title: “The Now Page” subtitle: “What I’m Up to Now”
Hello! Welcome to my now page! This was last updated on Febrary 13th, 2026.
Here’s what I’ve been up to lately!
Media
I’ve recently finished Spider-Man: Miles Morales on my Playstation 5 and I’m now nearing the “end” of my journey in Metaphor Refantazio on my Xbox. (End in quotations because I’ve probably got another 15-20 hours left). I’ve got Shadow of the Collosus on deck on the PS5 for whenever I’m done with that or when I need a break from JRPGing.
If I’m watching anything that isn’t the Olympics1 it’s probably seasonal anime. Frieren continues to be a delight. Ju-Jutsu Kaisan baffles the hell out of me from a narrative perspective but it’s gorgeously animated and the fights are eye candy. You and I Are Polar Opposites is a really cute romance that, I think, really captures the butterflies of first love.
I’m listening to a really excellent book on games, rules, constraints, and measurement called The Score by C. Thi Nguyen. It may be one of my favorite philosophy books in a while, it gets my brain buzzing in all the ways that made me fall in love with philosophy and epistemology in the first place.
Athletics
After being forced strongly advised by my doctors to take 3 months off of running while we figured out why the hell my chest hurts 2, I started running low-and-slow milleage. I’m at about 25 miles a week right now, hoping to be averaging 35-40 by this time in 2026. We’ll see! But I’m just grateful to be out there putting miles under my feet.
But I’m getting plenty of running-around done being an assistant coach for my daughter’s soccer team! I love coaching, but I normally just coached sports I was actually good at. But, it’s Y7 Soccer. As long as no one asks me to implement the offsides rule, I’ll be fine.
Learning
I’m currently taking a month-long course in Bayesian Marketing Science from Pymc. It’s stretching my brain in a really fun way. But, man, it’s reminding me of how much of a time commitment even just a 4 credit course load can be when you work, have a family, etc. Massive respect to all of the folks out there who manage to get degrees while holding everything else down!
After this, I want to look towards the other things I want to learn this year:
- C++
- Arduino programming (related to the above)
- Making/managing a home server
- Hand drawing
There’s a bunch of other things I’m going to learn and reinforce for my vocation (because I freaking love playing in everyone’s backyard)
Website redesign
I’ve been thinking a lot about how this website looks and functions for me.3 I’ve settled on a redesign plan. Or, more accurately, it’s a reimagining. The site is going to look a lot different and it’s going to have different things on it. Such as this now page! Wowee! And also recipes—without the SEO! You’re welcome.
Work
In my day job, I’m a data scientist on the global strategy and insights team at Universal Destinations and Experiences. (So, the theme parks^[No it’s not the same owner as Disney. We’re a different multibillion dollar subsidiary of a multibillion dollar subsidiary., not the movie company.)
On nights and weekends, I fight crime dressed as an oversized arachnid work at the statistical/research consultancy I own called Technites. It’s from the Greek for “artisans” because I believe that research is, fundamentally, an art. And I want to partner with people looking to understand and do good and interesting things in the world with research.
Footnotes
Thanks, daddy Comcast for the Peacock subscription!↩︎
Turns out, it’s most likely a mix of GERD, IBS, and fibromyalgia! Because everything hurts—or burns, is sore, twitches, itches, etc., to some degree or another depending on the day.↩︎
Actually, I’ve been thinking a lot about a lot of stuff. Which shouldn’t surprise that many people, I guess↩︎