Unashamed Nerd/Geek --regardless of the definition you assign to either word. I grew up loving to read and play video games (mostly Nintendo); as I've gotten older, I've dipped my toes in Dungeons and Dragons, played a substantial amount of Magic: The Gathering, and spent many hours watching anime. I love mathematics, enjoy computer programming (from Python to LaTeX to PowerShell to bash), and get a lot of satisfaction from my chemical engineering coursework; I'm not afraid to spend most of my time studying. Appassionato d'Italiano --or "Italian enthusiast". After serving a mission in Italy, I have made Italian language, landscape, cuisine, and culture integral parts of how I live and spend my time. The class I took on Dante's Divina Commedia was one of my favorite classes I've ever taken, and what I have read of I promessi sposi was very entertaining. Making lasagne from scratch (pasta, sauce, besciamella and all) is a personal favorite, and on...