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what's this? a collection of letters that people have written to their younger selves it's like... back to the future meets postsecret to contribute please email submissions to: selfaddressedletter@gmail.com i promise i won't spam you. be as specific or vague as you like. be funny, be serious, be creative. write a sentence, write twelve paragraphs... it's up to you. feel free to include images (e.g. a scan of a hand-written letter or a photo you took to accompany your note), provided you have the right to distribute them. if you wish to remain anonymous, use a pseudonym. you are welcome to submit multiple letters. the fine print by submitting content, you're granting "self-addressed" a perpetual, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, distribute, and otherwise exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to that content (it sounds scarier than it really is). elsewhere archives December 2009 March 2011 |
Friday, December 18, 2009
Dear Young Jessica,002. You may not believe me, but the person writing this letter is you from December 2009. On November 19, 2002, your life will change forever. If my calculations are correct, you should receive this letter 2 weeks before the date mentioned (making you 13 years old). You will, at approximately 3:50pm, receive a telephone call on your home phone number. Do not, for the love of baby Jesus, pick up. It will save you a whole lot of trouble. It is the longest call from a telemarketer you will ever experience (at least up to this point at age 20). Something about a potato slicer with a bonus newton's cradle. Took up a whole 3 hours... Don't give in to the telephone ringing! You'll miss the newest episode of whatever-that-show-you-watch. You'll thank you when you're older. Love, Jessica |