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I read this short article on NPR.com ( http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97966212&ps=bb4 ) and have a sudden urge to correspond via letters with total strangers. Not so much pen-pals, but just a correspondence, getting to know someone (or not getting to know them, just sending correspondences back and forth about random things on your mind?). This is a very strange concept to me; I don't know why I've thought of this right now, or where it will go. I'm trying to gather some money to buy an old fashioned type-writer for cheap, so I guess this sort of goes along with that. With all these advancements in technology (specifically the internet and forums like these), people are able to communicate instantly- I want to experience what is was like pre-internet :o

Perhaps if people are interested, we could exchange contact info and write each other? Let me know how you feel about this.
 
that sounds like a pretty cool idea. I live in california, you're in NY? could be a nice project filled with adolescent giddiness.
 
:p

I'd like to do this project fully mechanized (i.e. not with my computer word processor). Perhaps the time it takes for me to find a typewriter will allow more people to join in?
 
I've always thought the idea of post was great. You amass all of these written records and it takes the pressure of of "being friends with someone" because you can write them once or twice a year and still give them the kings welcome when they come to town. I would be interested in this, but my reservations are it's kind of "faking" the old way since we have internet now, ...and also I need to get some tax stuff out )LAG( that is mail related so yeah.

another plus is the texture of post mail. You get the handwriting, paper, smell..its a lot more imagery than an email.

what's the topic? oriental rugs?
 
haven't thought of a topic; I figured it could be anything.

I find myself reading those books of letters sent between Kerouac and Ginsberg, and wish I had something like that.
 
The world is Changed. Oh well. Mehm. All I need is a bone$aW like everyone else. That's watcha need, moma knows it.
 
I would be willing to do this. It's definitely a totally cool idea and concept. The old fashioned aspect is very intriguing. I would probably prefer to write letters free hand with a pen.
 
coelophysis said:
I would be willing to do this. It's definitely a totally cool idea and concept. The old fashioned aspect is very intriguing. I would probably prefer to write letters free hand with a pen.
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Actually that is a good alternative to typing it.

I wish there was a cheaper (and less government-funding) way to send letters without stamps... :|
 
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i've actually been thinking of the written letter concept lately. it seems to be much more lasting, tactile and historical than computer data. plus you can smell a paper, which matters.
 
alright, looks like we have a growing number of interested parties.

I guess $0.42 isn't too bad every once in a while.

we have five people right now (unless somebody has backed out). we should find a way to exchange addresses/topics(?)
 
how about some more opinions on what we should write about? or should we just write about anything and let the conversation progress naturally?
 
I think to write about anything and or everything for the first letter would be tight and see where the conversations lead from there. I wouldn't mind just reading stream of consciousness stuff from someone, it doesn't have to be personalized towards me or anything.
 
first time you fell in love... the first time you had sex.... your first memory.... what you think about when you shower... your favorite masturbation fantasy... how you figured out Santa Claus wasn't real.... your favorite memory.... the first time you had sex.... the first time you kissed a girl... your first experience of finding a band/song/album that completely resonated with you and made you realize that there was a giant and exciting, rich and diverse world outside of your parents kitchen....

just ideas that came to mind.
 
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