I’m a queer 🏳️🌈, cisgender man 🧔🏼♂️ who uses he/him/his pronouns. (I’m on the left and my partner, Matt, is on the right.)
I grew up in Western Massachusetts in the United States 🇺🇸 and moved out to the Boston area in 2012. After spending a number of years in Cambridge, I settled in Somerville and live with my partner 👨🏻🤝👨🏼 and more houseplants 🪴than I can count.
In my free time, I enjoy:
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🧘🏼♂️ exercising, which includes yoga, cycling, occasional rock climbing, my gym’s rowing machine, and weightlifting;
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📚 reading, where my favorite genre is fantasy, but I also spend time in the world of sci-fi, non-fiction, and glowing recommendations from friends;
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👨🏼🍳👨🏻🍳 cooking with my partner, where we’re huge fans of Melissa Clark, Ali Slagle, Sam Sifton and many other contributors from New York Times Cooking;
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🎮 video gaming, where I love getting lost in a good story (e.g., God of War), exploring a massive world (e.g., Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild), and experimenting with different strategies and tactics (e.g., Hades);
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🎲 board gaming, where I love games like Betrayal at the House on the Hill, Mysterium, and Pandemic (I prefer cooperative to competitive games);
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🏺ceramics, where I have been spending my time learning wheel-throwing and exploring angular, geometric forms; and
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🎉 planning elaborate theme parties with my friends, which is a fun way of learning new skills (e.g., building a set wall with a mirror door, coding in Python with Philips Hue lights, constructing a giant chandelier) and channeling my creative energy.