Once you get to know me, you'll find that I'm blunt, sarcastic, honest, analytical, goofy, and a geek at heart. I grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and do think there's something to be said about midwestern values.

I'm a Front End Web Developer by trade and I've collected a lot of hobbies over the years. Music, snowboarding, hiking, camping, riding motorcycles, games of any kind, reading, collecting vinyl, general tinkering... you name it, I've probably tried it out.

One thing that I'd love to start doing more of is travel. I just returned from a trip to Colombia with some friends and it was amazing. I'm shooting for Japan next spring!

I like think I'm pretty good at listening, giving advice, reading people, relaxing, eating, drinking and taking jokes way too far.

My smile most of the time, otherwise the couple tattoos I currently have.

Check out my music taste here: http://www.last.fm/user/nkatarow

Books: Ender's Game, 1Q84, Kitchen Confidential, The Zombie Survival Guide, World War Z, Lullaby, Animal Farm, Diary, Invisible Monsters, Choke (pretty much anything by Chuck Palahniuk).

Movies: Serenity, Grandma's Boy, Super Troopers, any Batman Movie, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Avengers, The Lord of the Rings series, any Bond movie, pretty much any Zombie movie (Land of the Dead, Zombieland, Diary of the Dead, Shaun of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Survival of the Dead, you get the idea.)

TV: Game of Thrones, Archer, Mad Men, Dexter, Breaking Bad, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Mythbusters, The Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy,

Food: I like to think that I'll try anything once. I'm a big fan of mexican food, though I'm a bit disappointed in the mexican food in Seattle so far. I enjoy Sushi from time to time and love sandwiches of all kinds. If I'm eating, chances are I'm a happy guy.

The future, places I'd like to travel, little projects I can do around the house or in my garage... A friend once told me the secret to staying happy is to always have something to look forward to, so I spend a lot of time thinking about things that will do just that.

Out to dinner with friends, having some drinks and laughs, or staying in and getting to bed early so I can get out to the mountain early in the morning.

That I'm on this website?

You always are looking for something new to do or try and think we have a few things in common, as a starting point.