I am skeptical, ornery, and capricious.
My Self-Summary
I've been living in Chicago for the past 3 and a half years and I
love it. You can usually find me in dive bars and
off-the-beaten-path restaurants. For the past year, I've been
reading a lot about memetics and it's quite fascinating. I'm very
statistical-minded; sometimes I feel more like a robot than a
human, but I try to work it to my advantage. I get mixed results.
What I’m doing with my life
I've been working in the restaurant industry for a while now, and I
really enjoy my life yet I feel there could be more. I have a lot
of half-baked ideas that I would like to get off the ground. When
I'm not working, I'm either composing music or writing about some
sort of current event that irks me. I recently came to terms with
the fact that I probably won't have that idealistic future I
dreamed about when I was growing up. But I'm happy with that.
I’m really good at
learning, cooking, and using the oxford comma.
The first things people usually notice about me
That I have an opinion on nearly anything. I would consider that
virtuous, but I suppose I can see how most people wouldn't. I also
have a beard and that's pretty damn noticeable.
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
I mostly read non-fiction. Here are some random books that are
either on my computer desk or on the floor within eyesight:
The Great Derangement by Matt Taibbi
The Drunkard's Walk by Leonard Mlodinow
Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Lamb by Christopher Moore
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
What's the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank
As far as movies go, I will watch anything worth watching. For the
record, Vince Vaughn movies are not worth watching. I watch a lot
of documentaries on Netflix.
I love The Beatles (collectively and individually), Pink Floyd,
Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, Spoon, The Kinks, Devo, The Cars, Bob
Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, The Who, Wilco, and Elbow.
I love middle-eastern and eastern-European cuisine. I will try
anything once.
The six things I could never do without
1. Cigarettes
2. Coffee
3. torrents
4. the CTA
5. Wikipedia
6. puns
I spend a lot of time thinking about
how superstitious we are as a people. It really bothers me.
On a typical Friday night I am
Working, usually. Afterwords, I like to be hanging out with a small
group of friends drinking beer and trivializing life's major
problems while blowing out of proportion its minor
inconveniences.
If I'm not with friends, I'm drinking a sixer of tall boys and
perusing Wikipedia trying to get lost in a sea of
useless-knowledge.
Peruse, as in: examine or consider with attention and in detail;
"Please peruse this report at your leisure"
The most private thing I’m willing to admit here
that I like sports. Namely, Baseball. Mostly because of its
statistical nature. My love for baseball (and game theory in
general) taught me advanced calculus and Bayesian statistics.
You should message me if
You promise not to talk about what your minor was/is in college.
Seriously, nobody really gives a shit.
Or, if you just want to talk about nothing in particular so that
can evolve into us hanging out and doing nothing in particular.
That's usually the hallmark of a great friendship. Also, I'm not
really interested in one-night stands. I'd like to make friends. If
something else comes from that, I'm not afraid to embrace it.
If you'd like to hit up some sort of ethnic grocery store.