Language nerding:

  • My French is around the B2 level
  • As such, my Italian and Spanish abilities dangle by two threads: Romance cognates and chronic media consumption
  • My German is very basic (but my favorite pandemic movie was a film designed to help learn German)
  • My Slovenian is even more basic (and my training data is slightly biased)
  • I can read Greek and Cyrillic
  • I have attempted to learn Hangul, Devanagari, and the Japanese scripts
  • The first non-Canadian language I wanted to learn was Dutch

Music enjoying:

  • Been playing piano since 6
  • Been playing violin since 11
  • Been playing ukulele since 13
  • Been playing bass since 14
  • Been playing guitar since 14 (but I am a bass supremacist)
  • Got a drum kit at 14 (I am very lucky)
  • Got into a performing arts high school for clarinet playing. I did not keep playing the clarinet.
  • Various other percussion instruments player, like the timpani, claves, and vibraslap
  • I have like 70% perfect pitch
  • I prefer songs in certain keys (1/2/3 sharps or 3/4 flats)
  • Yes, I was a band kid in high school
  • Yes, I miss it more than anything
  • Yes, I am open to jamming :D

Even more fun facts:

  • My current physical activity of interest is rock climbing
  • I always have like 10+ Wikipedia tabs open
  • My second favorite soccer player is Messi
  • I used to do lots of realistic pencil and charcoal portraits!
  • If I was a Pokémon I'd be Gengar :D
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