I suspect I’ve already put a fair bit of personal info out here, but let’s consolidate.
I’ve been mathy and technophilic all my life. In Jr. High and High School, I added theater geek to these affiliations.
I am a huge fan of Weird Al and sincerely think he is badly underrated as a musician.
I was pretty widely disliked as a child. If a kid was assigned to sit by me on a bus or something, they’d usually get a “cootie shot” from one of their friends. This has left me persistently inclined to form aliefs about others actively disliking me. Thankfully, these aliefs are usually pretty widely divorced from reality these days.
Alicorn and I have tried dating, as well as not-dating. Between the two, we prefer dating.
I grew up in some relatively harmless variant of Christianity. I still sing with our church choir if I’m home on a Sunday. Our pastor knows I’m now an atheist and once counseled me and my (Christian) then-girlfriend about our religious differences.
While Christian, I figured the proper way to do theology was to understand the conditions prevailing at the start of the universe, so I studied high-energy physics.
I have most of a Master’s in physics. My first girlfriend dumped me a year into grad school, and I spent most of the next year depressed and pretty useless (well, except for my first few LW posts). Anna met me at a LW meetup and I wound up joining the 2009 summer fellows program. While there I further developed my programming ability, kibitzed with Rolf Nelson on his startup, and wound up with a job as a frontend engineer at Loggly, where I still work today.
I tend to listen to Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s Christmas records on repeat around this time of year.
I sing. Most people who’ve heard me claim to be rather impressed by it. It’s one of my favorite things to do. Alicorn and I sometimes go out for karaoke on Tuesdays.
I have ADD. I tend to forget things a lot. I am currently on my sixth laptop—I tend to lose them/get them stolen.
I didn’t get a driver’s license until I was 24 and living with the Singinst fellows program (where hardly anyone could drive). Shortly thereafter I learned to drive stick, which I still miss doing. I probably drive faster than I should.
I suspect the Venn diagram of people who know what this term means without looking it up and people who would hold it against you consists of two non-overlapping circles.
(I had to look it up, but am indifferent to the TV preferences of others.)
This has left me persistently inclined to form aliefs about others actively disliking me.
Since you said this, I feel the need to comment that I think you’re an awesome person, and if you end up coming anywhere near Europe I wanna hang out with you again.
I suspect I’ve already put a fair bit of personal info out here, but let’s consolidate.
I’ve been mathy and technophilic all my life. In Jr. High and High School, I added theater geek to these affiliations.
I am a huge fan of Weird Al and sincerely think he is badly underrated as a musician.
I was pretty widely disliked as a child. If a kid was assigned to sit by me on a bus or something, they’d usually get a “cootie shot” from one of their friends. This has left me persistently inclined to form aliefs about others actively disliking me. Thankfully, these aliefs are usually pretty widely divorced from reality these days.
Alicorn and I have tried dating, as well as not-dating. Between the two, we prefer dating.
Alicorn and I are some relatively conservative flavor of poly, which seems to suit me pretty much perfectly.
I live in an apartment in Berkeley with Alicorn, AnnaSalamon, and CarlShulman.
I don’t always watch TV shows geared toward little girls, but when I do, I prefer My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
I have a beard.
I grew up in some relatively harmless variant of Christianity. I still sing with our church choir if I’m home on a Sunday. Our pastor knows I’m now an atheist and once counseled me and my (Christian) then-girlfriend about our religious differences.
While Christian, I figured the proper way to do theology was to understand the conditions prevailing at the start of the universe, so I studied high-energy physics.
I have most of a Master’s in physics. My first girlfriend dumped me a year into grad school, and I spent most of the next year depressed and pretty useless (well, except for my first few LW posts). Anna met me at a LW meetup and I wound up joining the 2009 summer fellows program. While there I further developed my programming ability, kibitzed with Rolf Nelson on his startup, and wound up with a job as a frontend engineer at Loggly, where I still work today.
I tend to listen to Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s Christmas records on repeat around this time of year.
I sing. Most people who’ve heard me claim to be rather impressed by it. It’s one of my favorite things to do. Alicorn and I sometimes go out for karaoke on Tuesdays.
I have ADD. I tend to forget things a lot. I am currently on my sixth laptop—I tend to lose them/get them stolen.
I didn’t get a driver’s license until I was 24 and living with the Singinst fellows program (where hardly anyone could drive). Shortly thereafter I learned to drive stick, which I still miss doing. I probably drive faster than I should.
I suspect the Venn diagram of people who know what this term means without looking it up and people who would hold it against you consists of two non-overlapping circles.
(I had to look it up, but am indifferent to the TV preferences of others.)
Fair point. Changed it. =)
Since you said this, I feel the need to comment that I think you’re an awesome person, and if you end up coming anywhere near Europe I wanna hang out with you again.
Hee, thanks, I’d really like that too ^^