21 Questions with... Martin Scheeler '11

THOUGHTS of CHEESE and BATHING CONSUME NEW INTERCLUB COUNCIL PRESIDENT MARTIN SCHEELER '11Name: Martin ScheelerAge: 21Major: PhysicsHometown: Summit, NJEating club/residential college/affiliation: TowerWho’s your favorite Princetonian, living or dead, real or fictional?Jack Donaghy: ideas man, silver fox.What’s the best meal you’ve eaten in Princeton?As much as it may resemble a drug front, Carousel makes some mean cheese fries.In one sentence, what do you actually do all day?I spend most of the day thinking about when I’m going to be able to shower, and then I shower.What is your greatest guilty pleasure?Cheese. Like, seriously, I’m all about cheese.What’s the last student performance you saw?Company, directed by Dave Holtz ’10.Do you know all the words to Old Nassau?No. I’m not allowed to sing.The hand gestures to Old Nassau: creepy or awesome?Oh, super creepy for sure.What do you hate most about Princeton?You know when you’re sitting somewhere doing work, and you smell/hear someone eating a full meal or something in the same room, but the room is decidedly a non-food room? THAT. That is the worst.What’s your drink?What’s yours, baby?What’s hanging above your desk and/or bed?Okay, kind of weird, but run with me on this one: The only things I have on the walls of my otherwise monastic cell of a bedroom are cartoons drawn with sharpie over old newspaper cutouts (I swear I’m otherwise real normal). The one by my desk (drawn by Justine Chaney ’10) is of a monster sneaking up on an unsuspecting boy, who’s whistling as he walks with a bindle over his shoulder. Weird, I know, but they’re really well drawn.Where do you do your best thinking?Walking around campus. Something about taking a walk helps get me out of a rut if I’m stuck in one.When’s bedtime?When my code starts working.What do you think of Connor Diemand-Yauman '10?The boy’s got a nice set of teeth.What do you think of Dean Malkiel?I’ve never met the woman, but she seems like she’d be good in a fight.Where is the best place on campus?My bed, especially when it’s cold outside.Where is the worst place on campus?Anywhere in Jadwin Hall. Literally, anywhere.Who is your mortal enemy?Malia Obama.When’s the last time you used cash?I owed someone 40 dollars.In 25 years, I will be…Walking my dog in Portland.Where do you go to study alone?Fine Library, where happiness and joy go to die.What makes someone a Princetonian?Thick skin and sharp wit.(inspired by NYMag.com's Daily Intel blog)