![Sketch from CSE2 lounge](/assets/personal-pictures/2024-03-04-cse2-sketch.jpg)
March 4th, 2024: Sketch from CSE2 lounge
![Sketch of the view from the PLSE lab facing southeast](/assets/personal-pictures/2024-02-12-lab-sketch.jpg)
February 12th, 2024: Sketch of the view from the PLSE lab facing southeast
![View of the I5 bridge on my walk to work](/assets/personal-pictures/2024-02-06-i5-bridge.jpg)
February 6th, 2024: View of the I5 bridge on my walk to work. I pass this view every day, and it will always be memorable for me.
![Tim and I surfing on the Washington coast](/assets/personal-pictures/2023-11-18-surfing.jpg)
November 18th, 2023: Tim and I surfing on the Washington coast
![Clamming on the Washington coast](/assets/personal-pictures/2023-11-18-clamming.jpg)
November 18th, 2023: Clamming on the Washington coast
![Imaz, Spencer, and I in New York](/assets/personal-pictures/2023-10-16-imaz-spencer-gus-nyc.jpg)
October 16th, 2023: Imaz, Spencer, and I in New York
![Gus and Drew in Chicago](/assets/personal-pictures/2022-10-gus-drew-chicago.jpg)
October 2022: Visiting Drew in Chicago
![Washington State Ferry leaving Anacortes for Orcas Island](/assets/personal-pictures/2022-orcas-ferry-to-moran.jpg)
September 2022: I took this photo while waiting for the ferry to Orcas Island, on my way to run the Moran Constitutional Relay with the CSE department’s running club, Race Condition Running.
![Gus running the Moran Constitutional Relay](/assets/personal-pictures/2022-09-moran.png)
September 2022: Photo of me from the Moran Constitutional Relay’s photographer.
![A smoky Seattle morning giving interesting color to the morning light](/assets/personal-pictures/2022-smoky-morning-kitchen-window.jpg)
September 2022: A smoky Seattle morning giving interesting color to the morning light coming through my kitchen window.
![Gus and Spencer](/assets/personal-pictures/2022-09-fl-trip-0.jpg)
September 2022: I took a trip to see Spencer in Florida! Spencer and I at the beach.
![Gus and Spencer](/assets/personal-pictures/2022-09-fl-trip-1.jpg)
Spencer and I on the Keys.
![Sunset from Key Largo](/assets/personal-pictures/2022-09-fl-trip-2.jpg)
Sunset from Key Largo.
![Beibin, Gus, and Chien-Yu at the top of Pineapple Pass](/assets/personal-pictures/2022-02-26-beibin-gus-chienyu-pineapple-pass.jpg)
February 2022: Beibin, myself, and Chien-Yu after skinning to the top of Pineapple Pass
![Eric skinning up Jim Hill](/assets/personal-pictures/2022-02-12-jim-hill.jpg)
February 2022: Eric skinning up Jim Hill
![Tim and Gus in Hawaii](/assets/personal-pictures/2022-01-15-hawaii-0.jpg)
January 2022: Tim and I in Hawaii!
![Snow day in Seattle](/assets/personal-pictures/2021-02-13.jpg)
February 2021: Snow day in Seattle. I take sledding very seriously.
![Collin and Gus at Westport](/assets/personal-pictures/2020-03-15-westport-surfing.jpg)
March 15th, 2020: Collin and I on my first surf trip to Westport trip of 2020 (and last, before the coronavirus shutdown!)
![Zach, Gus, and Luis after Gus's quals](/assets/personal-pictures/2020-02-24-post-quals.jpg)
February 24th, 2020: Zach, myself, and Luis after my qualifying presentation!
![Collin and Gus squatting](/assets/personal-pictures/2020-02-07-collin-gus-squatting.jpeg)
February 7th, 2020: Collin and I matching in almost every way at his apartment-warming party!
![PLSE beers](/assets/personal-pictures/2020-01-plse-beers.jpg)
January 2020: Maybe the last in-person PLSE beers before coronavirus shutdowns? (Zach’s behind the camera)
![Michaela and Gus](/assets/personal-pictures/2020-01-01-michaela-and-gus.jpg)
December 31st, 2019/January 1st, 2020: Michaela and I in our animal onesies in the aftermath of New Year’s Eve!
![Olga's at Halloween](/assets/personal-pictures/2019-10-olga-halloween.jpg)
October 2019: Halloween 2019 with this band of fools. Poor Olga.
![Leavenworth bouldering](/assets/personal-pictures/2019-10-leavenworth-1.jpg)
October 2019: We took a trip to Leavenworth to boulder!
![Leavenworth bouldering](/assets/personal-pictures/2019-10-leavenworth-2.jpg)
This face says, “I climb V1s outside. In jeans”
![Leavenworth bouldering](/assets/personal-pictures/2019-10-leavenworth-3.jpg)
The real climbers, sizing up real problems. Nick and Christian were the first ones to take us climbing outside; it was awesome to get to go to Leavenworth with them.
