Look at all the fire in the leaderboard!!! @Kai Lorenz and I really need to get lit! Or get a star (love how @Samanda Rasmussen is the star on top of a row of fire! If my calculations are correct I will get mine in a few days… then I can feel as cool as all of you guys! @Sarah Hankins @Bill Widmer @Becky Teresa @Tiffany Noel Taylor @Amanda Read @Michelle McMillionairess @Sheena Mason-White

So I wanna live vicariously thru u guys And feel ur travel excitement :) Are you guys finished packing? What’s the itinerary?

Pretending he works here

@Arda Halibryam and I had an amazing day meeting in real life (IRL) and hanging out around Istanbul! Arda and I won the August blitz together where we got to know each other through our strategy zoom chats. Unfortunately, he couldn’t join us in Costa Rica when we won… but we made it happen in Turkey! I flew 11hrs and Arda and his parents drove 6hrs from Bulgaria. We had a wonderful day drinking Turkish coffee beside the Galata Tower and then a boat tour where we crossed continents from Europe to Asia! This also qualifies as Skools first IRL in Istanbul!

I've been playing video games since I got Putt Putt on the computer at two years old. I love Pokemon, Yu-gi-oh, Digimon, Avatar (duh), and tons of other cartoons and games. I used to spend 18 hours a day playing World of Warcraft. I read all the Harry Potter books. I like to dress up in cosplay and go to Ren Faire's and conventions (here's a photo of me dressed like a viking holding a raven at Sherwood Forest). My most anticipated game of 2026 is World of Anterra, a pixelated Skyrim-esque RPG. (I backed the Kickstarter campaign in 2020 and have been EAGERLY awaiting it's release all this time.) I like board games like Settlers of Catan. In fact, my co-founder @Rex Loyer regularly hosts board game nights for our local community members (and there will be more coming soon!) I also love learning about history and culture. Yes, I DO think about Rome at least once a week 😂 (have you SEEN the ingenuity of the Roman colosseum?! They literally built a colosseum that could be flooded with water and have boats fight each other!! How could you NOT think about that often?!) I also make weird, cute noises at my dog, and I like to go camp in the woods. Bonus points if I get to hear some wubby dubby dubstep and see lasers while I do it. (Electric Forest, I will come to you one day!) Oh, and don't even get me started on Tarot and Oracle cards. My tattoo was inspired by a hummingbird card pulled in a healing card deck. And then astrology... and personality tests... and psychology in general... Anyway... just felt inspired to share some of my nerd-ness with you all. Where my fellow nerds at?! Share your nerdy passions in the comments!