Drinking Newcastle Brown Ale, it tastes brown.
Been corresponding via email with a girl that I met at a bar about a month ago. She lives about an hour away from me. She's a writer, albeit self-professed, and perhaps soon enough by trade. We've sent over a dozen emails back and forth since meeting, and am rather enjoying the situation the way it is. I'm starting to prefer using email over instant messaging, as it's more like getting a classic letter in the mail.
I'm of the age where I can barely recall what it was like to read a real physical letter that was sent to me, as I recieved very few. But those that I did receive were very important, and I would spend a significant amount of time pouring over line after line, trying to pull out every little bit of information in order to paint a picture of the other's life at the moment of writing. I'm finding that email does just the same for me now, I read it once right through, then go back and read it all again... then read the more interesting points... then when sending a reply, I leave the copy open and reply to it line by line.
There's something to be said for email correspondence, as it seems to lay personality traits out plain and simple, since the ability to be conversational is almost nullified due to the time it takes to hear back. It's the bare bones of conversation, and as such seems to speak more truth.
Letters from my grandmother were always so matter of fact, and always included talk of the weather. "Weather's getting cold down here, expecting snow soon", and other things such as "Connie had a baby"... things that are most important to a person is what's written in letters, there's less desire to speak of petty things as it would take great effort to write, and thus add time to reflect on why one would write of such meaningless things.
The format also gives time for adequate reflection on what it is that one is trying to say, "what'll I write next, what else is new with me", etc. There's no immediacy, no need to keep someone's attention, no fear of distraction, they can't interrupt you.
I've had times where I cant talk to my brother because he's always right, and will always interrupt me when I'm talking and cause me to lose my train of thought. In cases like that I walk away, write down exactly what I wanted to say and hand it to him. Is it a fault on one of our behalves that it comes to that at times? If it is, at least I have found a solution in writing.
Been corresponding via email with a girl that I met at a bar about a month ago. She lives about an hour away from me. She's a writer, albeit self-professed, and perhaps soon enough by trade. We've sent over a dozen emails back and forth since meeting, and am rather enjoying the situation the way it is. I'm starting to prefer using email over instant messaging, as it's more like getting a classic letter in the mail.
I'm of the age where I can barely recall what it was like to read a real physical letter that was sent to me, as I recieved very few. But those that I did receive were very important, and I would spend a significant amount of time pouring over line after line, trying to pull out every little bit of information in order to paint a picture of the other's life at the moment of writing. I'm finding that email does just the same for me now, I read it once right through, then go back and read it all again... then read the more interesting points... then when sending a reply, I leave the copy open and reply to it line by line.
There's something to be said for email correspondence, as it seems to lay personality traits out plain and simple, since the ability to be conversational is almost nullified due to the time it takes to hear back. It's the bare bones of conversation, and as such seems to speak more truth.
Letters from my grandmother were always so matter of fact, and always included talk of the weather. "Weather's getting cold down here, expecting snow soon", and other things such as "Connie had a baby"... things that are most important to a person is what's written in letters, there's less desire to speak of petty things as it would take great effort to write, and thus add time to reflect on why one would write of such meaningless things.
The format also gives time for adequate reflection on what it is that one is trying to say, "what'll I write next, what else is new with me", etc. There's no immediacy, no need to keep someone's attention, no fear of distraction, they can't interrupt you.
I've had times where I cant talk to my brother because he's always right, and will always interrupt me when I'm talking and cause me to lose my train of thought. In cases like that I walk away, write down exactly what I wanted to say and hand it to him. Is it a fault on one of our behalves that it comes to that at times? If it is, at least I have found a solution in writing.