Two truths and a lie :

1. I'm obsessed with watching sports.

2. I used to be a bartender at a laundromat.

3. I'm the CEO of a Forbes 30 Under 30 startup.

Interests

The greatest pleasure in my life comes from cooking and trying new food. Currently eating South Asian food more meals than not, with a focus on Pakistani cuisine. You might laugh when I say I make an awesome goat biryani, but I have awards to prove it.

I also enjoy brewing beer, but my current apartment isn't the best venue, so I've temporarily given away most of my equipment (except the propane burner for crawfish, duh)

• books
• dining
• beer
• partying
• electronics
• reading
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

The current rotation is M83, The Grateful Dead, Morning Teleportation, Modest Mouse, and Radiohead. You can usually find me on weekends at a local show, or drunkenly banging out keys on someone's basement piano.

My favorite books tend to be from Duane Swierczynski, Don Winslow, Kinky Friedman, Paul Auster, or Michael Crichton, though I also dig the usual Harry Potter and Hunger Games, as well as A Song of Ice and Fire.

I used to love Palahniuk, but he let me down twice in a row with Damned and Pygmy, so we're taking a break.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I stopped saying "no" for an entire year:

Somewhere between living in three states, draining a three-story beer bong, joining a backroom Ordo Templi Orientis ritual, partying on Dan Deacon's tour bus, and nearly drowning on a midnight Mississippi swim...

It occurred to me how great the difference has been.

Teach, Learn, Share

For kicks, I once got certified as an electronics technician - so I can solder, troubleshoot, and build circuits, wire your home electronics, tell you about what's going on inside your computer.

My Japanese skills could use a buttload of work. Finding someone to swap letters and postcards with in Japanese would be awesome.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Cuba, Japan, Mexico