My Interests š¤
The world is an incredible place, and being alive is a gift. I have more interests than I could possibly cover here, but here are a few that keep me thinking.
If you know me, you know I LOVE technology. Itās not easy to stay current while navigating a full-time PhD, but I do my best to keep up with my favorite corners of the internetāGitHub, Hugging Face, a few choice blogs, and some criminally underrated YouTube channels. I try to add at least one new tool to my workflow each month, though my āto-tryā list has taken on a life of its own. Call it over-engineering, but Iāll happily spend hours refining a process just to save a few minutes later. Lately, Iāve been diving into white-hat hacking (itās seriously cool) and poking around the edges of ethical tech.
I also have a bit of a thing for Vim. Yes, that Vimāthe editor with the steep learning curve and the cult following. I almost got a :wq
tattoo during the pandemic; my girlfriend (wisely) talked me out of it. Letās just say I feel more at home in a terminal than a GUI. CLIĀ Ā»> GUI is a hill Iām (solely š„²) willing to die on.
When Iām AFK, I love wandering around LAāoften with no real destination in mind. Iāll hop on a bus or a train just to see whatās out there. Thereās something strangely peaceful about watching people live their lives in motion. That small, unscripted humanity. Iām fascinated by urbanismācities as living, breathing artifacts of the people who shape them. Cities are awesome. People are awesome. Businesses are awesome. The only thing thatās not awesome? Cars (unless theyāre self-driving š).
Thereās a quieter side to all this too. I spend a lot of time just thinking. No input, no output. Just letting my mind roam until something clicks into place. I love watching documentaries, reading about world history, and sinking into long, winding conversations with friends that blur time. Iām interested in how people make sense of things, and I find it just as important to do that work alone as I do with others.
And of course, I feel incredibly lucky to share this life with my girlfriendā one of the most important fundamental constants of the universe for me.
Then thereās daydreaming. Iāve spent a good chunk of my life with my head in the clouds, and I plan to keep it that way. Itās how I make sense of the present, reimagine the past, and chart out the next maybe.
And when I need to unplug from all of it, youāll probably find me playing soccer, going on LONG walks, or biking across the city. If youāre in LA, check out CicLAviaāitās a rare chance to see the streets take a deep breath. If youāre not in LA, maybe start something like it where you are.
Iāve always been drawn to the minds that shaped the worldāmathematicians, scientists, engineers, philosophers, business leaders. People who asked hard questions and tried to answer them. With so many stories out there, Iām convinced boredom is just a lack of curiosity.
So, hereās to curiosity, to the endless parade of interests, and to tossing in my ą¦¦ą§ą¦ ą¦ą¦¾ą¦ą¦¾ābecause honestly, why settle for one passion when you can collect them like medals?
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