Passion

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Many of you know that I have a tendency toward depression. When depressed, I become uncharacteristically apathetic. I stop doing much of anything in a haze of "I don't really care". Throwing myself fully into geekery and whatever my current interests are has been quite helpful in combatting this liability. If I stay busy on things I care about, then I'm less likely to end up in that dark default state.

In an effort to keep myself cognizant of things I care about, I created this list. All of these things are items that I feel passionate about. They may seem like small things, but they aren't small to me. Each of the items on this list inspire me to do something. Some are concrete objects. Some are people, and some are abstract concepts that motivate or intrigue me. This list also makes a handy reference guide for conversation with me. I'm typically very excited to talk about any of the items on this list. Asking me about these things increases the capital you've invested in my emotional bank account. People who genuinely take the time to engage in earnest conversation on these topics are people who make me feel appreciated and loved.

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Things That Rusty Feels Passionate About

  • Allyson Haskell, my wife and best friend
  • Video Games
  • Running
  • Cooking
  • Veganism
  • Christianity
  • Buddhism
  • Zen
  • Philosophy and Theory
  • Lisp
  • FreeBSD
  • Linux
  • Improving myself
  • Enriching the experience of those around me
  • Football (Soccer)
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club
  • C (but not C++)
  • Perl
  • My cat Tux
  • Tempurpedic beds
  • Dungeons and Dragons, Third Edition (but not 3.5)
  • Unix (philosophy, daily use, and administration)
  • Libertarian politics
  • Coffee
  • Tea
  • The paranormal
  • Vampires and vampire hunters
  • Punk rock
  • The idea of dancing to "goth" and industrial music
  • Protecting the innocent and weak
  • My friends (learning more about them on their own terms)
  • England
  • Thunderstorms, hurricanes, tornados, and other catastrophic weather events
  • Castlevania
  • Timex Speed+Distance watches
  • Writing about things I care about
  • Learning and education (especially when self-driven)
  • Java
  • Japan (language, culture, technology, popular media, and potential as a football market)
  • The French language
  • Emmanuel Levinas
  • John 1:1
  • Why I don't vote Republican anymore
  • Organizing things
  • Chaos
  • Final Fantasy
  • Databases
  • Playing the guitar (poorly with emotion)
  • Pencil sketches
  • Vector artwork
  • Photography without pretensions
  • The Internet and network programming
  • Good Eats
  • Astronomy
  • Physics
  • Mathematics
  • The scientific method
  • Peach cobbler
  • Banana pudding
  • Rice
  • RSS feeds
  • Distopian or apocolyptic literature
  • Insects and arachnids
  • Lifehacks, productivity, and Getting Things Done by David Allen
  • Star Trek
  • Conspiracy theories
  • The Metric System (SI units)
  • Spiderman and Marvel Comics
  • Moby
  • Henry Rollins
  • Pacifism
  • Solar energy
  • Knitting
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