Today's my First Kommunity Member Anniversary!

Hello, Kommunity! 

Today is my first year anniversary as a member of the RhettandLinKommunity! 

Thank you, Rhett and Link, for creating this wonderful place and community. You guys have seriously made this past year so much happier for me in many ways. Thanks for always keeping me smiling and laughing.

I want to express sincere thanks to the K-mods I have interacted with during the past year, Victoria, Gumbo and Carol, for welcoming me here, guiding me on projects and activities, and for working so hard on everything they do to make sure this site is open and inviting, respectful to all, fun and organized, and for having level heads when dealing with the tough stuff. :) 

I consider the Kommunity like a village of people who like similar things and become friends, who welcome other people in, play games, laugh together, have deep thoughts and discussions, question everything, do the "boopity-boop" research, and help each other with struggles in life. 

So, I would like to express my happiness for getting to know a lot of you mythical beasts on here and Twitter, which is where I am most often when I'm online, and your support for everything currently going on. Shout-out to the awesome people that have been great to me in many ways and with whom I enjoy learning, laughing and "talking about that": 

Victoria, Sarah (RiverMouse), Grace, Gumbo, Alli (gator), Jaymie, Lucy, Steph, Jodie, Millie (Magnatyde), Milli Falcon, Juhi.S, Marley, Stormy, Julie, Danica, Kate, LisaW, Laura, Sam, Tine, Rosebella, Reese, Liv, Ashley Gatewood, Ashley (mythicallyash), MaryAnn, SarahTheMyth, Mythical RandLer, Anna, Emily, Faith, ladyworpledinker, L-Belle, Marco, Jessica, Tanya, Seaborne_And_Roach, Finn Phoenix, Kristen, Maddie, Shelby, amaka, Juliette

*If some of the names listed are duplicates, I'm sorry. Y'all have different names on the various sites sometimes, but you know who you are! ;) And if I forgot anyone, then I'm also sorry. Just yell at me somewhere and I'll come back and edit this post. You'll also know I'm caring for my mother right now, so I might forget. And there's a lot more people who helped in various projects and conversations that I probably haven't listed here, but you know who you are too. :)

In celebration of this first year, I'd like to share some of my FIRST FAVORITE videos of R&L's, that entertain me and convinced me to keep watching! I hope you like them too! Maybe I'll make a list of my other favorite videos at another time. 

*Note: I haven't seen every GMM & GMMore yet or listened to every Ear Biscuit. I'm still working on that! :D

FIRST GMM episode watched (that I remember): The What If? Game Ft. Daniel Radcliffe 

BUT, I believe this is the earliest episode that I watched, that I remember liking, when I came into Season 8 as it was happening: Surviving Animal Attacks (GAME)

Favorites:

Main Channel sketch: Santa & Elf FAIL (Men Who Can't Pee 2) and BFFs (I legit cried the first time I watched it, lol) 

Main Channel music video: 2 Guys 600 Pillows (Backwards) - Rhett & Link

Vlog: UNUSUAL BEAST!! and Fancy Pants Vlog

GMM episode: Link: How to Dance to Attract Girls, Rhett: Idiot on a Construction Site 

GMMore: Singing a Song That Doesn't Go Anywhere

GMM sketch segment: Chunk's Boredom Advice

GMM music segment: Turkey In A Trash Can - A Song

RhettandLinKast: American Idol, Rapping, More (so many more faves too) 

Ear Biscuit: First one heard in full & enjoyed was Ep. 61 Markiplier. 

Song Biscuit: The Five Nights at Freddy's Song

Characters: Rusty Barefoot, Sr. & Larnold Jernigan, Sr.

Commercial: Official Ojai Valley Taxidermy TV Commercial, Town of Tonopah -favorite overall

Movie: "Looking for Ms. Locklear"

Other: FULL 1 HOURS: "All Night Long" literally All. Night. Long. and The Mythical Show Ep 6 where Rhett sings an impromptu birthday song to Link! 

Guest Appearance/Interview (that R&L, or either one, were featured in): The Interview: with Link Neal // 3 Ginger Sisters and Shut Up and Dance Off

*This is my "Favorite Rhett & Link Videos" playlist.

As I watched more R&L, I found a lot of other channels and YouTubers! My top favorites alongside R&L are Markiplier, Stampy Cat, iBallisticSquid, and Philip DeFranco. I was super happy to find out early on that R&L were friends with Julian Smith, who I've watched years ago and really enjoyed! I'm subscribed to so many channels now, too many to list, but if you ever want to know who else I watch, feel free to ask! :) 

Here are some of my posts and projects from my first year: 

1. The first social media activity I participated in was #Pumpkining! It was fun! 

2. "This Day in Rhett & Link History"

A historical outline that documents content by day and year. Recruited Sarah (RiverMouse) and Alli (gator) to keep it going. Grace and Alli currently do the posts and they are featured on the Kommunity home page, created and designed by the amazing, Gumbo! 

3. Rhett & Link Talk Show Quotes!

I've been typing out quotes from every GMM episode in blog posts on my page ever since episode 800 when icesisGMM suggested the idea. The guys took it a different way that intended, but it was still funny! Above is the link to the first page of the quotes, you can get to the other pages from there. It's just for fun!

4. Rhett and Link's Crazy Business Ideas!

List of the guys' ideas for products, advertising concepts, businesses, etc, not yet made on the show. The list is ongoing and updated as I watch their videos. 

5. Helped Victoria with the "Rhett and Link Database Project" (link to announcement). I continue to help when I can. 

6. Transcribed Ear Biscuit Ep. 61 Markiplier for Stormy's Ear Biscuits Transcription Project! 

7. Organized and sent in Link's birthday present this year. The gift was featured on the Rhett and Link Instagram account. (Thanks to all who contributed! You are all amazing!) 

Some goals for the next year: 

1. keep my mythical friends and make more
2. continue to support and help fellow mythical beasts in any way I can
3. continue with projects and keep getting involved in activities that bring us together to celebrate & support R&L 
4. send or make something cool for fan mail or birthday gifts
5. go to a Mythicon
6. hopefully, we will see less issues from their social accounts
7. I love what they have, but I'd also like R&L to sell more of a variety of merch like new/various shirt designs, socks, pajama pants, keychains, jewelry, watches, etc, if they can. 

It's been a really awesome year with you all! I feel like it's gone by so fast! Here's to another awesome year! Thanks for including me in this mythical herd! And thank you, Rhett and Link. Keep doing what you're doing and feeding your creative bug! 

Heather S. (YogaGhost)