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papillote

Hi, there.

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I'm the eldest of three girls. My science buff of a father named me after a genetic disease. I come from a crappy neighborhood.
I want to become a judge. I love mysteries and fantasy but I've a well-hidden romantic streak. Don't tell anyone, though. I come off as a cynic and I like it that way.
French is my first language and I'm trying to improve my English. I also speak passable Spanish, German and Mandarin. Next, I want to learn Russian and Arabic.
My dream has always been to go hitchhiking across the world. Unfortunately, I don't like people that much and there seems to be a lot of them everywhere.
Interests
Reading, writing, the law and burgers, duh.
Occupation
I'm a law student but I sell burgers for a living.


Poetry is my cheap means of transportation. By the end of the poem the reader should be in a different place from where he started. I would like him to be slightly disoriented at the end, like I drove him outside of town at night and dropped him off in a cornfield.
— Billy Collins