Happy holidays!
Instead of sending everyone I know a template email \ sms \ IM \ sticky note \ etc, I decided to write this short story here on the area51 dot nl thing...
I wish a happy new year to everybody on this planet, especially to the folks I know. My colleagues at work, classmates at the university, my teachers, relatives, friends, long-forgotten-friends and so on.
I will not forward the link to this entry to anybody. If you accidentally stumble upon it - know that from time to time, my thoughts are with you.
Everybody, have a very productive 2006 and let the mistakes you made in 2005 be nothing but a good lesson to you.
If you have a wish, you can leave it here in the comments section. If I can do anything about it, I will.
Forward this to 10 people, and your wish will come true in..... Oh wait, what am I doing? :-)
ta-da!
Edit:
It's been no longer than half an hour since I posted this, and I got two SMSes with greetings and best wishes. I left them un-replied.
Yes, this year I will not reply to these messages, because that's why this entry exists.
Certainly, there might be curses coming my way because of my not responding, because the chances that all my friends will read this entry are very slim :-) But hey, somebody should start the end (wow :-) of these mass-messages, right?
I will obviously not be able to personally contact everyone I care about. Moreover, it does not mean that those I "contacted not" are less important to me. No matter how you put it, you always start with someone and end with someone else... Besides, by the time I get to the end of my list, it will already be Easter :-)
So like I said, everybody, happy 4th of July :-)
vica — 2005-12-24 20:18
Dear Gr8SANTA,
This year, I would like to get a big purple fluffy pony. I promise to take great care of it. I will feed it with chocolate and milk, the most nutritious food. I will wash it regularly with pantene PRO-V so his furr stays silky and smooth. I will take him to manicure every month and I will brush his teeth every morning so that he doesn't get cavities. But make sure he is purple though, so it matches my shoes!
Thank you Gr8Santa! You are the greatest!
dru — 2006-01-29 17:14
off-topic
i'm really sorry man. Am vrut sa vad daca pot face edit la my own messages. Asha ca poti sa-l shtergi. :(
sorry again.