I am obsessed with letters.

So I’m planning on dragging the rest of you down with me. I’ve already got my first convert too. :D

That’s not to say I haven’t been knitting—far from it. It’s just that letters are easier to talk about lately. However, I’d like to point out that I wrote the other day in my journal that I’ve been obsessed with two things the last few days: writing and knitting. No one can prove that I wrote that, but that’s beside the point.

Anyway. Did I mention how cheap of a hobby letter-writing is? Buy a bunch of paper, envelopes, stamps, and a pencil and go. I may or may not have mentioned here how cheap Berlin is, but in this case you people in the U.S. have it better than me: did you know it would cost you a mere 94¢ to send me a letter? (You know you want to.) To send you a letter, though, costs me €1.70! That’s over TWO DOLLARS at today’s exchange! You totally get the advantage, even if the cost goes up a few cents in May. It’s okay though, I use my college’s money to send mail, so I don’t mind spending the extra. I usually just send postcards, which are €1. (I finally found out how to make a €! so happy!)

You know, when people told me “Berlin is so cheap!” I didn’t realize they also meant that the YARN here is cheap. O hai really-expensive-brands-of-yarn-at-home. Here Cascade 220 would look expensive.

*waits for the sounds of jaws dropping*

I know, right?!!!!!!!

So I was thinking, I should buy 2-3 sweaters worth of yarn and ship it back. Then I have a purpose when I go to the yarn stores, so I don’t get overwhelmed. And 2-3 sweaters worth of yarn isn’t much, and definitely won’t cost much. Plus, ooooh. Pretty yarn.

I think I should mention before I go any further in this entry that I am somewhat sick and therefore my brain is not really working the way it should.

I do know however, that I should get back to the letter-writing topic, even if I don’t know how to transition back to that. So here’s some links:

Emily Post (!!!) on letters, or why I need to read a dictionary: how do people learn such elegant ways of phrases?! I guess you have to practice.

I really want to do this, except I’m not in the States and I have a feeling I might need to be to sign up.

Actual ideas for the post office to utilize to optimize its business. Activism! And letters! It’s, like, a blogger after my own heart!

Also in the vain of saving the USPS, the Sunflower Address Book from its online store. I need it. Or more accurately, I want it. I am tired of having to have my computer turned on and my address book open to address postcards. I get how the computer is a time-saving invention, but it is also a great distracter, and with it on who knows what kind of trouble I could get into for hours? Better everything were on paper so I don’t have to turn on the computer, and then I could take all my letter-writing supplies down to the nearest café and hang out there for hours while I write letters and postcards! Doesn’t that sound heavenly? I thought so too.

Yes, I have completely convinced myself that I need a paper address book. But do I buy it here? Or wait until I get home and don’t have to drag everything around everywhere? Decisions. Ugh.

Now that I’ve rambled enough (I’ve told myself I’m going to blog EVERY DAY THIS WEEK. let’s see how I do huh?), I had better tuck myself into bed… and GET BETTER. I am bad enough that it’s a great excuse to not go to class tomorrow, but not so bad to take away my urge to knit… odd combination for me, that! So I think I will get quite a bit done. I love working on the Firestarter socks, but I have another project I also want to work on. Yay! Until tomorrow, adieu~