Friday, April 3, 2009

The Letter Writing Project- Day 1

What it do everyone? So I’ve been mumbling over this project that I have wanted to do for quite some time now. Plus, it’ll keep me busy while I have writers block on writing. Basically, I want to bring back letter writing.
Every year, there’s only one day that I actually get something hand written. As you can guess, it’s on my birthday. Although it’s not a thoroughly written letter, just having someone take the time to write something is pretty awesome. The only items we ever get in the mail now a days are bills, advertisements, and if you subscribe to this, Playboy. We hardly get postcards sent to us from our friends on vacations or even just from a family member writing a “Hey how are you? Johnny is in jail again and Mary Sue is pregnant at 18…again.” type of letter. It’s always done through e-mail, a text, or a picture message of Johnny being detained by the police. Well, I plan to bring back letter writing. Although I don’t have the greatest of penmanship or draw cute little hearts above my i’s, I want to start writing letters like the good ol days. Granted I was born in ’86 and the internet was hashed out by the time I was smart enough to Google boobs, I want to get this done.
So how am I going to do this? Well, I have no idea. I’ll probably just start promoting something on Twitter, Myspace, and the 18 friends I have on Facebook because I still don’t know how to look up people. Like all my other “ideas” I’m sure this one will fade out. Who knows though. It’s not like I’m setting up the World’s Largest Dodge ball game again or trying to start an indoor soccer team (both of those items are epic FAIL’s on my end) so maybe I can actually get random people who want me, some stranger and non-celebrity, to write them a letter. So if you want me to write you a letter email me at iBlogBetterThanYourMom@gmail.com with your name, address (or P.O. Box) and I will be sure to write you a random letter. It doesn't matter whether you live down the street from me, in the state of California, up in the boonies of Kentucky (I'm looking at your direction Andrew) or even in another country. I will write you a letter. If I’m rich enough, I’ll buy you return stamps so you can write back to me. I’m just a guy who wants to bring back the thrill of expecting a letter (other than a collection notice) in the mail again. I’ll be seeing you around everyone. Please if you can, pass on this site and the Letter Writing Project. Also if you can, write your friends letters. It'll make their day.
-Ricky

8 comments:

Jessica said...

This actually seems pretty interesting. Maybe I'll e-mail you....hmmm...

Christina said...

This is gonna be pretty neat if you can pull it off. I love the idea.

Brown Eyed Girl said...

i don't know about other people, but i still hand write letters to friends...its fun!...

Passion for Letters said...

Yay! I'm glad you're doing this project. It will be great fun!

The Missive Maven said...

Awesome idea! If you want some hints on how to get some real handwritten letters, have a look at missivemaven.blogspot.com. (Shameless plug.) And yeah - I'm emailing for a letter! (I'll write back.)

PostMuse said...

Just sent an email, too. Alway love a random letter.

Christy said...

I actually have been trying to start a similar project. I posted on my blog recently that I like real mail and care packages. Random people have started sending me cards. My family finally got the hint too. It really brightens your day to find a card or letter form someone. I would like to turn this into a huge thing. I've greatly enjoyed getting cards from people I've never met, and people I probably never will.

DisneyMom said...

this sounds like a great idea. I may just email you with my addy! :)

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