Reconnect 2025: The folzyfantasy15 Experience

 Reconnect 2025 in Denver, Colorado: A match made in a rocky mountain heaven. For myself, my trip took place a week before the event itself.  I was able to watch an Omaha Storm Chasers game as well as a Colorado Rockies game (those blogs will come up later this summer.) After relaxing Monday and Tuesday in a suburb of Denver, I was able to pick up some friends from the airport on Wednesday and hang out with them, before picking up more friends and get the party started on Thursday.  This is my story of this.

 On Wednesday, it was a good time to explore and see around, even though it was 101 degrees. For those that don't know, Denver is low humidity and so it is more of a dry heat than one with moisture in the air, meaning that while 101 is still hot, it's not a heat index of 115 or so (like where I would originally be in Wisconsin.)  However, I did get to see the hotel where the community gathering/convention was at and it was quite a good place that included a cool lobby.  I also got to see Sam's No.3 Diner which is absolutely fantastic for a place to eat breakfast or lunch. After seeing some friends come through, it was time for Thursday.

 To say Thursday was the unofficial start to Reconnect is putting it likely correctly. A lot more people were able to get into Denver, despite airport delays all over. To say it also rained in the Rocky Mountain city was cool too.  Ironically, I was able to help transport stuff from the U-Haul to the ball room and was able to say to people they were going to love the ballroom. After hanging out with more people, Preconnect happened.  Yes I actually darted across the street as the light turned from walking to the seconds warning sign, and yes I would absolutely do it again and stop across the street for friends. Preconnect was hosted in the Milk Market. To say this place had everything is putting it nicely but it featured the absolute best pizza I have ever had. I was full after two slices and used the next slices for breakfast and lunch on Friday. Meeting new friends and seeing ones from conventions/Reconnect past was fantastic. After Preconnect, and some sleep, it was time to see Empower Field and then get ready for Friday.

 After getting some pictures of Empower Field and then getting to the hotel for the opening day of Reconnect, it was time to see more friends, hang out longer, and be able to talk to friends. By the time the check in happened and the opening ceremony started, it was time to eat and the food at the hotel was absolutely immaculate. Everything was very well done. In the midst of that, we also got ready with a concert from The Foretellers who absolutely rocked the show.  Yes they are my friends, but they also were legitimately good overall.  After a Fantastic Friday of being with friends, eating and enjoying a concert, it was time for sleep (somehow) and head to Sensational Saturday.

 Saturday at Reconnect is probably the most packed of the events, but with good reason.  Early in the day featured Yoga, and the person who led the group (The Yogi) did a fantastic job describing what to do and how to do the yoga stretches and routines.  After Yoga, it was time for the Cosplay Showcase. Admittedly, I did not go to the cosplay showcase at Reconnect 2023, so I wanted to see this one to be around the events.  To say they all rocked the cosplays is putting it nicely.  They all smashed their cosplays and what they were doing with their roles.  It was sensational to see and I was incredibly excited to see the work they all did.  After that, it was time for lunch at The Yardhouse.  The Yardhouse had absolutely fantastic food, but it was the best cheesesteak I had ever had. After that, it was time for Show Me The Munny! To say this was a play on The Price is Right is correct.  It mentions things/items from Kingdom Hearts. The hosts of this showcase were fantastic and they did an amazing job with presentation. It was super neat to see them host the event but also just see people excited about the event itself.  After that was finished, Randomizer Bingo had to happen. It was frantic, great gaming and much more. It was fun to get the rando bingo and it was awesome that this was a part of it.  After that, dinner was had, more fun times with friends, and most importantly the Rave that Never Was happened.  That rave was showcased by a fantastic musician, but I was able to vibe through it all. Meeting so many new people during the event and having those times meant the world to me.  Because those are friends that last forever and those memories last forever and that's what matters. After a fun time with friends, it was time for the inevitable conclusion to the event, Spectacular Sunday.

