Constantine_Predator

What is David Wong like? And how does one "Squancho"?

I hope I can articulate this correctly without coming off as completely insane. I guess it's better to say online than to gush all over you if I ever met you in person.

David: You have been one of the most influential people in my entire life. I first started reading JDatE when I was 13 or 14. This is back when you were still releasing installments on PWoT. It completely changed my idea of what reading could be like. It was funny, horrifying, and immature in all the right ways. It completely pulled me in and I ended up reading everything you (and john) have ever written publicly.

I eventually made my way onto the forums where I lurked for at least 6 months. I was so intimidated by the humor and intellect of the people you managed to attract to your site. After a while I decided that I understood how to properly fit into this clique I had come to admire, I decided to start posting... and it went completely wrong. I was being a shitty dumb kid and everything blew up in my face. I think I managed to make the only Aimless Rambling thread to ever become stickied. You (and a dozen other long time members) explained that I was being an awful person. These were people I looked up to. I was fucking devastated.

But I never left. I never even changed my username. I spent years trying to redeem myself as a member of the forums (and just generally as a human being). I wanted to be a better person and I wanted to be likable. My teen years were spent trying to come up with the perfect dick joke to make it to the Hall of Fame. I read educated and well mannered debates in HB. I played homoerotic vampire games in AR. I followed as members struggled with alcoholism. I grew up with PWoT. You probably don't even remember me as a user, but you've had a profound impact on my life.

So basically I just want to say thank you. For your writing, for your website, and for putting my name in your book. You are someone I truly admire and it makes me happy to know that you've become so successful.