Class of 2017 Random Facts:
A friend and I once swam nearly 1/2 mile to the cathedral island in Lake Bled, Slovenia because we didn’t
feel like renting a boat.
Believes he will either die a doctor or live long enough to see himself become the patient.
Broke my leg on a teeter-totter when I was 5 years old.
Dressed in an "Alice in Wonderland" costume, I placed third for women in the annual pond skimming at
Vail.
Elephants are my favorite
Growing up the thing I got in trouble for the most was reading too much.
Helped the 2013 "Team Allied Forces" reach a world record time for the 2964 mile Race Across America
(RAAM) from Oceanside, CA to Annapolis, MD to raise awareness for Combat Injured Veterans.
Hoping to summit a new 14er each month; join me?!
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE PUZZLES OF ALL KINDS, AND HAVE BEEN KNOW TO ENTERTAIN MYSELF IN A TOY
STORE FOR HOURS ON END...
I am a yoga addict
I am currently involved in a bet that so far has lasted 6 years involving my profile picture on actual
facebook.
I am on a life-long quest for the perfect breakfast burrito, and the perfect fish tacos.
I am second generation American; my family immigrated from Italy in the 1930's.
I broke my sternum in a bad collision during an IM Soccer game last year and was hospitalized for three
days. I then went against my doctor's orders and hiked the Mist Trail at Yosemite National Park three
weeks later! Hooray for being a good patient!
I can beatbox!
I can do a mean Sean Connery impression
I can drink 1 gallon of milk (the "gallon challenge").. in 2 days.
I can hula hoop indefinitely.
I can lick my elbow.
I can play the harp! (Although I haven't in quite some time...)
I can shape my tongue into a three leaf clover.
I can't wink.
I competed for the University of Colorado's NCAA D1 Cross Country and Track and Field teams throughout
my four years as an undergraduate.
I cut my foot on a seashell when I was younger and still have a scar on the bottom of one of my toes. At
the time, I was really afraid of jellyfish and thought I had been stung, but quickly saw blood and realized it
was just a shell!
I didn't learn how to ride a bike until I was 16.
I do photography at music festivals and have met a lot of crazy artists, including Willie Nelson!
I eat everything, no exceptions. I think it's great to try new things and discover the world's cuisine.
I enjoy listening to Britney Spears and am not ashamed to admit it.
I find it much easier to sing harmony than melody.
I find it much easier to sing harmony than melody.
I grew up in a town with only three thousand people.
I have a fear of being struck by lightning.
I have a freaky good sense of smell.
I have a puggle named Tesla, because I married an engineer.
I have been to the North Pole.
I have both a boating and motorcycle license.
I have completed an Ironman triathlon!
I have had nine teeth removed, none of which had the first name Wisdom.
I have over 30 cousins.
I have passed through all the levels of figuring skating, a feat only three percent of competitive figure
skaters ever achieve.
I hold the world record for the coldest Boy Scouting event: -27.2!
I know how to tap dance.
I look forward to waking up in the morning so I can drink green tea.
I met Lonesome George while visiting the Galapagos Islands during a semester abroad in Ecuador.
I once ate three dozen raw oysters. This satisfied my oyster craving for months.
I once experienced 3 fall seasons in a row as a result of studying in Santiago, Chile during our spring and
their fall!
I once got lost in the Pyrenees for 3 days. To get to safety, my hiking group and I had to traverse a high
cliff without any equipment.
I once slept through an earthquake.
I participated in the 2010 NCAA Championships for rowing.
I played drums in a zombie metal band.
I rode every ancient lion statue I came across while studying abroad in Europe.
I shave with a straight razor. When I shave.
I spent a month last summer in Vietnam, where I carried a boa constrictor on my shoulders for the first
time!
I spent my summer working an aupair job in the northern part of France, and yes, the baguettes are as
good as everyone says.
I studied abroad for a semester in Heidelberg, Germany.
I thought the customs officer was giving me a good-natured thumbs up, so I enthusiastically responded
with both of mine. He told me to stop messing around and to place them on the fingerprint scanner.
I took a year off from undergraduate to go live in Ecuador then senior year went back to South America
for a semester abroad.
I used to be a ballerina. Now all of my dancing skills are mostly useful at weddings.
I used to compete in loggingsports.
I went on a 6-month road trip from Baltimore to San Diego after graduating college.
I went white water rafting in the Nile River last summer.
I worked as a bartender in Yellowstone National Park. I would love to again if this whole doctor thing
doesn't work out.
I've lived in England for two of the last three years.
I've never been in love, but I imagine it's similar to the feeling you get when you see a waiter arriving with
your food.
I've never lived in a place without pets.
In college, the focus of my English degree was Victorian literature and the works of Charles Dickens. I love
the "classics" section at bookstores!
In elementary school, I ate a tuna fish sandwich every day for two years straight, and now I can't stand
even the sight of them.
Jaleh means the morning dew on a tulip petal.
Lived in a metabolic chamber for two weeks.
Love sports, hate mascots.
Medical school and residency cannot possibly be tougher than being a lifelong Colorado Rockies fan.
My cat, Copper, disappeared when I was twelve and returned four years later.
My dad told me he bought me from a grocery store... on sale, and I avidly believed him until I was 7.
My last name means "a fair person from the Mars ", so I am an alien, officially. My first name means
"desire" by the way.
Owning a bookstore-cafe and writing a novel are both on my lifetime bucket list.
Raw apple's give me goosebumps. Drives me crazy.
The only costume contest that I have ever won was when I was 4 years old and was living in England. It
was during a Guy Fawkes Day Celebration, and I was a clown.
The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
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When I was 12 years old, I crashed an ATV and the ATV ran over my face, breaking my nose. I had to have
surgery to fix it, but because of all the damage that was done the surgeon told me that my nose would
stop growing (which was okay because I had an abnormally large nose for a 12 year old).