 Yes I have alliteration for all of those days, but Sunday was filled with greatness but filled with the notation that this will end sadly. However, after another yoga session, the group was ready for Melody of Madness, which is a play on for music from Melody of Memory.  It was a really cool game featured by a great host. After that, and after getting lunch, it was time for the Dive to the Heart mental health panel that I admittedly got to hear the last little bit of, but from all accords it went super well and from what I heard went well as well.  The two that hosted it were super well informed, had a great time, and from all accord the crowd was great too. With that, it was time to get ready for the MDA's.  And to start that, a walkthrough of how to present.  It was relatively quick, but getting ready and dressed up was a good thing as well. Shoutout to Frank, who saved my sorry behind with the tie, as I could not do that to save my life despite a well-described YouTube video literally showing me.  After getting ready, we got to that Red Carpet and took pictures.  My friend, DMPeyer, and I were the first interviewed.  I was super glad to be interviewed with him as he is a fantastic individual and friend and I couldn't think of a cooler person to be on that red carpet with.  After taking our seats and having the opening part of the MDA's done, I was able to be one of the co-presenters for the Art and Illustration Million Dreams Award. I knew TShaw would be prepared, but I also knew going into this that I needed to be prepared.  To be prepared for this, I recited my script all week long.  In my hotels I did, going down and up the stairs at my hotels I did, driving to the Reconnect hotel I did, and any other place I thought of I just kept reciting the words.  I likely was over-prepared but I couldn't not be prepared.  The first thing I remember was just.. everyone cheering the both of us.  It felt like "We appreciate you, we want you in this community and we love what you are about" which for me, I pride myself on being an open, honest, but kind member of the Kingdom Hearts community. To hear all of those cheers meant the world to me.  There were plenty of times over the last five years of starting Twitch until now where I would think to myself, "I think I will take time from streaming" which happened on three occasions. Two were by choice, the last wasn't.  But when I have come back from this the most recent time has meant the world to achieve what I have achieved. To be a part of this community means the literal world overall. TShaw and I rocked the presentation and I was exceptionally proud of the winner.  I couldn't also think of a better presenter partner than TShaw, and it was an absolute honor to be a part of that with him. With the end of the awards show, and pictures done, it was time for the ending time, which was Karaoke.  Most of that time was spent soaking in the experience and enjoying being around friends.  I know I left after about a bit over an hour, due to a fifteen hour car ride home, but I absolutely enjoyed every second of the day overall.  

 As I left Denver, I reminisced on my Reconnect from 2023 to this one.  I also reminisced from Pax East in 2024. In 2023, I had about the worst mindset going into Reconnect and that Reconnect was a salvation to the year that was otherwise so terrible. Same with Pax East in 2024.  However, with this convention in 2025 at Reconnect in Denver, my mindset was so much better, so much more fun and more relaxed and happy.  I felt that made everything so much more full and it wasn't as sad as when I left either Dallas or Boston.  Yes there were tears, but when I got home and not driving. It meant the world to be a part of this event, to help in any way and meet as many people as I could.  I appreciate how the amazing staff was this great all the time.  Thank you for the best experience!

PS2 Game Review: Kingdom Hearts II

 Kingdom Hearts II comes off the success of Kingdom Hearts I and the seemingly decent success of Chain of Memories and in the story, comes at the end of the game, 358/2 Days.  It's the best way to describe the story in chronological order.  It released on the PS2, and it came out to much acclaim.  To be fair, it's unfair to compare this game to Chain of Memories, so let's make it more comparable to KH1.  However, it may do another injustice with this as we get the next iteration to the story of Kingdom Hearts.  So what's this game done well? What did not go well? All that and more below!

Positives:

1. Sora's story continues to progress and be terrific.  However, this being intermingled with Roxas makes it better.  You see the greatness in both but also how mystifying it is for Sora, and how infuriating it was for Roxas, to have this happen.  However, in the end, it made it all worth it.

2. The incorporation of most of the Disney worlds here made the game well worth it.  Personally, I found Pride Rock and Land of Dragons being the best with the Coliseum being third.  I think they got the most of the characters, the landscape, and the story overall.  Also, the boss fights in all of these are pretty good overall (and makes for some historically terrific one-liners and advice.)

3. Reaction commands worked for the most part very well.  Yes there are some flub-ups with input, some delay, but I feel if they kept with it to make it less of a delay, you would have seen this perfected going forward.  I felt this was a good start overall though for this feature.

4. Obviously the soundtrack, the graphics are fantastic.  This shouldn't be much more noted than this.

5. The newer, non-Disney, worlds and their stories are fantastically done as well.  The story revolving around those are terrific.  The last world and the back story and continuance of it are splendid and well worth the praise.

6. The fight for Riku is also noted here and I like that they continue making progress to this.  It's a major plus to what goes on with Sora and Roxas.  It's a solid part of the story that continued with the Kingdom Hearts franchise.

