Ashley (Giraffely)'s Posts - RhettandLinKommunity2024-03-28T21:45:09ZAshley (Giraffely)https://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/Ashley813https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1544349870?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=21h4x9jv5ajce&xn_auth=noI am a grateful mythical beasttag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2017-07-23:2452419:BlogPost:22985282017-07-23T19:34:34.000ZAshley (Giraffely)https://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/Ashley813
<p>Inspired by my friend Priscilla, I wanted to write a little bit about how I found Rhett and Link and how they saved me</p>
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<p>On March 24, 2016, I was driving to comic con with friends. I was sitting in the back seat and my nephew was listening to a YouTube show on his iPad in the front seat. I started listening and immediately was drawn into the hilarious conversation these two guys were having. They were talking about types of friends to have. “This is Rhett and Link,” Ryle…</p>
<p>Inspired by my friend Priscilla, I wanted to write a little bit about how I found Rhett and Link and how they saved me</p>
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<p>On March 24, 2016, I was driving to comic con with friends. I was sitting in the back seat and my nephew was listening to a YouTube show on his iPad in the front seat. I started listening and immediately was drawn into the hilarious conversation these two guys were having. They were talking about types of friends to have. “This is Rhett and Link,” Ryle explained. “They’re pretty funny.” The next day at comic con they showed me another episode. They were eating raw eggs and it was so funny to watch. That night I pulled up YouTube and searched for their channel. I started watching episodes and I became hooked. These guys were funny and smart and charming and silly and talented. I started to watch all their GMM episodes and their music videos and their show became a part of my daily routine.</p>
<p>Fast forward to April. I went in for an ultrasound because I’d been having some pelvic pain and my doctor and I assumed that I had a little cyst or something. The ultrasound showed a very large tumor in my left ovary. The radiologist said it could be benign but it also could very well be ovarian cancer and it had cancer-like features. The only way to know for sure was to have surgery to have it removed. The next few weeks were filled with dread and anxiety and fear. I didn’t know if my days were numbered. Was it cancer? If I was then what stage was it? Would I need chemo or radiation? If it was cancer the surgeon would basically be gutting me and I’d end up with a hysterectomy at the age of 32. I’ve always wanted kids of my own and the fear that it could never happen added another layer of anxiety to everything else I was dealing with. I had a great support system of family and friends during those days but eventually it became so emotionally exhausting to talk about what was going on. I needed an escape from what I was feeling. I needed to be distracted, if only for a few minutes and that is where Good Mythical Morning and Rhett and Link really saved me. I knew I could count on them to make me laugh and smile, even when things seemed darkest. I didn’t have to talk about how I was feeling or explain what was going on or worry about the future. I could just sit back and lose myself in their antics for a few minutes every morning. It kept me from really going to a dark place with my anxiety. Surgery came and went and the first thing they told me when I woke up from anesthesia was that the tumor was completely benign!</p>
<p>I had to take a week off work for recovery and I spent my days watching GMM and their sketches and music videos. I bought Commercial Kings and started listening to Ear Biscuits. Having them around to keep me company when I was home alone and make me laugh helped me get through my recovery. I didn’t think about the post-surgical pain when I was too busy laughing at GMM or singing along to the It’s My Belly Button song.</p>
<p>It was during these weeks that I began to call myself a mythical beast. I joined twitter and started interacting with other mythical beasts. The community I found online were people who loved Rhett and Link and had their own stories of how Rhett and Link had helped them. These people have become dear friends and I’m so grateful to know them.</p>
<p>In January, I had the privilege of meeting Rhett and Link when they came to the Sundance Film Festival. Through the twitter mythical beasts and the amazing Stevie Wynne Levine, my friends and I were able to meet them and it is still the best day of my life. We got to spend 10 minutes with them and I was so full of excitement and adrenaline I’m pretty sure I spend most of it babbling on about how much of their content I’ve watched, and how great Rhett’s hair was. They are just as charming and sweet and kind and funny in real life as they seem online. We thought we missed our chance but sweet Stevie sent them out again to meet us. They came out in a snowstorm to meet US and the idea still makes me tear up six months later.</p>
<p>When I see them again I want to give them each a big hug and tell them that their content has gotten me through many dark days. For every bad day, I know I can watch GMM or Buddy System and I’m going to laugh. And to make someone laugh is a true gift, indeed. The idea of being my mythical best has become my personal motto and I live each day, trying to be a better person than I was the day before.</p>
<p>They are so much more than just two guys who eat weird things and sing silly songs. They are creators and innovators and entertainers. They are funny and witty and charming and talented and weird and humble and I want to be like that too. Knowing they started in a basement in North Carolina to where they are now is inspiring. It’s never too late to live the life you want. There is so much on the horizon for them: a new season of GMM and Buddy System, a book, a tour, and who knows what other plans are in the works? I proudly call myself a mythical beast now and I will always be grateful for Rhett and Link and this incredible community they have created. </p>I met Rhett and Link!tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2017-01-25:2452419:BlogPost:22587672017-01-25T05:59:04.000ZAshley (Giraffely)https://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/Ashley813
