I'm Seth! I live in New Zealand. Habitual book-sniffer, poster child for introversion.

Life has thrown some lemons my way lately. It's a pretty painful time in my life, but I'm treating it as an opportunity to be a better version of me in the long-term. As part of my journey, I'd love to connect with some new people. I'm enjoying watching myself slowly grow, but the loneliness is real and I miss the journey of getting to know someone and forging a bond. Maybe you do too.

Lists are awesome, so here's one populated with random factoids about me! YAS!

• I love to read. I have books all over the place and I'll read almost anything. My to-read pile is over 200 books and counting, because I'll probably add more tomorrow. I usually do. It's almost as tall as me (I'm 6'2") and I affectionately call it Book Mountain(tm). Yes, it's a problem. No, I'm not stopping. Books are life. And coffee. I've just been on a Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie binge -- Americanah is now one of my favourite books. Props if you get the reference in this posts title.

• I'm a programmer. I love data and software architecture and doing stuff with said data. It makes me stupidly, stupidly happy, resulting in nerdgasm. I'm currently learning Python in between working on some personal projects, one being a 3D software rasterizer in C . I like to learn programming languages for fun, much like a linguist will learn languages for the sheer joy of it. There are moments in life where if you can find something to grab hold of, it'll carry you through the pain and lead you to a better place over time. Programming did this for me as a kid.

• I experience social anxiety and sometimes depression. I'm big on self-awareness, personal growth and empathy. I don't see the point in life if I'm not growing in some way, so I like to end each day a slightly better version of the person I was the day before. It may sound exhausting and like a lot of pressure at times, but it's good for me. I find stagnation to be comfortable but it doesn't bode well in the long term for my mental health.

• I love art, Zdzislaw Beksinski and H.R. Giger are favourites. Street and ANSI art, too. Even if you don't want to talk, send me your favourite artist; I love discovering ones I'm not familiar with. Personally, I think the universe and everything that populates it is the greatest work of art there'll ever be.

• Yes I game, no we don't have to talk about it. I'm currently playing Skyrim for the first time, it's stupidly beautiful. I'm a big fan of 90s and 80s games. C64 anyone?

• I'm not into manga, anime, super hero movies, comics, Disney or Javascript. Sorry, not my jam. It's cool if you are though, you do you. Recommend me a manga and I'll try it when I'm feeling adventurous. Maybe :P. I did go through a kdrama period though, love will make you do some crazy things. The Penthouse was pretty great.

• I hike and I'm one of those people that take random photos during my day; flowers, fungi, books etc. If we hit it off, be prepared for photos :D I like sharing, it's fun. You're more than welcome to share too, though it's not expected.

Tell me about you and what you're passionate about. I'm one of those people who loves hearing about what people are into. If I ask too many questions (it happens), I don't mean to interrogate. I'm just interested. :P

I'm not looking for anything romantic, just friends. If you're interested, flick me a chat request if possible. I'm also willing to move off reddit if we hit it off, if you so wish.