Boo-yah
19 February 2010
Maria got my postcards and wants to share.
I have a penpal in Knoxville who I write to on an extremely (disappointingly) infrequent basis. She’s a lot better than I am at it.
So I write on this site and a lot of copy as part of my job (the wonders of marketing). They’re all on hard drives. Sometimes I note things down on a little notebook — even though I have a fancy phone that I can make notes on (it’s got a QWERTY keyboard, I think I love this phone). Somehow the act of picking up a pen and writing something down seems more final, like I’ve made a decision about something.
(I sound like a teenager. Hitting the DEL or backspace key is too easy, so the physical act of writing feels more permanent, even if you cross something out. The thought was there.)
Is this the time for more letter-writing? I think so. I’ve accumulated loads of postcards in my years of “Oh that’s cute I might use it some day” hoarding, so I’m going to start writing to some of my friends, the ones I think I’ve got current addresses for, and let them know I’m thinking of them. Without poking them on Facebook in a randomly irritating fashion. And wouldn’t you know it, some of my pals don’t actually have Facebook profiles!
(Does anyone poke anymore?! It seems quite old-fashioned given all the weird apps you can get there now.)
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WAHOO! This is the return of handwritten correspondence!
Comment by Maria — 20 February 2010 @ 12:39 am
You’re still at the same address, right?
Comment by Andrea — 22 February 2010 @ 11:20 am