Hey, Nick. I just finished reading your blog.
(Those of you who haven't read it need to click
here right now and do so. It is very, very good.)
I know you and I haven't been friends for very long. Sure, we've been talking since around July of last year, but I've only recently been able to call you my friend. And what a friendship it is! It's rare that I'll meet someone that I instantly connect with, and even rarer still that I can dive into a relationship with that person without a single doubt in my mind. What I mean is, I appreciate you.
You'd mentioned to me in passing that you'd done something to the effect of contemplating suicide, but it wasn't until I read your blog that I realized you really came so close. The further I delved into your writing, the more I was filled with dread. I was aware that the events you detailed were done and in the past, yet the quality of your writing pulled me right into the moment. I was scared.
I could have just called you and told you all of this. I could have just sent you an email. I chose to post this on Destructoid because I want everyone to know just how important you are to me.
Over the past few months I've been on the brink more than once. Every single time I have been, you've pulled me out of it, and only once when you were intending to. I mean to say that I wouldn't be here right now, posting on Destructoid, if it weren't for you. You were my equivalent of your text message.
I know I talk big about the future, my dreams, my plans. I talk about how you need to seize life and not let anything hold you back, but to be perfectly honest with you Nick, not a moment goes by where I'm not utterly terrified. You've done a lot to keep me level, and seeing you be inspired by me has given me faith in myself that I can take those positive steps forward. Thank you.
I love you, man.
Destructoid: Phantomile is an awesome guy. He should write more on the Cblogs. Apologies to everyone for making the evening even more sappy than it already was. You can all consider this a prelude to my Destructoid love blog, something I plan on finishing sometime between now and next week. <3
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Things like the words presented in that blog is why Destructoid > anywhere else.
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Put a smile on my face too :3.
BUT I LOVE YOU SO MUCH TOO, MAN!
*freeze frame*
*fade to black*
So much love.
But I do have to ask......girl talks a guy who just called her down from a ledge by...wait for it....replying with a text message? When someone calls in this instance, I implore you, you cannot hang up that phone in the first place. And two friends expressing their appreciation for each other and the important role they play in each others life....on a blog?
Have we lost our ability to communicate directly with others? Has technology replaced interpersonal communication and contact, a critical component of our mental and emotional well-being? Maybe that's why it seems you can't swing a stick without hitting someone who has been directly affected by the evils of depression.
I'd go so far as to make the statement that, if picture text messaging did not exist, I would be dead right now.
It's all a matter of perspective.
Whoa there Mr. Philosophical, you're reading way too deep into this. I wrote this blog because I wanted the Destructoid community to understand the appreciation I had for a good friend of mine, that's all. We also talked on the phone.
Nick lives in Connecticut, I live in Colorado. To say that technology has had a negative effect on the relationships we have with others is a fine point, but if we didn't have these simple means of long distance communication Nick and I wouldn't even be friends.
Perspective, remember?