What I do

Professional Nerd. Software Engineer.

Fascinated by

Computers, the art of programming, tattoos, independent film, serial dramas, punk culture, music, traveling, information & visual design, podcasts, meeting interesting people, comics and graphic novels, the big picture, social psychology, LEGO, politics, religion.

Good bands sing good songs

Jawbreaker, Blondie, the Pixies, Fugazi, maybeshewill, Mogwai, Depeche Mode, Erasure, The Cure, New Order, Belle & Sebastian, Elliott Smith, Face to Face, Explosions in the Sky, Catherine Wheel, The National, Smashing Pumpkins.

Good readings

Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, Kurt Vonnegut, Chuck Palahniuk, Lucifer by Mike Carey, Frank Miller, Garth Ennis, the Invisibles by Grant Morrison, Warren Ellis, The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman.

Good television

Carnivale, The Sopranos, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Good Place, True Detective, Firefly, Penny Dreadful, Hannibal, Mr. Robot, The Leftovers, The Expanse, The Wire, Breaking Bad, Rick and Morty, Life, Tho Boys, Black Mirror, Veronica Mars, Freaks & Geeks, Arrested Development, Fargo, Westworld.

Good cinema

Heat, Fight Club, Office Space, Se7en, Trainspotting, The Silence of the Lambs, True Romance, American Psycho, The Crow, The Dark Knight, Goodfellas, Primer, John Wick.

Good anime

Chainsaw Man, Monster, Ninja Scroll

Favorite Actors

Gary Oldman, John Turturro, Mads Mikkelsen, Robert DeNiro, Eva Green, Woody Harrelson, Ewan McGregor, Chow Yun-fat, Hiroyuki Sanada, Natalie Portman.

Favorite Directors

Michael Mann, David Fincher, the Coen Brothers, Christopher Nolan, Denis Villeneuve, Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, Takashi Miike, Wong Kar-wai.

I'm like ....

Rust Cohle, Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly).

People I'd like to have coffee with ....

Lex Fridman, Elon Musk, Charles Barkley, Dave Chapelle, Jon Stewart, Ricky Gervais, Michael Jordan, Christopher Walken, Henry Rollins, Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Let me name my imaginary kids

XY: Kristopher, Gavin, Logan, Bryce, Tyler, Elijah.
XX: Kristen, Kaylee, Kara, Emma, Lyla, Belle.

Kryptonite

Sushi, sashimi, omakase, dark chocolate, coffee, single malts, sake, cheese fries, creme puffs, dim sum, soondubu, shabu, proper grammar, buffalo wings, silky-smooth hair, long elegant necks, smiles.