I have a very non-linear approach to sorting things out for moving. For instance, today I packed some dishes, measured my kitchen table, and then started sorting through a mess of letters, postcards, greeting cards, other correspondence that I've collected my whole life and stored (stuffed) in an old Longaberger basket. Letter writing is definitely a dying art, if not completely dead. It's sad. We would decorate the envelopes with different colored pens and stickers, and it made you feel special and excited to get a really boring letter that said, "I'm watching Home Improvement. It's a re-run. Well, I have to go do my homework now."
I want to make an effort to send at least postcards from Boston to my best friends. Maybe everyone initially. I had an idea to send poems via postcards, which I stole from Abe's Penny.
I'm keeping all the letters from pen pals, my brother and his army buds, and ones from best friends I'm still best friends with (ie, the twins, Raub Daub). Things that document places I've never been, and in some cases people I've never met. Out of curiosity I read through some of the ones I'm tossing out...letters from people I was friends with in elementary and middle school that don't really mean anything anymore. Mostly because they go something like, "What did you get for Christmas? My vacation was nice." I think in every case I'm the one that stopped writing. I found one that said, "This is the 4th or 5th letter and I still haven't heard from you!" Typical me.
But here are some lines from various people that I thought were particularly funny (I didn't bother reading the ones I'm actually keeping. Too many.). Keep in mind they're mostly from late elementary and into middle school:
"You know how I told you that Brian of the Backstreet Boys had heart surgery? Well, he didn't have it yet. He is going to have it soon, though." --Amanda W.
[A postcard I sent to my dad from Disney World] "Everyone is ok. I didn't lose my marbles yet and didn't lose mom. ^yet"
"I got a new job, at the bread shop, I start at the end of January. Randy [my brother] is gonna be pissed. I think he is a real loser. Well, I gotta go." --Terri H.
"Did you hear about Walt Disney World's new park, Animal Kingdom? That seems fun. It has animals there from all over the world." --Amanda W.
"Well, do you remember that kid Danny I told you about? Well I was going out with him for 1 month and 21 days. Then we broke up. Then a week later I was asked out by a kid named David Snyder. But he was a jerk so I dumped him. Then today Danny asked me out so me and him are together again. Do you have a boyfriend?" --Amanda S.
"I heard that Baby Spice is pregnant?!? It might be a rumor." --Amanda W.
"I can't believe they took BSB off the countdown on TRL. Their a whole lot better than Korn!" --Amanda S.
"OO, I gotta tell you want I did at the Valentine's Day dance at the Fullerton playground. I frenched Danny 3 times. That is so unlike me." --Amanda S.
"Everyone in Florida hates Hanson now." --Amanda W.
"I'm not going out with Danny anymore. But I might be going out with Tom." --Amanda S.
"Yesterday I went to K-Mart and bought this lotion. It smells really good. Well, it's almost dinner time. Bye!" --Amanda W.
"Or you could rent Buffy the Vampire Slayer! I'd give it 10 thumbs up, even if I don't have 10 thumbs!" --Julie V.
"I wrote to Justin Timberlake the other day." --Amanda S.
"I was going to beat up this girl in Research class. I told her she better watch her back." --Rachelle (cousin by marriage)
"Write back unless you ran out of papper. Then what would you do?" --Julie V.
"When do you get out of school? Anyway Tom has a great personality. I met another kid. Here's some info...1- Cute, 2- Nice, 3- Good personality, 4- Great dancer, 5- In 6th grade (but that doesn't matter. --Amanda S.
"In all, I have 3 Beanie Babies." --Amanda W.
"Right now, I am listening to Hanson, the music group." --Amanda W.
"First of all, girl! I wouldn't go out with Jeff even if I was given 1 million dollars. I don't go out with "things"! [...] I will never forgive you after you said that! I don't like him or her, whatever he/she is." --Amanda S.
"I have ten beany babies and two tamagothi beany babies. All my friends say the one looks like a sperm. In a way it does." --Amanda S.
"P.S - Did you get sunburn yet?" --Amanda S.
"Do you remember Jeff Buss from elementary school or should I say last year for you. [...]You know what he said about you? He said you were the ugliest girl he ever saw." --Amanda S.
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