[Amanda can't help laughing; there's something ridiculous in the fact her life has gone from being on a spaceship in another person's body to having friends who didn't know what television was until a few months ago]

That's not always a bad thing. A lot of times, the old-fashioned kinds of people where I'm from are the ones with the patience and interest to solve the kinds of problems no one else pays attention to.

Do you have any special interest, academically? Here or back home.