Here are some facts about me.

• can do the Monday-Wednesday NYT Crossword Puzzle all by myself; working on Thursday-Sunday

• originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota (one of the many similarities between me and Prince)

• kissed a boy in a local Dairy Queen commercial at age 4

• conquered the Phaal Curry Challenge at Brick Lane Curry House by finishing a bowl of the spiciest curry in NYC

• has been certified as a GYROTONIC® trainer (look it up)

• has two cats named Puck and Ashby who mostly hate each other

• once performed the role of Ariel in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" while speaking all of the lines simultaneously with another actor

• loves the color blue a lot - like really a lot