@drewdud
Professional hobbyist. Amateur at everything else. This is a collection of mostly useless skills, questionable life choices, and the hobbies that define me.
14+ years of professional REM
World-ranked sleep athlete. Holds the record for most power naps in a single Tuesday (7). Specializes in couch-napping, passenger-seat-napping, and the advanced "pretending to watch the movie" technique. Has never met a pillow he didn't immediately bond with.
Pringle structural integrity specialist
Dedicated to the rigorous study of chip-to-dip ratios. Published groundbreaking research on the load-bearing capacity of a single Pringle. Has very strong opinions about the optimal snack-to-movie-runtime ratio. Favorite discovery: that 'family size' is a recommendation, not a limit.
Getting lost since 1995
Has gotten lost in his own neighborhood. Twice. Maintains a world map of places he's been lost in (currently: 12 countries, 37 cities, one parking garage). Believes GPS is a suggestion, getting lost is character-building, and asking for directions is an urban legend.
47% through the first chapter of Ulysses
Maintains a rigorous rating system based on cover design, page smell, and how impressive the book looks on a coffee table. Has purchased 34 books this year. Has finished 2. Current read: a 900-page fantasy epic he'll absolutely finish this time. No, really.
Elite-level lounging since 2008
Has identified the exact spot on the couch that fits his posture to sub-millimeter precision. Logged over 10,000 hours in the same cushion. Currently training for the Netflix Marathon World Championship. His couch has a permanent indentation shaped suspiciously like him.
Drew (drewdud) is a software engineer by day and a professional hobbyist by night (and weekends, and most of the afternoon). He believes life is too short to specialize in one thing, so he spreads his mediocrity evenly across many pursuits. When not napping, snacking, getting lost, or pretending to read, he builds things on the internet and calls it work.