all things considered
Yesterday I switched email addresses. I sent an email out to my contacts explaining the situation: that I’ve had my Hotmail account since the beginning of time, that they finally drove me away with their new mandatory-big-flashy-advertising format, that I’m finally joining the ranks of Gmail.My cousin responded right away. (You’re a cousin, right D? How are we even related? Our grandmothers were sisters maybe?) Anyway he writes me back as follows:
I love the back story, told so well. Who knew you were just switching email accounts and not telling of a forlorn princess instead. Great stuff.
Now in retrospect, my change-of-address email does appear to be four paragraphs long. And upon further consideration, I guess I could have gotten the point across in, say, four words.
My point being: this made me laugh a lot. Cause maybe there’s something to the drama queen thing. Could we just not call it drama queen though? Cause that makes me think of someone who believes that the whole world lives and dies with captivating minutiae of her extraordinary life. Whereas I just happen to find the minutiae of most people’s lives, mine included, somewhat captivating – while not believing the world lives and dies for any of us. So if you’re going to have a life it might as well be a good story. About a forlorn princess, for example.
posted by tortaluga @ 12:58 PM
3 Comments:
I've always read you're writing as more of a sound and reasoned approach such minutia and, indeed, took this email in the same way. I saw it as more of an exasperated cry of a once loyal customer whose chosen brand has done everything it possibly can to disenfranchise.
Then again, forlorn princesses get disenfranchised too.
*your* writing even.
Artfully stated, all. I agree with your sentiment, Cousin (and yes, we are related!), and hope I didn't at all imply any kind of drama queen-ism (though I'm glad that the email made you laugh!). You have a great talent at identifying the ingored and unappreciated, to then fan their embers of importance so that we might all be warmed in their glow, and be made aware and appreciative of that which abounds.
I think that's the definition of a great writer.
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