End of Year Recognition: A Thank-You To My Most Special Internet Friends
Nick, Stu, and Dan. Look at these a-holes.
The Internet is a terrifying place. I remember the first time I ever got IMed by an unfamiliar username on AIM chat and said rapist asked for my age, sex, and - I'm not joking here - location. But frankly that's what I get for being brave enough to wander into the gay/lesbian chatroom and have a username like "RodLuvr69," EVEN THOUGH I was clearly referring to Rod Stewart and 69 happens to be a very aesthetically-pleasing combination of digits. You know what, eff you guys.
But sometimes the Internet surprises you, and you meet individuals with whom you really connect and who very easily could murder you, but apparently choose not to. I'd like to highlight three individuals in particular who have been incredible friends to me in the past year, despite them being from the Internet and therefore fictional.
First, I have to thank Dan L.
Dan, you are kind of a motherfucker. Thank you so much for coming down for Comikaze, I GUESS. That meant a lot to me, SORT OF. Thanks for listening to my bitching and moaning, and for buying me that piece of coffee cake. It was delicious. You're awesome, for realsies. But mostly you're a jerk and I hope all your sports teams lose and you get dysentery on your path to Oregon! I have trouble expressing my feelings.
Then, Nick LabyrinthX.
Nick, I forgot that name I was going to start calling you, otherwise I would call you it right now. You are turbo-reliable and your SP posts on Friday always make me smile, and remember that time you got stuck in that room in Fable 3 and now you're stuck there for all eternity because it's funnier to me to leave you there then to log on and try to help you? HA HA. I slay me. You are so supportive and ridiculously cool. Sorry I ignore you sometimes, I ignore everyone, on purpose. Because I'm a bad person. Tell my mom I said hi.
And finally, Stuart.
Stu, I can't even -- I wanna be a smartass right now, but I can't. You're one of the best friends I've ever had. You support me, you help me, you listen to my whining, you text me cool pictures from Disneyworld, and you're as loyal as they come. Thank you for everything. Yes, literally everything. You've known me since the days I used to use patterned backgrounds and inline frames and horrible "Under Construction!" gifs on my website, and you still remained my friend. That's impressive. I love you, man. You're the best.
Thanks to you three, and thanks to everyone in Internetland that has taken the time to reach out to me, and act like a real human. I'm just a normal, awkward, clumsy dumb girl, and you guys keep me grounded by making sure that whenever I get a little bit of web fame, you're right there to throw smartass comments in my face to remind me that I'm still one of you, and I always will be. Thank you. I really truly mean it.
Oh, and maybe I should mention Scott from Portland, too. Scott, your about.me page sucks.
What a tool.
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- Nick’s Friday Round-Up: I’ve Spent Way Too Much Time Trying to Think of a Title Edition
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- Music Monday: “Chips Ahoy Mateys” by Big Giant Circles
- Nick’s Friday Round-Up: The 4th of May Edition
- Stu’s Web Wednesday: Nothing’s Going to Stop Me Now: The Perfect Strangers Video Game
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December 20th, 2011 - 16:29
I want to be snide and snarky…but I can’t.
I love you too Lisa.
December 20th, 2011 - 18:43
On the positive side, you totally now have a New Year’s Resolution: win-win!
December 20th, 2011 - 16:41
http://about.me/scottxavier
I think you’re a god damned liar. I have THE BEST about.me page.
December 20th, 2011 - 16:50
Actually I tended to die more from cholera. Makes me wonder how the hell you keep going back and forth between Oregon and Californy. I figured you would’ve taken your car and tried to float it on a raft only to drown because you took your oxen with you.
But I guess I’m glad you survive, and I guess I’m super ultra mega proud of all the hard work you do for free. Thanks for keeping me entertained!
R.I.P. Lisa’s travel companions who died of snakebites, broken legs, typhoid, or cannibalism.
December 20th, 2011 - 19:30
This is the most heartwarming shit I’ve read all week. And this is the week before christmas… Man, I just want to hug the whole internet right now.
