*the short* I'm a Canadian student at UNC-Chapel Hill. My email is [email protected]. When people ask me what my major is, I answer that I'm "going with the flow". I'm now Americanised enough for non-Americans to think I'm American, but not enough to convince anyone else. I read almost exclusively fiction. *the long* I started writing this blog during my year abroad (which is a pretentious phrase that disguises how I lived out of a 30L backpack). I logged my travels with — similar to all other written things I produce — too many em dashes, commas, and bracket asides. Growing up, I cycled through three different suburbs in Ontario before moving to Toronto to attend the boys-only private school I eventually graduated from. Somewhere in between, I debated for the national team (some indirect thoughts [[amsterdam & berlin|here]]), assisted on research into Ghanian graveyards, and did some student government stuff. I also learned how to tie a tie three different ways, did an educational biking trip through Belgian/French WWI battlefields, and befriended some incredibly uplifting, supportive, and energetic people. In large part due to aforementioned friends — and some willingness to allow for personal adjustment — I'm now a Morehead-Cain scholar at UNC. In large part due to the Morehead, I spent a gap year [[travel logs|travelling Europe and Asia]], [[books|reading a book a week]], nearly dying at the summit of [[kilimanjaro]], spending time with family, and meeting some extremely inspirational people that I continue to look up to (and shamelessly copy). More miscellany: I'm right-handed in every task except brushing my teeth. I'm currently in an ongoing struggle to learn how to read poetry (and how to let poetry affect me). The trait I admire the most is adaptability; the trait that irritates me the most is deliberate close-mindedness. My favourite author is Christopher Buckley; favourite film is *The Hustler*; favourite artist is a tie between Laufey & NIKI; favourite book is *Lucky Jim*, by Kingsley Amis; and my favourite reader is you, no question.