A freelance designer and hobby musician with a developing appreciation for science. Although my knowledge is limited, my interests are varied: I enjoy anthropology, geology, paleontology, astronomy, and ornithology.

I intend to pursue a major in geology with focus on geoarchaeology and paleontology.

If I were to consider any one person my modern-day hero, it would be Carl Sagan. His writing inspires a sense of wonder and delight in science-- a kind of excitement and reverence for the natural world that could only be amply defined as "spiritual."

"When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it." - Carl Sagan

"Isn't it sad to go to your grave without ever wondering why you were born? Who, with such a thought, would not spring from bed, eager to resume discovering the world and rejoicing to be part of it?" - Richard Dawkins

"The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens." - Nicolaus Copernicus

Name: Rachel E. Powell
Nickname: Tamuril
Birth year: 1986
Location: Tampa, Florida

Hobbities and Interests:
- Science
- Art
- Music

Favorite artists:
- Cai Guo-Qiang
- Fransisco de Goya
- Gustave Dore
- Jose de Ribera
- Leonardo Alenza
- Leonardo Da Vinci
- M.C. Escher
- Rembrandt
- William Blake

Favorite music:
- Bob Dylan
- Cat Stevens
- Danny Elfman
- David Bowie
- Dream Theatre
- Gentle Giant
- Gnarls Barkley
- Immortal Technique
- John Lennon
- Metallica
- Maxis Soundtracks (Rush Hour and Sim City)
- Nas
- Rage Against the Machine
- Rob Zombie
- Rush
- Shpongle
- Susumu Hirasawa
- System of a Down
- The Beatles
- The Smiths

Favorite Films:
- Beijing Bicycle
- Grave of the Fireflies
- Gandhi
- God Grew Tired of Us
- Hero
- Hotel Rwanda
- Life in the Undergrowth
- Life is Beautiful
- Metropolis
- Millennium Princess
- Princess Mononoke
- Spirited Away
- Shower
- Spiderman (I,II,III)
- The Fountain
- Tokyo Godfathers
- The Godfather (I,II,III)
- The Road Home
- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- Winged Migration

Books and Short Stories:
- Contact by Carl Sagan
- Cosmos by Carl Sagan
- Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan
- The Origin of the Universe by John D. Barrow
- The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
- The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce
- The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman
- The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
- The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells