I looked into it, and it turns out he was friends with at least two of the 100YSS judges: Jaym Gates and J. Daniel Batt.
He still couldn't make it out of the nomination pool of an award show for a very, very niche subject.
He had been friends with Jaym Gates for at least 4 years by that point. They were convention buddies, apparently.
Haha, OK.
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Apparently, he was talking about a Farscape character named Aeryn (not "Aryn").
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Is he talking about Niki?
There's no telling if he went to college on a campus, or did distance learning from his parents' house, or anything. He obfuscates the truth at every opportunity. He finally admitted he only went to college for 4 semesters. He probably did better "in college" because he took his classes from home and could just google everything. He showed from his repurposed Hitchhiker's Guide fanfic that he's a capable plagiarism-skirter. They met in 2011. He might have been enrolled in an online class at age 31 when he met Niki, making them "college sweethearts" in his mind. *points at temple*
Like I pointed out in the OP, he always waits until years after something happens and then subtly omits details and spins others. I'm sure he made damn sure there was no full recording of that award show before he start running his fat yap about it.
P.S. Jaym Gates is a sf/f convention 9.25/10
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