Negatives:

1. The fact that they made Namine and Kairi essentially non-existent is just.. rough.  Yes they play roles, but they should play much larger roles in the story.  Unfortunately it's something that they don't do and it's something they should have done.

2. There's just some worlds that don't matter.  Pirates doesn't play a large role, Pride Lands is practically irrelevant, and Atlantica is just something that exists.  It would have been fantastic for every world to play a much larger role than it actually did.

3. Everything just feels slow in the way of combat and the exploitation of the mana system is just too prevalent to not mention.  It is a step up from KH1, but something that still needed to be better overall.

4. Exploration is non-existent but also I feel that it wasn't something that was prioritized given the story and the worlds and depth of the game.  It would have been cool that we had something that led to great treasure, like in KH3, or some side content/story, or a super boss.  However, it wasn't to be and that is fine too.

Rating:

KH2 is worth an 8.5 to a 9.  It's well worth the play through, either OG or Final Mix edition.  It's a great story builder for the game that allows the game to press forward after what happened in Chain of Memories. It's a great game that teeters on being excellent overall

PS2 Game Review: Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories

 Kingdom Hearts is known for a lot of things.  It's known for heroism, togetherness, friendship, bravery and some really weird attack systems.  You have the command deck, the affinity for reaction commands, flowmotion and most important in the set of weird attack system, card sleights.  That is what KH Chain of Memories on the Game Boy Advance and KH Re:Chain of Memories on the PS2 (and future consoles) displayed for an attack system.  For this game, you focus on KH1 hero Sora going into a massive castle that rids his memories.  It also parallels his best friend, Riku, in a twist of wondering how he can use the darkness to his own better future.  On top of that, this is the main introduction to what fans know as Organization XIII.  So what does this game do well? What does it do that isn't good? We'll separate this up by Sora's story and Riku's story.

Sora's Story Positives:

1. The end is really good.  I enjoyed the last couple of worlds you have to venture with Sora in this game.  That's the best way to say it.  The worlds aren't massive in length but are actually fun to go around and see and fight in.

2. The ability to go through and make the sleights are something that is really neat and something that makes you really think of strategy and how to make your deck to make the best combo, healing, making the elixirs and potions work and so much more.  I felt this was a good step forward in making the game good from an attacking/strategy standpoint.

3. Visually, this game is fantastic on either the GBA on the original Chain of Memories or the PS2 version.  It's fantastic in its own right of course, compared to today. But in this time frame, the graphics and honestly the soundtrack were both fantastic overall.  It's a job well done by the folks with Disney and Square for this game.

4. The boss fights, for the most part, are a challenge but they are doable and they are worth the challenge.  The best are against the Organization members and the in-between worlds fights.  So I would definitely have to recommend a lot of those boss fights.

Sora's Story Negatives:

1. There is just so much rehashing and the rehashing of the bosses in the worlds.  That's a major downside to Sora's side of the story and something that really just feels like a letdown.

2. The story just feels so dull even with the last couple worlds.  It's just really, really a downside overall. It's a sobering reminder that not all KH games could be great with story, but coming off the greatness that started with KH1, it's a bit frustrating that they couldn't make it better than this.

Riku's Story Positives:

1. This adds another perspective and it adds Riku's trials and tribulations as he fights the darkness and tries to come out on top of this.  It's a good view into the struggles that he deals with.

2. His story with the worlds is honestly done very well in a straight forward fashion. There is no major pomp and circumstance.  There are just straight forward and you do one thing, get to the end, and finish the world.  This makes it for a solid, quick deal.

Riku's Story Negatives:

1. Oh boy, did I rage at the final boss.  There's a major reason.  There's simply no reason that he can break everything while you can do next to nothing on it.  On top of if you get a great break, his guardian can block something as well.  It's incredibly frustrating and made me just quit the fight, check the ending on Youtube.  To me, it's just a terrible mechanic. Which btw, that's the ending? Kinda just.. weak.

2. His deck is fine.. if you like it being extremely limited and having to do a lot more to be strategic with it than Sora's.  It's just kind of annoying especially later in the game. It's just again, fine to be strategic but to be this limited in what you can do is just not the way to go about it.

