About
General
I’m 26, practically married, and living in Irvine, CA with my lovely soon to be wife Christine. I currently work from home as a software engineer for a small research company in Ann Arbor, MI on projects that use intelligent multi-agent systems to solve complex problems.
Activities
Climbing, backpacking, Hooligan Soccer Mob, Attractive Nuisances Soccer, movies, music, playing guitar, wedding planning, running, record digging and more.
Interests
Christine, the interweb, technology, tinkering, programming, sustainable living, Leave No Trace, cars, hybrid cars, the environment, politics, reading, the outdoors, my guitar, more programming, wine tasting, beer tasting, puppies, cleanliness, tormenting Christine, science fiction, Star Wars, collecting vinyl records, books, cooking, NES, SNES, space, BBQ, etc.
Favorite Music
Punk, reggae, rocksteady, ska, hardcore, folk, acoustic rock, jazz, soul, funk, indie, etc.
Favorite Movies
The Big Lebowski, Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Life Aquatic, Donnie Darko, Fight Club, Half Baked, Fear of a Black Hat, Full Metal Jacket, A Clockwork Orange, Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms, Kill Bill, Spinal Tap, Best In Show, Waiting For Guffman, A Mighty Wind, A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back, Return Of The Jedi, Indiana Jones and The Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, The Departed, James Bond movies, Hackers and similar.
Favorite Television Shows
LOST, Family Guy, Seinfeld, Simpsons, Boston Legal, Law and Order, Good Eats, Arrested Development, The Office, and Veronica Mars
Favorite Books
The Catcher in the Rye, Nine Stories, Franny and Zooey, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Rum Diary, Hell’s Angels, Hitchhiker’s Guide, A River Runs Through It, The Great Gatsby, Desert Solitaire, Catch-22, Fight Club, The Dharma Bums, On The Road, A Clockwork Orange, The Fountainhead, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Brave New World, Hackers, Surely Your Joking Mr. Feynman, 1984, The Monkey Wrench Gang, My First Summer In The Sierras, Slaughterhouse Five, Breakfast Of Champions, Microserfs, Godel Escher Bach, Hackers and Painters
Quotable Quotes
“The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth, the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only home we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need–if only we had the eyes to see.” - Edward Abbey
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.” - Edward Abbey