Reading books
Creating opportunities to deepen connections, caring for one another, somatics, and pickleball
Complex Systems, Storytelling, Linguistics, Education
Planning dances and making mini cheese cakes with raspberry syrup!
Chord progressions, child development theories, soil health, playlists
Improving the world and how to have thoughtful positive interactions with people
Absurdity as a conduit for a meaningful life. Ice resurfacing. Playfulness!
HOYAS
Marking and making good moments, how to build a creative community, self-incentivizing
Reluctantly wondering if I should get into politics.
Computers as tools for thought
indie music, mental health, reading, writing, colorful things, fashion, travel, and my cats, Dobby and Queso.
The impact of technology on its users - the way our tools remake us.
Running, backpacking, coffee, music, trivia
Pokémon Design Theory
Storytelling. Specifically, how to tell compelling stories about water.
We’re guessing secrecy
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Mental health, fostering platonic relationships, brewing a decent cup of coffee, and contemporary emo music
I think a lot about movies because I process the world through them.
Obsess about preserving disappearing interactive media and comics.
Finding community and engaging with it regularly.
Being in a play, regenerative agriculture.
Sourdough bulk fermentation. When I'm going to build that console table. Atomized culture and the need for civic-minded communities and villages. Using the phrase "car storage" instead of "parking," and other ways we can re-align wording to re-prioritize how we live. What the future will look like if we find a way to figure out at least 40% of our problems. What the heck happened to big ideas and world-changing inventions? How much we all really need each other. The difference between Risk and Uncertainty, and why our current world seems to be the result of boring scaredy cats being the only people with significant time or money. How, during COVID, when we all thought the world was going to end, we all spent a lot of time ingesting a lot of art
Quantified self
Ammonites. Grassroots community organizing. Fashion. Ayurvedic wisdom.
Lost, stolen, or looted art/antiquities and repatriation, and how curiosity and creativity can manifest kindness.
Type design, “Bigger friendship“
That capitalism is breaking us as a society (and as humans)
That fostering community and a sharing environment will put us back together again
That art matters, and should be paid for and funded as much as other work pursuits
That we wear burnout as a badge of honor (and shouldn't)
That even though times seem dark, it's still a pretty great time to be alive
That social media is both a good tool and a bad habit
That maybe I'm not the only one seeking him - he's also seeking me
That chosen family is just as important as blood family
That upholding patriarchal values hurt both men AND women
That identifying joy in little moments is where eternal happiness is found
That trusting the process is hard, but worth it
Romance novels, the Colorado Avalanche, houseplants
The evolution of figure skating culture
Yoga. Sci-fi/fantasy novels. Video games. Creating the PERFECT spreadsheet.
Severance, tiny spoons, reality TV, documentaries, wealth, exploring new hobbies
Community as infrastructure, third places, alternative modes of connection and communication
The next outdoor adventure/mountain to climb.
Biography, autobiography, documentary and people who create more than they consume, and share the process!
The art of hosting. The importance of play. How to engage in my senses on a daily basis to live a richer, more present life. Perfecting my knife skills and mise en place while cooking.
Being intentional about friendship and future plans (I don’t want to work this hard forever)
Finances
Humanist outdoorspersonship, solving mundane problems with microcontrollers, and raising good dogs
Woof woof
Existentialism, Zen Buddhism, Earth and Space sciences, ancient civilizations and religions, art history. Cooking is my love language. Always on the look out for a D&D group, or gym/ hiking buddies. . Passionate about Indigenous rights and democratization of knowledge.