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DAY FIFTEEN: a letter to someone you wish you could meet

I've experienced enough moments over the past decade where a person I admired from afar said or did something problematic or upsetting that I'm so hesitant to even desire meeting people.

A few years ago, I wrote a letter to Josef Skvorecky about how his books changed my life and how I fell in love with them in Prague. He wrote me a short, sweet reply thanking me for the letter. I wish I could have met him before he died, had a beer and talked about Danny and how he managed to write with such grace and humor in the face of such darkness.

I have had largely positive experiences meeting my internet friends though. That's not really let me down. (Except that time I went to meet a fellow moderator out in California and he turned out to be a barely 18 year old crazy kid living with his parents. That was strange.)

Dear Internet Friend,

I wish we could hang out. Get snacks. Stay up late. Talk about everything. Eat pancakes. You know. All those things.

-A



DAY ONE: introduce yourself / list your likes and dislikes
DAY TWO: make a bullet list of everything that happened in your day
DAY THREE: your favorite movie
DAY FOUR: a photo of you taken over ten years ago
DAY FIVE: a letter to your crush
DAY SIX: list what you ate today
DAY SEVEN: a youtube video that you find funny
DAY EIGHT: a photo of you taken recently
DAY NINE: list some of your favorite websites
DAY TEN: a letter to the person you hate the most or caused you a lot of pain
DAY ELEVEN: share your favorite recipe
DAY TWELVE: we want to see your teeth today
DAY THIRTEEN: whatever tickles your fancy
DAY FOURTEEN: a song from your childhood

DAY SIXTEEN: provide pictures of 5 celebrity crushes
DAY SEVENTEEN: a photo that makes you sad
DAY EIGHTEEN: set or share a goal
DAY NINETEEN: whatever tickles your fancy
DAY TWENTY: a letter to someone that changed your life
DAY TWENTY-ONE: your favorite television program
DAY TWENTY-TWO: a photo that makes you happy
DAY TWENTY-THREE: share one of your current favorite tunes
DAY TWENTY-FOUR: a letter to yourself a year ago
DAY TWENTY-FIVE: a letter to someone you judged by their first impression
DAY TWENTY-SIX: favorite books
DAY TWENTY-SEVEN: a talent of yours
DAY TWENTY-EIGHT: favorite places to shop
DAY TWENTY-NINE: provide the hex code of your favorite color
DAY THIRTY: a letter to the friendliest person you knew for only one day
DAY THIRTY-ONE: whatever tickles your fancy
DAY THIRTY-TWO: a photo you took
DAY THIRTY-THREE: what you're craving right now
DAY THIRTY-FOUR: your favorite quote
DAY THIRTY-FIVE: a letter to an ex
DAY THIRTY-SIX: some hobbies of yours
DAY THIRTY-SEVEN: a song that you like to dance to
DAY THIRTY-EIGHT: a photo of your parent(s)
DAY THIRTY-NINE: zodiac sign and do you think it fits your personality
DAY FORTY: a letter to a deceased person you wish you could talk to
DAY FORTY-ONE: whatever tickles your fancy
DAY FORTY-TWO: bad habit(s) you have
DAY FORTY-THREE: a picture of your favorite place in the world
DAY FORTY-FOUR: something that fascinates you and why
DAY FORTY-FIVE: whatever tickles your fancy
DAY FORTY-SIX: photos of personal things in your life (pets, family, house, etc.)
DAY FORTY-SEVEN: birthday wish list
DAY FORTY-EIGHT: a photo of you right now
DAY FORTY-NINE: hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
DAY FIFTY: a letter to your reflection in the mirror

Comments

[dine.livejournal.com]

dude, this is exactly how I feel! I still cherish dreams of winning the lottery and hosting dinecon (where I pay for all my friends to join me for a long weekend in a nice hotel to hang out and babble). I keep forgetting to buy tickets, so that's notlikely to happen, but even smaller, low-key get-togethers of hanging out and eating pancakes with people would be so awesome

[cymry.livejournal.com]

If I am ever in Austin, I will hold you to that. Except for the pancakes - I don't really like pancakes. You can have mine.

And if you're ever on the eastern side of Canada, we will have to do the same.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I'm flexible on pancakes. There are many delicious foods.

I would like to see Canada one day!

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Yes. It would be like real life LJ Tumblr Twitter mash up fun!