My life in a ridiculously large and colourful nutshell:

Contents

Prologue edit

ubx-5This user uses entirely too many userboxes.
!This user is a userbox kleptomaniac.
 This user would like to refer to herself in the first person but is just too damn tired.
 This user's entire personality can be summed up in a few userboxes.
  This user needs quite a few userboxes to sum her up completely.
  This user has read the essay on userbox personalities and might be a Centrist.

Basics edit

Birth edit

23This user is 23 years old.
YAThis user is a young adult.
YThis user is a member of
Generation Y.
 This user is a Sagittarian.
 This user was born in the Year of the Ox.

Sexuality edit

 This user is a female contributor.
 This user is straight
but not narrow.
 
1This user ranks a 1 on the Kinsey scale.

Family edit

sibs-0This user is an only child on her mother's side.
 This user is single.
CF This user is childfree.

Citizenship edit

 This user comes from Canada.
 This user is proud to be British.

Ancestry edit

 This user is British by ethnicity
 This user is of Portuguese ancestry.

Biological edit

6
C
12.011
This user is made out of Carbon.
 This user belongs to mitochondrial DNA haplogroup.H1
 This user's blood type is A-.A-

Appearance edit

 This user has red hair.
 This user has blue eyes.


Traits edit

 This user is right-handed.
 
This user does not smoke.
 This user reads between the lines.


Fantastic Brain This user can't stop thinking.
sarThis user is obviously not sarcastic.
  The sanity of this user has been disputed. Refer to the talk page to discuss this topic.
 This user is confused by every aspect of life, including her own confusion.

Moods edit

 This user is best described as Chaos walking on 2 legs.
...At any given moment, this user is likely to be bored, hungry, or sleepy.

Preferences edit

 This user pumps her own gas.
  This user prefers cold weather.
 
This user loves sunny days
°CThis user uses the Celsius scale, as she finds it superior in every way to Fahrenheit.

(Insert good header here!) edit

 This user is an academic.
 This user is a scientist.
 This user is a code monkey.
 This user is a professional webmaster.

127.0.0.1 edit

 This user's time zone is EST.
 This user observes Daylight Saving Time.
 This user comes from Canada.
 This user's Canada includes Québec. 
 This user has visited 5 of the 10 provinces and 3 territories of Canada.5
 This user is a Wikipedian in Ontario.
 This user comes from the
City of Toronto.

Childhood home edit

 This user comes from
The Greater Toronto Area.

Previous apartments edit

 This user comes from Kingston, Ontario.
 This user comes from Montreal.

Currently edit

 This user comes from Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario.

Religion edit

agn?This user knows that agnostics are not necessarily non-believers.
  This user's spiritual beliefs
are complex and personal.
 This user has been Baptized.
?? This user is unsure of her religion, but is fairly certain that she's not {{{notreligion}}}.



 This user respects the beliefs and religions of others.
 This user is interested in religion as a sociological and psychological phenomenon.
 This user is interested in religion as an anthropological and historical phenomenon.
 This user is interested in religion as a metaphysical or theological phenomenon.
 This user is interested in the Bible.
 This user is interested in the Qur'an.
...This user wishes to study more religions.
 This user is interested in Abrahamic religions.
This user is interested in Judaism.
 This user is interested in Christianity.
 This user is interested in Buddhism.
 This user wishes to learn more about Islam.
 This user is interested in Jainism.
 This user is interested in Taoism.
神道...This user wishes to learn more about Shinto.

Education edit

Undergraduate (2003-2007) edit

 This user attends or attended Queen's University.

What I was doing until the end edit

 This user is an undergraduate student majoring in Biomedical Computing.
 This user is an undergraduate student majoring in Psychology.

What I ran away with at the last minute edit

BSc (Hons)This user has a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours.
BScThis user has a Bachelor of Science degree in Life Science.
BCSThis user has a Bachelor of Computer Science degree.

Visiting Student edit

 This user has an affiliation with Athabasca University.
TMUThis user attends or attended
Toronto Metropolitan University.

Post-Graduate (2007- ) edit

UTThis user attends or attended the University of Toronto.
 This user is a graduate student in Pharmacy.
 This user is studying to be a pharmacist.

