Underwear in the Mail

Last week I received underwear in the mail. From a man on Twitter that I didn't even know. While that would probably sound creepy to most people, it was actually pretty awesome. The man is a well-known music agent and the underwear had a band logo on them and were accompanied by a band tshirt and CD. They were prizes I had won on Twitter.
I've won lots of good stuff on Twitter. And its always exciting. I'm bad at sports, not competitive and can't even bowl well, so when I do win things it sends me over the moon. Plus I seem to have pretty good luck on Twitter with winning.
My loot so far consists of tickets to Jays games, tickets to the Leafs Fan First game, a pair of cool gloves that I can use with my iPhone (still waiting for those to arrive... ahem @dotsgloves), the aforementioned band swag, tickets to the fantastic @womenspost Baycrest fundraiser. Hmmm.. I'm probably missing some, but that’s not bad right? And at every event I attended I've met fantastic Twitter folk. Its like the winning just keeps on going.
But… the best and most amazing thing I've won on Twitter is the connections I've made with people I otherwise wouldn't know. I've made friends with some pretty amazing folk. Some of whom I haven't even met in real life. But they're there.
Seeing how people's days are going, the ups and downs, learning about events, fundraisers – it breaks the bubble we all get caught up in. Twitter humanizes us. We get to share our internal dialogue – the good, the bad, the crazy – and people listen.
Twitter doesn't replace the in -person world. It enhances it, helps make it sharper and clearer.
For me, having Twitter around helps me to live in technicolour. Plus I get the chance to win lots of cool stuff.
And yeah, I'm gonna say it - Twitter makes me a winner. ;)