http://krissy.vox.com/library/posts/tags/letters/page/1/ "If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn" - Charlie Parker en Vox Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:27:46 -0800 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss letters http://krissy.vox.com/library/post/so-there-was-this-boy-and-this-girl-and-theyd-never-met.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Krissy) http://krissy.vox.com/library/post/so-there-was-this-boy-and-this-girl-and-theyd-never-met.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://krissy.vox.com/library/post/so-there-was-this-boy-and-this-girl-and-theyd-never-met.html?_c=feed-rss-full Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:27:46 -0800 <p>I have an especially big crush on my Vox neighborhood lately.</p><p>Firstly, there was the unveiling of the new blog banner I commissioned from <a href="http://draw.vox.com/" class="enclosure-inline-user" at:enclosure="inline-user" at:user-xid="6p00ccff83efb6985d" at:screen-name="Draw" at:delegate="people-connect" at:user-pic="http://up6.vox.com/6a00ccff83efb6985d00ccff8db91f4064-75si" >Draw</a> (a.k.a. Marc) for <a href="http://www.artisthenewreligion.com">my TypePad blog</a>.&#160; Isn&#39;t it beautiful?<br /> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00b8ea0716b01bc000e398c5191d0001" at:format="large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-large photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://krissy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0716b01bc000e398c5191d0001.html"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00b8ea0716b01bc000e398c5191d0001-320pi" alt="by draw.vox.com" title="by draw.vox.com" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://krissy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0716b01bc000e398c5191d0001.html" title="by draw.vox.com">by draw.vox.com</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> Then the other day <a href="http://cubistliterature.vox.com/" class="enclosure-inline-user" at:enclosure="inline-user" at:user-xid="6p00c225240649549d" at:screen-name="CubistLiterature" at:delegate="people-connect" at:user-pic="http://up1.vox.com/6a00c225240649549d00e398c30a790005-75si" >Cubist Literature</a> unveiled the <a href="http://cubistliterature.vox.com/library/post/the-customer-is-always-king.html">redesign</a> of his website, and clicking through it I ended up in his <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=35322">Etsy </a>shop.&#160; I really liked the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=5911897">mitts he knits</a> and he was nice enough to work with me on a custom order of colors I like.&#160; Plus he made sure to knit them extra small for my freakishly small hands.&#160; They fit just right!<br /><div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00b8ea0716b01bc000e398c519010001 6a00b8ea0716b01bc000e398c53aff0003" at:format="strip-horizontal" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-strip enclosure-strip-horizontal" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style=" margin: 5px; border: 1px solid; text-align: center;"><a href="http://krissy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0716b01bc000e398c519010001.html" class="enclosure-strip-link" title="Small things come in good packages"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00b8ea0716b01bc000e398c519010001-120pi" alt="Small things come in good packages" class="enclosure-strip-image" style="margin: 5px; border: 0;" /></a><a href="http://krissy.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0716b01bc000e398c53aff0003.html" class="enclosure-strip-link" title="green + gray"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00b8ea0716b01bc000e398c53aff0003-120pi" alt="green + gray" class="enclosure-strip-image" style="margin: 5px; border: 0;" /></a></div> </div> <!-- end enclosure --> I also really loved <a href="http://ydnar.vox.com/library/post/got-kt.html">this photo</a> <a href="http://ydnar.vox.com/" class="enclosure-inline-user" at:enclosure="inline-user" at:user-xid="6p00b8ea0674f2dece" at:screen-name="ydnar" at:delegate="people-connect" at:user-pic="http://up2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0674f2dece00e398d580160001-75si" >ydnar</a> uploaded for me, but I can&#39;t figure out how to add another Vox This link into this post...</p><p><br />Finally, when <a href="http://outgoingsignals.vox.com/" class="enclosure-inline-user" at:enclosure="inline-user" at:user-xid="6p00d4141a65c9685e" at:screen-name="M-----l" at:delegate="people-connect" at:user-pic="http://up1.vox.com/6a00d4141a65c9685e00d4141ea9626a47-75si" >M-----l</a> offered up <a href="http://outgoingsignals.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-down-to-the-letter.html">a real handwritten letter</a> to anyone who wanted one, I jumped on it.&#160; And he wrote me this great letter that made my day:</p> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00b8ea0716b01bc000e398c53a1b0003" at:format="extra-large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-extra-large link-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item link-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://krissy.vox.com/library/link/6a00b8ea0716b01bc000e398c53a1b0003.html"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00b8ea0716b01bc000e398c53a1b0003-320pi" alt="So there was this boy and this girl and they'd never met..." title="So there was this boy and this girl and they'd never met..." /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://krissy.vox.com/library/link/6a00b8ea0716b01bc000e398c53a1b0003.html" title="So there was this boy and this girl and they'd never met...">So there was this boy and this girl and they'd never met...</a></div> <div class="enclosure-asset-subtitle link-subtitle"><a href="http://outgoingsignals.vox.com/library/post/so-there-was-this-boy-and-this-girl-and-theyd-never-met.html" target="new">http://outgoingsignals.vox.com/librar...</a></div> <div class="enclosure-asset-description">M-----l wrote me a letter! With underwear drawings!</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <div>These are just a few of the reasons why I &lt;3 my Vox neighbors.&#160; <br /></div><div><br /></div> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://krissy.vox.com/library/post/so-there-was-this-boy-and-this-girl-and-theyd-never-met.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0716b01bc000e398c518da0001?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> friends letters art knitting vox neighbors mitts art is the new religion