For the sake of blogging....
I have no business being here tonight, other than it's 11:11 pm on a Monday night and of course I'm awake.
I was doing some thinking lately. I know, I know. I was wondering why people don't write letters anymore. I know why, because it has become to easy to just IM someone or email them or text message. I received a package from England the other day and inside the HUGE envelope was a tiny little hand written message to me. It was the smallest thing, yet meant so much. Thanks Charby!
I have an Aunt who always takes the time to write a message in my xmas card and birthday card. When I was younger I dreaded having to read it, now I long for one of those cards. It's funny how I miss the personal touch.
People send E-cards now (I'm guilty myself), what happened to spending 15 minutes in a card store looking for that card that would suit our family or friend the best?
What happened to making a photo album? Now we just digital photo and email, or better yet, camera phones.
Yes, I love technology, but I miss the simplicity of life as well.
I think I will sit down and write a few hand written letters out to my oldest and dearest friends.
Another example, since I'm on a role, invitations to parties, I got one the other day, me and 25 other faceless, nameless people. They are meerly s/n's. I'm glad I got the invitation, but are we getting that cheap that we can't buy a book of stamps and take 1 hour out of our busy lives to write the people that we like so much (otherwise we wouldn't invite them to our parties) an invitation, making them feel unique and special.
I miss being personal....isn't that what being a person is all about??
Your thoughts?? Or you can send me a letter....;)
I was doing some thinking lately. I know, I know. I was wondering why people don't write letters anymore. I know why, because it has become to easy to just IM someone or email them or text message. I received a package from England the other day and inside the HUGE envelope was a tiny little hand written message to me. It was the smallest thing, yet meant so much. Thanks Charby!
I have an Aunt who always takes the time to write a message in my xmas card and birthday card. When I was younger I dreaded having to read it, now I long for one of those cards. It's funny how I miss the personal touch.
People send E-cards now (I'm guilty myself), what happened to spending 15 minutes in a card store looking for that card that would suit our family or friend the best?
What happened to making a photo album? Now we just digital photo and email, or better yet, camera phones.
Yes, I love technology, but I miss the simplicity of life as well.
I think I will sit down and write a few hand written letters out to my oldest and dearest friends.
Another example, since I'm on a role, invitations to parties, I got one the other day, me and 25 other faceless, nameless people. They are meerly s/n's. I'm glad I got the invitation, but are we getting that cheap that we can't buy a book of stamps and take 1 hour out of our busy lives to write the people that we like so much (otherwise we wouldn't invite them to our parties) an invitation, making them feel unique and special.
I miss being personal....isn't that what being a person is all about??
Your thoughts?? Or you can send me a letter....;)
posted by sunshine at 11:10 PM
6 Comments:
I've given up on cards. They seem to have migrated to the polar opposite ends of sentimentality: either they're incredibly sappy or horribly crude. We didn't even give Dad a card this year; it wasn't missed.
As a former postal worker I refuse to buy stamps anymore. I know where they've been!
Glad it made you happy, I'm with Dan too, cards are either crude or stupidly soppy and I don't do that. Where are the ones that are just funny and plain?
I actually dislike mail.
I used to like it but then I became an adult & 95% of all my mail became demands for my money.
Screw that.
I never get mail.
Apart from bank statements telling me exactly how much money I don't have and contact lens packages. In fact the last mail- mail I actually got was Flash's CD.
No, I'm with you Sunshine--there's something old fashioned and romantic about a handwritten note. But then again, I save everything and am somewhat too sentimental...
cards are special sometimes but usually are a waste of money. making someone a card is very sentimental. all most people do with cards is flip them open to see if money falls out and toss em. actions speak louder than cards. mmmmmmmm
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