And beyond... edit

  This user is an autodidact in a wide range of subjects that they never took in school or college.
 This user believes that one should never stop feeding one's brain.
 This user knows too much.

Memberships and affiliations edit

 
This user maintains a Facebook profile.

Money-Making edit

 This user is an academic.
 This user is a certified first aider.
  +This user, like every other sane person, wants to be paid more.
 This user has published peer-reviewed articles in academic journals.

Current/Definite Future edit

 This user is a pharmacist.
 This user is a chemist.

Past edit

 This user is a scientist.
 This user is a neuroscientist.
 This user works in retail.

Have feet, will travel edit

 
2
This user has set foot in 2 continents of the world.
 
3
This user has visited 3 of the 208 countries in the world.
 This user has visited 9 of the 50 United States.9

Geek edit

Coding edit

CThis user can program in C.
C++This user can program in C++.
JavaThis user can program in Java.
<html>This user can write HTML.
 
This user can write Cascading Style Sheets.
xhtmlThis user can write XHTML.
js-2This user is an intermediate JavaScript programmer.
mysqlThis user writes programs that access MySQL.
PHPThis user can code PHP.
hsThis user can program in Haskell.
plThis user can code Prolog.
SQLThis user uses SQL queries to locate her car keys.
XMLThis user can write XML.
prog-xThis user is merely a humble programmer.

Gadgetry edit

 This user had an iPod before you even knew what one was.

Apps edit

 This user uses Google as a primary search engine.
 
This user uses Gmail as a primary email service.
 This user prefers Mozilla Firefox.
F@HThis user crunches numbers with Folding@Home.
 This user contributes using Adobe Photoshop.
 This user uses Azureus.
 This user hacks happily with Emacs.
 This user contributes using Vim.
pico_This user contributes using Pico.
 This user contributes using Microsoft Windows.

Miscellaneous edit

Web This user has a website.
 This user uses WordPress.
 This user had a number of bugs and votes reported at Bugzilla. You can report yours too.

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10This user realizes that there are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who do not.
  This Userbox doesn't exist, you're just crazy.

Interests edit

Academic edit

 This user is interested in
science.
 

Life sciences edit

 This user is interested in medicine.
 This user is a member of
WikiProject Anatomy.
 
This user is interested in
Immunology
  This user is interested in Pharmacology.
 This user is interested in Pathology.
  This user accepts evolution as a biological fact.
 This user likes to study Genetics.
 This user is interested in
DNA and genetics.
  Mendel is this user's
chromeboy.
 
 
This user is interested in
Biochemistry.
 This user is interested in
Molecular Biology.
 
This user is interested in
Developmental Biology

Physical sciences edit

  This user misses Pluto. May its planethood rest in peace.
 Don't worry, Pluto, I'm not a planet either.

Maths and applied sciences edit

This user knows that math is  .
This user knows how to
Find X.
 

Social sciences and humanities edit

~(p&~p)This user studies the concept of logic.
 This user is interested in metaphysics.
 This user is interested in law.
 This user is interested in
ancient civilizations.
 This user is interested in psychology.
 This user is interested in linguistics.
 This user is interested in sociology.

Foods edit

 This user loves spaghetti.
 This user eats cheese.
 This user eats chicken.
 This user eats chili.
  This user eats sushi.
 This user eats fries, or chips.
 This user loves pasta.
 This user eats poutine.
 This user eats quesadillas.
 This user would likely die without eating the occasional curry.

Fruits'n'veggies edit

 This user eats salad.
 This user eats spinach.
 This user eats potatoes.
 This user loves eating carrots.
 This user eats apples.
 This user eats bananas.
 This user loves oranges.
 This user loves to eat pineapples.
 If she had her little way, this user would eat peaches every day.
 This user eats pears.
 This user eats strawberries.
 This user eats watermelon.

Drinks edit

C2H5OH-2This user drinks occasionally.
 This user likes the sweet flavour of the Piña Coladas.
 This user drinks tea.
 This user drinks Coca-Cola
CokeThis user believes Pepsi is no match for Coke. Not even close.Pepsi
ginger aleThis user drinks ginger ale.
FantaThis user drinks Fanta Orange.
 This user drinks orange juice.
 This user believes that caffeine is necessary in large doses daily.
 This user drinks hot chocolate.

Junk edit

 This user loves to eat pizza.
 This user eats popcorn.
 This user eats potato chips.

