Susan Calvin

I've found that of all fictional characters, Susan Calvin is the one I relate to most. Which is kinda sad, because she's not really a totally likeable character. But she is very strong, very motivated, and very intelligent, so I can't complain too much. :-)

According to Asimov's stories, she was born in 1982. I was born in 1983.
She's a roboticist. I'm a roboticist.
She's often cynical and bitter. I'm often cynical and bitter.
She tends to spaz when things go wrong. I tend to spaz when things go wrong.
When she feels strongly about something, she has no problem being blunt. I have been known to state my opinions pretty bluntly...
She looks to technology as a fitting and comforting legacy for mankind. So do I.

And I found this description on wikipedia, which I think (hope?) might also apply to me. In the words of Harlan Ellison:
"She is a small woman, but there is a towering strength in her face. Tensile strength, that speaks to endurance, to maintaining in the imperfect world. Her mouth is thin, and her face pale. Grace lives in her features, and intelligence; but she is not an attractive woman. She is not one of those women who in later years it can be said of them , 'She must have been a beauty when she was younger.' Susan Calvin was always plain. And clearly, always a powerful personality."