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I'm having way too much fun with the following two Web sites:
FutureMe.org I read about this service on CNN, in which people are invited to write e-mails to be sent to their future selves. I suppose it might be novel to receive an e-mail from yourself, but reading through some of the letters so far makes me wonder if people understand the point. According to CNN, the inventors envisioned a kind of online time capsule, a way for people to record their memories and preserve them for the future. But some of these letters make me think all these people need is a pack of Post-It Notes.
Observe, a letter from "Bobby" who will receive his letter on Sept. 18, 2008:
Hey, sup man. Happy 28th birthday. Haven't talked in awhile, just wanted to say hi and see what's up. How have you been? Still happy? Found love? Why is love so elusive with us...
Ok, here's a list of things I wanna know about:
1. HAVE YOU GOTTEN OUT OF THE NAVY???!!! GET OUT! Don't do a shore tour!
2. Are you in business school? Stanford? Berkeley? UCLA? USC?
3. Did you travel the silk road? How was it? Did you survive the experience? Scars? Pictures?? Send me some!
4. Are you married? At least a love interest?
5. Are you still driving the 4Runner? That thing better be paid off!
6. Your sister's getting older too, how old is she? 20 right? Middle of college...hope she got into a good school, cause if not you better go kick her ass!
Oh, Bobby. I hope you cringe as much in 2008 as I did this morning when I read your ridiculous message.
But perhaps I'm being too harsh. If I were to write a letter to myself five years down the line, what could I possibly say?
Dear Campbell,
Hey. How are you? Good, I hope. That's good. OK, well, see you soon! Bye!
Ugh.
Divorce Kevin Thousands of people urging Britney to divorce Kevin. I love it. I think we as a nation have crossed the line from "celebrity obsessed" to "delusional." A petition urging pop stars of arguably below-average intelligence to divorce their husbands? I cannot think of a bigger waste of precious Internet space. Fortunately, entries like Amanda's make me giggle, so I don't find it a complete waste of time:
i think britney was kind of a good grl before she found kevin.but that good grl has turned into trailor trash, but it his ur life sure u can judge her and say mean things but still if she wants to look trashy then w.e (That's "whatever," I think.)
And another from Amanda No. 2:
Britney, the sex may be good, but its not worth a life of heartache and spending YOUR money on another man. It should be the other way around!!!! Get a man that wants to take care of YOU and your baby, not HIM and your baby. DUMP THAT UGLY ASS SCRUB!
Word.
FutureMe.org I read about this service on CNN, in which people are invited to write e-mails to be sent to their future selves. I suppose it might be novel to receive an e-mail from yourself, but reading through some of the letters so far makes me wonder if people understand the point. According to CNN, the inventors envisioned a kind of online time capsule, a way for people to record their memories and preserve them for the future. But some of these letters make me think all these people need is a pack of Post-It Notes.
Observe, a letter from "Bobby" who will receive his letter on Sept. 18, 2008:
Hey, sup man. Happy 28th birthday. Haven't talked in awhile, just wanted to say hi and see what's up. How have you been? Still happy? Found love? Why is love so elusive with us...
Ok, here's a list of things I wanna know about:
1. HAVE YOU GOTTEN OUT OF THE NAVY???!!! GET OUT! Don't do a shore tour!
2. Are you in business school? Stanford? Berkeley? UCLA? USC?
3. Did you travel the silk road? How was it? Did you survive the experience? Scars? Pictures?? Send me some!
4. Are you married? At least a love interest?
5. Are you still driving the 4Runner? That thing better be paid off!
6. Your sister's getting older too, how old is she? 20 right? Middle of college...hope she got into a good school, cause if not you better go kick her ass!
Oh, Bobby. I hope you cringe as much in 2008 as I did this morning when I read your ridiculous message.
But perhaps I'm being too harsh. If I were to write a letter to myself five years down the line, what could I possibly say?
Dear Campbell,
Hey. How are you? Good, I hope. That's good. OK, well, see you soon! Bye!
Ugh.
Divorce Kevin Thousands of people urging Britney to divorce Kevin. I love it. I think we as a nation have crossed the line from "celebrity obsessed" to "delusional." A petition urging pop stars of arguably below-average intelligence to divorce their husbands? I cannot think of a bigger waste of precious Internet space. Fortunately, entries like Amanda's make me giggle, so I don't find it a complete waste of time:
i think britney was kind of a good grl before she found kevin.but that good grl has turned into trailor trash, but it his ur life sure u can judge her and say mean things but still if she wants to look trashy then w.e (That's "whatever," I think.)
And another from Amanda No. 2:
Britney, the sex may be good, but its not worth a life of heartache and spending YOUR money on another man. It should be the other way around!!!! Get a man that wants to take care of YOU and your baby, not HIM and your baby. DUMP THAT UGLY ASS SCRUB!
Word.