Random Stuff

Run! 🏃‍♂️

Morning run at JHU Night run at JHU


I could run a marathon before but I can hardly run 10 KMs now. I try to once or twice every week, but these mostly end up being short 5K runs. For a 5K run, I time at 5:30 minutes/KM on average (sorry for the folks following this in the US (read: wrong) system of measurement). JHU is an amazing place to run in general — the scenery never disappoints!

I also play (and watch) football (soccer for the US folks) regularly.

Read! 📖

Sadly this has turned to reading papers instead of books, but I did boast of a big library at my home in India (my brother has asserted control of all books now that I am in US).

Current books on my reading list:

  • The Dharma of Unfaithful Wives and Faithful Jackals by Wendy Dongier
  • American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
  • Recursion by Blake Crouch

Music! 🎸

I play the guitar — I started with the acoustic when I was 10 and I have recently picked up the electric (as all guitarists must do at some stage).
I cannot and won’t work with music in the background and I won’t sleep without music either (others find this irritating).

Here’s my current rock-heavy playlist:



Other Stuff

I have an obsessive compulsion to keep a clean room and desk (albeit outside my room can be a dumpster). If my laptop is an inch away from where it is supposed to be, or a wire is seen dangling, rest assured all other tasks will be on hold till I fix it.