Restaurants edit

 This user eats at McDonald's.
 This user is a Pizza Hutter.
This user is addicted to Subway.

Hobbies edit

Artistic edit

Music edit

Playing and Doing edit
 This user is a musician.
orchThis user plays in an orchestra.
 This user knows advanced
music theory.
clar-4This user is a professional clarinetist.
pno-3This user is an advanced pianist.
voc-3This user is an advanced vocalist.
sax-2This user is an intermediate saxophonist.
flute-1This user is a novice flautist.
rec-1This user is a novice recorder player.
perc-1This user is a novice percussionist.
cel-1This user is a novice cellist.
ob-1This user is a novice oboist.
 This user plays the guitar.
  This user has absolute pitch.
 This user enjoys singing.
  This user is an a cappella singer.
Listening edit
  This user believes Bagpipes are
underused and underappreciated, except on the Queen's U campus!.


 This user enjoys the big band sound
 This user enjoys classical music.
 This user enjoys jazz music.
60sThis user is a fan of Sixties music.
 This user enjoys rock music.
 This user enjoys indie rock.
 This user enjoys ska.
 This user enjoys reggae.
  This user likes most types of music.
Etcetera edit
O.G.This user is past the point of no return.
WThis user mourns the Wicked.
 This user can tune a piano.

Other artistic endeavors edit

 This user enjoys dancing.
 This user enjoys photography.

Gaming edit

Pen-and-paper games edit

 This user is a Sudoku addict.

Board games edit

 This user enjoys chess.
 This user plays mahjong.
 
This user passed GO!
(…so where is my $200?)
 This user is attacking you with all three dice.

Card games edit

 This user enjoys playing FreeCell.
 This user enjoys playing hearts.
 This user enjoys playing poker.
 This user enjoys playing solitaire.
 This user enjoys playing spoons.
CardsThis user enjoys playing Uno.

Computer and video games edit

 This user still enjoys the
Nintendo 64.
MN-2This user is an expert minesweeper.
D'NIThis user plays the Myst series.
N This user is a fan of Nintendo hardware and software.

Other edit

 This user plays table football, or "foosball".

"Sports" edit

 This user enjoys ice skating.

Literature edit

  This user enjoys reading anything.
PGThis user is a contributor to Project Gutenberg
 This user uses Wikipedia as a primary point of reference.

The Talkies edit

 This user contributes to the
Internet Movie Database.

Miscellaneous edit

...This user would like to be able to speak many more languages.

Nitpick edit

CAThis user uses
Canadian English spelling.
AmE-0 This user dislikes American 'English' (common grammatical and spelling errors mistaken for dialect).
"…"?This user thinks "British punctuation is best for quotation marks". Do you?
snukThis user says snuck.
Majority ≠ right This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake.
“...”!
US vs. UK
This user uses logical quotation marks. Internal punctuation leads to factual errors. It's not a style issue!
its
it's
It's really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner.
their
there
they're
This user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling!
your
you're
This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help.
to
too
two
This user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two.
if & whetherThis user knows how to use "if" and "whether" correctly.
less & fewerThis user understands the difference between less & fewer.
which & thatThis user knows how to use which and that correctly.
than
then
This user understands the difference between using "than" and "then."
“,;:’This user is a punctuation stickler.
’sThi's user know's that not every word that end's with s need's an apostrophe and will remove misused apostrophe's from Wikipedia with extreme prejudice.
,This user fixes comma-splices; they are annoying.
A, B, and
A and B
This user prefers to use the serial comma only when its omission can be confusing.
 This user terminates unquoted ellipses on sight. This is not your blog. We end sentences properly.
Pickyness PickinessThis user changes the adjective ending "y" to "i" to form nouns with "-ness".
AIM-AbleThis user understands AIM talk perfectly well, but does not seriously use it. Ever.
byThe passive voice may be used by this user.
man-
kind
Regarding gender, this user prefers the vernacular, not what is politically correct.
theyThis user considers singular they standard, modern, informal English usage, so avoids it on Wikipedia.
you oneThis user knows that one should not use "you" in encyclopedia articles or other formal works.
LE-0This individual still maintains a shred of dignity in this insane world by adhering to correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and capitalisation.
du-1This user does not wish to speak or hear dumbass, but is resigned to the necessity of at least understanding it in an environment of massive collaboration.

