I took all of the "pirate" classes at MIT: sailing, fencing, and
pistol. I also learned to ice skate, tried out archery, and
practiced judo. Sailing was my favorite, although I haven't had
the chance to do it since. Pistol was my least favorite, so of course
I have been pursuaded to try it again multiple times.
I speak English natively, Spanish comfortably, and Chinese
uncomfortably. Besides those three, I love learning languages and
have convinced my native speaker friends to teach me a smattering
of relatively impractical phrases.
I am learning to play the ukulele. My favorite songs to play were
written for the
banjo.
I like being outside. I like being on the tops of mountains and
the middle of rivers, or riding my bike past a line of cars that's
miles long.
I switched to a mostly-vegetarian diet for environmental reasons
after
reading
Eating
Animals. I don't think that my single boycott means much to the meat
industry, but I do think it makes it easier for other people to be
vegetarians.