William / Will / Willie / Still Will was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Howard County, Maryland with his three sisters and brother, about a dozen cats over the years, sheep, cows, contentious geese, the family’s beloved cocker spaniel Austin, and, of course, his wonderful, entertaining parents. Willie’s childhood highlights include: blowing up his mother’s birdbath in front of her while showing off his new waterproof fire crackers, and holding the antenna on the roof just right while his parents watched Seinfeld at the lake house.
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His fine grades in high school allowed him to attend Howard Community College. Will then transferred to Maryland, and spend a cold, wet, fantastic semester in Glasgow, Scotland. His degree in English opened up the world of paper shredding, marketing communications, and forklift-operating post-graduation. On a bit of a hunch, Willie got into teaching ESOL, and completed a two year Master's program at UMBC. He currently teaches ESOL to middle school students in Silver Spring, Maryland. Will enjoys reading, traveling, playing / watching soccer, and making obscure Simpsons references (that Khanh sometimes gets!).
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Khanh was born in Vietnam and moved to the United States with her family when she was 10. Once in the United States, Khanh quickly learned English by reading classy romance novels and Dr Seuss; watching Arthur, Maury, and obsessing over the elves in Lord of the Rings. Her family settled in exotic Northern Virginia, where they have lived for the past fifteen years. Khanh went to UVA, where she resisted the urge to become the first Asian immigrant to study English, philosophy, or communications, and went with the slightly more practical finance degree.
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In her third year (special UVA and Hogwarts lingo - no ‘junior year’ for those special snowflakes), Khanh spent a semester in gorgeous Barcelona, Spain, where she lived in the quaint Catalan town of Sant Cugat del Vallès and discovered paella and cheap European wine. She graduated in 2012 and currently works in Reston, VA for an IT Consulting company. Her many talents include: cooking soups with leftover scraps, finding online deals, making silly puns, and teaching Willie about space, spices, and how / why not to wear shoes in the house.
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Evelyn and Khanh met when they were at Jackson Middle School. Khanh had just transferred and was the new kid. They quickly became friends and Khanh randomly gave her the nickname “Eevee” (based on a Pokemon) within a few days of knowing each other. Despite moving away only after 2 months of knowing each other, Khanh and Eevee stayed in touch and were reunited as roommates at UVA! The friendship they built during their 4 years at UVA continued beyond college and Khanh is extremely grateful that Eevee remains her best friend despite everything Khanh has forced her to do (going on self-photoshoots, eating spicy food, going into parks, going out every weekend, trying gross drinks, etc.).
Thao and Khanh became friends when they joined the Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) at UVA. While learning fan-dancing moves for a cultural event performance, they bonded over their lack of coordination, affinity for making stupid faces, and enthusiasm for “trucker food” (wings, steaks, ribs, etc.). Nowadays Thao only eats vegetables and chicken, and occasionally seafood (she won’t turn down a good lobster meal). Thao works as a User Experience Designer for Appian.
VSA dance practices also introduced Khanh to Tammy, whose happy smiles and memorable laughter always cheered Khanh up. Tammy liked to sneakily film Khanh while she did silly things like interpretative dancing to “My Immortal” by Evanescence or trying out weird food that Tammy brought back from Vietnam. Tammy currently lives in Florida and is doing her residency at University of Florida Health.
Thuy is another friend Khanh met through VSA who, unlike Khanh, is graceful and skilled at fan-dancing, bamboo-dancing, Vietnamese hat-dancing, and basically all types of dancing. At UVA Thuy inspired a group of girls to start a non-profit organization that donates to Muscular Dystrophy Association by doing manicures. While Khanh lacks body coordination, she is quite good at painting nails! Thuy also likes to climb rocks and run marathons, and taught Khanh that you can catch crabs with chicken necks tied to a string. Currently Thuy is undergoing her residency at INOVA Hospital as a doctor in training.
