designer hack • lapsed violinist • charlatan photographer • cycling zealot • obnoxious conservationist • misanthrope #wildlivesmatterMy name is Alyssa and I was born on Tuesday, May 8, 1979. I have green eyes, two chipped teeth, and a five inch-long scar across my abdomen where doctors removed parts of my spleen when I was born. I have eight nationalities in my blood. I have better vision in my right eye than in my left. I am quasi-ambidexterous and have the same print pattern on all my toes and all but two of my fingers.I began playing the violin at age four and took piano lessons for nine years. I drew a lot of pictures as a kid and wrote my first poem in eighth grade. A year later, I started carrying a pen with me everywhere I went. I first got on the internet in November of 1996, and since then it has completely changed my life.I am not well read. I talk to myself constantly, and my mind is seldom quiet. I have never been satisfied with my handwriting. I remember faces better than names. I've spent whole months walking barefoot. I think people should be naked more often. I have rejected organized religion, but I believe in the power of prayer. I have no single proudest moment, yet. I don't like sleeping under ceiling fans. I use the Oxford comma. I look for beauty in unlikely places and people to share it with.Indifference scares me more than rage. I worry too much for my own good. I believe that humanity is made up of contradictions and that I am one of them. I believe no two objects, or people, exist anywhere that are exactly the same. I don't believe in perfection. I think many things are better left unknown. Let’s go have some fun.