"I met them over the internet."
That phase doesn't settled well with some people. But you honest can not define friendship until you experiences first hand, how an internet friendships can change you.
You've always been told not to talk to strangers, and the internet was no different. And Im not blind to the fact there are tons of freaky people out there. You hear those stories about the beloved son or daughter getting murder because they 'met' someone over the internet. Thats where we lose some facts. Fact number one, those kids were looking for something more then a friendship. And number two, they gave out too much information before they even really knew who those people were.
I have connected with so many wonderful funny people over the internet. And when I said internet, I mean YouTube. Not Myspace or Craig's List. I honestly join YouTube for creative and freedom reason. I never knew I would be so close to so many people. I never expected to be. I never planed it. Not only have they gave me laugher and happiness, but I've learned so much. Stuff school could never teach me. How other people see me, how others live, where Nova Socita is, time zones and all the weird slangs people have taught me. I learn friendship can't be define by a hug or a personal laugh. I learn there are going to people who don't understand your strange loves and hobbies. But for every person that doesn't understand you, there are five more that do.
Not only do I want to keep these friendships. I want to meet everyone of those friends before I die. Because I know I won't be the same, I'll have this cliché emptiness within me. So, I have compiled a list of those people.
Now my memory does not serve me well, and I can not remember who was my first close YouTube friend. But I do remember a very friendly British girl named Lucy. Lucy's channels got closed but we became friends during the summer. I don't know what happen to her, but I do miss her.
Even tho we've recently became friends, hands down Andrew, Matthew and Fiona are on the list. I can't even put into words how funny this people are! Matthew has the most addicting laugh and really knows how to piss people off and charm ladies. Andrew is a sensitive cookie, but knows how made me laugh to the point I can't breathe. And Fiona, is basically me in Irish form but like ten times funnier.
This list wouldn't be complete without, The Ladies. Grace and I became friends four months I believe. It started out with me saying, "I smell the start of a new YouTube friendship." And boy, I was so right! Grace is like everything compacted into one small witty girl. Theres no way you couldn't have something command with her. Closely following behind Grace is her close friends and now mine, Kayley and Kendra. Kayley is my secret neopet loving, day dreaming dork, who makes me feel like friendship and age has no limits. She's the baby of all of us, but it never shows. And Kendra, can you say supergirl? She can basically do anything and come up with anything creative. But these girls are going to be crossed off my list soon.. because we're all planing to meeting up in Forks this summer. Epicsauce much?
Even tho I can't remember my first YouTube friend, I know remember my first Irish YouTube friend. Laura, poppygirlx on YouTube. She got me into iminlikewithyou and skype. Everytime we're on skype and iminlikewithyou we tend to scream.. a lot. I don't know why, we end up screaming and scaring people like Becky and Lisa. Laura and I have special 'Carly and Laura skype time' which is hard to do since our time zones are the complete opposite. When I get home from school, shes going to bed. And when Im going to bed shes getting up to go to school. Same goes with Andrew, Matthew and Fiona. We're not only miles apart, we're on the opposite sides of the world.
Its weird being friends with someone you've never really seen in person. But that doesn't mean I don't know them. People say that all the time, "You don't even know them." Really.. I don't? Because Im pretty sure they know more about me, then people I know in person do.