Another Thuy! Khanh and Thuy met through youth group at church, and have been friends for what feels like a bajillion years. They spent nearly every Saturday through middle and high school together in youth group for nearly 6 hours each time and were quite the unlikely duo. Thuy liked make-up and Korean stars, while Khanh made fun of her and secretly binged on Korean drama. They spent quality time at summer camps sleeping in tents or cabins, getting dirty on obstacle courses, pranking on the boys and getting revenge-pranked. Thuy current works for Commonwealth One FCU as a Trainer.
Nhu Y (or Gee Nee), is also Khanh’s friend from church through youth group. Nhu Y’s signature laugh and creative energy made her the leader and choreographer of our little traditional dance troupe at church. Khanh has a special bond with Nhu Y because they shared a unique experience that challenged and strengthened their friendship: a bitter and trivial argument over how “mandatory” and early dance practices were on Saturdays (because Khanh secretly just wanted to sleep in more). But all that effort paid off because we gave amazing performances under Nhu Y’s directions!
Willie and Jake’s friendship is a bit of a mystery. Jake likes the Dallas Cowboys and Manchester United. Willie is a Redskins, Liverpool fan. When they met in middle school, Willie could best be described as shy, with Jake being more extroverted. Despite their sports and personality-based incompatibility, Willie and Jake somehow became friends at church in eighth grade. Throughout high school, much ESPN 2K5 was played, corn dogs consumed, and truly dumb jokes shared. After high school, Willie and Jake stayed friends, traveling to Guatemala, leading at church, and eventually working together. It was their time spent on a truck, working for a paper shredding company, bored out of their minds, that their stupid humor reached it’s zenith. Even now, as they reach ages where you might expect more maturity, they still find themselves happily making lame jokes.
Willie met P through Jake / soccer. Willie doesn’t remember exactly when they met, probably because P didn’t say anything. For some reason, P stuck around on their soccer team, despite being surrounded by players on Willie’s level. P is quiet, calm, skilled on the ball, able to fix / build stuff, able to grow a full beard quickly...Willie can’t quite be described the same way, but they still became friends, laughing at Jake’s antics, the misfortune of others, and bonding over their disappointing soccer careers.
Willie met Nick through Jake / playing pickup soccer on Sunday afternoons. They have since bonded over being on the same, lousy soccer teams; debating the drinkability of Bud Light; and somehow finding girlfriends / wives out of nowhere to the shock of their shared group of friends. Willie has not hesitated to take advantage of Nick’s shyness - Nick was reluctant to give a speech at Jake’s wedding, and Willie reassured him that it was no big deal, and happily borrowed his killer line for his own speech.
Willie and Julian were in the same small group at church in high school. Despite a mild rivalry within their group that developed as a result of Willie and several of the boys going to high school in a palace, and Julian and a few others attending high school in a box factory, Willie and Julian emerged friends. Throughout high school they bonded over terrible movies and a shared philosophy of doing just enough to get by. In college, they demonstrated a bit more ambition, both attending Howard Community College once Julian hung up the soccer boots at Messiah. They both transferred to Maryland, where they were roommates in Willie’s final year at Maryland. Many darts were thrown, conversations with Jamaican neighbors had, and very little reading actually done as they both sought English degrees for lack of better ideas.
Willie and Diaz became friends at Clarksville Middle School. They featured on what surely was the worst baseball team to ever represent Western Howard County Youth Baseball. The experience of seeing your coach get ejected from several games, your team called slow and lazy by the umpire, and not winning a single game, forged a bond far stronger than the more conventional comradery normally associated with youth baseball. Despite going to different high schools after their freshman year, Diaz and Willie stayed friends through church. Their ambitious high school careers landed them both at Howard Community College, where they pursued their favorite pastime of mocking their peers from a comfortable distance.
