I’ve gotten a lot of trophies and medals in my life, from high school band, Vovinam, and general public school academics. I excel at pretty much anything I do. Since I moved from home, I had to start from scratch with my accolades, so these are just some of the ones I’ve accumulated in the past years. It’s just a bunch of…
2013 Fantasy Chatter League Inaugural Champion
In 2013, I joined the world’s first Fantasy Chatter League, where I picked and drafted several celebrities on Twitter and rooted for them to get the most replies, likes, retweets, and engagements. Though it wasn’t surprising that I bested the league, I did not expect such a big trophy, which I later used as a pot, at first for my succulents, then for my pitcher plant.
It now holds all my trophies.
Carnival Cruiselines: Knockout and Cornhole
My parents love to cruise and they love to bring my brother and me along. So my brother and I look for activities we can win and dominate just to pass the time.
I got too many medals so I get mixed them up, but one was from 2017 for winning a game of Knockout with fierce competition from people who were so dedicated to the “ball is life” mantra that they brought basketball shoes onto a boat. The other medal was for getting first runner-up in corn hole also with a lot of fierce competition, but they were also drunk.
St. Louis Gateway Arch 2016
Ok, I’ll be honest, I bought this in the Gateway Arch’s gift shop while on an AARP shoot and then asked my producer, Kristen Wheeler, to sign it. The certificate was more for the patience of dealing with crowds, but I’ll take it. Or bought it. Whatever.
2019 WeTransfer Hackathon
I started at WeTransfer in November 2019 and the next month we had a hackathon. I didn’t know what a “hackathon” and just followed the lead of other employees. I had the idea to create an archive of all the wallpapers ads you see on the site ever made.
I was awarded the Wild Card medal. I later learned “Wild Card” was given to the idea that wasn’t given by the executive team nor the people, but should’ve gotten some kind of recognition because it’s so obvious.
During our holiday party dinner they also gave the team who helped build the archive beta sashes. Then we went to the holiday party where I hung out with the DJ because I didn’t know anyone there.