@jasxy_ - Thanks for being there the whole year throughout! It's been fun talking with you when I can, and I hope I can play more games with you in the future. I love your drawings and doodles, keep it up dude! You get: a human heart 🫀

@KoolCirby - EMPLOYED EMPLOYED EMPLOYED EMPLOYED!!! You're chill as fuck dude, and also the link between a lot of my friend groups, so thanks for that! Anyways you should give all your money to me, blink blink... You get: a six-shooter revolver 🔫

@crunchyfreeze - You're very kind and considerate! I like talking to you a lot, because you're just generally a nice fellow. O Martha, too pure for this world... You get: George Orwell's 1984 👁️‍🗨️

@Bonnie_fievnight - You're a funky little specimen and I love seeing your weird little creatures! You are good at being funny and you always end up brightening my mood. You get: CARROT! CARROOOT!!! 🥕

@GiannaHart - You're such a kind person to be around, and you're a... uhm... joypilled... funmaxxer??? Is that what the kiddos are saying these days? I can't exactly explain it, but you have a warm presence. Thanks for bein' a buddy pal! You get: Super Mario in real life 🪠

@ProjectHanimation - Even though we've had our fair share of rough patches, I'm thankful that you kept me grounded and were honest with me, and I'm glad we're friends. You've got good people around you, hold on tight to that. You get: GAAAAAARLIIIIC! WA HAH HAHHAHA!!!!!🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄 and a slice of cake I GUESS 🍰

@TheRealFerret - I don't talk to you as much as I should, but you're hilarious when I do. Also, thanks for hosting the whole friend group thingamajigama. Let's talk more in 2026, plus excited to see you at PAX! You get: ah fuck i'm running outta gifts... ah, why not, you get the ISS 🛰️

@FlashTheCat - (Don't take this in a mean way!!!) You've helped me realize that it's fun to be weird! To be cringe is to be free, & yumeshipping fucking rocks, dude. You get: an award for the most F/Os 🏅 (The joke is that you're freakin' gaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy)

@Caro_ - Your art is absolutely stunning. It boggles me how good at anatomy you are??? Also thanks for being one out of two people who are enthusiastic about my characters. Please draw more beautiful women, thank you. You get: your weird bugsband 🪲

@jupinneptu - You're drunk. Like, super drunk. Can't wait for you to read this when you're hungover! Anyways, you're a weird little thing and I fw you heavy. You get: some god damn water 💧

@tripleyaoibarrage - Thank you for indulging me in my Sparkles... you are very cool beans and I'm running out of unique things to say. I still owe you that fuckass pinata robot though so remind me to finish drawing Diablo some time OK? You get: Vincent van Gogh's Café Terrace at Night 🖼️

@harleysawyerwiretoucher - Gay. Gayboy. Mlm motherfuckin homosexual. You're cool though, and I like to see your art because your shading style is delicious... yummy yummy in my tummy ouuurgh...... You get: this test tube of something that may or may not be poisonous 🧪

@Kolby125 - Lil Duck's Lemonade Stand ain't wait for nobody... chop chop buddy boy... anyways, you're pretty neato! It's been nice knowing you over the years, and playing your games and junk like that. You get: that fuckass image of a rabbit with a stopwatch 🐰

@WastelanderGames1 - I haven't really talked to you too much lately, but I still think you're cool! You get: Tomkat Kills All Whiteys 2: The Rapture 🎮

Post scriptum: If you aren't here, that doesn't mean you're not my friend! There's just way too many people for me to reasonably come up with creative sentiments for in time to watch the ball drop or whatever, and I might've just forgotten some of you. (If that's the case, sorry...) Happy New Years!