I want to put babies in the entire Destructoid community.
I apologize if I have trouble communicating what I am about to tell you. I am a little extra emotional right now. And by “a little extra emotional” I mean I just started crying. It was horribly embarrassing, but I don’t care. I am so happy.
Anyway ... so ... a few minutes ago I just received
this in my Inbox:
______________________________
Our dearest Chad,
We would all like to wish you a Happy Birthday and give you some birthday love so the Destructoid community, who love you dearly, would like to bestow this gift upon you for your birthday.
Make Some Wet New Friends with the SeaWorld Dolphin Interaction Program
You've always wanted to do it and now's your chance—jump in the water with SeaWorld's friendliest dolphins and interact nose-to-nose with these amazing creatures. Once you put on your wetsuit and booties you'll be ready to splash around with your new friends as you practice with them, feed them lunch and just touch their smooth glistening skin. Don't miss this wonderful, wet opportunity to fulfill a special dream for you and your family.
______________________________
At first I wasn’t sure exactly what I was reading. Is this a present? A cute picture of a dolphin? But then it hit me (with a little help from fooLiz):
O. M. G. The freakin’ Destructoid community all chipped in to buy me a private swim with the dolphins at SeaWorld in San Diego.
Yeah. It’s true. It’s the greatest gift I have ever received.
I can’t thank you all enough for this. You have no idea how much this means to me. I am not sure who exactly chipped in, so I will just list all the people copied on the e-mail.
Thank you to:
fooLiz
dvddesign
mandi
king3vbo
atheistium
kylegamgee
Dexter345
bhive
hollie
Jermaine
Necros
Dorian
Macca
Charlie Suh
naia_the_gamer
Takumi
Jonathan Ross
droobies
ProfessorPew
Madninja
Nick Shulla
Chanh
andyp31
fiercerhythm
icechrono
Adam Dork
AngelsDontBurn
Bryan Coffee
Butner
Daniel Husky Lingen
Dead247
electro.lemon
-D-
mamadonna
itemforty
Joshua Campbell
Knives
Max Vest
Michael Moreno
phist
blehman
Rio McCarthy
Suff0Cat
Teddy Gage
Travis Roop
Yashoki
Zeroorlandthegamer
I apologize if I forgot anyone. I am a little crazy right now ... ya’ know, from the crying and all.
Wow. This just made my entire life. Thanks again. If I happen to have 47 children, I swear I am naming them
all after you.
I am so excited about swimming with dolphins. It is a lifelong dream come true.
And, of course, there will be pictures. Lots and lots of pictures.
<3 <3 <3
Chad Concelmo's blog
follow this blog
subscribe via RSS
send message
invite to meetup+play
Congratulations! I have nothing really funny to say about this, I'm just glad that the people on here are cool enough to give you an opportunity like this. Have fun! :D
To the people who feel left out on things like this:
These kind of things usually go really fast and impulsive. Someone thinks of it and just mails it around to the people they know. Don't feel bad, we all love each other and nobody who participates in these things cares if they get credit or anything :)
Also, this is the best I could edit with dtoid's lack of a space in the comment box:
........................;\'-.
.....`;-._...........)....\'-----.__
.......>..`-.__.-\'..................`\'..__
....../_.---._........................^......--)
......`..........`\'------/_...,\'--------``
............................/>` CHAD!
Have a Happy Birthday!!
Yeah, I would have love to have contributed this as well, maybe next time. Anyways, I hope you have a great time at Seaworld.
Also, Happy B-Day.
Happy Birthday Chad lord of the dolphins
Happy birthday... I hope my sons grow up with as much joy in their heart as you have in yours.
Happy Birthday Chad!
OH MY GOD! Epic WIN!
Best birthday gift ever, if I do say so myself.
Happy birthday Chad! Make sure you get someone to take pictures of your amazing day, and then share those pictures with the rest of the class. :D
Buon compleanno Chad!
Yay!!
@Chad
I'll just have to make it up to you in kisses, when we inevitably meet. You better bring someone along to videotape it, by the way.
Happy Birthday Chad!
Let us know how it goes, birthday boy!
That's sooooo awesome!
I would have contributed but no one asked :( I'm part of the outside circle group.
Happy birthday Chad. You totally deserve it :D
Happy Birthday Chad! I didn't know about this gift, but I'm so happy everyone got this for you! What are you gonna do afterward? It's all gonna be down hill from there.
Happy Birthday, Chad.
Please, get a crown and wear it when you're playing with the dolphins. Even if it's a cheap ass Burger King crown! It's God's way.
Happy Birthday, Chad! Have a great swim!
Please Chad, tape you swimming with the dolphins and share it with us. Please!
Also birthday, happy one. Why don't you have one.
damn thats a lot of comments... and who the hell is andyp31? sounds like a clown.
<3
That is so cool!
epic win. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Have an awesome B-day
and maybe of the day goes super good the dolphin will sprout legs and arms and he/she could go home with you and could even start its own blog
=0.0=
man what am I on
no but serisouly happy B-day <3
Happy Birthday, Chad!
Would have chipped in but understand they couldn't go asking around too much if they wanted to make sure it'd be a surprise.
Have a great time there meng!
Holy hell, that's a sweet B-Day present! Chances Chad runs away with the dolphins and never returns? I'd say probably pretty good.
Happy Bday Chad! Try not to molest the dolphins too much.
You deserve it, Chad. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!
Oh wow, Chad this is amazing. I'm a little moved myself. I wish I knew about it so I could have contributed. This should be front page material....everyone should know how great the Dtoid community really is. Hope your day was awesome Chad! Cant wait to see those pictures!
Can't think of a DToider who deserves it more. And as my wife would say, this is the cutest thing ever.
I mean hottest.
She'd say both of those things.
touch their smooth glistening skin - that really doesn't seem necessary to mention...
Happy Birthday, man.
its times like these i wish i accually LOOK at those emails sometimes.... I always want to chip into these kind of deals, but only ever find out about them AFTER the fact
Aw, damn it! Had I known about that I would have gladly chipped in! Happy birthday, Chad!
AMAZING.