<p>When it was confirmed that Rhett and link would be at Sundance I was convinced I wouldn’t be able to go up because of work and other commitments. My friend Ryan who is a Rhett and Link fan said that if I found out where they would be then he would try and go up with me if his scheduled allowed it. On Sunday they were posting on the YouTube Instagram account so I knew they would be at the YouTube lounge on main street. When I asked Ryan if he wanted to go up initially he said he couldn’t…</p>
<p>When it was confirmed that Rhett and link would be at Sundance I was convinced I wouldn’t be able to go up because of work and other commitments. My friend Ryan who is a Rhett and Link fan said that if I found out where they would be then he would try and go up with me if his scheduled allowed it. On Sunday they were posting on the YouTube Instagram account so I knew they would be at the YouTube lounge on main street. When I asked Ryan if he wanted to go up initially he said he couldn’t because he would need to watch his daughter. He wanted to go up though and our other friend Danny agreed to take Ryan’s daughter to his house so she could have a play date with his son. We headed up to Park City with Aspen, Danny’s 12 year old, to see what would happen. I was still convinced that we wouldn’t end up finding them. What were the odds? My amazing twitter friends started sending tweets of encouragement as soon as I said we were heading up. We made it up there when it had just started to snow. It was busy and parking was difficult. Ryan dropped us off in front of the YouTube lounge and we kinda just stood around, trying to use twitter and Instagram posts as clues to where they could be. It seemed like we were about an hour behind them being at the YouTube lounge. I decided to tweet at Rhett and link and Stevie in the off chance I’d get a reply. Well the mythical beasts took up the call and started tweeting at Stevie too. She sent a reply that we had missed them at the YouTube lounge so I replied back that I would love to meet them if they were still in park city. Then I noticed that she followed me on twitter. And my heart stopped. She sent me a DM and said that she let the guys know we wanted to meet them and let me know where they would be. So we booked it over to the studio (which we had just barely passed) and decided to wait. I saw Nick Offerman, Jon Hamm and Jack Black while we were waiting so that was really cool. Some people we had talked to earlier passed by and asked if we had met Rhett and Link. They had been looking for them, too. They said they saw them near the front of the studio and they had gone down the stairs somewhere. I figured at that point we had missed our chance. I DMd Stevie back and told her I thought we missed them. She said she was sending them our way! We were at the top of the stairs looking around for them. I saw them walking towards us where we were at the top of the stairs. I recognized Link’s big green coat and boots first. They came up the stairs and met us with big smiles and “hey guys!” I think I kept saying this is surreal. I can’t believe this is happening. I know my face was bright red and I looked awful after wandering around in the snow for so long. Rhett and Link each gave me a big hug. Rhett bent down to hug me and I melted a little bit. His face was mostly covered up with his coat hood. Link’s smile in real life…wow. It was amazing. They suggested we move down to where it was a bit more covered. I remember asking Rhett if they were enjoying Utah and he said it was better when it wasn’t snowing. It was actually snowing quite a bit and very cold and the fact that they came out from being indoors to meet us really shows what extremely nice guys they are. Ryan told them how we were big fans and we had made it our mission to meet them. I was glad I was wearing my GMM hoodie. Ryan said his son had introduced us to the show and then he pulled out his phone and facetimed Ryle. Once Ryle answered he moved the phone to show Rhett and Link. I guess his jaw dropped. Rhett and Link were so nice with him. They were like “hey man, whats your name? Thanks Ryle for telling people about our show.” Link even grabbed the phone at one point to be more in the frame lol. Ryle told them I’m a stalker and they just laughed at that. I was like “hey, it worked! We met you!” I told Rhett I was the one who sent the Hawkman shirt for his birthday and he was like yeah you’re Ashley right? And I was like oh no, he has seen all the crazy tweets I send him. I actually said sorry for tweeting y’all so much and they laughed. Link said lets’ take some pictures and so I moved between them to take a photo. I remember Link saying “what kind of photo should we do? Act suprised?” so I have a pictures with their different expressions. I just had a big cheesy smile on my face. Ryan mentioned how I have seen every episode of GMM and then I was like yeah and the mythical show and good morning chia Lincoln. I forgot to mention buddy system though, dang! Ryan also told them how I had one of the 1000<sup>th</sup> episode coins and I told them I had sent in a video for the 1000<sup>th</sup> episode and they were like “yeah!” I was convinced I would just be too stunned to talk but they were so nice and made us feel at ease. I was looking right at Link when I was just babbling about how I’ve seen all their shows and he was smiling. Rhett pulled off his jacket hood and his beanie and turned to look in a window to fix his hair. I was like your hair is amazing and he laughed. After my friends and I got our pics with the guys Link was like “hey we’ll give you this exclusive. We haven’t done this yet” and they did the handshake pose! We introduces Aspen and she gave Link a huge hug and I got a pic of her hugging Rhett. We knew we needed to get going since we had to drive back down the canyon in the snow. Ryan made a comment about the pomade and I was like “Rhett I even bought your beard oil” and that made him laugh. We did hugs again and Link did this little hug dance. Its hard to describe but it was so sweet. Best day ever! I made sure to DM Stevie and thank her again for making it happen. I posted a couple of the pics and Link liked them on twitter. My MB twitter friends were so excited for me and honestly I don’t think anything can top this truly mythical moment <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1560223140?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1560223140?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-left"/></a></p>