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A brief update to accompany the redesign of this site in the summer of 2025: I continue to split my work time between my freelance web design studio and the Pourdavoud Institute at UCLA, as their Digital Designer and Web Developer. My main extracurricular activity at the moment is practicing tai chi in the Wu style; I attend an excellent studio class a few times a week to hone the 108-form sequence. I am also learning a weapon form using the Chinese straight sword (jian).

In June, my partner Caitlyn and I celebrated our 10-year wedding anniversary and promptly got Covid. Even with the latest vaccine, it’s still a beast—I was laid out for about a week. Stay careful out there!

After nearly 8 years of working for myself as a full-time freelancer, I am switching things up in a pretty big way. As of July, I am now an official employee of the University of California, Los Angeles (I guess I’m a Bruin now!). The role is perfectly suited to me—it is part time, so I am still able to freelance; it combines graphic design and web development responsibilities, which are my bread and butter; and it supports the Pourdavoud Institute in the department of Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Cultlures, a world which overlaps with some of my interests. The UCLA campus is absolutely gorgeous, and it feels great to be in an academic setting. I’m looking forward to the opportunity!