This is my friend Hayley on the left and me, on the right, looking on lovingly.

Hayley is one of the most wonderful people I have ever met. On my desktop I have a marginally creepy rtf of things that Hayley has said to me in the past that not only help me be a functional person but also help me to strive and sprint and long distance run for things.

It’s very peculiar to look back and remember we only met for the first time at last year’s LeakyCon and tbh before that we didn’t really IM or anything and communicated mostly through comments on each other’s videos.

Hayley, you’re a fantastic writer, you make some of the best videos on YT and you’re also totally up for strolls to vegan restaurants which kind of makes you the best. You’ve been an amazing friend and you’re an amazing person and I love you so much that I might possibly be crying a little bit as I write this because I hope you have a really really really HAPPY BIRTHDAY, dahhling.