ABOUT ME

Friends have said I make people more comfortable being themselves. An ex called me the sweetest bad girl he'd ever met. I've gotten superlatives for kindness, compassion, intelligence, and bravery.

Interests

I'm just as happy reading a book as dancing until 9AM.

I love latin dance but don't know ballroom, and I can dance to DJs spinning for hours on end.

I have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. You can learn a lot about that here: http://www.quora.com/Shannon-Larson.

I'm not the kind of person who "doesn't have time for fiction." I read everything from Heinlein to Tolstoy to David Foster Wallace and love virtually all of it.

Authentic experiences are important to me. I want to travel and really see how people's lives are in different places.

I admire anyone with enough enthusiasm about something to be a geek.

• books
• festivals
• dancing
• partying
• reading
• traveling

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Most recently, I danced on an ice castle. At the ice festival in Harbin, I stumbled across a dance party on the central castle and joined in, despite having a bronchial infection.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bermuda, China, France, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, United States