Some of my closest friendships emerged from that web page. The apartment I've lived in for the last five years? We took over the lease from friends I met on twitter, and who I first met IRL when they invited me over to this apartment to hang out and watch a movie to take my mind off my dad recently dying. Twitter hasn't really been that kind of online place in a long time, but it's weird and sad to think about the role it played in my stupid little life.

@ingrid Wish there was something I could say to make your loss easier but, this is the internet so everything sounds weak, or lame or weird. I guess only this: I lost my mom a few years back and I miss her and it all sucks so, I kind of understand. She was amazing.