No, I am not an aspiring TV weatherperson.
People always ask why meteorology was never my dream, as surely my last name could give me an advantage. Alas, my passion for writing (and inability to determine much beyond “it’s raining” or “it’s not raining”) instead led me to the wonderful world of advertising. With a journalism background, I’m hardwired to always look for the story and find the best way to tell it.
Just don’t ask me to predict the weather.
More fun facts:
As co-president of the Quiz Bowl Club in high school, I never got a single competition question right. But after I decided to create fun and interactive elements for our club emails—including humorous polls and pop culture questionnaires—the emails became a sensation. Even people not in the club subscribed. By graduation, there were nearly 200 students on the blast list.
ESPN analyst Matthew Berry once gave me a Twitter shout out to his 1M+ followers for my ‘Twas the Night Before The Fantasy Championship thread I created as an intern for the Fantasy Life App.
Once watched 14 seasons of Grey’s Anatomy in under six months. Not sure how that happened.
Totally the first in my school to score 100 in Flappy Bird way back when. Or, fine, maybe second. At worst third. It was a big deal at the time.
I will argue that my Christmas music playlist is the best there ever is or was. I’m pretty passionate about it. Always open to new recs, however.
For an AP US History project, my group had to make a video about any event in American history. We chose every teenager’s favorite: the ins and outs of Enron’s downfall from mark-to-market accounting to how they used SPEs to mask debt. Our 10 minute iMovie-edited documentary has over 3k views on YouTube and we don’t have the slightest idea why.
When one of my friends moved to Wisconsin, he immediately encountered another Eric Storms. If you Google my name, that Eric is the first one to come up as he’s a superstar swimmer, now on the University of Michigan team. So to be clear, I’m Eric Storms the writer, not the swimmer. But if you want to mistake me for being athletic, that’s cool, too.