Willie and Frosty meet in Scotland while Willie was spending a semester abroad at the University of Glasgow. They likely first met in the common room at Cairncross House, Willie probably insisting The Simpsons be turned on. Although this is how they likely first met, Willie’s earliest memory of Frosty is the shuttle to Glasgow soccer tryouts, where Frosty offered Willie one of his earbuds, to share his pump-up music. After bonding over what was surely a quality tune, and once Willie got over the fact that this eejit’s name was in fact Robert Frost, they quickly became friends. Willie’s random visits to Scotland, Christmas in Frosty’s hometown in Ireland, Frosty’s year shtateside, Willie and Frosty always find themselves in hilarious jams, and even when not in a ridiculous situation, always manage to find something to laugh about.
Willie and Jake’s friendship is a bit of a mystery. Jake likes the Dallas Cowboys and Manchester United. Willie is a Redskins, Liverpool fan. When they met in middle school, Willie could best be described as shy, with Jake being more extroverted. Despite their sports and personality-based incompatibility, Willie and Jake somehow became friends at church in eighth grade. Throughout high school, much ESPN 2K5 was played, corn dogs consumed, and truly dumb jokes shared. After high school, Willie and Jake stayed friends, traveling to Guatemala, leading at church, and eventually working together. It was their time spent on a truck, working for a paper shredding company, bored out of their minds, that their stupid humor reached it’s zenith. Even now, as they reach ages where you might expect more maturity, they still find themselves happily making lame jokes.
Willie met P through Jake / soccer. Willie doesn’t remember exactly when they met, probably because P didn’t say anything. For some reason, P stuck around on their soccer team, despite being surrounded by players on Willie’s level. P is quiet, calm, skilled on the ball, able to fix / build stuff, able to grow a full beard quickly...Willie can’t quite be described the same way, but they still became friends, laughing at Jake’s antics, the misfortune of others, and bonding over their disappointing soccer careers.
Willie met Nick through Jake / playing pickup soccer on Sunday afternoons. They have since bonded over being on the same, lousy soccer teams; debating the drinkability of Bud Light; and somehow finding girlfriends / wives out of nowhere to the shock of their shared group of friends. Willie has not hesitated to take advantage of Nick’s shyness - Nick was reluctant to give a speech at Jake’s wedding, and Willie reassured him that it was no big deal, and happily borrowed his killer line for his own speech.
Willie and Julian were in the same small group at church in high school. Despite a mild rivalry within their group that developed as a result of Willie and several of the boys going to high school in a palace, and Julian and a few others attending high school in a box factory, Willie and Julian emerged friends. Throughout high school they bonded over terrible movies and a shared philosophy of doing just enough to get by. In college, they demonstrated a bit more ambition, both attending Howard Community College once Julian hung up the soccer boots at Messiah. They both transferred to Maryland, where they were roommates in Willie’s final year at Maryland. Many darts were thrown, conversations with Jamaican neighbors had, and very little reading actually done as they both sought English degrees for lack of better ideas.
Willie and Diaz became friends at Clarksville Middle School. They featured on what surely was the worst baseball team to ever represent Western Howard County Youth Baseball. The experience of seeing your coach get ejected from several games, your team called slow and lazy by the umpire, and not winning a single game, forged a bond far stronger than the more conventional comradery normally associated with youth baseball. Despite going to different high schools after their freshman year, Diaz and Willie stayed friends through church. Their ambitious high school careers landed them both at Howard Community College, where they pursued their favorite pastime of mocking their peers from a comfortable distance.
Willie and Frosty meet in Scotland while Willie was spending a semester abroad at the University of Glasgow. They likely first met in the common room at Cairncross House, Willie probably insisting The Simpsons be turned on. Although this is how they likely first met, Willie’s earliest memory of Frosty is the shuttle to Glasgow soccer tryouts, where Frosty offered Willie one of his earbuds, to share his pump-up music. After bonding over what was surely a quality tune, and once Willie got over the fact that this eejit’s name was in fact Robert Frost, they quickly became friends. Willie’s random visits to Scotland, Christmas in Frosty’s hometown in Ireland, Frosty’s year shtateside, Willie and Frosty always find themselves in hilarious jams, and even when not in a ridiculous situation, always manage to find something to laugh about.
