Meet the Choirbee of the Week: Mackenzie!

1. Hometown:  Iowa City, IA
2. Favorite musical artist:  Cara
3. Favorite song to put you in a happy mood:  “Building a Boat” by The Elders
4. Who would star in a film made about your life?  I don’t want a film, I want an episode of Nova.
5. What’s the last book you read for fun?  Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
6. What’s a song that always gets stuck in your head?  “One Night in Bangkok” from Chess
7. What is something you can’t live without?  Books.
8. If you could have fancy brunch with anyone (living or dead) who would it be and why? Diana Wynne Jones, because she wrote absolutely magical books.
9. What’s your favorite food?  Salted Licorice (it’s a thing, I’m not putting salt on normal licorice)
10. Who is your personal hero/heroine: Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan.
11. What movie could you watch over and over?  Fantasia.
12. If you could visit any place in the world, where would you go? I’d like to go to Rome again.
13. If you could go back and visit any time period, what time would you travel to and why? The height of the Byzantine Empire. I wouldn’t want to live there - too many plagues - but just to visit, definitely.
14. What is your favorite word?  Amphisbaena
15. Something people wouldn’t guess by looking at you is:  Sometimes chemistry classes using molecular modeling kits are weird for me, because I played with them starting as a toddler, and it’s really hard to break that mental association.
16. Why is a raven like a writing desk?  You can’t ride either of them like a bicycle!