Hi! It's nice to meet you!
I'm Aahana. Here's a picture of me in my college apartment's laundry room.
Who am I really though? I am disparate ends. I'm a lot and nothing at all. (and that's okay!)
- I'm 22 years old.
- I went to the university of spoiled children on scholarships, where I studied business and data science.
- I still think it's the greatest university in the world, even though I spent enough time sobbing on campus that I had a specially designated crying bench.
- I currently work in tech in the Bay Area.
- but I very much dislike AI. and I would not describe myself as a techno-optimist.
- hence why I am coding this site by hand, no AI used. I want to learn and do things myself, imperfect as they may be.
- The irony is not lost on me. I have ambition and I want to create and grow, and I'm splitting myself between my "career" and creating.
- Maybe that's why I also feel a little confused.
Regardless, I'm happy you're here! Thanks for checking out my little dinky website.
I...:
- start projects and don't finish them.
- know random trivia that'll surface in conversation unprompted
- can finish a lot of books in one sitting if I'm really into them (it helps to have a 600wpm+ reading speed)
Hobbies:
- writing (poetry, short stories, personal "essays"/blurbs)
- reading (check out my library)
- gaming (primarily indie games and stupid mobile games)
- dancing (I did Bollywood and Odissi for years)
- building legos and mini bricks (collection coming soon)
- taking pictures with my toy cameras
- making up stories and not writing them down
- creative side quests (like this website!)/kits from michaels
- yoga
- journaling
- ephemera collecting
- running (kinda...i just started)
- i'm realizing all my hobbies are very solo people hobbies so maybe i should meet people...
Interests:
- compendia/collations of knowledge (encyclopedias/fact books)
- wikipedia + rabbit holes
- skeumorphism in design
- keychains/portable gadgets and items that are multifunctional
- articulation (in dolls especially)
- circular economies
- reducing single use plastic waste
Check out my blinkies, stamps, etc, here.