Rating:

My best rating I can say for it is 6 out of 10.  It's not a bad game, but certainly not great.  I can't rate this as good either.  Just above average overall. If you want to play it as a first time playthrough, great. If you want to watch the cutscenes though, I don't blame you overall.

PS2 Game Review: Kingdom Hearts 1

 Kingdom Hearts is a franchise developed by Square Enix and Disney, started by Squaresoft (Yes it's the same company) and Disney and featured on the PS2 in March of 2002. The Disney side of it is a lot of characters that you would be familiar with over times past like Donald and Daisy Duck, Goofy, Pluto, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Pete, and villains like Maleficent, Ursula, and Captain Hook.  It also features heroes like Ariel, Hercules, Alice, and Peter Pan.  For the Square side, they helped make a lot of this game a reality but they also feature a ton of Final Fantasy characters like Aerith, Yuffie, Cid, Squall (Named Leon, and it's far cooler) and of course Cloud and Sephiroth.  What came from this tag team is a game big in depth but also something that still exists to this day.  I've played this game several times on the PS2 only, not the Final Mix, so sorry if I miss stuff that doesn't exist from that in the Original. Here's what I thought was positive, negative and what I rate KH1 on the PS2.

Positives:

1. Exploration- Probably to this day, KH1 does and gets the most out of the exploration of the games. From the rooms to the treasure you can find, that's a major part of this game.  This is highlighted with the trinity Marks in the game the player can find throughout all of the worlds.  It's at times frustrating to find them but a lot of the final prizes you receive are definitely worth the frustration of the challenge.

2. It has to be said, Sora is a terrific protagonist and hero to the game.  This scrawny, high pitched, energetic kid is the main character of the game, but oh boy does he grow up rapidly and become a legendary hero by games end.  He learns not just to go at it in an all-out style, but also learns to be cerebral and take chances when need be.  He isn't afraid of what can happen, but is ferocious in his tenacity to protect his friends, Kairi especially.  It's what makes a true hero, and Sora in one game proved how great of a hero he can and is.

3. Riku's part in this cannot be understated as well.  He is the perfect anti-hero to Sora's heroism.  He allows himself to become darkness and evil, while never letting it overcome him in the end.  He finds that path, and in all honesty, the later games show how great that path leads.  This was just the beginning for this guy, but it serves a great role in this game.

4. The bosses in this game are a challenge and require you to think and be strategic.. for the most part (more on that in a bit.) In all realness, a majority of these bosses do prove their worth and are a challenge.  I appreciate this. It's good gameplay honestly.

5. The worlds are honestly well done.  I only disliked a couple (for sake of argument, Deep Jungle could have been better and the last world isn't too user friendly) but the majority are very well done.  The folks who developed this should be given credit

6. Obviously the graphics and soundtrack were always going to be positives. Of course Simple and Clean is one of the most recognizable songs in the history of gaming. Looking back though, the soundtrack laps the graphics which brings me to..

Negatives:

1. Thank God this game got remastered because the graphics on the PS2 original version were far too dark for a lot of areas.  From the area around Merlin's house, the Island caves to other parts, you had to jack up the brightness to make it work.  Luckily, they essentially fixed that for later games. 

2. Back to that boss difficulty I mentioned above.  As much as most bosses are a great challenge, some are pushovers.  It isn't a negative per se to have an easy tutorial boss or first boss or so, but it feels like some of the bosses pacing and difficulty were just far too off.

3. Sora has a fantastic attitude about working with Donald and Goofy, Goofy seems to be cool with working with Sora, but Donald's attitude about working with Sora could resemble that coworker who just is there to collect a check, results be damned and co-working with others be damned.  His attitude stinks most of this game and it's a bit of a drag.

4. The rewards for collecting trinities and collecting Dalmations could be less needed, minus some of the major and/or rare trinities.  Yes, collecting the rare trinities is worth it, the end with the Dalmations is worth it.  The road to get them.. arguably not so.  It does tend to get redundant.  I think if they had tailored it at any point forward.. it'd be great.

Rating:

There's no doubt that KH1 is a solid starter to the KH family of games.  It sets up a legendary story well, though it's not without its flaws.  It's a good game overall that at times teeters on greatness.  Overall, they set a stage to allow us to chain together memories.  It gets a 7.5 out of 10 from me

Reconnect: The folzyfantasy15 Experience

 I have been to Daytona. I have been to Indianapolis three times. I have been to so many Bucks and Brewers games. I have been to Lambeau when the Packers were undefeated in December. I have even been to a concert before. I can say up until last week, I had never really been to a convention.  That was until I got the chance to go to Reconnect.

