TL;DR: Nerd's nerd seeks comfort food recipes, memes and witty banter. If you decide you want to read the long version, this is where I say 'hello'. My name's Chris, and I'm a software engineer currently living in Maryland but about to move to Pennsylvania in February. I figured I'd cast my line in the water because I've realized I have precious few friends that I actually talk to on a daily basis, and I'd like to rectify that. Why the heck should you talk to me? Well, first and foremost, because you want to! But beyond that, if you're into anything even remotely nerdy, I will probably have questions galore to keep the conversation going. I'd love to be able to find someone that I can talk to about both our day-to-day minutiae and also the really deep conversational topics, like how your favorite bedtime story influenced you as a person. A little bit more about me, in bullet-point form: - I don't smoke. - I've been trying to get back to the gym: I just picked up a set of resistance bands to fill in for my normal workout (fencing). - I love love love to hike - the Columbia area has something like 70 miles of walking/hiking trails, and I'd love to find someone who wants to hike them just as much as I do. - Despite my love of hiking, I'm still very much a nerdy homebody with a very small social battery. - I tend to be pretty quiet and reserved overall. If you ask me the right questions, though, I'll happily gush for hours as long as I know you're actually interested. - I penpal, and I'd be happy to handwrite you letters. - I've been using this COVID time to slowly check things off my bucket list. I think I have about 20 more items to go and I'd love to know what's on your list so that I can help you check things off your list, too. - I'm an avid reader. My favorite genres are fantasy and science fiction. I've been finishing up Megan Whalen Turner's "Queen's Thief" series, as well as re-reading Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson and the Olympians". I started them when I was a kid and just recently realized I'd never actually finished them, so I figured what better time like the present. I'd love to know some of your favorite books, too!- - I'm an amateur game designer who's putting together a couple different games based on things that I enjoy, and I'm happy to talk about them in more depth if that's your thing. Looking forward to all those recipes and memes! Best, Chris