![Leaving Leavenworth bouldering](/assets/personal-pictures/2019-10-leavenworth-4.jpg)
Hiking out. Washington is beautiful!
![Mike and Gus](/assets/personal-pictures/2019-09-mike-and-gus.jpg)
September 2019: I was best man for my lifelong friend Mike.
![Gus dancing at Mike's wedding](/assets/personal-pictures/2019-09-at-mikes-wedding.jpg)
He regretted asking me once I hit the dancefloor.
![Brennan and sleeping Gus](/assets/personal-pictures/2019-09-brennan-nyc.jpg)
While back on the east coast, I visited New York. My friend Brennan put me up, and after driving all the way from Mike’s wedding in Virginia, I was out like a light.
![Michaela at Sheetz](/assets/personal-pictures/2019-09-michaela-sheetz.jpg)
I got to bring Michaela back to PA during this trip! She was thoroughly astounded by Sheetz, as we all are.
![Anthony, Tim, and Collin](/assets/personal-pictures/2019-09-josh-ciara-wedding.jpg)
The trip back east culminated with Josh and Ciara’s wedding! I love this picture of Tony, Tim, and Collin, from the reception.
![My Dad and a bird](/assets/personal-pictures/2019-dad-and-bird.jpg)
Sometime in 2019: My dad and a bird.
![Michaela and Gus](/assets/personal-pictures/2019-09-michaela-and-gus-brocks-wedding.jpg)
September 2019: Michaela took me to Kansas City for her brother’s wedding!
![Michaela and Gus](/assets/personal-pictures/2019-09-michaela-and-gus-brocks-wedding-2.jpg)
Another great one from the wedding!
![End of the surf day in Manotoloking](/assets/personal-pictures/2019-08-end-of-surf-day.jpg)
August 2019: We had a combined bachelor/bachelorette party for Josh and Ciara in New Jersey! As I was driving my rental car from Philly, Collin called to ask if I’d make it in time for a sundown surf session. I went straight to the beach. I took this photo after our session. One of my favorite memories from 2019!!
![Boys on the Beach](/assets/personal-pictures/2019-08-boys-on-beach.jpg)
Bachelors, partying.
![Tony passes us on the highway](/assets/personal-pictures/2019-08-17-funny-tony.jpg)
August 17th, 2019: Tim and Amar visited us in Seattle. Took this great picture on the way back to the city from floating on the Snoqualmie.
![Too old for caps](/assets/personal-pictures/2019-08-17-tim-cant-hang.jpg)
That same night, we discover we can’t play caps like we used to.
![Seattle roadtrip](/assets/personal-pictures/2018-09-09-roadtrip-to-seattle.jpg)
September 9th–14th, 2018: Road tripping to Seattle!
![Mount Rushmore](/assets/personal-pictures/2018-09-11-mount-rushmore.jpg)
On September 11th, we passed two important American monuments. First, Mount Rushmore…
![Wall Drug](/assets/personal-pictures/2018-09-11-wall-drug.jpg)
…and second, Wall Drug.
![Devil's Tower](/assets/personal-pictures/2018-09-12-devils-tower.jpg)
Saw Devil’s Tower too, of course. Maybe the coolest stop!
![Celebratory caps (drawing)](/assets/personal-pictures/2018-09-15-caps-drawing.jpg)
We celebrated my arrival with caps, best captured in this drawing.
![September clouds above Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley](/assets/personal-pictures/2018-09-06-pa-skies.jpg)
September 6th, 2018: I took this picture of clouds amassing over the Wyoming Valley just before I moved. I knew I’d miss PA’s summer storms. I wasn’t wrong!
![Susquehannock State Forest woods](/assets/personal-pictures/2018-08-ciara-cabin-trip.jpg)
August 2018: Before I moved to Seattle, we took a trip to the woods of north central PA, in the Susquehannock State Forest near Ole Bull.
![Susquehannock State Forest woods](/assets/personal-pictures/2018-08-ciara-cabin-trip-2.jpg)
Another great pic from Susquehannock State Forest.
![Gus in New Jersey](/assets/personal-pictures/2018-08-new-jersey-trip.jpg)
We also got together in New Jersey!
![Sunrise in New Jersey](/assets/personal-pictures/2018-08-jersey-sunrise.jpg)
…and accidentally stayed up until the sunrise on our first night
![Brooklyn Bridge at Night](/assets/personal-pictures/2018-08-nyc.jpg)
I made one last stop in New York before moving for good!
![Vijay, Gus, and France](/assets/personal-pictures/2018-05-vijay-gus-france.jpg)
May 2018: My Master’s coadvisor Vijay, myself, and former NSF director France Córdova at my graduation from Penn State.