 For those that wonder.. what is Reconnect? Well the best way that I have a definition for it is: It's a convention for people who love Kingdom Hearts but who also like being a part of amazing communities in video game streaming. We descended upon Dallas, TX the weekend of September 15th (Spoiler: My birthday was the 13th so to say this added a bit of extra meaning was cool.) I drove the distance there, and I would have regretted not flying if I didn't save money. I got there on the 14th which leads to my story really starting.

 When I got to the hotel, I got everything situated. Then I got to the convention hotel.  My first person to see? None other than the guy who makes his own guides for Kingdom Hearts, has a great merchandise line and the creator of Reconnect, KHGuides. After a massive hug and a much nicer hug to his spouse, I got to meet Lanz and Fae, as well as Wally and Churro right after. I think I have mentioned on social medias enough about what I think about all of these amazing people but it goes again, all of these people I met were absolutely fabulous and so beyond terrific and I still might be understating it.  I also met right away my good friend Espy, who got a copy of FF3 on the DS, and I ran (for me, that is full on sprinting, and an athletic persons slow walk) to meet my friend Shawn and give him a massive hug.  In the midst of all of this, Lanz gave me a Jordy Nelson jersey just out of the kindness of his heart.  That guy is absolutely goated and deserves the best ever stuff in the world.  A bunch of us watch the PS State of Play which was honestly cool because it's people I have seen behind a screen finally meeting up in real life and having fun. I guess another good thing that could happen is that we could have a dinner before the event gets real.

 Preconnect was a dinner that we had that had about two dozen people at it, all of whom had a great vibe.  This is where we probably got that selfie game going. Getting pictures with a lot of people there was amazing. Meeting amazing friends like Bambina, Volt, Nick and Snoko just.. made all of the things better. Without these friends, it wouldn't have been as amazing and I can guarantee that. The food was absolutely great as well and just the whole vibe of the event was terrific.  With that, we can transition right?

 Or I can see more people back at the convention hotel, which was led by the SuperSpikeGhettiBros. To say these two are absolute gems to life may honestly be an understatement. They are extremely awesome but also have hearts of gold.  Meeting everyone there that night was absolutely fabulous, and if I put everyone in this blog, it would take you about an hour to read and I want you to have time to do other stuff but the entire time was awesome there. That included me giving JIP my copy of Re:Coded on the DS. Everyone there was having a great time, just being a whole vibe and just supporting each other.  This is also where I met friends RoyalAqua and Xekbar, the latter who I met for the first time ever and we instantly clicked.  With that.. we transition to Friday.

 After the mandatory waking up, seeing a work conference thing, I got to the hotel late in the morning Friday. One of the best highlights was meeting my bestie on Twitch, PreferredWhale. For the context of why besties, So in the SpikeGhettiBros stream, they were playing Cult of the Lamb.  The community got to play this game with the bros, and Whale's character and my character in there gelled right away and one of us said we were best friends, so we just became besties! However, I introduced her in such a monotone way that when I met her partner, Water, I had to laugh at myself due to this because he mentioned who Whale was. After absolutely redeeming for a better introduction, it was a cool rest of the afternoon before the registration. Needless to say, both are incredibly special people and those two, along with Rybs, we went from a bestie duo to a bestie quartet. As the afternoon wore on, we got to registration and I registered and then I made a mistake only I could make but one that I think can live in lore. After registration I went to Raising Cane's.. because there isn't one within 500 miles of where I live. Therefore, I was like "Oh good, time before Chad's concert, we got this." Only.. after dinner at Raising Cane's did I forget that they made dinner at the convention. Listen, I still win because that chicken is freaking fabulous. Chad absolutely killed it at the concert. He is also such a nice guy and a new friend who I hit it off with right away. Same with Garnet, who is beyond a sweetheart and so kind. After Chad's concert, the Women of KH panel took over and all five of them did a terrific job.  Women gaming has been on the rise and I am so so proud of the women creators that find success and those who just try to make a name for themselves.  After that, it was time for hanging out, karaoke and much more.  I got to drive two groups of people, including Damo and Elise in one of those groups.  To say they are just incredibly nice and special is also being an understatement. They are both exceptional people and Damo also became a quick friend.  After karaoke, it was time for some sleep and Saturday.

