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That you’re understanding (most of the time) and sensitive of my social anxieties. Of course we both wish they weren’t there, but it’s easier being with someone I can be open with about what scares me, and not have it used against me in arguments or to get your way by guilt trippin’ me (which sounds like a weird thing to even think people would do, but you know there are people in my life who do).

I like that you enjoy marathoning TV shows together, because no way could I not skip ahead if you only wanted to watch one episode a night.

I like how organized you are, because my brain is a complete mess. And that you remember the things I forget.

I like that you’re frugal, because saving for an early retirement is important to me (and seems to be rubbing off on you too).

I like that you like a band so much that your username is a song lyric, what part-time lyricist wouldn’t adore that about someone else?

I like that you support me in all my crazy random projects, and don’t mind when there are dirty paint brushes in the sink one week, and coin collecting books all over the coffee table the next.

I like your photography. And how you’re always funnier than me. And how you think it’s cute when I’m the only one laughing at my own jokes.

I like that you share your time with me, and let me share mine with you. And I like that we are okay spending time apart too.

In addition to (completely coincidentally) wearing the same shirt upon our meeting, it is legit weird that I have been working with this guy day in and day out for five years and we have never met each other. 

For those of you who don’t know, Alan is a YouTuber from way back in the day. We collab’d on a few videos back in 2007. One day, he told me he was thinking of launching a record label for YouTubers. I had just sold a hundred copies of a CD I threw together at Terminus in Chicago and had been shocked at how many people were interested in owning my music. 

So I proposed we partner together. That partnership became DFTBA Records (which has since added John Green as a part owner. ) We ship out thousands of items per month and have paid out millions of dollars to YouTube creators large and small over the years.