Cynthia: lol, I put that down more to being short and shy than anything else. Although I did inherit a rather rounded, smooth face from my mother, which has similarly kept her seeming younger than she is, so that’s probably part of it too!

As to your MEME(s) - show off! at 31 you’re looking like 18!
I consider myself to be an introvert also those not extreme

Aye, MIT for grads isn’t bad. (I used to work in the medical decision-making group at the lab for computer science there, for about five years, and before that the theoretical physics department, so I’ve seen a lot of the interactions between profs and grad students.) Since they’re involved in professors’ research, professors care about them and are interested in them. Okay, to be fair, some professors are interested in the undergrads too, but they usually get told to take research sabbaticals. Lest you think I’m being cynical, I saw this happen on multiple occasions.

Your #7 is just plain cool. *grin*

I played too, though I only did five facts. Some of ‘em were probably too general, so it’s fitting that I couldn’t isolate the article when I searched for it and had to include the “Grice’s Maxims” post as well. Anyway, since I’m short 3, I’ll post those here, just for you. I’ve already talked about my Asperger Syndrome (autism) in a blog before, so I won’t include that, but most of funny quirks are probably related to it (such as #6).

6. I play games in single-player mode that everyone else plays only in multiplayer after the first couple weeks. Diablo 2, Star Wars: Battlefront, RTS games, shooters… and yes, I solo nearly all the time in MMOs. This is why I understand the value of dynamics in games, though it probably also means I should never be in charge of designing raids.

7. I can snap my fingers like a drumroll. Most people only use their middle fingers and their thumbs to snap, but I have big hands and can snap (though not as well) with my ring fingers as well. Combine this with my experience in drums, and the result is that I’m a crazy-good finger snapper. =) I can snap without using my thumb, too. The thumb is only used to build up pressure.

8. I was hoping New Orleans would be completely submerged by hurricane Katrina. That’s horrible, i know! But how cool would it have been to tell people I was born in a modern-day Atlantis? Seriously, imagine the city where you were born being completely wiped off the map, aside from the occasional tourists scuba-diving to see “The Lost City”.