Back in 2002 or 2003 before Dane Cook was very well known<\/s> ubiquitous (and widely reviled by comedy snobs<\/s> non-fratboys), he was busy building an online army of fans via his website (this was pre-MySpace, even) and AIM and other internet hoozits and whatnots. I had seen his Comedy Central special and bought his first comedy CD and was a pretty big fan (I still admit that he makes me laugh with alarming regularity; suck it, haters), even going so far as to see his set at Zanies in Nashville. He publicly listed his AIM screen name on his site, and like a true fanboy, I put it on my contact list. Then one day I got up the nerve to send him a quick ambush chat saying something like “hi,ithinkyou’refunnyandiloveyouralbumseeyalaters.” <\/p>\n
AND HE ACTUALLY REPLIED TO ME.<\/p>\n
What follows is our conversation, which I just randomly \u2014 after searching for it for years \u2014 discovered on an old disc that was in a box in my closet. I trust I don’t have to point out how awkward it is or how ridiculous my screen name was or how nervous I got when trying to pick out a photo of myself and how quickly he disappeared once he got said photo.<\/p>\n
XDaneCookX: thanks fo that
\nXDaneCookX: who are ya
\nexoteric81: Lindsey (student, blah blah)
\nXDaneCookX: where at
\nXDaneCookX: what do u wanna b
\nexoteric81: Middle Tennessee State U
\nexoteric81: graphic designer
\nXDaneCookX: ic
\nXDaneCookX: cool
\nXDaneCookX: what does your screen name mean
\nexoteric81: “exoteric” means easy to understand and 81 is the year I was born
\nexoteric81: deep, huh?
\nXDaneCookX: ahhhh
\nXDaneCookX: coolllllllll
\nXDaneCookX: what do u do for fun
\nexoteric81: god…i work a lot but I go movies and read\/write and all that…hang out with my friends and get silly
\nexoteric81: how ’bout you? lol
\nXDaneCookX: nice
\nXDaneCookX: do u have a photo ? everyone sends something.
\nexoteric81: maybe…let me dredge something up
\nXDaneCookX: lol
\nXDaneCookX: dont dredge
\nXDaneCookX: lol
\nexoteric81: lol
\nexoteric81: i think i have a link to a page that has my photo
\nexoteric81: let me fetch it
\nXDaneCookX: ok
\nXDaneCookX: ko
\nexoteric81: wait there’s one on my computer…it may be a really huge file, so be prepared
\nexoteric81: shit can you send a photo over AIM?
\nXDaneCookX: sure or email
\nexoteric81: what’s your e-mail? that would be easier i think
\nexoteric81: nevermind…got it
\nexoteric81: ok it’s on its way
\nXDaneCookX: ok
\nXDaneCookX: 1 sec<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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