For those/that (one) that asked, this is me being silly with a peacock feather I’ve had since 5th grade. No, the feather is not important or relevant at all. At all. I’m just bat-crazy.

Name: Gabrielle
Place of Habitation: Northern NJ
Relationship Status: Single
Student 

I like many things with a heap-load of passion, sometimes even unnecessarily (I’ll probably like you that way too unless you give me a reason not to.) That ever-changing, curley-cuing, lengthy list of adored artifacts includes foreign languages (French and Turkish), my Sharpies, clothbound books, Harry Potter, willow trees, Crossfit, Brown and Cornell, daydreaming, photography, flowers, art, fitness, long walks on the beach (kidding), tea.

 I try to extend myself in any and every way possible, truly (trying) to live to the fullest degree. I’ve been through a lot (and am still going through a lot- Welcome to Life!), and have really learned in the process that all we have is who we are. And it may sound like a corny, gloopy, motivational poster that deserves to be tomatoed, scoffed at, eye-rolled, chucked aside with the rest, but I’m a firm believer in trying your hardest at everything. It’s great to be good at something, but I’m working on well-roundedness, taking the world in as best I can and reaching out in every angle. I like knowing I put my all into everything I do.

Which is probably why I have a hard time pinning down my interests and choosing a future (as if it was as easy as a pick-your-path book.) Yesterday it was a writer, tomorrow, a fertility doctor, later on, a peacock farmer (kidding)… In the mean time I have my hobbies (and the lovely International Baccalaureate program) for comfort though. I do track (high jump/pole-vault), weight training, hiking, research on other cultures, yoga, biking, pen-palling. I read, write (or at least am trying to), swim, climb trees. And blog. Yes, I blog. 

Meaning of my URL: It’s a lyric from Train’s Drops of Jupiter- “she checks out Mozart while she does Tae-bo/reminds me that there’s room to grow.” I think the phrase really embodies my philosophy on life: having a growth mind set, being open-minded, working on ” Taebo” (groundedness, dedication, physicality) and “Mozart” (spirituality, academics, art.) 

Last Book I Read: Night Circus. I’m normally not one to fawn over author’s writing styles and technique (I’m picky and resultantly will compliment plot, what can I say), but Erin Morgenstern is amazing with prose.