2005-03-10 10:12 p.m.
A Moment of Cultural Understanding
So I signed up for the Great International Secret Blog Exchange, and the exchange of goodies has happened.
Package sent: A disk box affixed with bigwannabe.com corporate shipping labels. Return address is "<3 from the Blogiverse." Sixteen stamps are lined up on the corner. What's inside? Well, we'll just have to wait until the recipient blogs about it...
Package received:
"What's in it?"
"I dunno, I haven't opened it yet.
"Is it food? I'm hungry. I hope it's food."
(shaking box) "Well, it doesn't sound like food."
"What does food sound like?"
So I open the box...
..and there's a nice letter from the sender offering greetings from Asheville, North Carolina and hope that I'll have fun with the goodies.
And, of course, goodies!
Goodies included:
- A shot glass (and especially in the Nest household, one can never have too many shot glasses)
- A swell magnet of the Smokies, now on our fridge
- Harry Potter body art stickers (think they'll look at me funny at work if I put a lightning bolt on my forehead?)
- Speaking Suthern Like It Should Be Spoke! A sample entry:
FOE - (the enemy) The yankees warn't much uf a foe aftah
- (cums after three) we whupped 'em in foe battles. - An Asheville tote bag with a painting of picturesque, affordable creekside real estate on it
- Postcards
- Travel brochures from exotic Suthun destinations (including a fair bit of shopping)
- Local newspapers, including the charmingly straightforwardly-named "Fun Things To Do In The Mountains" guide. (Here it would be called the "Winter Survival Guide" or something equally precious.) The Asheville Citizen-Times has a columnist who not only uses the exclamation "Mercy!" unironically, she gets angry letters whenever she changes her hair. Love!