 To say the mood was tired but energetic was absolutely on par. Seeing Saturday's opening was great.  My friend Landi got his podcast roaring and going and it was a great time. His guests of Bio, Damo, Fae and Aqua were absolutely phenomenal. After that, the Ansem Report Podcast (Featuring the bros I mentioned earlier) got the house rocking as well. Damo rocked that podcast, as did Fabio and Kim.  Fabio's music is goated and I highly recommend seeing his YouTube for this.  When the Million Dreams Awards came around, there was a lot of energy.  When PrincessKaiora won her award for art and illustration, the crowd was absolutely stoked.  When Fae won for Cosplay, it was just as electric. When Damo won for Content Creator of the Year, it was absolutely ballistic.  However, when Lanz won for Gameplay Challenges, that was the absolute loudest of any crowd I have ever been around (remember what I said at the top? Yeah louder than any of those.) Everyone's speeches were absolutely phenomenal. After that, it was chill time.  I don't know if it was Thursday or Saturday but Bambina, Mochocolate and a bunch of others started singing Simple and Clean and I joined in the party and it was just an incredible vibe.  Such a vibe that led into the last day.

 Sunday at Reconnect featured the opening ceremonies, then giveaways with Data Battles and a last day for everyone to meet up again or some for the first time.  One of the coolest things was getting everyone to sign my book.  In total, 57 people signed mine. I never imagined this happening but it did and I was exceptionally happy to get this.  Last selfies were made, talks were done.  However, there was a new twist. A wedding. And before we get to that, I want to shoutout Water for this.  Some people wanted to meet him and he so graciously said yes.  Guides gave him some little papers.  One dropped and Water gave it to me. I was the first person to receive this paper.  After the Data Battles, the surprise finale happened.  The wedding.  To say I was already exceptionally proud of Water and Whale is probably understating this. They are literally two of the most amazing people ever. When Water came to the stage, I smiled widely. When Whale came in, I sobbed a lot.  Credit to Mrs. Guides to come up clutch when I was in my feelings with a big hug and letting me say how my best friend is getting married and I am so proud of her.  I said words failed me then, but I think words were here now.  I am so exceptionally proud of both of them and I wish them nothing but the absolute best. With that, Reconnect ended, but we still had fun for the next several hours.  We had sea salt ice cream, which I got to win.  My prize? Being able to griddy, then griddy with the master Espy, then get a trash can due to the wrappers (Mrs. Guides, you are always amazing.) Then after lunch and dinner, it was a very emotional goodbye.  Fighting back the tears, saying bye to the SpikeGhettiBros group was tough. Seeing my bro Treehouse and Fae and having to say bye to those absolute gems was just as tough, and saying bye to the Guides', Aqua, Wally, and Key (a new friend as well) was just as tough as well.  I never wanted to leave, but unfortunately a vacation is just that, and it ends eventually.

 To say Monday and Tuesday were tough on my emotions was polite.  I was a mess.  I never thought a convention would be this tough to go away from.  I think I know the reason.  My mental health was garbage in July and August, and if ANYONE had told me that this would be the best weekend in my life I would have said you were lying to me.  At one point in August I said "It has to be better than this" and I actually said September can't be any worse.  At the time I was looking for ANY positive.  Well September got better for me. I started believing that this weekend would have been great. I didn't in my wildest dreams though think it would be the best weekend of my life, which it was. This was more than just friends getting together.

 You all that I met at Reconnect are more than friends.  You are family. All of you. Sid, you are family who I enjoyed every single minute of being around. Taking you to Starbucks was amazing, I wear your friendship bracelet all the time minus at work because I don't need that getting work on it. Lanz, for the jersey which I never expected, you are a God my friend. Kokiri, you got 358/2 Days and I couldn't think of a person who deserved it more. Tara, Frank, Corn, Tyler, Espygal, Swarlz, Nesquick, Boomer, Ed, Danghus, Keric, Agro, Panda, Mango, Angel and everyone else who hung out with the SpikeGhettiBros group, you all know already how much like family you became to me. KT, Rich, Kay, Jash, Landi, KTab, Violet and so many more, all of you became family to me that weekend in Dallas. And that just is scraping the surface of those.  I have way too many people to say so if I forgot you I totally apologize. You are literally all family now, and I wouldn't have it any other way. This was my story, and I thank you for reading it.