I’m married, which means at least one person has looked at my entire personality and decided it was acceptable long-term. This is either a miracle or a clerical error, but it’s working. I also live with three dogs, which means my household runs on fur, noise, and the understanding that personal space is a myth. They’re loud, opinionated, and loyal. Honestly, same.
I function best when I can think for myself and move at my own pace. I don’t need constant validation, praise, or team-building exercises to survive. I need things to make sense. When they don’t, I question them. Repeatedly. With documentation. Authority doesn’t impress me. Competence does. Titles mean nothing if the system underneath them is broken.
My personality is a blend of tech-nerd logic and punk refusal. I believe rules should exist for a reason, not because someone laminated them in 2003 and never revisited the idea. I’m skeptical by default, blunt by nature, and sarcastic as a survival trait. I don’t romanticize struggle, hustle, or chaos. If something can be done smarter, quieter, or with fewer steps, that’s the correct option.
Caffeine is still the backbone of my operating system. Not for fun. For function.
Education
I studied Multimedia Programming and Computer Graphics at Belmont College, where I learned how to think in systems, visuals, and logic instead of just vibes and guesswork. That education wired my brain toward problem-solving, structured creativity, and understanding how things fit together behind the scenes.
Multimedia taught me that design without function is useless, and code without clarity is just future regret. Programming reinforced that computers are brutally honest. If something fails, it’s not personal. It’s wrong. Fix it. That mindset stuck.
Outside of formal education, most of what I know comes from self-teaching, experimentation, and breaking things until they make sense. I don’t learn passively. I need to poke at systems, pull them apart, and see where the cracks form. If I don’t understand how something works, it will bother me until I do.
Learning, to me, isn’t a phase. It’s a background process that never stops running.
Job Experience
My job history is a variety pack. Different roles, different environments, same underlying theme: adaptability. I’ve learned how to step into chaos, figure out what’s actually broken, and keep things moving even when the structure is questionable at best.
Currently, I work with Meals on Wheels, which requires reliability, consistency, and the ability to show up even when it would be easier not to. It’s real work, with real impact, and zero tolerance for excuses. Things either get done or they don’t, and people are counting on them getting done.
Alongside that, I’m an Assistant Manager at Domino’s Pizza, which is basically a crash course in logistics, time pressure, people management, and maintaining sanity while everything is on fire. It’s fast, loud, and occasionally absurd. I’ve learned how to lead without hovering, fix problems on the fly, and deal with the public, which should honestly count as advanced training.
Across all my jobs, I’ve become good at troubleshooting, prioritizing, and keeping systems functional even when they weren’t designed well to begin with. I don’t need perfect conditions. I need enough information to make it work.
Hobbies & Interests
My hobbies revolve around maps, data, and curiosity. I’m into geocaching, Munzee, and geohashing, which is basically proof that I enjoy combining technology, problem-solving, and the outdoors in ways that confuse normal people. Give me coordinates, a device, and a goal, and I’m happy.
These hobbies scratch the same itch as programming. There’s a system, a set of rules, and a clear objective. You either find the thing or you don’t. No small talk required.
I’m also an amateur programmer, which means I write code not because I have to, but because something annoyed me enough to justify building a solution. I like learning languages, experimenting with logic, and making things work better than they did before. It’s not about showing off. It’s about understanding and control.
The punk side of me lives here too. I don’t follow trends. I don’t chase hype. I build, explore, and learn because I want to, not because it’s popular. I value authenticity, function, and the freedom to do things my own way.
Camping and being outdoors act as a system reboot. No notifications, no algorithms, just reality. It’s quiet enough to think, and honest enough to reset everything.