Penpals

[Sara]

[size=1]My idea of a perfect afternoon involves running to the mailbox and finding an envelope with my name on it. I just [i]love[/i] getting mail. One of the saddest things I can imagine is an eternally empty mailbox.

That being said, I take precautions to prevent said empty mailbox. Frequenters of myO know that I periodically request (and even [i]receive[/i]!) free stickers by post, thus combining[i] two[/i] of my favorite things--mail and stickers. Be still, my heart.

Anyhoo, I also have several pen pals. My family, school friends, and teachers all know that I am [i]constantly[/i] writing letters. (I love writing, too, so this works out pretty well.) I usually have a couple letters going at once--some people require longer replies than others, so I'll start and finish a shorter letter to one person while in the middle of a long one to someone else.

But anyway, I probably have half a dozen pen pals right now. I have 'contacts' in five (or so) states and a couple in other English-speaking countries. *waves to them* Next year, I'll also be writing to a girl in Finland and (possibly) two others in Taiwan and Germany. (The last two were exchange students who were at my school this year; whether or not we write each other next year depends on what happens this summer.)

(Err...I've gotten a couple PMs about this, so I guess I need to say that I am not currently, uh, accepting applications for new pen pals. Especially if I don't know you--sorry!)

So, does anyone else have pen pals? Where do they live? How long have you known them? How did you become pen pals? Anything else interesting that you'd care to share?[/size]

[Queen Asuka]

[color=crimson][size=1]I also LOVE writing letters. I usually write letters to a few people, even though not as frequently as I would like. I know that you, Sara, have sent me a few things, and I owe you something. It's just a matter of finding the perfect thing to send you!

My favorite thing is just to write random letters to Ryan. When I was still in high school, I used to just sit in class and write them and then hand them all to him on the weekends whenever I saw him. Now if I write him a letter, I make sure that it's long and meaningful so that it's worth the 37 cents that it costs me to mail it.

I also have written tons of letters to John aka PiroMunkie. We were doing really good a while ago sending them back and forth, but I haven't recieved one in a while. I guess now that summer is here, there will be more time for writing letters, as long as working doesn't interfere too much. I also write little letters in cards to Jenna all the time because she no longer frequents to OtakuBoards and I don't want to lose contact with her. Last thing I sent to her was a card that had two old-fashioned ladies on the front and one was blonde and the other a brunette (coincidentally), and it said "Some people think they look as good as we do. But they are wrong." I thought it was pretty funny. ^_^

At Christmastime, I sent out over a dozen cards to people like Josh, James, Tony, Sara, Kenneth, John, Jenna, Deborah, and others. This year it seems that I'll be sending a dozen more. ^_^ Speaking of Tony, he still owes me APC stickers.[/color][/size]