company... Wal-Mart !

Delicious food... Arroz con pollo !

Terrible food... Sashimi !

A great person... My grandmother !

An awful person... Glenn Beck !

Proudest thing I ever did... This is prompt is phrased awkwardly. The thing of which I am proudest is my ability to reason. !

I believe this... Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know. !

My ethnicity as others define it... Hispanic, Latino/Latina, not Caucasian !

My ethnicity as I define it... A mix of Irish, Sicilian and Nicaraguan Indian. !

Gender... Female !