Neil Gaiman www.NeilgaimanBoard.com www.NeilgaimanBoard.com The World's End FLAME WARS Unsent correspondence: Letters you might or might not send; le deux.
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has a beaver that talks Member  |
Dear Captain of United Airlines Flight 127 -
Don't worry. Nobody's mad at you. We all know it was because Chicago ordered it. We know you were just as frustrated as us. And seriously... when we were holding over Illinois, you made my day. "We'll be landing just as soon as they let us out of this circle-jerk they've got us in." You, sir, are a winner. -Passenger in 16A- ****************************************** Me in Rock: This Shirt Is Pants | Mr. Fusion Me in blog: izenmania |
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Part-time avant garde shrubbery inspector who breaths fire and lets out a mighty YAHR! Member  |
*just read Royko's letter*
*shifts in her seat* The only thing making me not envious is my husband said something very similar to me not long after we started dating. I hope he still feels that way. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Discordian Priestess, Keeper of the Golden Pine-Apple. Jesus was a community organizer.  blog or not |
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was not written by a man named "Cougar" Member  |
RE: Internship at the Attorney General Office
Dear C.L, This would have been the perfect job for me. It would have given me experience in a professional office setting, it would have payed well (plus been tax free since it was work study), it would have continued over the summer as a full time job, and it was only a $1.50 and a half hour bus ride from campus. I thought I interviewed perfectly. I got on well with the other staff members who were there, and you and I even had a pleasant personal chat about your daughter. You walked me through your system, and then were surprised at how quickly I caught on to the whole thing. At the end of it all, you assured me that you were going to check my references that very same afternoon and be back to my within the week. Imagine my surprise, if you will, when the week goes by and I don't hear anything. Now, nearly three weeks later, you call me to say you've been having difficulty checking my references, but that you would like to hire me if I can come back in and help you contact some individuals. Three. Weeks. Later. Now that I've already accepted two jobs on campus that still won't pay as well as this position would have, and most likely won't allow me to continue over the summer. Seriously. Professionally Yours, Me ---------------- There was a single blue line of crayon drawn across every wall in the house. "What does it mean?" I asked. "A pirate needs the site of the sea," he said, and then he pulled his eye patch down and turned and sailed away. |
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Poster of the year, 2007 Member  |
Ooh ooh ooh! Quit those jobs, take this internship! Especially if those other jobs are retail or somesuch. Go for the internship! Do it do it do it!
edit: er, yeah, pretend this post started with Dear Smalltown: ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ Weeble Song! Sing along! ~ courtesy Snazzy Snazzypants |
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knows there is no spoon Member  |
I'd ditto what Weeble says. It seems like it's both a much better job for you and it will do more for you on a resume in the future. Also, it'll probably be simpler than dealing with 2 jobs + school stuff.
Last bit of advice, I promise: in the future it might be a good idea to give them a call a few days to a week after the interview. It can remind them of stuff if they've kinda forgotten and let it be shifted to the side while they're tied up in day to day problems, (believed, I've worked some places where I've seen it happen), and also most employers like that, they take it as a sign of your eagerness and you following up. Good luck, whatever you decide to do.  James Wandering, but not lost. "You are a Knight Errant. All of the fun of rescuing damsels, and none of the paperwork." |
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of the sparkly hair brigade Member  |
ummmmm wow...... dude..... that was amazing! “The 75 Delirians?†“Umm… well, number 2 is off sick, 38 is suffering from a mild case of sanity, and 74 has run off to the world of men to spread sparkly gigglepops to their drab civilization.†“Is she nuts?†“Oh yes, she scored very highly on the entrance exam†|
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of the sparkly hair brigade Member |
yeah, but i like you apathy “The 75 Delirians?†“Umm… well, number 2 is off sick, 38 is suffering from a mild case of sanity, and 74 has run off to the world of men to spread sparkly gigglepops to their drab civilization.†“Is she nuts?†“Oh yes, she scored very highly on the entrance exam†|
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Surprise Inspector Member  |
um. royko. that was hawt.
dear mystery man: i don't know who you are yet. i don't know if i'll ever know. but before you come up to me, or smile at me, or meet my eyes significantly, come here and read what royko wrote. take notes if you have to. but remember it, ok? Love from mystery woman "Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth." -Brian Andreas Limertilly: A pagan deity forgotten by man and therefore banished to the realms of memory and darkness now remembered by a young girl in downtown L.A. in the form of a dream and therefore freed to reap your revenge on the people who discarded you, thereby forcing said girl to learn to use her innate yet awesome powers as a soothsayer to gather forces of the Earth to defy you and once more banish you to your cold, cold prisoooooon |
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of the sparkly hair brigade Member |
i have to say that i have never received a love letter from anyone. ive written lots, but never have been on the receiving end of one...
