MetaChat is an informal place for MeFites to touch base and post, discuss and
chatter about topics that may not belong on MetaFilter. Questions? Check the FAQ. Please note: This is important.
01 December 2010
Mecha Card Exchange List Sent! If you signed up and did not receive a copy of the list, please shout!
Reading the list is SO illuminating. Many of you have absolutely delightful names, and I have a much better idea of where people are. I can also confirm that jessamyn is [SPOILER] kind of a hippie.
Also, I have learned that msali is, in fact, "Ms. Ali" and not "msali," which I pictured as a reference to either some vaguely Middle Eastern dish, like mhammara, or a made-up name used primarily for fanfic.
Thanks so much to TPS for her efforts in clearing all of that up *giggle*
I'm filled with social faux-pas angst: what if somebody outside of my group sends me a card? Then I won't have sent them a card! A deplorable lack of social reciprocity.
Idem dito if I decide to send a card to somebody outside of my group. THen I run the risk of inducing the same embarassment in that person. Which in itself is a faux pas.
:-)
Don't worry about the reciprocity issue - just send away! I think we do this in the spirit of generosity. Sometimes life sends you card, just because. Enjoy it!
Does anyone know how much international postage is? The only thing I have settled for the holiday season is my cards, so I am thankfully prepared but I wish I had gotten more cards so I could send them to everyone.
Since jouke brought it up, I'll out myself: I send cards to everyone. Even people from past years that may not have signed up this year. And all my friends. And all my family. I love sending holiday cards!
Email me for my address if you want to send me a card. I will do you the favor of receiving your good wishes. However, I will not be sending you anything in return.
Email sent, mullacc. The favor of receiving my good wishes is just fine. A quick scan of my own card list says I'm over the 120 mark. Perhaps I subconsciously like getting hand cramps and paper cuts and 'sending cards' is just a ruse.
I didn't realize my whole stupid comment was going to go on the list and now I feel a little silly. Although I don't know why I am starting to worry about stupid comments now. Ship has probably sailed on that.
photo by splunge
photo by TheophileEscargot
photo by Kronos_to_Earth
photo by ethylene
