Now

Last Updated: 2025-05-23

This is a now page, more about them at nownownow.com.

I’m keeping things intentionally somewhat vague for the sake of my privacy.

Education

I’ve just finished my undergraduate degree in astronomy, and I’ve lined up a spot in a very good Astronomy PhD program. Currently making arrangements to move there.

Hobbies

Desktop Ricing

Been doing this on and off for over three years now. I currently have a decent setup with Hyprland on Gentoo Linux. It does most of what I need it too, although sometimes it hiccups while trying to handle Zoom.

I’m gradually packaging the different program configurations and will eventually create a git repo here with my dotfiles in a nice, easy to work with format.

Health

A friend from college helped me get started on lifting regularly, and it started me on a journey of working on my health. I haven’t exercised for a couple weeks now, what with studying, graduating, and moving out of my college dorm, but I will start again soon with my family.

Art

I’m kind of busy at the moment, so I haven’t had time to work on art at all recently, but I’ll start again once I regain my footing, either over the summer or during the fall semester.

Plans

Here are some of my plans for my life in the moderate future (next few years), for me to come back an look at to stay grounded in the bigger picture of my life.

• Hit the ground running at graduate school.
  • Put together a nice, simple note-taking system.
  • Time management with a calendar.
• Finish my desktop rice.
• Consistently practice painting digitally with Krita.
• Start making music again.
• Practice a second language (considering Latin and/or Japanese)
• Get back into polyphasic sleep in the fall.
• Read more (say an hour a day).