WWW.Friends?

Meant to be read while Rocky Votolato's "I Remember Music" followed by Votolato's "Cut Me In Two" plays in the background.

P.S. I really hope you all make an actual effort to read these blogs to the songs I wrote them to.


Here is a unique scenario:

Me: So, (insert: John, Aubrey, etc.) was saying the funniest thing, they were like-

Friend: Who?

Me: Oh, somebody from YouTube. Anyway, they were saying-

Friend: So, an "internet-friend"

Me: Well, yeah, it's not really like that... But anyway

Friend: What do you mean?

Me: I mean... I don't call them an "internet-friend". They're just my friend.

...

Has this happened to any of you yet? I thank God that in the short amount of time I've been making videos for YouTube, I have met amazing people. No quotation marks around the word met either. I am at a point where the relationships I've started and developed through the internet have become significant, worth while relationships that I plan to hold onto as long as I can. People whose well-being I sincerely care about. People who have made me laugh, cry, imitate them, call, text, and plan on seeing.

A great example of this is John, aka DudeNeedaEaseOnUp. A person who can stay up past 5:00 in the morning, talking to me simply because I asked him to be there to talk to. During our talk, he asked me why these online relationships are so unique, and why many of us have these friendships that, sadly, aren't present in our physical lives.

Here is what I told him:

We have these friendships because we can't take them for granted. In your physical, "real" life, somebody can be there at almost any time. They're a phone call away, a 15 minute drive, or another school district away. The friendship is existent without any obstacles to challenge it, or test it. You don't have to worry about the next time you'll see them again, because you know that they aren't that far.

With the amazing people we've met across the country, or around the world... We have to fight for these friendships. Time zones and state lines, deserts and oceans keep us all appart from each other. Sometimes, all you can do is type in a username and a password and pray that somebody will be there when you are. So much stands in the way of our friendships and relationships, whether it be the physical obstacles or cultural and societal standards telling us that we should not be making these friends.

To fight for somebody like this, to consistently work past all of the things that could easily keep people apart, will build these totally unique and significant relationships. We make these friends because we work so hard to keep them in our lives, to learn more about them, to care about them and even love them.

We recognize all of the simple opportunities we'll miss. We can't go to the same schools, we can't wave from across the street, we can't plan a trip to the bakery, we honestly cant even have a day of sitting around doing nothing.

So we don't waste the time we have. We can't waste it.

And that's why it means so much.



<3's for you guys. I hope at least one of you can walk down this path, some day.