The World's Fair

Five lists of five things that may or may not interest you about me

Five things you don't know about me:
1. I once wrote a choose-your-own-adventure story about my brothers and sisters, which pretty much kicked ass.
2. My childhood bedroom had Pepto-Bismol pink walls and dusty pink ceilings.
3. Sometimes I whistle and/or hum the Inspector Gadget theme song at work.
4. I ate so many peanut butter and honey sandwiches when I was little that I no longer enjoy them.
5. I do experiments almost every day, which also pretty much kicks ass.

Five singer/songwriters who I (still) listen to:
1. Bjork
2. Tori Amos
3. Belle & Sebastian
4. The Cardigans
5. Pearl Jam

Five titles of papers I wrote in undergrad:
1. An examination of vaginal cell types in rat and cat ovaries.
2. Examining the effect of serotonin, proctolin, locustatachykinin and schistoFLRFamide on the contraction of Rhodnius heart, crop, and hindgut.
3. Fragments of Toronto: Flânerie thoughts on the intricacies of the city.
4. Examining waveform characteristics, conduction velocity, and adaptation in a cockroach leg sensory neuron.
5. Steve Levinson and Emanuel Schegloff on interaction and society.

Five books I've read recently:
1. Feeding the Future (edited by Andrew Heintzman and Evan Solomon)
2. A Short History of Progress (Ronald Wright)
3. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Mark Haddon)
4. Fueling the Future (edited by Andrew Heintzman and Evan Solomon)
5. The Rebel Sell (Joseph Potter and Andrew Heath)

Five words I use every day:
1. Tomorrow
2. Cookie
3. Maybe
4. Later
5. Please

*Jacqueline Monaghan is currently pursuing a doctorate degree in molecular plant genetics at the University of British Columbia. Before moving to Vancouver, she completed a bachelor's degree in biology and cultural anthropology at the University of Toronto.