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

Good television

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

Good cinema

Heat, Fight Club, Office Space, Primer, Se7en, He Never Died, Ex Machina, Trainspotting, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, No Country For Old Men, The Silence of the Lambs, Sin City, The Matrix, True Romance, The Crow, Meet Joe Black, The Dark Knight, Goodfellas, The Departed, John Wick.

Favorite Actors

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

Favorite Directors

Michael Mann, David Fincher, Quentin Tarantino, the Coen Brothers, Christopher Nolan, Guy Ritchie, Denis Villeneuve, Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, Takashi Miike, Wong Kar-wai, Martin Scorsese.

I'm like ....

Rust Cohle, Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly).

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

Elon Musk, Christopher Walken, Charles Barkley, Dave Chapelle, Jon Stewart, Ricky Gervais, Conan O'Brien, Michael Jordan, Henry Rollins, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Maher.

Good readings

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

Good anime

Chainsaw Man, Monster, Ninja Scroll, Akira.

Let me name my imaginary kids

XY: Kristopher, Gavin, Logan, Tyler.
XX: Kristen, Kaylee, Aubrey, Kara, Emma, Belle.

Kryptonite

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