21 Questions with...Erica Greil '10

JEOPARDY CONTESTANT AND JONAS BROTHERS GROUPIEName: Erica Elizabeth Mariam GreilAge: 22Major: AnthropologyHometown: Hastings, MNEating club/residential college/affiliation: Terrace F. Club!Who's your favorite Princetonian, living or dead, real or fictional?It's a complete cop-out, but I have to say Aaron Burr. Something about that story combined with last year's Triangle bit combined with memories of Got Milk commercials growing up has thoroughly convinced me that he is the best. My favorite fictional Princetonian is probably Doogie Howser, MD.What's the best meal you've eaten in Princeton?Moving in freshman year, I had lunch at Mezzaluna with my parents - fried calamari, a chicken breast, brie, and apple butter sandwich, and something delicious for dessert which I don't remember. Mezzaluna's been my favorite ever since, and whenever I have someone paying for my meal, I request to go there.In one sentence, what do you actually do all day? I sleep as late as possible, use the internet until there is no more to be used, then (theoretically) work until I pass out.What is your greatest guilty pleasure? The Disney Channel. Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, all that jazz - and I have no regrets about that. If I could spend all my Jeopardy winnings on becoming a Jonas Brothers groupie without being morally sanctioned by society, I would.What's the last student performance you saw?Quipfire, Friday night after formals. I had T. Sweets while watching from the second row. It was perfect.Do you know all the words to Old Nassau?Yes, and I know there's multiple verses, but I don't know the words to the rest.What do you hate most about Princeton? The obvious discrepancies between residential colleges, and the way the University keeps us tethered to them.What's your drink? Tequila. Without question. Tequila and Diet Coke, Tequila and Fresca (Fresquila), Tequila and PBR, Tequila sipped from a Nalgene backstage at a performance... doesn't matter. Tequila will always be my drink.How often do you cook? Almost never. I can't feed myself. I like making funfetti cupcakes, though, and shepherd's pie.What's your favorite medication? Sinex Nasal Spray got me through the first half of this semester, so I've got to say Sinex.What's hanging above your desk and/or bed? My bed is in a corner; on one wall are posters from the productions I was involved in last year and on the other is a large map of Rwanda surrounded by pictures of the girls I worked with when I was there. Above my desk are pictures from high school and college, including pictures of my parents when they were in college, and a collage of things I've found and cut out of newspapers and magazines. My favorite is the headline from last year: "Freshman Punched at Blackbox."Where do you do your best thinking?Somewhere busy while I'm wearing headphones. Recently it has been the dining room or music room couches at TFC. I'm writing this from the seat at Terrace I've been sitting in since circa 10AM.When's bedtime?3AM, hopefully. Ideally.New Butler or Old Butler?Never been there and never been there.What do you think of Dean Malkiel? I'm sure she's a great person.Where is the worst place on campus? Friend Center, when you have classes there every semester but are not an engineer.Who is your mortal enemy? The person who keeps peeing in the laundry room of Henry Hall. They need to stop.When's the last time you used cash? I bought Twist last week, that's probably when.In 25 years, I will be… in Rwanda, doing something useful. I will be happy.Where do you go to study alone? TFC or the Geosciences lobby in Guyot.What makes someone a Princetonian? Just about anything, I guess. I think just going here for 4 years is enough to indoctrinate you in whatever you need to know.