December 20th, 2011 - 22:32
I LOVE YOU SHORTY! I’m sad theres no Christmas FN podcast :(
December 21st, 2011 - 16:02
And we love y’all too. Save Point wouldn’t be quite the same without our favorite giant, Shadowcat, and luchador.
December 20th, 2011 - 19:56
I’m feeling a little verklempt. I come here for pointless hilarity and lowbrow guffaws. I didn’t sign up for this.
December 21st, 2011 - 13:40
Great post Lisa. Thanks to all the Save Point contributors for all the great posts this year.
December 21st, 2011 - 14:02
So, basically you’re saying you’d rather call me by a name you prefer better than my actual name. I’m like a little reliable pet dog that you keep around to make you crack a smile and chuckle once in a while. You’d rather see me suffer in a room I can’t escape, than to help a “friend”. You said I’m supportive and cool… so basically, to you, I’m this. http://is.gd/k8Q2Tk And you ignore me all the time, on purpose, like you probably will with this comment. So yes, I will tell your mom I said “Hi”. As it turns out, she’s actually a good friend. A “GOOD” friend, unlike you who are a “BAD” friend. YA JERK! But I guess being a bad friend is better than not being a friend at all, so yeah, even after picking apart what you said about me, I wouldn’t trade our crazy friendship for the world. Dare I say that somewhere deep down inside, there’s a small speck of something… I think it might be a speck of love for you. So yeah, I love you. SO WHAT. DON’T LET IT GO TO YOUR HEAD. YA KNOW WHAT, TAKE YOUR LAME, IGNORING ME, SELF AND JUMP OFF A BRIDGE INTO A LAKE INFESTED WITH CROCODILES. I HOPE YOU GET PUNCHED IN THE FACE WHILE TAKING AN AFTERNOON STROLL.
December 21st, 2011 - 14:19
Nick, it’s still not as bad as being a real life friend that’s transitioned back into an internet friend. It’s essentially like living under a bridge with infested crocodiles all the time. So maybe if she jumps, it will count as a visit?
SAD FACE.
December 22nd, 2011 - 10:23
:C
December 21st, 2011 - 15:49
Nick, you only wish you were that image…
December 21st, 2011 - 15:54
HAHAHAHA!! I honestly never thought of it that way until you said something… Thanks a lot, Stuart. <_<
December 21st, 2011 - 15:59
You’re welcome. In fact, I would believe that most of the Internet would want to be that image.
December 27th, 2011 - 21:39
Pretty sure that is the truth Stuart…
As for the post itself, I gotta say guys, this has to be my favorite new site. Not very often I check a site a few times a week and actually keep up with anymore, what with “real” life getting in the way. =P
December 22nd, 2011 - 12:17
At least you got a mention ;-;
December 22nd, 2011 - 01:25
Thanks Lisa (and whoever else was involved in convincing her) for the reddit AMA, without which I would not have found Save Point, Top 5 on Escapist, Anthony Saves the World, Fallout Nuka Break, trash80, etc. :D I grew up watching All That. Reading the AMA made me wish I could take a DeLorean back to the early 2000s.
So as a fan I’d like to say thank you, Darth Chix0r :P
December 22nd, 2011 - 10:21
So THAT’s what they look like.
finally
December 22nd, 2011 - 15:21
I have a picture on my save point profile. Just click my name at the bottom of my posts.
December 23rd, 2011 - 13:25
you guys have profiles ?
I didn’t knew.
and yeah I already knew what you looked like, I mean I can see your avatar,
you’re eyes are creepy by the way
but anyway, I thought at least one of you guys was one of the guys from the top 5 video’s, but apparently those are just completely different people ?
December 27th, 2011 - 22:49
Yep. Mine is all sort of 8-bit because generally I’m an enigma wrapped in a mystery. Like a steak wrapped in bacon. Now I’m hungry.
Of course, she finds one picture of me actually making a fool of myself in public…