Happy Birthday!

[kaitou]

In honor of twigcollins's birthday a few people have likened her to the sun. Which is not too far off, because to me, Twig is a Connector.

In Malcolm Gladwell's book 'The Tipping Point' he talks about how ideas are spread thanks to 3 kinds of people. Connectors, Mavens and Salesmen. Salesmen are charming, Mavens obsessively research things and their opinion is law, and Connectors are the people who know everyone. As Gladwell puts it, "their ability to span many different worlds [... as] a function of something intrinsic to their personality, some combination of curiosity, self-confidence, sociability, and energy."

Without Twig I wouldn't know eramundo, flidgetjerome, thorne_scratch, velithya, or anyone at the thehouseofmews. I probably never would have played a Final Fantasy game (or indeed ANY video game) without her. I wouldn't know about Cambell's Chunky Chicken & Dumpling Soup. Hell, I wouldn't have started knitting, which has totally eaten my brain.

All this is to say, that Twig is a constant source of good in my life. She is always connecting me with new things and wonderful people. My life wouldn't be half as rich without her in it. Happy Birthday, Twig!

Comments

[twigcollins.livejournal.com]

It's amusing to me, as I always thought I was a little hermit Twig. I don't know where all you awesome people came from, srsly.

The knitting is a good thing, though. Even if you will eventually disappear beneath a pile of extremely beautiful yarn.

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

You should totally see this yarn I'm working with now. ZOMG so pretty. (though I'm doubting that it's actually going to fit me)

[velithya]

And I at least am totally glad for it! :)