Pathology edit

z z z This user suffers from sleep apnea.
  WARNING! This user sleeps a lot.
 This user is near sighted.
 This user has astigmatism.
  This user has migraines.
 This user constantly experiences visual snow.

Psychological edit

 This user is a psychiatric survivor.
 This user has depression.
BEDThis user has binge eating disorder.
GADThis user lives with generalized anxiety disorder.
 This user is interested in contributing to articles on panic attacks and related disorders.
  This user has social anxiety.

Hypochondriac? edit

 This user suffers from Science Related Memetic Disorder.

Oldies edit

 This user remembers using
a rotary dial telephone.
 This user is old enough to remember what a typewriter is, and that's all you need to know.

Causes edit

 This user supports the fight against breast cancer.
MSFThis user supports Médecins Sans Frontières.
  This user supports stem cell research.

Wikipedian edit

 Editing Wikipedia is something this user does as a hobby.
 This user quietly contributes to Wikipedia at work.
{{Wiki}}This user can write in the MediaWiki language.

Habits edit

 This editor is a WikiGnome.
 This user is a WikiOgress.
 This user is a WikiImp
(and may practice drive-by tagging).
4This user is a WikiYoungAdult, but prefers Shakespeare's name: WikiSoldier.
WTF?This user ALWAYS leaves
an edit summary.
<ref>This user recognizes the importance of citing sources.
 This user archives talk pages when they become too large.

WikiAutomata edit

 This user uses HotCat.
 This editor uses AutoWikiBrowser to automate tedious repetitive tasks.
{{norefs}}

This user tags articles with Twinkle!

 This user cites sources using refToolbar.

Attitudes edit

<ref>This user would like to see everyone using inline citations. Please...
UARThis editor believes that account creation should be required to edit on Wikipedia.
 This user respects copyright, but sometimes it can be a major pain.
admin-This user feels that criteria for adminship are generally too low
Chicago,
Illinois
This user thinks articles about large U.S. cities should follow the "City, State" format, not just "City".
 This editor thinks that all articles should have images and diagrams.
  This editor thinks that all articles should have an infobox.
 This user likes "Trivia" and "In popular culture" information, and supports their inclusion.
 This user boldly assumes consensus when editing Wikipedia until told otherwise.
 This user does not understand mean people. Please be nice.
 This user has been known to add neutral points to an argument/discussion
<sum>:1This user believes that every edit should have a summary.
ZTThis user supports a strict zero tolerance policy on vandalism.
~~~~Skittleys signs her posts and thinks you should too!
 This user believes that adding relevant links is never a bad thing.

Wikilosophy edit

 This user is a member of the Association of Categorist Wikipedians.
 This user is a member of the Association of Structurist Wikipedians.
FlexibleThis user deals with edits, deletion, and creation of pages individually instead of unilaterally and encourages others to do so.
darThis editor holds a darwikinist philosophy.
exoThis editor is an exopedian.
incrThis editor is an incrementalist.

Stats edit

Last updated: 23:52, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

 A fact from the article Potocki-Lupski syndrome, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page.
5,311+This user has logged more than 5,311 moves or other log actions on Wikipedia, over 3,462 of which were to articles.
3,462+This user has made over 3,462 contributions to Wikipedia
 This user has created 5 userboxes.
 This user wishes he was awarded a Barnstar for all the contributions he has done.

Service awards edit

I wonder if I'll ever get my edit count up to the requirements for my length of time on Wikipedia...*sigh* Although, I also wish I'd signed up for an account in the 3 years that I did minor edits before I finally registered!

 This editor is a Grognard Extraordinaire and is entitled to display this Wikipedia Vest Pocket Edition.
689This user needs to make less than 689 more edits before reaching Grognard Extraordinary.
 This user meets the time requirement for Veteran III Editor (Splendid and Majestic Tutnum).

Addiction? edit

 This user scored 11846 on the Wikipediholic test (revision 310718071).
 This user spends WAY too much time on Wikipedia and really needs to get off the computer... after one more edit.

End Matter edit

:(This user wishes there were more userboxes on Wikipedia.
  This user was up all night finding userboxes and is now very sleepy.
END This user has no more userboxes.