Does everyone remember Livejournal? I started mine one rainy afternoon as I was watching the movie Suburban Commando, which was the inspiration for the name Hogan_nator. (I don't know why I just linked to my journal, I was just reading over some posts and it's incredibly embarrassing, please don't read it.)
You may be thinking, "why are you talking about Livejournal, Alex? Did your blog just travel back to the early 2000's?" Well, my lovely readers, it relates to two pretty ladies that I know and a community called Marvelous Mail. Marvelous Mail was started by my school chum Stephanie in 2005, who then passed the torch to the lovely lady pictured below in her business-y Canada day attire:
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This is Sarah. She speaks French, paints, has an English Bulldog named Lemon, and is a total sweetheart. She's the boss when it comes to Marvelous Mail, I'm hoping to learn much from the master. She also has a job interview today, good luck S-berg!
(I didn't post a picture of Stephanie because I didn't get a chance to ask her if I could but she's also a rad dudette!) |
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I'm totally getting off topic. The reason for this post is that we're hoping to start up Marvelous Mail again and not too many people still use livejournal. What is Marvelous Mail you ask?
Marvelous Mail is for people (from anywhere in the world) who want to send and receive little packages through the mail. Each package is filled with requirements which are determined before each round (for example, a small painting, a photo, etc.) Each round usually has a theme but sometimes there are free-for-alls. (Past theme examples: Halloween or all items had to start with the same letter)
Names are drawn and matched at random. So you will be given a name and an address to send your package and another person will have your information. You don't have to spend a lot of money to participate, handmade items are encouraged.
Want to know more? you can check out the link to the LJ community for more indepth info and some of the rules we'll potentially adopt. You can also view items that people have received.
For now I just want to get a feel for how many people would like to participate. If it looks like this will garner enough attention to hold a round 1, I'll post more details and rules at a later date. Some brief rules for now:
- Must like getting mail
- You don't need to have a blog but must have the ability to post pictures of what you received so that I can link to it for all to see. (I'm hoping to do recaps on Mondays once the round is underway)
- Don't post people's personal information. You can link back to whatever blog, tumblr, twitter, etc. that's provided but do not share personal information.
So if you want to join the first round leave a comment below and send a quick email to marvelousmail@gmail.com with the subject Alex & Arthur.
If you don't want to participate but think this is a neat idea, I'd really appreciate if you could post this button for others to see.
It really is fun. We did this in university and receiving a package in the mail brightened my day when I was stressed out from school. Preparing the package is also just as fun as it is receiving one.
I'm hoping we have some happy mailers out there.
Alex & Arthur (and Sarah)
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