Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Wish You Were Here

The always delightful Bill of the never updated blog has seen fit to send me a postcard from his exile in San Francisco. Some time ago while Skyping, I informed him that I would probably cry if he didn't send me one for my collection while he was out interning in California. And today, I got my card:


That's a "wish you were here" postcard. Classic. First one to grace my collection. That's also a picture of Alcatraz.

I can't tell if he's being earnest or snarky, but either way I got a good laugh out of it.

On the backside, translated to the best of my ability (Bill, your handwriting makes me feel better about my own. You'll have to inform me if I got it all right):

You're probably one of the only people who'll understand this. I love the ocean. Oakland's a major shipping port, so the Bay is always full of great ships, full of products from far away. The pier and marinas always mpllandsoud* like commerce. Also, burgers.

Love,
Bill 

*(I think this was supposed to say "smell and sound" but it's hard to make out.)

I feel like sending a bunch of postcards now <3 I just so happen to have the perfect ones:

 

I bought this set on Etsy a while back. I haven't gotten an opportunity to use them - yet.
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  1. UnknownJuly 18, 2012 at 10:46 PM

    Yes, it was meant to be 'smell and sound,' and I'm very glad my atrocious penmanship makes you feel better.

    As for the 'wish you were here': let us say, the sentiment general is earnest, and the sentiment specific is snarky. Your prognosis that California would be 'plastic' is far afield - at least for North Cal. Now, don't get me wrong, plenty of crazies and weirdos and rather-I-hadn't-seen-thats, but the City more than compensates.

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    1. LaurenJuly 18, 2012 at 11:12 PM

      It does. It really does :P

      I'll have to take your word for it as I doubt I'll ever have the chance to go that far West again. Yellowstone is as far as I get I suppose.

      By the way, I'm one of the only people who will understand... what exactly? I'm afraid you lost me there.

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  2. UnknownJuly 19, 2012 at 10:16 PM

    Ah, that was a problem of space conservation. Eliminated from the postcard was an explanation that I'd also been sending postcards to some family members back home. So, an unabridged text would be "Of the people I write to, you're probably one of the only ones who would understand".

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    1. LaurenJuly 19, 2012 at 10:26 PM

      No, I meant I don't know what it is I'm supposedly understanding XD I interpreted it "you'll understand why I love the ocean as you've been there as well," but I wasn't entirely sure if that's what you meant. (Or if I was getting the joke of an Alcatraz postcard with "wish you were here" on it :P)

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