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Hey there! I'm Nathan, and this is my blog, where I share updates about my life and occasionally write good articles. I'm a freshman at UT Austin, where I major in math. Aside from academics, I pursue as many "side quests" as I can:

• I love chess and play it competitively and casually. My ratings: ~1800 USCF, ~2000 chesscom blitz. Chess is a huge part of my life, and so it gets a whole category on my blog.
• I play as much sportsball as I can. I play intramural volleyball and intramural pickleball, and I love playing pick-up ultimate frisbee.
• I adore basically all board games. I play a lot of board games. My favorites are probably Ticket to Ride: Europe, Catan, Blokus Duo, and Pandemic. Fair warning: I am competitive. I will destroy your hopes and dreams in any board game if it helps me win.
• I sometimes organize large-scale events because they're fun! My most popular blog article, by far, is #61: I hosted a spectacular 20-acre game of Capture the Flag. I plan to host more awesome events like Capture the Flag while I'm at UT.

Here are some fun facts about me:

• I eat ~1460 apples per year. The running joke is that I have a team of four doctors I always need to keep off my back.
• I've written a journal entry every day since Jan 1, 2024.
• I have a very strong specific preference for the yyyy-mm-dd date format. If you use yyyy-mm-dd you get +100 points from me from being awesome.
• I like to drive my car with the windows down even if it's like 45 degrees outside. This makes me seem like a psychopath to native Austinites, but the whole driving experience is way better with the windows down.

Here's my resume if that's interesting to you:

[whoops! in process of updating resume. will be back with new one soon]