About Me
It's difficult to decide what to put up here. I don't want to overshare or hand out identifying personal information (I come from the old school of Internet safety), but it's fun to share some basics.
Basic Info
- Homeland: United States (Born and raised in southern California, currently in Utah)
- Age: 40s
- Gender: Male
- Family: Wife, two kids, one cat
- Beard: Yes (short)
- Myers-Briggs: INFP (Intuitive, Introverted, Feeling, Prospecting - "Mediator")
- Religion: Agnostic
- Spirituality: Find meaning in the things that feel meaningful to you
- Political Leaning: Generally lefterly
- Favorite animal: Coyotes, moths, and sea snails
- Lime or green apple skittle: Lime
- OS of choice: Perpetually bouncing between Linux distros, generally prefer Arch-based (btw)
- Preferred gaming platform: PC
- Food preferences: Meat minimalist
- Physical books or digital books: Physical, but give them away to a friend or library when I'm done reading unless it's a particularly prized tome
- Thoughts on a convtroversial topic: LGBTQ+ deserve rights equal to everyone else, I see no point in worrying about other peoples' romantic interests and sexual preferences as long as they're consensual and of age
- Singing: Baritone
- Something annoying: Search engines ignoring the fact that you put quotes around a phrase
Rambling
I'm a guy who lives in the United States. I grew up in Southern California and currently live in Utah. I have an incredible wife, two amazing kids and a cat.
My hobbies include programming, video games, reading (and audiobooks), various artistic pursuits, and when weather permits (and I'm not feeling lazy), casual skateboarding and wandering the local hills and paths. I've also recently taken up the mountain dulcimer.
According to one Enneagram result (it categorized me as type 9, "Peacemaker"), I was described as "an independent yet calm vagabond on a (rather quiet) mission to discover what makes society a kinder and more accepting place." That was nice.
My political leanings are generally left. If required to choose a US political party I'd choose the Green Party. I'm not especially active politically, but I figure if we want to continue existing as a species we should probably take care of where we live. Beyond that though, I just love wilderness, the natural world, and opportunities for solitude out away from cities. I feel like we would do well to ease up on the anthropocentric thinking in general. There's a lot more to our world than us humans. My family will confirm that I can often be heard making disparaging remarks regarding capitalism, consumerism, and the US government in general.
Spiritually speaking, I try to find meaning in just about anything. Nature, the starry sky, art, music, all can be spiritually significant or inspiring on their own merits if you just let them speak to you. I'm agnostic when it comes to religion. I feel that there's so much to the cosmos, nature, and experiencing life as a human being that it would be a shame to only accept a single path and say the rest is not worthy. I do enjoy learning about various religions and their associated philosophies, beliefs, and lore. There's great stuff to be found in all of them.
You can get a further read on me by checking out the likes and favorites pages.