a letter a day

ok. so i'm trying something. and i don't really know why besides the fact that i can't control how it's received.
every day for the next few weeks i'm writing an anonymous letter to a stranger and leaving it in a public place. it's up to me to write the letter and leave it. it's up to some one, for some reason or another--whether it's curiosity or fate, to pick up the letter, read it, and hopefully do the same for someone else.

i think i was inspired to do this because a) no one writes letters anymore. handwriting is a lost art and i think it's one of the most beautiful gifts you can give b) for some reason, in whatever weird, i-don't-know-what-the-hell-i'm-doing-with-my-life state i'm in right now, i feel like i just need to send something out into the world. i don't know what i'm going to write in all the letters. maybe send someone on a scavenger hunt, maybe ask some questions, maybe tell a few secrets that you can only tell to strangers. who knows. and really, there's no way for me to see how anything's received, i can only imagine and maybe hope---for what? i don't know, but just hope.

i need to buy some more envelopes.

so. in with the new news.

i'm driving across the country this summer with my lovely best buddy rachael.
and i can't even tell you how excited i am. i was planning to stay up in nyc this summer, but with me not being certain if i had a job, and this opportunity just springing up--i had to take it.

i don't have many things that i'm absolutely positively sure that i have to do before i die, but driving across the country is one. so. on may 9(ish) i'm flying out to los angeles and then we make our break--las vegas, flagstaff, grand canyon---wherever the road leads us. and that's all right by me.

i wish i had a video camera on this trip. i've got a big question to ask and i'd like to ask strangers and see what they say. we'll see what happens along the way.