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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