I’ll tell you what happened to me this year that I never would have believed could happen:

I have internet friends.

Like, really.

I’m not a Star Trek fan and I don’t live in my mom’s basement. I have real life friends. But a funny thing happened to me this year. I really tried to be funny on twitter and got deeper and deeper into favstar and tried to figure out what was funny and just got more and more involved mostly out of vanity and then all of the sudden I wasn’t just trying to be funny. All of the sudden there were people I cared about. And what’s even fucking crazier is that there were people that seemed to care about me. What the fuck? On my birthday I was absolutely floored by people wishing me well and you know I was just sitting here sort of feeling moody and sad for no reason tonight and started to think to myself: you know, holy fuck, I got some amazing Christmas cards and amazing gifts for Christmas from people I know through the internet.

I never thought that was possible. People have been unbelievably good to me. Generous and understanding. I post whatever weird shit I have going on in my head and I have been shocked over and over again by the way people have not only responded kindly but seemed to really, like, get what I’m saying. I have really connected with people. And to be honest, that’s not what I ever set out to do.

It just kind of showed up. Which is no joke seriously amazing to me.

So thank y’all. For real. This internet thing is crazy. I don’t think it’s a fad y’all. The internet is not like snap bracelets. I think it’s gonna be around for like at least like two or three more years. It’s that powerful.