“The 75 Delirians?†“Umm… well, number 2 is off sick, 38 is suffering from a mild case of sanity, and 74 has run off to the world of men to spread sparkly gigglepops to their drab civilization.†“Is she nuts?†“Oh yes, she scored very highly on the entrance exam†|
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i actually deleted my former post, because i didn't want it to seem like i was criticizing others for praising his letter. i have written scorching love letters and composed poetry that would make some people blush (although probably not anyone on the internet)...but most of that was in response to what i had received from my partners. i have even kept old love letters and poetry from my exes, because they are too precious to ever throw away. so the fact that some people have never been the recipient of such missives astounds me. but then again, i'm "older." and i don't think that passionate e-mails, which are probably in favor now, are the same as honest-to-goodness letters...sometimes emblazoned with beautiful drawings (my first love was very artistic).
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke |
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Click here! Member  |
Hmm, I don't think I've ever received an honest-to-god love letter, either. Some mushy email, yes, but nothing like what Royko wrote. (I'm sure I'd remember if I had - I'd have it framed on the bedroom wall. Husband might object, though.) I don't think any of my lovers have had a way with words the way Royko seems to, which I thought is a rare quality anyway. Or maybe I just never inspired them enough.  ------------------------------------------------- Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here. |
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i do think that what Royko wrote was special...he expresses himself extremely well...perhaps i have just been lucky enough to have enjoyed the company of men with similar talents. it's a fine line to tread...the eloquence of desire can become too graphic in unskilled hands.
 "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke |
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has been eaten by a grue. Member |
the husband wrote me a song...that was pretty nice.
 and, since we met online and got our start there, there weren't many honest-to-god letters or even emails between us.however, I have made him read what Royko wrote (just this morning, actually, due to offenses sustained by his...lack of intuitiveness, shall we say, last night), and told him that he needed to step up to the plate, as it were.
*happy dance* mutual, I'm sure. ~ We're just babies making up a game, if you're right. But...babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world hollow. That's why I'm going to stand by the play-world. ~ Elite Special Force Procrastinator, trained in High Arts of Extended Coffee Breaks and Master Linguist of the Water Cooler Conversation |
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Don't. Blink. Member  |
I have never had a love letter per se. I have had sort of "I want to do these naughty things to you" letters though.
------------------------------ "I claim the capacity to doubt." - Herman Wouk ------------------------------- "They warn you about killers and thieves in night I worry about cancer and living right But my mama never warned me about my own Destructive appetite" - Jenny Lewis "Happy" |
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Don't. Blink. Member |
Oh, so many times... I have wanted to send this letter. Thanks for articulating it. ------------------------------ "I claim the capacity to doubt." - Herman Wouk ------------------------------- "They warn you about killers and thieves in night I worry about cancer and living right But my mama never warned me about my own Destructive appetite" - Jenny Lewis "Happy" |
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has no member title Member  |
Oh, I got a love poem all right. I was told eloquently of nights spent on balconies, smoking while penning the missive. Then it turned out that he'd just written down the lyrics of some cheesy love song I hadn't known. *bitter* __ The brickchewing, camera flaunting restroom saint formerly known as Babylon the Bride |
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does this mean that the majority of men aren't romantics anymore? or maybe they just don't realize that a letter like Royko's would impress us so much...and would be very beneficial to them in the long run.
and such a letter doesn't even have to be sent...it could be left on your pillow when you aren't around...and when you find it, it makes you tingle with excitement...and highly anticipate your loved one's return. "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke |
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Click here! Member |
*facepalm* Well, maybe he spent many a sleepless night on the internet looking for just the right lyrics? *makes a mental note to google all love letters in the future* (Yeah, the countless numbers of them that I receive. )
In all fairness, I haven't written any myself, either. (Or, well... At least I've never sent them.) And I actually don't think of myself as a huge romantic. Frankly, if a guy kept showering me with mawkish correspondence, I would quickly start feeling a bit uncomfortable. Once in a blue moon would be nice, though. edit: just fixing some typos... This message has been edited. Last edited by: Tismalleen, ------------------------------------------------- Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here. |
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Technical Services Administrator Member  |
Dear Neighbors,
If you're going to be screaming at each other at 2:00 am outside my window, at least make it interesting. The details of your personal lives thus far just aren't worth sharing with the world. Love, amy _____________________________________________________________ Don't you realize? The next time you see sky, it'll be over another town. The next time you take a test, it'll be in some other school. Our parents, they want the best of stuff for us. But right now, they got to do what's right for them. Because it's their time. Their time! Up there! Down here, it's our time. It's our time down here. That's all over the second we ride up Troy's bucket. - Goonies |
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Click here! Member |
Dear Rob,
Thank you for sending a letter full of obscenities to my boss. She already believed my side of the story anyway. But it still feels like a relief that she got to see for herself, too, how seriously unhinged you are. Case closed. Yours, ------------------------------------------------- Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here. |
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